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Thanks, Sperk. That definition in M.-W's actually lead me to believe that "a toast" was an acceptable American usage. Apparently, not :).
And I do believe that the text was written by a non-native...

I think it is normally uncountable in the UK, where people speak of slices or pieces of toast, but in the US, it can be countable. E.g. the very first definition in the Merriam-Webster's Unabridged...

I think that Wolf here refers to the fairly tale monster from "Little Riding Hood" or a similar tale. Cthulhu probably regards him as a soulmate :). Human toasts = toasts with humans on top, just as...