Found another possible Zenopus inspiration in the writings of Smith - the wizard Avyctes, who lives in a mansion on cliffs on the cliffs of 'the northern sea' and is powerful but doomed by something he summons. The story is the Double Shadow. I read it last night in "Out of Space and Time", but if you want to read it immediately its available here:
http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/53
http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/53
You might also consider Evagh/Pharazon, both also doomed. CAS work is filled with necromancers and Other Cool Stuff.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I will look for those stories.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the CAS links.
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