The Miscellaneous Writings of Clark Ashton Smith


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The Miscellaneous Fictions of Clark Ashton Smith gathers together the adventure, juvenilia and other non-fantastic fiction of Smith. While he is known best for his fantastic work, these adventure and mainstream stories shed light on the development of Smith’s writing and his constantly evolving style. The Miscellaneous Fictions is a perfect companion to the five volume Collected Fantasies set. As with that set, editors Scott Connors and Ron Hilger have prepared this volume by comparing original manuscripts, various typescripts, published editions, and Smith’s notes and letters, in order to prepare a definitive set of texts. Contents of The Miscellaneous Fictions include “The Animated Sword,” “The Malay Crise,” “The Ghost of Mohammed Din,” “The Mahout,” “The Rajah and the Tiger,” “Something New,” “The Flirt,” “The Perfect Woman,” “A Platonic Entanglement,” “The Expert Lover,” “The Parrot,” “A Copy of Burns,” “Checkmate,” “The Infernal Star,” “The Dead will Cuckold You,” “House of the Monoceros,” “Dawn of Discord,” and many others.




The End of the Story


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A Clark Ashton Smith Single. Set the in the Land of Averoigne a narrative by written by the young Christophe Morand about his unaccountable disappearance in 1798.




Other Dimensions


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The City of Singing Flame


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The City of Singing Flame by Clark Ashton Smith – two stories of adventure into parallel universes. Despite its weird beauty, and its function as a portal to the Inner Dimension, the Singing Flame of Ydmos must be destroyed. The City of Singing Flame (1931) – In the city of strange wonders, the lure of the flame drew them on and on . . . . destruction loomed ahead . . . . Foreword The Journal A Plunge Into Nothingness An Amazing World The Lure of the Flame Beyond The Singing Flame (1931) – Into the land where distance and time melted away, he saw the enemies of Ydmos destroy the Singing Flame . . . . Chapter I Chapter II Into the Flame Chapter III The Inner Dimension




The Door to Saturn


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Morghi sought to discredit his rival Eibon and gain power, but at what cost?




Lost Worlds


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The Star-treader


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The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings


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This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!




Strange Shadows


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Strange Shadows opens a window into the dark, visionary worlds of Clark Ashton Smith, whose verbal black magic was a significant force in the American science fiction and fantasy movement of the 1930s. This annotated collection of his previously unpublished works provides a unique opportunity to savor the full range of Smith's literary contribution. Featuring fantasies and ironic short stories, prose-poems, plays, unfinished stories, and more than 100 story synopses, it offers valuable documentation and commentary on the work of one of the most distinctive and consistently interesting modern masters of the fantasy genre. An introduction by Robert Bloch (the author of Psycho) examines Smith's work and places it in historical perspective. Among the highlights of the collection are the satirical title story; variant drafts of two of Smith's most famous stories--The Coming of the White Worm and The Beast of Averoigne--and a play entitled The Dead Will Cuckold You, which has been hailed as a masterpiece. The editor's annotations include extensive quotations from Smith's correspondence to H. P. Lovecraft, August Derleth, and other important fantasy authors, together with textual commentary and discussion of connections between published and unpublished works. Information on lost writings and lists of published story titles, characters, and place names are supplied. An important resource for fantasy readers and scholars, this book will appeal to those with an interest in dark fantasy, science fiction, and the history of American science fiction.




Miscellaneous Writings


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A collection of the lesser-known short works of the most significant American horror writer between Poe and Stephen King. Includes correspondence, juvenilia, literary criticism, philosophical speculation, and eccentric travelogues, plus comments on his own creative aesthetic. Introductory notes to each section reveal the breadth of Lovecraft's intellectual curiosity and the gradual process of overcoming such self-imposed handicaps as dogmatism, racism, and intolerance. Lacks an index. Published by Arkham House, Sauk City, WI 53583. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR