The Keeper of the Gate is a short story written by William Meikle. It was first published in the 2014 anthology The Dark Rites of Cthulhu, edited by Brian M. Sammons.
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Two police officers, unhappy at the official explanation for a family annihilation to which they were the first responders, launch their own investigation into the crime. What they uncover is a cult dedicated to Yog-Sothoth who trade their lives for the gift of prophecy.