NecRomance, by Frederick J. Mayer

Dedicated to Clark Ashton Smith

“A Lost Chapter From The Book Of Eibon”

Barbarian horde of near hairless

paleful skin

over running even mountain cold

wasted lands

their scything sharp abyss kissing swords

found within

even Sfatlicllp’s own consorts from

Voormis clans.

Hyperborean lords near fearless

baleful in

this on-going slaughter oh so bold

by these bands

their birth unknown but that towards

evening sin…

Ebonian crystal sorceress

KuMiHo

owner says “dead will of you cuckold”

necromance

spells and philtres of desire dark lore

ever so

said of hearts eaten protection from

such sex dance.

Beastian plants sup cannibal flesh

of Tcho

consummate grimore knowledge old

and by chance

gain anthropophagic made force for

attack blow

Homofloran man forms early this

night now are

more human than mandrake design told

go to East

from setting sun take devour that shore

mind guide Zhar

be yours given cosmic “steel” to come

kill & feast.

Guardian of garden of Eden bliss

under Star

Infernal as flower evil sowed

is as least

fire fruit flora meretrix faithful swore

lovers are…

Euglenans close house of black gneiss

mage therein

Eibon in rapture female cajoled

darkly sans

live concubine carcass leans forwards

ghoulish grin

forbidden fruit tells scourge source comes from

offers plans.

Mhu Thulan magician knows coitus

scheme given

dire incantations romancing mold

lewd commands

ebullient sorcery shield wards

now begin

Stygian expulsion Eucharist

eat to go

teraphim necrophilic hold

cracked monstrance

deviant genomic predator

free from so

exorcist Quachil Uttaus come

age vengeance.

Black barbaric blossoms’ detritus

roots of foe

decomposing bile weapons corrode

bane silence

deflowering expelling no more

dust below.