The Slayer of Souls

The Slayer of Souls is a fantasy novel by Robert W. Chambers originally published in 1920. It mentions the mystical city of Yian, which would be incorporated into the Cthulhu Mythos by H. P. Lovecraft in The Whisperer in Darkness.
==Behind the Mythos==
The Slayer of Souls mentions the city of Yian, which would be mentioned in The Whisperer in Darkness as part of a list of names that Albert Wilmarth comes across in his occult studies. Said list also includes references to Chambers' The King in Yellow, as well as to the works of Clark Ashton Smith, Lord Dunsany, Robert E. Howard and Lovecraft himself.
Yian might also be related to, or even synonymous with, the city of Yian-Ho, which is mentioned in "The Diary of Alonzo Typer" (by Lovecraft and William Lumley), and "Through the Gates of the Silver Key" (by Lovecraft and E. Hoffmann Price).
Although The Slayer of Souls is not part of Chambers' more famous The King in Yellow series, it seems to share certain themes.
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