“O do not seek to learn or even ask, What horror hides behind…The Pallid Mask!” --Lin Carter, “Litany to Hastur”
Three Scenarios Exploring Hastur, Carcosa, & The King In Yellow
Of all the varied and mysterious Great Old Ones of the Cthulhu Mythos, few ensnare the imagination as easily as Hastur. The image of the silent, deserted city beside a dark, foreboding lake where sinister things lurk is one that stays with the reader. Many of us have walked the twisting streets of that dead alien city in our minds, finding our way into the tall towers to stand before an... more
Three Scenarios Exploring Hastur, Carcosa, & The King In Yellow
Of all the varied and mysterious Great Old Ones of the Cthulhu Mythos, few ensnare the imagination as easily as Hastur. The image of the silent, deserted city beside a dark, foreboding lake where sinister things lurk is one that stays with the reader. Many of us have walked the twisting streets of that dead alien city in our minds, finding our way into the tall towers to stand before an... more