Stross, Charles. "A Colder War"
Summary: Dark, disturbing forces are barely kept under control during the Cold War, but in the late 1980s action by Iraq results in the loosing of "K-Thulu".
Published: In Spectrum SF #3; The Year's Best Science Fiction, Eighteenth Annual Collection (ed. Gardner Dozois), Griffin 2001 (0312274653BUY, 0312274785BUY), v.t. The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 14, Robinson 2001 (1841194042); Toast: And Other Rusted Futures, Cosmos 2002 (1587154137); Toast, Cosmos 2006 (0809556030BUY); and Wireless, Ace 2009 (0441017193BUY).