LiteratureAn Inhabitant of Carcosa
An Inhabitant of Carcosa is Bierce’s short account of a man who believes he has wandered away from his sickbed and gradually discovers that his familiar city has passed into ruin. Its reversal depends on the difference between what the narrator can perceive and what he understands. Chambers later reused several of its names in The King in Yellow.
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