Sanctum Secorum #33 - The Powder of Hyperborea




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Summary: Retired master-thief Satampra, Zerios of Uzuldaroum recounts an adventure from days gone by when he and his two companions (Vixeela and the dubious magician/alchemist Veezi Phenquor) endeavored to rob the temple of the moon god Leniqua, and steal away with the Thirty-Nine girdles of virginity by means of stealth, cunning, and a little bit of hyperborean chemistry. Originally published in the <a href="https://archive.org/details/Saturn_1958.03_v01n05_Images_">Saturn Science Fiction &amp; Fantasy</a>, it is the last of Clark’s Hyperborea cycle. Welcome to the Sanctum Secorum podcast. Tonight we look at a work by Clark Ashton Smith, The Powder of Hyperborea Attack from Atlantis and match it up with Edgar Johnson's delightful Street Kids of Ur-Hadad.