Truth and the nature of the Mythos do not sit easily together, fictionally or in reality. Within the fiction, the truth is always just out of grasp and even the slightest flicker of understanding generally brings madness not enlightenment (unless the two are counted as identical). In reality, neither Lovecraft, Bierce nor Chambers established the definitive 'truth' behind their stories and few subsequent writers have attempted to do so (and those who have are often in conflict with other writers). In addition, there is no agreement over the Canon of stories that are regarded as 'true', that form the basis of the Yellow Mythos. Thus, there can be no appeal to truth when dealing with the Mythos, except, perhaps, a 'consensus truth' reflecting the assumptions of the majority of writers - a 't