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	'''"The Black Tome of Alsophocus"''' is a short story by [[H.P. Lovecraft]] and [[Martin S. Warnes]]. It appears in the collection ''[[New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos]]'' (1980 and 1989).		'''"The Black Tome of Alsophocus"''' is a short story by [[H.P. Lovecraft]] and [[Martin S. Warnes]]. It appears in the collection ''[[New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos]]'' (1980 and 1989).

	Written by Warnes as a "posthumous collaboration" in an attempt to complete a fragment left by Lovecraft, "[[The Book (fiction)]]", in which the narrator is given an ancient book by a strange bookseller, and when he takes it home and examines it, weird and sinister events ensue. Lovecraft appears to have started the fragment as one of the sole surviving experimental attempts to convert the first three sonnets of "[[Fungi from Yuggoth (~~fiction~~)]]" (The Book, Pursuit, and The Key) into prose, before abandoning it: "I am at a sort of standstill in writing — disgusted at much of my older work, and uncertain as to avenues of improvement. In recent weeks I have done a tremendous amount of experimenting with different styles and perspectives, but have destroyed most of the results...." - HPL		Written by Warnes as a "posthumous collaboration" in an attempt to complete a fragment left by Lovecraft, "[[The Book (fiction)]]", in which the narrator is given an ancient book by a strange bookseller, and when he takes it home and examines it, weird and sinister events ensue. Lovecraft appears to have started the fragment as one of the sole surviving experimental attempts to convert the first three sonnets of "[[Fungi from Yuggoth (poem)]]" (The Book, Pursuit, and The Key) into prose, before abandoning it: "I am at a sort of standstill in writing — disgusted at much of my older work, and uncertain as to avenues of improvement. In recent weeks I have done a tremendous amount of experimenting with different styles and perspectives, but have destroyed most of the results...." - HPL

	Warnes' story is a sort of demonic possession tale concerning [[Nyarlathotep]], about a human who discovers a spellbook called the ''[[Black Tome of Alsophocus\|Black Tome]]'', described as "that legendary manuscript written centuries ago by the great necromancer [[Alsophocus]], who lived in the land of [[Erongill]] before ever modern man ever had taken his first uncertain steps upon the earth". The narrator learns much sorcery from the ''Black Tome'' and eventually travels with his mind to [[Sharnoth]] where [[Nyarlathotep]] dwells.		Warnes' story is a sort of demonic possession tale concerning [[Nyarlathotep]], about a human who discovers a spellbook called the ''[[Black Tome of Alsophocus\|Black Tome]]'', described as "that legendary manuscript written centuries ago by the great necromancer [[Alsophocus]], who lived in the land of [[Erongill]] before ever modern man ever had taken his first uncertain steps upon the earth". The narrator learns much sorcery from the ''Black Tome'' and eventually travels with his mind to [[Sharnoth]] where [[Nyarlathotep]] dwells.

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	'''"The Black Tome of Alsophocus"''' is a short story by [[H.P. Lovecraft]] and [[Martin S. Warnes]]. It appears in the collection ''[[New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos]]'' (1980 and 1989).		'''"The Black Tome of Alsophocus"''' is a short story by [[H.P. Lovecraft]] and [[Martin S. Warnes]]. It appears in the collection ''[[New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos]]'' (1980 and 1989).

	~~It tells~~ the story of a human who discovers a spellbook called the ''[[Black Tome of Alsophocus\|Black Tome]]'', described as "that legendary manuscript written centuries ago by the great necromancer [[Alsophocus]], who lived in the land of [[Erongill]] before ever modern man ever had taken his first uncertain steps upon the earth". The narrator learns much sorcery from the ''Black Tome'' and eventually travels with his mind to [[Sharnoth]] where [[Nyarlathotep]] dwells.		Written by Warnes as a "posthumous collaboration" in an attempt to complete a fragment left by Lovecraft, "[[The Book (fiction)]]", in which the narrator is given an ancient book by a strange bookseller, and when he takes it home and examines it, weird and sinister events ensue. Lovecraft appears to have started the fragment as one of the sole surviving experimental attempts to convert the first three sonnets of "[[Fungi from Yuggoth (fiction)]]" (The Book, Pursuit, and The Key) into prose, before abandoning it: "I am at a sort of standstill in writing — disgusted at much of my older work, and uncertain as to avenues of improvement. In recent weeks I have done a tremendous amount of experimenting with different styles and perspectives, but have destroyed most of the results...." - HPL

			Warnes' story is a sort of demonic possession tale concerning [[Nyarlathotep]], about a human who discovers a spellbook called the ''[[Black Tome of Alsophocus\|Black Tome]]'', described as "that legendary manuscript written centuries ago by the great necromancer [[Alsophocus]], who lived in the land of [[Erongill]] before ever modern man ever had taken his first uncertain steps upon the earth". The narrator learns much sorcery from the ''Black Tome'' and eventually travels with his mind to [[Sharnoth]] where [[Nyarlathotep]] dwells.

			Associated Mythos Elements:
			* deity: [[Nyarlathotep]]
			* tome: [[Black Tome of Alsophocus]]
			* character: [[Alsophocus\|Alsophocus of Erongill]]
			* location: [[Erongill]]
			* location: [[Sharnoth]]
			* location: [[Shuggon]]

	[[Category:Fiction:Stories by H. P. Lovecraft]]		[[Category:Fiction:Stories by H. P. Lovecraft]]

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	'''"The Black Tome of Alsophocus"''' is a short story by [[H.P. Lovecraft]] and [[Martin S. Warnes]]. It appears in the collection ''[[New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos]]'' (1980 and 1989).		'''"The Black Tome of Alsophocus"''' is a short story by [[H.P. Lovecraft]] and [[Martin S. Warnes]]. It appears in the collection ''[[New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos]]'' (1980 and 1989).

	It tells the story of a human who discovers a spellbook called the ''[[Black Tome\|Black Tome ~~of Alsophocus~~]]'', described as "that legendary manuscript written centuries ago by the great necromancer [[Alsophocus]], who lived in the land of [[Erongill]] before ever modern man ever had taken his first uncertain steps upon the earth". The narrator learns much sorcery from the ''Black Tome'' and eventually travels with his mind to [[Sharnoth]] where [[Nyarlathotep]] dwells.		It tells the story of a human who discovers a spellbook called the ''[[Black Tome of Alsophocus\|Black Tome]]'', described as "that legendary manuscript written centuries ago by the great necromancer [[Alsophocus]], who lived in the land of [[Erongill]] before ever modern man ever had taken his first uncertain steps upon the earth". The narrator learns much sorcery from the ''Black Tome'' and eventually travels with his mind to [[Sharnoth]] where [[Nyarlathotep]] dwells.

	[[Category:Fiction:Stories by H. P. Lovecraft]]		[[Category:Fiction:Stories by H. P. Lovecraft]]

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	'''"The Black Tome of Alsophocus"''' is a short story by [[H.P. Lovecraft]] and [[Martin S. Warnes]]. It appears in the collection ''[[New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos]]'' (1980 and 1989).		'''"The Black Tome of Alsophocus"''' is a short story by [[H.P. Lovecraft]] and [[Martin S. Warnes]]. It appears in the collection ''[[New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos]]'' (1980 and 1989).

	It tells the story of a human who discovers a spellbook called the ''Black Tome'', described as "that legendary manuscript written centuries ago by the great necromancer [[Alsophocus]], who lived in the land of [[Erongill]] before ever modern man ever had taken his first uncertain steps upon the earth". The narrator learns much sorcery from the ''Black Tome'' and eventually travels with his mind to [[Sharnoth]] where [[Nyarlathotep]] dwells.		It tells the story of a human who discovers a spellbook called the ''[[Black Tome\|Black Tome of Alsophocus]]'', described as "that legendary manuscript written centuries ago by the great necromancer [[Alsophocus]], who lived in the land of [[Erongill]] before ever modern man ever had taken his first uncertain steps upon the earth". The narrator learns much sorcery from the ''Black Tome'' and eventually travels with his mind to [[Sharnoth]] where [[Nyarlathotep]] dwells.

	[[Category:Fiction:Stories by H. P. Lovecraft]]		[[Category:Fiction:Stories by H. P. Lovecraft]]

Tgaitskell at 09:53, 26 February 2015

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	'''"The Black Tome of Alsophocus"''' is a short story by [[H.P. Lovecraft]] and [[Martin S. Warnes]]. It appears in the collection ''[[New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos]]'' (1980 and 1989).		'''"The Black Tome of Alsophocus"''' is a short story by [[H.P. Lovecraft]] and [[Martin S. Warnes]]. It appears in the collection ''[[New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos]]'' (1980 and 1989).

	It tells the story of a human who discovers a spellbook called the ''[[Black Tome]]'', described as "that legendary manuscript written centuries ago by the great necromancer [[Alsophocus]], who lived in the land of [[Erongill]] before ever modern man ever had taken his first uncertain steps upon the earth". The narrator learns much sorcery from the ''Black Tome'' and eventually travels with his mind to [[Sharnoth]] where [[Nyarlathotep]] dwells.		It tells the story of a human who discovers a spellbook called the ''Black Tome'', described as "that legendary manuscript written centuries ago by the great necromancer [[Alsophocus]], who lived in the land of [[Erongill]] before ever modern man ever had taken his first uncertain steps upon the earth". The narrator learns much sorcery from the ''Black Tome'' and eventually travels with his mind to [[Sharnoth]] where [[Nyarlathotep]] dwells.

	[[Category:Fiction:Stories by H. P. Lovecraft]]		[[Category:Fiction:Stories by H. P. Lovecraft]]