From the vampire-haunted alleyways of mediaeval Averoigne to the shining spires of dying Zothique, Clark Ashton Smith transports us to forgotten worlds and strange dimensions. In the enchanted regions of Hyperborea, Atlantis and Xiccarph, encounter malefic magic and demonic deeds beneath the last rays of a fading sun . . . This volume is the first ever to encompass Clark Ashton Smith's entire career as a writer. He virtually stopped writing stories in 1937, but he left behind a unique legacy of fantasy fiction which is as imaginative and decadent today as when it was first published.
| ON FANTASY |
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| SONG OF THE NECROMANCER |
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| THE ABOMINATIONS OF YONDO |
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| THE NINTH SKELETON |
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| THE LAST INCANTATION |
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| A RENDEZVOUS IN AVEROIGNE |
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| THE RETURN OF THE SORCERER |
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| THE TALE OF SATAMPRA ZEIROS |
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| THE DOOR TO SATURN |
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| THE GORGON |
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| THE WEIRD OF AVOOSL WUTHOQQUAN |
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| THE NAMELESS OFFSPRING |
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| THE EMPIRE OF THE NECROMANCERS |
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| THE HUNTERS FROM BEYOND |
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| THE ISLE OF THE TORTURERS |
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| THE BEAST OF AVEROIGNE |
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| GENIUS LOCI |
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| UBBO-SATHLA |
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| THE KISS OF ZORAIDA |
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| THE SEED FROM THE SEPULCHER |
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| THE WEAVER IN THE VAULT |
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| THE GHOUL |
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| THE CHARNEL GOD |
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| THE DEATH OF MALYGRIS |
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| THE TOMB-SPAWN |
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| THE SEVEN GEASES |
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| XEETHRA |
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| THE DARK EIDOLON |
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| THE FLOWER-WOMEN |
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| THE TREADER OF THE DUST |
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| THE BLACK ABBOTT OF PUTHUUM |
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| NECROMANCY IN NAAT |
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| THE DEATH OF ILALOTHA |
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| THE GARDEN OF ADOMPHA |
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| MOTHER OF TOADS |
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| THE DOUBLE SHADOW |
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| THE COMING OF THE WHITE WORM |
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| THE ROOT OF AMPOI |
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| MORTHYLLA |
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| AN OFFERING TO THE MOON |
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| THE THEFT OF THE THIRTY-NINE GIRDLES |
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| SYMPOSIUM OF THE GORGON |
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| TOLD IN THE DESERT |
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| PRINCE ALCOUZ AND THE MAGICIAN |
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| A GOOD EMBALMER |
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| THE MORTUARY |
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| AFTERWORD: THE LOST WORLDS OF KLARKASH-TON |
Stephen Jones |
Nominated for the 2003 British Fantasy Award
Reviews
"Editor Stephen Jones is to be congratulated for assembling here over forty of Smith's utterly distinctive and unique stories."
—John Howard
PRISM, November 2003
"A collection of some of the works of one of the best fantasy writers ever, edited by Stephen Jones, a member of that tiny band of anthologists whose work is so reliably good that you automatically reach out and grab hold of any new volume spotted if you are wise . . . It is an absolutely marvellous introduction to this genuinely legendary author, carefully crafted to give a clear presentation of his work to the heretofore unexposed, and will hopefully lure them into demanding exposure to more of the same."
—Gahan Wilson,
REALMS OF FANTASY, October 2002
"The most substantial collection of Clark Ashton Smith's short fiction to appear in quite some years . . . an effulgent treasury of the macabre and the decadent, easily one of the key collections of the year."
—Nick Gevers,
LOCUS #497, June 2002
"This collection of forty-three stories, an essay, poem and prose poem, represents a characteristic and essential sampling of Smith's narratives."
—William Thompson
SF SITE, July 2002
