Ambrose Bierce
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Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American author, journalist, and poet. A prolific and versatile writer, Bierce was regarded as one of the most influential journalists in the United States and as a pion
Bierce c. 1866
Bierce's residence (right), 18 Logan Circle, Washington, D.C.
Bierce, 1892
Ambrose Bierce, by J.H.E. Partington
Hastur
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Hastur is a deity of the Cthulhu Mythos.
Ambrose Bierce
…Inhabitant of Carcosa" are believed to have influenced early weird fiction writer Robert W. Chambers's tales of The King in Yellow (1895), which featured Hastur, Carcosa, Lake Hali and other names and locations initiated in Bierce's tales. Chambers in turn went on to influence H. P. Lovecraft and much of modern…
Hastur as he appears in The King in Yellow.