The Crazed
Garrie Hall

		    RIOT AT BLACK MAGIC CONCERT
	Frenzied yobs rioted to the sound of Satan's music 
	last night. The mayhem, in which two people died, 
	flared in The Hellfire Club. The venue, famous for 
	its so-called 'alternative' bands, was playing host 
	to the Punkabilly band Karloff.

	Renowned for their songs about the return of the 
	devil and his triumph over the world, Karloff's 
	spokesman said, 'The audience just got out of hand 
	during the 'Howl at the Moon' set. The deaths were 
	unfortunate but I blame the organisers. Security was 
	appalling.'

	This paper condemns all such acts that promote the 
	word of Satan among our young. We call upon our 
	readers to boycott their records and concerts. If we 
	deprive them of their places to preach we can 
	prevent Satanism spreading to our own children.

Possibilities
1       The riot was an unfortunate, but not sinister, event. The 
paper is owned by an evangelist called Edward Richards. Mr Richards 
owns a very profitable business empire and is head of the Cleansing 
Flame evangelical group. He is not a man to be crossed and can call 
upon a variety of businesses (including a satellite television 
channel) to aide his retribution.
	The Cleansing Flame has a para-military wing, the 
Witchfynders. Richards is Witchfynder General and leads them in their 
cause to destroy evil. However, they will not accept that the Cthulhu 
Mythos exists as anything other than a form of Satanism.
	They believe that they are the only true saviours and that no 
other organisation has the right to carry the fight. Any alliance 
with the Witchfynders will be strained at the least as they have a 
tendency to act before thinking. All traces of Satan must be burnt to 
cinders, cleansing the Earth of evil.

2       The Karloff's are using voodoo to further their career, 
swelling their audiences through manipulation and voodoo frenzy. They 
do not understand the powers they meddle with and cannot fully control 
them. A riot and the deaths were inevitable.

3       The Karloff's worship Nyarlathotep. Using mass hypnotism they 
enthrall the audience. Bit by bit they are building a reserve of 
psychic energy which is saved for Walpurgis Night. During this massive 
open air concert the audience will be so frenzied that during the 
final act, Howl at the Moon, blood will flow and the Crawling Chaos 
will descend to earth.

Copyright (c) 1990 Garrie Hall