Inspired by a poem by Ambrose Bierce, who was a mentor to Clark Ashton Smith. Bierce was somewhat of an enigma, he had been associated, so legends have it,with the Crystal Skull and Mitchell Hedges,the explorer whose niece found the skull in the Yucatan. Bierce mysteriously disappeared into northern Mexico in 1914. No one has ever discovered what happened to him. An old friend of mine spent eight years in Belize during the 60's, with a Mayan tribe. The stories told to him by a shaman are, in my opinion, weirder than the tales of Smith and Lovecraft. Ambrose Bierce entered into a mystery some 98 years ago. Enjoy! Mandelbulb3Dv17{ Y....s5/..kL1...w....2....EX1s6CQeYyzO6XHiAYXW0EJUZBig23lyfcrP1GsKlizAjuNHYUrXyj ................................DBfXp4BXG.2........A./..................y.2..z.F ..........ki..../M.0/......./...l.....E2.....AshdMemucnD/..........m/dkpXm1....U z.....kD12../2UV2/eneGMozQhfcCX4/IyDF1YZTi/4Sz9............u1....y1...sD...../.. .w1...sDh5wudrFHDxH13Ah.Ftj2zo69Dr27XLkj/wDzDOAIqtXP7Fyar4pDzcxJy2aaxgoDCm02amuu JwHpGH8.FAmGzWfRFzG2nwnD......o99.............kD.2....sD..kz0................... .............oAnAr1...sD....zU/Sv4.ishP.MZri/UTSv4.auhP.sgri/UxSv4......L....k1. .....MEUZz1.......kzAwzzzPEN.27......24...EA....S.0/9.2..T.F....8/...g2.....SHz8 ...U.4scwzTKzzzz/6k.z1....6.mc..zXCc..ErNO9CCyzD/UNAT2kYsz1..........2.28.kFrA0. .Ub96aAIVz9.1se7Umvxz0...........6U0.wzzz1..C0LNJudxz0k.Tci/2Uyj..........E.0c.. zzzz.................................2U.8.kzzzD................................. /6U0.wzzz1...................................2CcN/UvNP6.eeWCNq0.yRii.EJJUk1f..XR S1.mx3CcN/UvNP6.QsLsUa3.ibhV..bTV1OK.sSq40.ly3CcN/UvNP6.MwLsUa3.ibhV.kqTV1OK.sSq 40.kz3CcN/UvNP6...EsUa3.eeWCNq0.IJ36wk8.wyLsUa3.j7LMiRKNhkKObV4Rh6KRmB5RnpWMVBqO E6..06....E.....I....M....EGfJaPVRKMWJ5PW/.IjR5................................. ...................wz..............................wz........................... ................................................................................ .....................2.....3..../....AoPnZaPZ/pPrV1............................. ...0..........................zD................................................ ................................................................................ ................................}