The Last Hieroglyph

viii • Introduction by Richard A. Lupoff xiii • A Note on the Texts 1 • The Dark Age 13 • The Death of Malygris 23 • The Tomb-Spawn 31 • The Witchcraft of Ulua 39 • The Coming of the White Worm (Chapter IX of the Book of Eibon) 53 • The Seven Geases 69 • The Chain of Aforgomon 83 • The Primal City 89 • Xeethra 105 • The Last Hieroglyph 119 • Necromancy in Naat 137 • The Treader of the Dust 145 • The Black Abbot of Puthuum 163 • The Death of Ilalotha 173 • Mother of Toads 181 • The Garden of Adompha 189 • The Great God Awto 195 • Strange Shadows 207 • The Enchantress of Sylaire 219 • Double Cosmos 227 • Nemesis of the Unfinished 233 • The Master of the Crabs 245 • Morthylla 253 • Schizoid Creator 259 • Monsters in the Night 263 • Phoenix 273 • The Theft of the Thirty-Nine Girdles 283 • Symposium of the Gorgon 291 • The Dart of Rasasfa 299 • Appendix One: Story Notes 341 • Appendix Two: Variant Temptation Scenes from "The Witchcraft of Ulua" 343 • Appendix Three: "The Traveler" 345 • Appendix Four: Material Removed from "The Black Abbot of Puthuum" 349 • Appendix Five: Alternate Ending to "I Am Your Shadow" 355 • Appendix Six: Alternate Ending to "Nemesis of the Unfinished" 359 • Appendix Seven: Bibliography