“Beyond Carcosa” is an original compilation featuring poetry and short stories by Ambrose Bierce, Robert W. Chambers, Edgar Allan Poe, and William Butler Yeats.
Carcosa is a fictional land that first appeared in Bierce's 1886 story "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" (included in this collection), and later is appeared Robert W. Chambers's “The King in Yellow.” It has since been used by many other fantasy and horror writers and poets including H. P. Lovecraft, Joseph S. Pulver, John Scott Tynes, George R.R. Martin, and many more. Carcosa has even been used as a location in the HBO's “True Detective” and Netflix's “The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.”
This collection explores Carcosa and other fictional cities found in nineteenth century poetry and short stories.
Full Contents: "To Elsa" (From The Haunts of Men) by Robert W. Chambers "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" by Ambrose Bierce "Cassilda's Song" (From The King in Yellow) by Robert W. Chambers "In the Court of the Dragon" by Robert W. Chambers "The Haunts of Men" by Robert W. Chambers "A City in the Sea" by Edgar Allan Poe "The Purple Emperor" by Robert W. Chambers "Song of the Wandering Aengus" by William Butler Yeats
