A fictional author created by Clark Ashton Smith, Philip Hastane was in many ways an analog of his creator. He too lived in a cabin in Auburn, California and wrote poetry and weird fiction. He also associated with a large number of artists and dilettantes whom he met through letters and conferences.
He is part of the Cthulhu Mythos. In many ways, he is Clark Ashton Smith's version of H. P. Lovecraft's better-known Randolph Carter.
Appearances in Literature
Hastane is a character in two short stories and one novelette written by Smith; two more stories featuring the character were unfinished at the time of Smith's death in 1961.
References
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