I really enjoyed that one. Pretty obvious allegory for the allure and horror of nuclear science by the end. I wish he hadn't specified what the tincture had been, and that he'd had an unopened letter rather than a phone, no covid, but very minor complaints overall. I just would have preferred it to be more timeless, and in the case of the tincture specifically it could have been those radium tinctures
Just because I want to humblebrag about knowing it, they did misunderstand one word, that being c'thonic. Nothing to do with C'thulu, instead it's referring to the greco-roman underworld/Hades which is a fun word choice for someone crawling into the earth
Did anyone have any thoughts on 'Mother Night'? My assumption was an extinction event brought on by nuclear winter followed by the birth of whatever the next era of life would be given the context of the rest of the story
Also, nothing related to Creepcast/Wendigoon but on the same subject as this story, Kyle Hill released a video the other day that I thought was super spoopy and fun. Basically it was the Russian version of the Demon Core where, instead of immediately uncapping it to stop the open air criticality event the scientist instead ran away, leaving the plutonium to cook away. Super interesting, and the video had a very creepypasta slightly cheesy (and genuinely spoopy, assuming it's a true story) ending I think some people might appreciate. Only like 15 minutes long and worth the watch if you're interested in atomics at all
