The Chaos Spawn

The Library Lovecraftian #1

by Fred Adams Jr.

“The secrets of the Universe are here. I can’t stop now. I have to know it all.” In this modern tale of the Cthulhu Mythos graduate student Harlan Baker discovers ancient evil while cataloging a trove of antique books donated to the Wakefield college library by the estate of an eccentric alumnus. Baker's workmate Carl Barnes becomes obsessed with the project, a sinister stranger arrives claiming that some of the books belong to him, and then young women begin to disappear. Originally published in 1974 and out of print for decades, Fred Adams Jr.'s The Chaos Spawn returns in a special 40th Anniversary digital edition featuring new cover art by the talented Christopher Miller. Read it tonight and leave on the lights.

30 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 1974

About the author

Fred Adams, Jr. ("Dr. Phreddee") has been a published author since 1971 when he began selling fiction to magazines and non-fiction pieces to newspapers. Since his retirement from Penn State University's English faculty, he has written eighteen novels, two nonfiction books, and over twenty commissioned novellas and short stories for anthologies.