The Blonde Goddess of Tikka-Tikka

Norwegian Ansen is led down paths of supernatural oddness by the tomahawk bequeathed him by the Arapaho medicine man who raised him from a toddler. He has since learned the axe to be a token of power far older than 'the people'. But can it save him from extra-dimensional deities with hungers of cosmic proportions? A story in the tradition of authors such as H P Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard.A man of great melancholies prone to bury his woes in a pint or a shot glass, Ansen drifts from job to job, typically taking on details for which no one else is suited.When a movie director approaches him in a dingy bar in Zimbabwe, offering him a job as leading man in a film to be shot in a remote location, down-on-his-luck Ansen Grost decides he has nothing to lose.A globetrotter, he’d often found himself in circumstances where he must offer his expertise in mercenary forms to eke out a living. So being paid high wages just to look good for the cameras was an enticing opportunity. Not to mention, the blonde playing the lead role was rather easy on the eyes...After days a-sea they make land only to march inland through a steamy tropical forest to their campsite where they soon suspect they are not alone. The native porters, ever superstitious, sense eyes upon them...Having faithfully borne the talisman for years, the ancient weapon seems ever destined to draw him into confrontation with supernatural evil in bizarre, mind-blasting forms. But even Ansen is unprepared for what he finds atop the cliffs of this unknown island.This introductory short story in the series Tales of the Tomahawk will be followed shortly by Volume 2: The Banshee of the Atacama.