Ambrose Bierce, An Inhabitant of Carcosa 7" Read by Anthony D. P. Mann, score by Chris Bozzone

Ambrose Bierce, An Inhabitant of Carcosa 7" Read by Anthony D. P. Mann, score by Chris Bozzone  Clear with blue swirl variant * Pressed on 150 gram vinyl * New essay by weird fiction scholar S. T. Joshi  * Housed in fold-over sleeve * Newly commissioned art by Matthew Jaffe   For a story not even counting 1500 words, and published nearly a century and a half ago, Ambrose Bierce's “An Inhabitant of Carcosa” has become the foundation for an entire world and mythos, with Robert W. Chambers appropriating the place name for his collection, The King in Yellow, a decade after Bierce's work, and then H.P. Lovecraft then referencing Chambers' book in his own short story, “The Whisperer in Darkness” in 1931.   The tale, “imparted to the medium Bayrolles by the spirit Hoseib Alar Robardin,” is read by Anthony D. P. Mann and scored by Chris Bozzone on this 7-inch vinyl record. As the tale is told, we learn that teller was “prostrated by a sudden fever,” during which he had suffered “periods of