The narrator of the story implies that the person named Hali is now dead (at least in the timeline of the story). The name Hali originated in Ambrose Bierce's " An Inhabitant of Carcosa" (1886) in which Hali is the author of a quote which prefaces the story. Lovecraft and the authors who followed him. Like Carcosa, it is referenced in the Cthulhu Mythos stories of H.P. Chambers in the collection of short stories of the same title), the mysterious cities of Alar and Carcosa stand beside the lake. In the fictional play The King in Yellow (obliquely described by author Robert W. Lake Hali is a misty lake found near the city of Hastur. "Cassilda's Song" in The King in Yellow Act 1, Scene 2 Associated names Strange is the night where black stars rise,Īnd strange moons circle through the skies, The most precise description of its location is the shores of Lake Hali, either on another planet, or in another universe. In Chambers' stories, and within the apocryphal play titled The King in Yellow, which is mentioned several times within them, the city of Carcosa is a mysterious, ancient, and possibly cursed place. Chambers had read Bierce's work and borrowed a few additional names from his work, including Hali and Hastur. Chambers' book of short horror stories published in 1895, titled The King in Yellow.
The city was later used more extensively in Robert W. Chambers borrowed the name "Carcosa" for his stories, inspiring generations of authors to similarly use Carcosa in their own works. The ancient and mysterious city is barely described and is viewed only in hindsight (after its destruction) by a character who once lived there.Īmerican writer Robert W. ( August 2007) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Ĭarcosa is a fictional city in Ambrose Bierce's short story " An Inhabitant of Carcosa" (1886).
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