Carcosa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcosa "a fictional city in Ambrose Bierce 's short story " An Inhabitant of Carcosa " (1886). The ancient and mysterious city is barely described and is viewed only in hindsight (after its destruction) by a character who once lived there." "American writer Robert W. Chambers borrowed the name "Carcosa" for several of his short stories featured in the 1895 book The King in Yellow , inspiring generations of authors to similarly use Carcosa in their own works." " Several other nearly undescribed places are alluded to in Chambers' writing, among them Hastur, Yhtill, and Aldebaran. "Aldebaran" may refer to the star Aldebaran , likely as it is also associated with the mention of the Hyades star cluster, with which it shares space in the night sky. The Yellow Sign, described as a symbol, not of any human script, is supposed to originate from the same place as Carcosa." "One ...