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65-685: Hastur first appeared in Ambrose Bierce 's short story "Haïta the Shepherd" ( 1891 ) as a benign god of shepherds . Subsequently Robert W. Chambers used the name in his late 1800s stories to represent both a person and a place associated with several stars, including Aldebaran . H. P. Lovecraft was inspired by Chambers's stories and briefly mentioned Hastur in The Whisperer in Darkness (1930). Later writers have also adapted Hastur in

130-510: A cause célèbre . Bierce meant his poem to express a national mood of dismay and fear, but after McKinley was shot in 1901, it seemed to foreshadow the crime: The bullet that pierced Goebel's breast Can not be found in all the West; Good reason, it is speeding here To stretch McKinley on his bier. Hearst was thereby accused by rival newspapers—and by then- Secretary of War Elihu Root —of having called for McKinley's assassination. Despite

195-470: A light novel series written by Manta Aisora with illustrations by Koin  [ ja ] . The series, spanning twelve volumes, was published by Soft Bank Creative under their GA Bunko imprint between April 15, 2009, and March 17, 2014. Short stories have been published in Soft Bank Creative's GA Magazine . An original video animation titled Haiyoru! Nyaruani ( 這いよる!ニャルアニ )

260-536: A collection of horror stories , Hastur is the name of a potentially supernatural character (in "The Demoiselle D'Ys"), a place (in "The Repairer of Reputations"), and mentioned without explanation in "The Yellow Sign". The latter two stories also mention Carcosa , Hali, Aldebaran , and the Hyades , along with a " Yellow Sign " and a play called The King in Yellow . H. P. Lovecraft read Chambers' book in early 1927 and

325-740: A fictional Ambrose Bierce have received favorable reviews, generated international sales, or earned major awards. Bierce's short stories, "Haita the Shepherd" and " An Inhabitant of Carcosa " are believed to have influenced early weird fiction writer Robert W. Chambers ' tales of The King in Yellow (1895), which featured Hastur , Carcosa , Lake Hali and other names and locations initiated in these tales. Chambers in turn went on to influence H. P. Lovecraft and much of modern horror fiction. In 1918, H. L. Mencken called Bierce "the one genuine wit that These States have ever seen." At least three films have been made of Bierce's story " An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge ". A silent film version, The Bridge ,

390-476: A national uproar that ended his ambitions for the presidency (and even his membership in the Bohemian Club ), Hearst kept employing Bierce. During his lifetime, Bierce was better known as a journalist than as a fiction writer. His most popular stories were written in rapid succession between 1888 and 1891, in what was characterized as "a tremendous burst of consummate art". Bierce's works often highlight

455-589: A profit despite increased circulation of the San Francisco Examiner . Robert O. Cornthwaite appears as Sam Chamberlain. Carlos Fuentes 's 1985 novel The Old Gringo is a fictionalized account of Bierce's disappearance; it was later adapted into the film Old Gringo (1989), starring Gregory Peck in the title role. Fuentes stated: "What started this novel was my admiration for Ambrose Bierce and for his Tales of Soldiers and Civilians ." Two adaptations were made of Bierce's story "Eyes of

520-624: A short original video animation based on the short story "Easy Way to Kill Enemies" ( やさしい敵の仕留め方 , Yasashii Teki no Shitome-kata ) was offered to those who purchased all the BD/DVD volumes of the first season. NIS America licensed the series in North America and released on subtitled Blu-ray Disc on April 15, 2014. A second season called Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W ( 這いよれ！ニャル子さんW ) aired in Japan between April 8 and July 1, 2013, and

585-405: A television series, Haiyore! Nyaruko: Remember My Mr. Lovecraft , which aired in Japan between December 2010 and February 2011. An anime television series by Xebec aired in Japan between April and June 2012 and a second season aired between April and June 2013. An OVA was released in 2015. Two manga adaptations have been produced. A video game adaptation, developed by 5pb. for PlayStation Vita

650-590: A terrifying experience that became a source for several short stories and the memoir "What I Saw of Shiloh". In April 1863 he was commissioned a first lieutenant , and served on the staff of General William Babcock Hazen as a topographical engineer , making maps of likely battlefields. As a staff officer, Bierce became known to leading generals such as George H. Thomas and Oliver O. Howard , both of whom supported his application for admission to West Point in May 1864. General Hazen believed Bierce would graduate from

715-532: A trace , one of the most famous disappearances in American literary history. Bierce's ultimate fate remains a mystery. He wrote in one of his final letters: "Good-bye. If you hear of my being stood up against a Mexican stone wall and shot to rags, please know that I think it is a pretty good way to depart this life. It beats old age, disease, or falling down the cellar stairs. To be a Gringo in Mexico--ah, that

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780-491: A variety of tales. In Bierce's "Haïta the Shepherd", which appeared in the collection Can Such Things Be? , Hastur is more benevolent than he would later appear in August Derleth 's mythos stories. Another story in the same collection ("An Inhabitant of Carcosa") referred to the place " Carcosa " and a person "Hali", names which later authors were to associate with Hastur. In Chambers' The King in Yellow ( 1895 ),

845-446: Is a Japanese light novel series written by Manta Aisora and illustrated by Koin  [ ja ] . It was inspired by H. P. Lovecraft 's Cthulhu Mythos . The series' twelve volumes were published by Soft Bank Creative under their GA Bunko imprint between April 2009 and March 2014. An animated original video animation (OVA) by DLE titled Haiyore! Nyaruko was published in between October 2009 and March 2010, followed by

910-660: Is among our three greatest writers." When told this, Bierce responded, "I am sure Mr. Howells is the other two." Bierce married Mary Ellen "Mollie" Day on December 25, 1871. They had three children: sons Day (1872–1889) and Leigh (1874–1901) and daughter Helen (1875–1940). Both of Bierce's sons died before he did. Day committed suicide after a romantic rejection (he non-fatally shot the woman of his affections along with her fiancé beforehand), and Leigh died of pneumonia related to alcoholism. Bierce separated from his wife in 1888, after discovering compromising letters to her from an admirer. They divorced in 1904. Mollie Day Bierce died

975-496: Is euthanasia!" Skeptic Joe Nickell noted that the letter to Partington had not been found; all that existed was a notebook belonging to his secretary and companion Carrie Christiansen. Partington concluded that Bierce deliberately concealed his true whereabouts when he finally went to a selected location in the Grand Canyon and died as a result of suicide. There was an official investigation by U.S. consular officials of

1040-665: Is his much-quoted The Devil's Dictionary , originally an occasional newspaper item, first published in book form in 1906 as The Cynic's Word Book. Described as "howlingly funny", it consists of satirical definitions of English words which lampoon cant and political double-talk. Bierce edited the twelve volumes of The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce , which were published from 1909 to 1912. The seventh volume consists solely of The Devil's Dictionary . Bierce has been criticized by his contemporaries and later scholars for deliberately pursuing improbability and for his penchant toward " trick endings ". In his later stories, apparently under

1105-432: Is indeed the nameless Yellow Sign handed down from the accursed cult of Hastur—from primordial Carcosa, whereof the volume treats... "...We spoke of Hastur and of Cassilda..." Judging from these two quotes, it is quite possible that H. P. Lovecraft not only recognized Hastur as one of the mythos gods, but even made him so recalling Chambers' book. Derleth also developed Hastur into a Great Old One , spawn of Yog-Sothoth ,

1170-817: Is mentioned and connected to Carcosa in the first season of the HBO series True Detective . In the Doctor Who Virgin New Adventures novel All-Consuming Fire , Hastur the Unspeakable is either one of the names/titles belonging to or the original name of the Great Old One, Fenric. Hastur appears in the Persona games, as both an enemy and summonable ally. Hastur is featured on the cover of The King In Yellow in SIGNALIS . In

1235-650: The Overland Monthly , The Californian and The Wasp . A selection of his crime reporting from The San Francisco News Letter was included in the Library of America anthology True Crime . Bierce lived and wrote in England from 1872 to 1875, contributing to Fun magazine. His first book, The Fiend's Delight , a compilation of his articles, was published in London in 1873 by John Camden Hotten under

1300-611: The Great Plains . The expedition traveled by horseback and wagon from Omaha, Nebraska , arriving toward year's end in San Francisco, California. In the city, Bierce was awarded the rank of brevet major before resigning from the Army. Bierce remained in San Francisco for many years, eventually becoming famous as a contributor or editor of newspapers and periodicals, including The San Francisco News Letter , The Argonaut ,

1365-772: The Yellow Sign , L’mur-Kathulos, Bran, and the Magnum Innominandum—and was drawn back through nameless aeons and inconceivable dimensions to worlds of elder, outer entity at which the crazed author of the Necronomicon had only guessed in the vaguest way. It is unclear from this quote if Lovecraft's Hastur is a person, a place, an object (such as the Yellow Sign), or a deity. This ambiguity is recurrent in Lovecraft's descriptions of mythic entities. Later in

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1430-525: The 18th episode of the 1985 "Twilight Zone" adaptation and the 2014 film adaptation, Mercy . "Gramma" was translated into Marathi by Indian writer Narayan Dharap as "Aaji", which served as a basis for the 2019 film Tumbbad , in which Hastur (stylized as Hastar) is the first and most beloved offspring of the Goddess of Prosperity who robbed her of her gold and was stopped while attempting to steal her grain. Though not named directly, The King in Yellow

1495-537: The Great Puritan Migration. He often wrote critically of "Puritan values" and people who "made a fuss" about genealogy. He was the tenth of thirteen children, all of whom were given names by their father beginning with the letter "A": in order of birth, the Bierce siblings were Abigail, Amelia, Ann, Addison, Aurelius, Augustus, Almeda, Andrew, Albert, Ambrose, Arthur, Adelia, and Aurelia. His mother

1560-701: The King in Yellow. The first novel of the series was published in 2022. Hastur appears in Cole Frederick's puppetry short film titled "The King in Yellow" released in 2023. A female version of Hastur appears in the videogame "A Sucker For Love" going by the name of Aster, the game also incorporates the fictional play "The King In Yellow" Hastur is the name of the Carcosan's ship in S.M. Stirlings novel "Prince of Outcasts". Ambrose Bierce Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – c.  1914 )

1625-612: The Midst of Life ) was named by the Grolier Club one of the 100 most influential American books printed before 1900. A prolific and versatile writer, Bierce was regarded as one of the most influential journalists in the United States and as a pioneering writer of realist fiction. For his horror writing, Michael Dirda ranked him alongside Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft . S. T. Joshi speculates that he may well be

1690-473: The Panther". One version was developed for Shelley Duvall 's Nightmare Classics series and was released in 1990. It runs about 60 minutes. A shorter version was released in 2007 by director Michael Barton and runs about 23 minutes. Bierce was a major character in a series of mystery books written by Oakley Hall and published between 1998 and 2006. Biographer Richard O'Connor argued that, "War

1755-719: The Space Defense Agency to protect him from being kidnapped by an alien trafficker . Aliens find Mahiro and the Earth strangely attractive, for entertainment, auction, or resources. One by one, the Great Old Ones land on Earth illegally. Eventually, Nyaruko and two other Lovecraftian creatures, Cthugha and Hastur , end up being freeloaders at Mahiro's place. Mahiro has become accustomed to his protection detail of Nyarlathotep (Nyaruko), Cthugha, and Hastur making his life fascinating. Haiyore! Nyaruko-san began as

1820-557: The Treasurer of the United States." Bierce's coverage and diatribes on the subject aroused such public wrath that the bill was defeated. Bierce returned to California in November. In 1899, he moved back to Washington, D.C., and remained a resident until his disappearance in 1913. The best known of his four different residences in the city during this time perhaps is the townhouse at 18 Logan Circle . Bierce's long newspaper career

1885-399: The U.S. government to build the first transcontinental railroad . Central Pacific executive Collis P. Huntington persuaded a friendly member of Congress to introduce a bill excusing the companies from repaying the loans, amounting to $ 130 million (worth $ 4.76 billion today). In January 1896 Hearst dispatched Bierce to Washington, D.C. , to foil this attempt. The essence of the plot

1950-483: The Yellow Sign) devoted to the purpose of tracking them down and injuring them on behalf of monstrous powers from other dimensions. It is against these aggressors—not against normal humanity—that the drastic precautions of the Outer Ones are directed. ...after stumbling queerly upon the hellish and forbidden book of horrors the two learn, among other hideous things which no sane mortal should know, that this talisman

2015-607: The disappearance of one of its citizens. Some of Villa's men were questioned at the time of his disappearance and afterwards, with contradictory accounts. U.S. Army chief of staff Hugh L. Scott contacted Pancho Villa's U.S. representative Felix A. Sommerfeld , and Sommerfeld investigated the disappearance. Bierce was said to have been last seen in the city of Chihuahua in January. Oral tradition in Sierra Mojada , Coahuila documented by priest James Lienert states that Bierce

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2080-421: The final episode is about six minutes long. Another anime series titled Haiyoru! Nyaruani: Remember My Mr. Lovecraft ( 這いよる!ニャルアニ リメンバー・マイ・ラブ（クラフト先生） , Hayoru! Nyaruani: Rimenbā Mai Rabu(kurafuto-sensei) ) , also produced by DLE and directed by Azuma Tani, aired 11 episodes on BS11 Digital between December 11, 2010, and February 26, 2011. Each episode is about four minutes in length. The twelfth episode

2145-549: The following year. Bierce was an avowed agnostic and strongly rejected the divinity of Christ . He had lifelong asthma , as well as complications from his war wounds, most notably episodes of fainting and irritability assignable to the traumatic brain injury experienced at Kennesaw Mountain. In October 1913 Bierce, then age 71, departed from Washington, D.C. for a tour of his old Civil War battlefields. According to some reports, by December he had passed through Louisiana and Texas, crossing by way of El Paso into Mexico, which

2210-417: The greatest satirist America has ever produced, and in this regard can take his place with such figures as Juvenal , Swift , and Voltaire . His war stories influenced Stephen Crane , Ernest Hemingway , and others, and he was considered an influential and feared literary critic. In recent decades, Bierce has gained wider respect as a fabulist and for his poetry. In 1913, Bierce told reporters that he

2275-579: The half-brother of Cthulhu , and possibly the Magnum Innominandum. In this incarnation, Hastur has several Avatars : Anders Fager 's "Collected Swedish Cults" features a Stockholm-based coterie known as "The Carcosa Foundation" that worships Hastur. Hastur is amorphous, but he is said to appear as a vast, vaguely octopoid being, similar to his half-niece Cthylla. In the mythos, Hastur is presented as having "a strange effect on artists and playwrights". Hastur has appeared in other media. In

2340-424: The honor and glory of war from people who'd never seen or experienced it personally. According to Milton Subotsky , Bierce helped pioneer the psychological horror story. In addition to his ghost and war stories, he also published several volumes of poetry. His Fantastic Fables anticipated the ironic style of grotesquerie that became a more common genre in the 20th century. One of Bierce's most famous works

2405-447: The influence of Maupassant , Bierce "dedicated himself to shocking the audience", as if his purpose was "to attack the reader's smug intellectual security". Bierce's bias towards Naturalism has also been noted: "The biting, deriding quality of his satire, unbalanced by any compassion for his targets, was often taken as petty meanness, showing contempt for humanity and an intolerance to the point of merciless cruelty". Stephen Crane

2470-574: The inscrutability of the universe and the absurdity of death . Bierce wrote realistically of the terrible things he had seen in the war in such stories as " An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge ", " A Horseman in the Sky ", " One of the Missing ", and " Chickamauga ". His grimly realistic cycle of 25 war stories has been called "the greatest anti-war document in American literature". To the end of his life, nothing would so infuriate him as hearing accounts of

2535-509: The light novel and anime series Haiyore! Nyaruko-san , which is based on the Cthulhu mythos, one of the main characters, Hastua , is a Japanized version of and direct reference to Hastur. In Neil Gaiman 's and Terry Pratchett 's Good Omens Hastur is the name of a demon. In the TV series adaptation of Good Omens , Hastur is portrayed by Ned Dennehy . Hastur is the name of a hunter in

2600-648: The military academy "with distinction" and William T. Sherman also endorsed the application for admission, even though stating he had no personal acquaintance with Bierce. In June 1864, Bierce sustained a traumatic brain injury at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain and spent the rest of the summer on furlough, returning to active duty in September. He was discharged from the army in January 1865. His military career resumed in mid-1866, when he joined General Hazen as part of an expedition to inspect military outposts across

2665-471: The pseudonym "Dod Grile". Returning to the United States, he again took up residence in San Francisco. From 1879 to 1880, he traveled to Rockerville and Deadwood in the Dakota Territory , to try his hand as local manager for a New York mining company. When the company failed he returned to San Francisco and resumed his career in journalism. From January 1, 1881, until September 11, 1885, he

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2730-434: The role of Mahiro Yasaka. The game's story is based on the first season of the anime television series, with some additional content. The game was released on PlayStation Vita on May 30, 2013, in both regular and limited editions. The series has received mixed reviews. Aiden Foote from THEM Anime Reviews gave the first season ( Nyarko-san: Another Crawling Chaos ) a 3 out of 5 stars rating. In his review, Foote says that

2795-503: The same story, it is described that the Mi-Go have been attacked by followers of Hastur, and Hastur is an enemy of the Outer Ones whom the Mi-Go serve: Actually, they have never knowingly harmed men, but have often been cruelly wronged and spied upon by our species. There is a whole secret cult of evil men (a man of your mystical erudition will understand me when I link them with Hastur and

2860-666: The sixth novel in Charles Stross Laundry Files , The Annihilation Score (2017), the protagonist is Dr. Dominique "Mo" O'Brien is compelled by her violin to summon The King in Yellow, with poems referencing Hastur and Carcosa. Hastur the Unspeakable, god of shepherds, appears in Jonathan Maberry 's Kagen the Damned series as the god of Hakkia and his chief priest the Witch-King, Gethon Heklan,

2925-623: The start of the American Civil War , he enlisted in the Union Army 's 9th Indiana Infantry . He participated in the operations in Western Virginia (1861), was present at the Battle of Philippi (the first organized land action of the war) and received newspaper attention for his daring rescue, under fire, of a gravely wounded comrade at the Battle of Rich Mountain . Bierce fought at the Battle of Shiloh (April 1862),

2990-450: The story had been adapted as an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents . Another version, directed by Brian James Egen, was released in 2005. It was also adapted for the CBS radio programs Escape (1947), Suspense (1956, 1957, 1959), and Radio Mystery Theater (1974). In his 1932 book Wild Talents , American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena Charles Fort wrote about

3055-403: The unexplained disappearances of Ambrose Bierce and Ambrose Small , and asked, "Was somebody collecting Ambroses?" Actor James Lanphier (1920–1969) played Bierce, with James Hampton as William Randolph Hearst , in the 1964 episode "The Paper Dynasty", of the syndicated western television series Death Valley Days , hosted by Stanley Andrews . In the story line, Hearst struggles to turn

3120-563: The video game Identity V who is also known as The Feaster and The King in Yellow. Hastur also appears as a character in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game . Hastur is also believed to be the King in Yellow in the video game Vampire Survivors . The player also receives the Yellow Sign from them directly. The short story " Gramma " by Stephen King features a demonic entity named Hastur, who also appeared in

3185-657: Was a descendant of William Bradford . His parents were a poor but literary couple who instilled in him a deep love for books and writing. Bierce grew up in Kosciusko County , Indiana, attending high school at the county seat , Warsaw . He left home at 15 to become a printer's devil at a small abolitionist newspaper, the Northern Indianan . Bierce briefly attended the Kentucky Military Institute until it burned down. At

3250-616: Was also simulcast by Crunchyroll. An OVA episode on DVD was released for buying all of the second season's Blu-ray Disc or DVD volumes. An OVA Haiyore! Nyaruko-san F ( 這いよれ！ニャル子さんF ) was released on June 19, 2015. A manga adaptation titled Haiyore! Nyaruko-san illustrated by Kei Okazaki was serialized in Shueisha 's Miracle Jump magazine from May 6, 2011 to April 10, 2013 and was compiled in two volumes. A four-panel comic strip manga titled Haiyore! Super Nyaruko-chan Time ( 這いよれ！スーパーニャル子ちゃんタイム ) illustrated by Sōichirō Hoshino

3315-590: Was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and American Civil War veteran. His book The Devil's Dictionary was named one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature" by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration . His story " An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge " has been described as "one of the most famous and frequently anthologized stories in American literature", and his book Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (also published as In

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3380-630: Was editor of The Wasp magazine, in which he began a column titled "Prattle". He also became one of the first regular columnists and editorialists on William Randolph Hearst 's newspaper, the San Francisco Examiner , eventually becoming one of the most prominent and influential writers and journalists on the West Coast . He remained associated with Hearst Newspapers until 1909. The Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroad companies had received large, low-interest loans from

3445-575: Was executed by firing squad in the town's cemetery. Bierce has been fictionalized in more than 50 novels, short stories, movies, television shows, stage plays, and comic books. Most of these works draw upon Bierce's vivid personality, colorful wit, relationships with famous people such as Jack London and William Randolph Hearst , or, quite frequently, his mysterious disappearance. Bierce has been portrayed by such well-known authors as Ray Bradbury , Jack Finney , Carlos Fuentes , Winston Groom , Robert Heinlein , and Don Swaim. Some works featuring

3510-514: Was in the throes of revolution . In Ciudad Juárez he joined Pancho Villa 's army as an observer, and in that role he witnessed the Battle of Tierra Blanca . It was reported that Bierce accompanied Villa's army as far as the city of Chihuahua . His last known communication with the world was a letter he wrote there to Blanche Partington , a close friend, dated December 26, 1913. After closing this letter by saying, "As to me, I leave here tomorrow for an unknown destination," he vanished without

3575-409: Was made in 1929 by Charles Vidor . A French version called La Rivière du Hibou , directed by Robert Enrico , was released in 1962; this black-and-white film faithfully recounts the original narrative using voiceover. It aired in 1964 on American television as one of the final episodes of the television series The Twilight Zone : " An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge ". Prior to The Twilight Zone ,

3640-491: Was of the minority of Bierce's contemporaries who valued Bierce's experimental short stories. In his essay " Supernatural Horror in Literature ", H. P. Lovecraft characterized Bierce's fictional work as "grim and savage." Lovecraft goes on to say that nearly all of Bierce's stories are of the horror genre and some shine as great examples of weird fiction . Critic and novelist William Dean Howells said, "Mr. Bierce

3705-456: Was often controversial because of his penchant for biting social criticism and satire. On several occasions his columns stirred up a storm of hostile reaction, which created difficulties for Hearst. One of the most notable of these incidents occurred following the assassination of President William McKinley in 1901 when Hearst's opponents turned a poem Bierce had written about the assassination of Governor William Goebel of Kentucky in 1900 into

3770-553: Was produced by DLE and directed by Azuma Tani. The first episode was streamed on October 23, 2009. Further episodes were published on December 19, 2010 on DVD as part of the GA Magazine Vol. 3. All 9 episodes were released on March 15, 2010 as part of the Haiyore! Nyaruko-san 4: Special Box ( 這いよれ!ニャル子さん4 スペシャルボックス , ISBN   978-4-7973-5782-0 ) . The first eight episodes are about one to two minutes in length, while

3835-489: Was released as an original video animation included with the Haiyoru! Nyaruani 1&2 Perfect Box , a DVD compilation containing both Flash anime series. An anime television series produced by Xebec aired in Japan between April 10 and June 26, 2012. Crunchyroll streamed the series with English subtitles outside Asia, along with the two Flash series, under the name Nyarko-san: Another Crawling Chaos . A DVD containing

3900-480: Was released in Japan in May 2013. The story of Haiyore! Nyaruko-san centers around Nyaruko , a formless Lovecraftian deity of chaos ( Nyarlathotep ) who can take on the shape of a seemingly cute silver-haired girl. Mahiro Yasaka is a normal high school boy who is being chased by a fearsome black alien one night, until Nyaruko saves him. She explains that the creatures from H. P. Lovecraft 's works are actually races of aliens, and that she has been sent to Earth by

3965-474: Was secrecy; the railroads' advocates hoped to get the bill through Congress without any public notice or hearings. When the angered Huntington confronted Bierce on the steps of the Capitol and told Bierce to name his price, Bierce's answer ended up in newspapers nationwide: "My price is one hundred thirty million dollars. If, when you are ready to pay, I happen to be out of town, you may hand it over to my friend,

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4030-459: Was serialized in Flex Comix 's Flex Comix Blood from October 5, 2011 to November 12, 2014 and was compiled in five volumes. An anthology volume was published by Holp Shuppan on November 11, 2012. In December 2012 5pb. announced the development of a visual novel , titled Haiyore! Nyaruko-san Meijōshigatai Game no Yōna Mono ( 這いよれ! ニャル子さん 名状しがたいゲームのようなもの ) in which the player assumes

4095-454: Was so enchanted by it that he added elements of it to his own creations. There are two places in Lovecraft's own writings in which Hastur is mentioned: I found myself faced by names and terms that I had heard elsewhere in the most hideous of connections— Yuggoth , Great Cthulhu , Tsathoggua , Yog-Sothoth , R'lyeh , Nyarlathotep , Azathoth , Hastur, Yian, Leng , the Lake of Hali , Bethmoora,

4160-650: Was the making of Bierce as a man and a writer... [he became] truly capable of transferring the bloody, headless bodies and boar-eaten corpses of the battlefield onto paper." Essayist Clifton Fadiman wrote, "Bierce was never a great writer. He has painful faults of vulgarity and cheapness of imagination. But ... his style, for one thing, will preserve him; and the purity of his misanthropy , too, will help to keep him alive." Haiyore! Nyaruko-san Nyaruko: Crawling with Love ( 這いよれ! ニャル子さん , Haiyore! Nyaruko-san , lit.   ' Crawl Up! Nyaruko-san ' ) , also known as Nyaruko-san: Another Crawling Chaos ,

4225-529: Was travelling to Mexico to gain first-hand experience of the Mexican Revolution . He disappeared and was never seen again. Bierce was born in a log cabin at Horse Cave Creek in Meigs County, Ohio , on June 24, 1842, to Marcus Aurelius Bierce (1799–1876) and Laura Sherwood Bierce. He was of entirely English ancestry: all of his forebears came to North America between 1620 and 1640 as part of

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