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The Stranger
"Have you seen the yellow sign?"
Nothing happens in Langville, Montana.
That used to be true. Since the death of my wife, things have gotten...strange.
Our small, mountain town was quiet, and we rarely got visitors.
Now we get at least one visitor who goes door to door—practically every night. This stranger's got something to sell, a computer that'll open us up to the modern conveniences of the world. Or, at least, that's what he claims.
But something my neighbor told me has me bothered. A question the stranger asked her husband before he brought that wretched machine across the threshold.
"Have you seen the yellow sign?"
Why does that question bother me? And why...why does it remind me of my late wife?
The Stranger is an epistolary cosmic horror tale, the second in the OEI Files anthology series, and is a new take on one of the most famous entities in Lovecraftian horror, The King in Yellow.
Nothing happens in Langville, Montana.
That used to be true. Since the death of my wife, things have gotten...strange.
Our small, mountain town was quiet, and we rarely got visitors.
Now we get at least one visitor who goes door to door—practically every night. This stranger's got something to sell, a computer that'll open us up to the modern conveniences of the world. Or, at least, that's what he claims.
But something my neighbor told me has me bothered. A question the stranger asked her husband before he brought that wretched machine across the threshold.
"Have you seen the yellow sign?"
Why does that question bother me? And why...why does it remind me of my late wife?
The Stranger is an epistolary cosmic horror tale, the second in the OEI Files anthology series, and is a new take on one of the most famous entities in Lovecraftian horror, The King in Yellow.
63 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 15, 2025
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About the author
Eric Malikyte
17 books31 followersEric Malikyte is a neurodivergent author, illustrator, science communicator, and video editor. He has published works in various genres, including Lovecraftian horror, dark fantasy, and cyberpunk. He has written for YouTube channels such as TopTenz, Geographics, and Biographics. He lives in Richmond, Virginia, with his wife and two cats, where he spends his spare time exploring used bookstores, Irish Pubs, and terrorizing the neighborhood children on Halloween.
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December 31, 2025
Having read "The King in Yellow", I have doubts about how many authors could have worked with that inspiration and told a story as good as this one! There's a delicate balance to not telling too much, but also not making things too vague for the story to be engaging. The pace is great, and the information given by the character achieves that balance.
The setting is perfect for the story. There's a strange atmosphere to being connected to strangers through the Internet while also being isolated in a small rural town. It's also interesting to see forums and blogs as found documents.
The setting is perfect for the story. There's a strange atmosphere to being connected to strangers through the Internet while also being isolated in a small rural town. It's also interesting to see forums and blogs as found documents.
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