TCHO-TCHOOf earthly minds there were some from the winged, star-headed, half-vegetable race of palaeogean Antarctica; one from the reptile people of fabled Valusia; three from the furry pre-human Hyperborean worshippers of Tsathoggua; one from the wholly abominable Tcho-Tchos; two from the arachnid denizens of earth’s last age; five from the hardy coleopterous species immediately following mankind, to which the Great Race was some day to transfer its keenest minds en masse in the face of horrible peril; and several from different branches of humanity.
H.P. Lovecraft, The Shadow Out Of Time
"On the contrary, they were a horde of little men, the tallest of them no more than four feet, with singularly small eyes set deep in dome-like, hairless heads. These queer attackers fell upon the party and had killed men and animals with their bright swords almost before our men could extract their weapons."
"It is true that strange legends had reached us even before we had left Ho-Nan province of a weird race of little people, to whom the natives applied the odd name, "Tcho-Tcho."'
August Derleth & Mark Schorer, The Lair Of the Star Spawn
Interesting design. I thought they were more yellow than red or brown, but there body is very nice deformed and inhuman. :)
ReplyDeleteYeah it never specifically mentions a color in Lair Of the Star Spawn and I've seen some images of them with crimson skin and thought it was appropriate for interdimensional cannibals! haha
ReplyDeleteThe story "Black Man with a Horn" by T.E.D. Klein involved the Tcho-Tcho and a particularly hideous revenge taken against intruders. The story may be found in "New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos"(1980) by Arkham House.
ReplyDeleteImagine being followed to NYC by Tcho-Tcho and attacked in your home by - the Shugoron !