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"The Suicide in the Study" is a horror short story by American writer Robert Bloch, first published in the June 1935 issue of Weird Tales.
The story is notable as the first appearance of the Mythos tome Cultes des Goules (described as "ghastly"), as well as its fictional author, the Comte d'Erlette. The count's name is a play on August Derleth's name, which has misled some into thinking that Derleth was the originator of the book.
The story is also the first mention of Luveh-Keraph, a fictional priest of Bast from Ancient Egypt--whose name is of course based on H. P. Lovecraft, who was well-known for his love of cats.
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- James Allington - a 'modern day' wizard attempting to split his good self from his evil self, similar to the concept of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde except he uses hypnotism rather than a chemical solution.
- Monstrous Figure - Allington's evil-half made real through physic manifestation. It was more powerful than Allington's good-half and resembled a great hairy black ape, whose head appeared as a rotting living skull with yellow fangs and little red eyes full of dark wisdom.