Clark Ashton SmithHorror · Short Stories·1893–1961
Black Abbot of Puthuum
Synopsis
In the decaying city of Puthuum, the Black Abbot Ujuk rules over a monastery of madness and decay. When two warriors from the distant city of Yoros, Zobal and Cushara, are sent to escort a beautiful woman named Rubalsa to the king's harem, they are drawn into the abbot's unsettling domain. As the journey unfolds, the true nature of the abbot and the woman he guards is revealed, and the fate of the two warriors is irrevocably altered by the secrets of Puthuum.
How it reads
Prose complexity 7/10
Content warnings (2)
GoreDeath Of An Animal