Smith, Clark AshtonClark Ashton Smith (1893-1961) was an artist/writer friend of Lovecraft mentioned in many of his stories both by name and in the form of an Atlantean priest, "Klarkash-Ton."
("At the Mountains of Madness," "The Call of Cthulhu," "Pickman's Model," "To Kalrkash-Ton, Lord of Averoigne")
See also: Smith and Klarkash-Ton