The Throne of Achamoth

"The Throne of Achamoth" is a short story Richard L. Tierney wrote with Robert M. Price, featuring Tierney's sword-and-sorcery character Simon of Gitta; Price brings his background as a religious scholar to help produce a compelling synthesis of Gnosticism and the Cthulhu Mythos. The story first appeared in the Autumn 1985 issue of Weirdbook (#21).
==Synopsis==
Desperate to see his lost beloved Helen, Simon undertakes a mystic journey across space, where he encounters the Archons that rule the outer planets and feed on the souls trying to escape the Earth. He makes his way to the demiurge Achamoth who boils and seethes at the center of reality--and discovers his own and Helen's true origin and reality.
==Setting==
The story is set in the autumn of 32 A.D.,Sorcery Against Caesar, "About 'The Throne of Achamoth,'" by Robert M. Price (Pickman's Press, 2020). starting out in Antioch (in modern-day Turkey) and taking a tour of the Solar System and the universe beyond.
==Publication History==
After its initial appearance in  Weirdbook, "The Throne of Achamoth" was reprinted in The Azathoth Cycle (Chaosium, 1995), and was also included in the Simon of Gitta collection Sorcery Against Caesar (Pickman's Press, 2020).
==References==
Category:Expanded Mythos Works
Category:Richard L. Tierney works
Category:Robert M. Price works