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  2. Carcosa - Wikipedia

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    In Carcosa. Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies, But stranger still is Lost Carcosa. Songs that the Hyades shall sing, Where flap the tatters of the King, Must die unheard in Dim Carcosa. Song of my soul, my voice is dead, Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed Shall dry and die in Lost Carcosa.

  3. The King in Yellow - Wikipedia

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    In Carcosa. Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies, But stranger still is Lost Carcosa. Songs that the Hyades shall sing, Where flap the tatters of the King, Must die unheard in Dim Carcosa. Song of my soul, my voice is dead, Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed Shall dry and die in Lost Carcosa.

  4. Carcosa Seri Negara - Wikipedia

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    The Carcosa Seri Negara is a residence located on two adjacent hills inside the Perdana Botanical Gardens, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Originally built as the official residence and guest house of the British High Commissioner in Malaya, it is now owned by the Government of Malaysia. The name is a composite of the two colonial mansions located on ...

  5. Nyarlathotep - Wikipedia

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    Carcosa takes a more active role in Moore's follow-up volume Providence, "rewarding" the protagonist, Robert Black, for his work as the "herald" of H. P. Lovecraft's effects on the world and later overseeing the birth of Cthulhu. [12] In the video game Dusk, Nyarlathotep appears as the final enemy encounter. Instead of taking the form of a ...

  6. Khokarsa - Wikipedia

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    Other name (s) Khokarsan Empire. Type. Matriarchy. Ethnic group (s) Khoklem, Klemsuh. Locations. Khokarsa Island (capital) Khokarsa is a fictional empire in ancient Africa that serves as the primary setting for Philip José Farmer 's prehistoric fantasy novels Hadon of Ancient Opar, Flight to Opar, and The Song of Kwasin (the Khokarsa series).

  7. Hyades (star cluster) - Wikipedia

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    The Hyades (/ ˈhaɪ.ədiːz /; Greek Ὑάδες, also known as Caldwell 41, Collinder 50, or Melotte 25) is the nearest open cluster and one of the best-studied star clusters. Located about 153 light-years (47 parsecs) [1][2][3][4] away from the Sun, it consists of a roughly spherical group of hundreds of stars sharing the same age, place of ...

  8. Hastur - Wikipedia

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    Hastur (The Unspeakable One, The King in Yellow, Him Who Is Not to be Named, Assatur, Xastur, H'aaztre, Fenric, or Kaiwan) is an entity of the Cthulhu Mythos. [1][2][3][4][5] Hastur first appeared in Ambrose Bierce 's short story "Haïta the Shepherd" (1891) as a benign god of shepherds. Subsequently Robert W. Chambers used the name in his late ...

  9. An Inhabitant of Carcosa - Wikipedia

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    An Inhabitant of Carcosa. " An Inhabitant of Carcosa " is a short story by American Civil War veteran, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce. It was first published in the San Francisco Newsletter of December 25, 1886 and was later reprinted as part of Bierce's collections Tales of Soldiers and Civilians and Can Such Things Be? [1][2]