"An Inhabitant of Carcosa" is a short story by American Civil War veteran and writer Ambrose Bierce.
It was first published in the San Francisco Newsletter of December 25, 1886 and was later reprinted as part of Bierce's collections Tales of Soldiers and Civilians and Can Such Things Be?
[1][2] The first-person narrative concerns a man from the ancient city of Carcosa who awakens from a sickness-induced sleep to find himself lost in an unfamiliar wilderness.
A man from the city of Carcosa, contemplating the words of the philosopher Hali concerning the nature of death, wanders through an unfamiliar wilderness.
A footnote at the end of the story states: "Such are the facts imparted to the medium Bayrolles[3] by the spirit Hoseib Alar Robardin."