ROBERT LASSEN
Historical speculative fiction and supernatural thrillers, with a little side helping of Lovecraft
STORIES
One day, very soon, this page will be packed to overflowing with stories. There will be K Department novels, novellas, novelettes and short stories, some stand alone tales, maybe even some fantasy. Truly, the bards shall sing of it! For right now, though, just crack on and enjoy what is already here, and keep checking back for updates. Or, better still, sign up for the mailing list and I'll let you know when there's a new feast of weirdness waiting for you!
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EYE FOR AN EYE
A K Department short story
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Beneath the snow-flecked streets of wartime Berlin, Nazi scientists race to obey Hitler’s orders – find every advantage, no matter the cost, no matter how inhuman. For new recruit Müller, the screams of their latest victim bring back terrible memories of the front line. Torn between duty and his own humanity, he fears for the fate of the poor damned thing on the experimentation table.
He doesn’t need to. Not now. Because it just broke loose.
Now, he only needs to fear for himself…
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ANCIENT
A Novelette from K Department's "Lovecraft Archive"
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Occupied Yugoslavia, 1943. In the midst of a beautiful and fertile valley, three German soldiers are dead...maybe worse than dead.
Oberleutnant Strebinger's mission is to find out how, but it seems everyone else has a different agenda - the local mayor, his ruthless local allies, and most of all the civilian sent from Berlin by the infamous Eckartstrasse. Together, they are drawn inexorably to the high mountain that casts a long shadow over a seemingly perfect village...
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And when Strebinger learns the truth waiting for them, he'll wish he'd believed the lies...
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The Shayatin Express
A K Department short story
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Ottoman-ruled Syria, 1917. A courageous and reckless band of Arab freedom fighters receive new orders from K Department in London.
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Board a heavily-armed train as it hurtles across the desert. Dodge the blistering clouds of machine gun bullets and overcome the Turkish and German guards. Break inside and retrieve the contents.
Simple. Until the cargo turns out to be more horrifying than any of them could have imagined...