"The Winds of Yith"

by W.H. Pugmire
originally published Chronicles of the Cthulhu Codex #3, 1987

Nathan is an old former Dunwich-er who's settled in Sesqua Valley (wherever that is), bringing with him Wilbur Whateley's own copy of The Necronomicon. On this particular night, he uses it to summon The Winds of Yith.

Amber, a woman who apparently likes him, shows up and shames him for this summoning.  It seems no one really knows what The Winds of Yith are, or what they'll do.  But Nathan was feeling nihilistic tonight.

They wander off into the night.  The winds howl about them, but nothing happens.  It seems Sesqua Valley, a magical place, has chosen to protect Nathan.

Odd, evocatively written, dreamlike stuff.  I rather liked it!