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Carcosa Stories; Or, a Stoic Caress.

"... there is no other city on earth the idea of which is so fiercely promulgated." —Sam Leith via

The Insane Story of Natalie Harp.

"Elegy for a Shadow Follower"

Ah, but they have made a cult of war
   that never needs to advertize;
its toys & sickly liberties come gloze
   in flickers that belie the fire.

Obedience & the willingness to kill
   are still the measure of a wight—
the castle's stones, from some high parapet—
   & not their essence, which is vile.

"This was madness on a whole different scale, even than Epstein’s."