In the Garden of Ibn Ghazi
Novelette 13,711 words Recommended by 5 award/anthology sources
"INTERVIEWER We’ve spoken about your use of the “weird” in your stories, but have you personally ever experienced anything akin to something that might happen to one of Lovecraft’s characters? BOEKNER Yes — despite all evidence to the contrary, I remain convinced that I once read a short story called “In the Garden of Ibn Ghazi.”
Quasar links out; the story lives on F&SF, where the author gets the click.