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The Charnal God by Clark Ashton Smith

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The Charnal God

by Clark Ashton Smith

"Mordiggian is the god of Zul-Bha-Sair," said the innkeeper with unctuous solemnity.

Fantasy Fiction Horror Science Fiction & Fantasy
Author Clark Ashton Smith
Published 2009
Format Book

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"Mordiggian is the god of Zul-Bha-Sair," said the innkeeper with unctuous solemnity. "He has been the god from years that are lost to man's memory in shadow deeper than the subterranes of his black temple. There is no other god in Zul-Bha-Sair. And all who die within the walls of the city are sacred to Mordiggian. Even the kings and the optimates, at death, are delivered into the hands of his muffled priests. It is the law and the custom. A little while, and the priests will come for your bride.""But Elaith is not dead," protested the youth Phariom for the third or fourth time, in piteous desperation...

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