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The End of the Story

The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith: Book 1

Clark Ashton Smith

Published in chronological order, with extensive story and bibliographic notes, this series not only provides access to stories that have been out of print for years, but gives them a historical and social context. Series editors Scott Conners and Ronald S. Hilger excavated the still-existing manuscripts, letters and various published versions of the stories, creating a definitive "preferred text" for Smith's entire body of work. This first volume of the series, brings together 25 of his fantasy stories, written between 1925 and 1930, including such classics as "The Abominations of Yondo," "The Monster of the Prophecy," "The Last Incantation" and the title story.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction (The End of the Story) • essay by Ramsey Campbell
  • A Note on the Texts (The End of the Story) • essay by Scott Connors and Ron Hilger
  • To the Daemon (1943) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Abominations of Yondo (1926) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • Sadastor (1930) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Ninth Skeleton (1928) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Last Incantation [Malygris] (1930) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The End of the Story [Averoigne] (1930) • novelette by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Phantoms of the Fire (1930) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • A Night in Malnéant (1933) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Resurrection of the Rattlesnake (1931) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • Thirteen Phantasms (1936) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Venus of Azombeii (1931) • novelette by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Tale of Satampra Zeiros [Satampra Zeiros] (1931) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Monster of the Prophecy (1932) • novelette by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Metamorphosis of the World (1951) • novelette by Clark Ashton Smith (variant of The Metamorphosis of Earth)
  • The Epiphany of Death (1934) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • A Murder in the Fourth Dimension (1930) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith (variant of Murder in the Fourth Dimension)
  • The Devotee of Evil (1933) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Satyr [Averoigne] (1931) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Planet of the Dead (1932) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Uncharted Isle (1930) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • Marooned in Andromeda [Captain Volmar • 1] (1930) • novelette by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Root of Ampoi (1949) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Necromantic Tale (1931) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Immeasurable Horror (1931) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • A Voyage to Sfanomoë [Poseidonis] (1931) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • Story Notes (The End of the Story) • essay by Scott Connors and Ron Hilger
  • "The Satyr": Alternate Conclusion [Averoigne] (1931) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • From the Crypts of Memory (1917) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
  • Bibliography (The End of the Story) • essay by Scott Connors and Ron Hilger

The Door to Saturn

The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith: Book 2

Clark Ashton Smith

Published in chronological order, with extensive story and bibliographic notes, this series not only provides access to stories that have been out of print for years, but gives them a historical and social context. Series editors Scott Conners and Ronald S. Hilger excavated the still-existing manuscripts, letters and various published versions of the stories, creating a definitive "preferred text" for Smith's entire body of work. This second volume of the series brings together 20 of his fantasy stories.

Table of Contents: [] contains series

  • Introduction (The Door to Saturn) (2007), essay by Tim Powers
  • A Note on the Texts (The Door to Saturn), essay by Scott Connors and Ron Hilger
  • The Door to Saturn [Hyperborea] (1932), short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Red World of Polaris [Captain Volmar] (2003), novelette by Clark Ashton Smith
  • Told in the Desert (1964), short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Willow Landscape (1931), short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • A Rendezvous in Averoigne [Averoigne] (1931), short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Gorgon (1932), short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • An Offering to the Moon (1953), short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Kiss of Zoraida (1933), short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Face by the River (2004), short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Ghoul (1934), short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Kingdom of the Worm (1933), short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • An Adventure in Futurity (1931), novelette by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Justice of the Elephant (1931), short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Return of the Sorcerer [Cthulhu Mythos] (1931), short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The City of the Singing Flame [Singing Flame, 1] (1941), novelette by Clark Ashton Smith (variant of The City of Singing Flame 1931)
  • A Good Embalmer (1989), short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Testament of Athammaus [Hyperborea] (1932), short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • A Captivity in Serpens [Captain Volmar, 2] (1931), novelette by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Letter from Mohaun Los (1932), novelette by Clark Ashton Smith (variant of Flight into Super-Time)
  • The Hunters from Beyond (1932), short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • Story Notes (The Door to Saturn), essay by Scott Connors and Ron Hilger
  • Alternate Ending to "The Return of the Sorcerer", short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • Bibliography (The Door to Saturn), essay by Scott Connors and Ron Hilger
  • About the Editors (The Door to Saturn), essay by uncredited

A Vintage from Atlantis

The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith: Book 3

Clark Ashton Smith

A Vintage from Atlantis is the third of five volumes that collects all of Clark Ashton Smith's tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction, faithfully following Smith's manuscripts. It includes, in chronological order, all of his stories from "The Holiness of Azédarac" (November 1933) to "The Colossus of Ylourgne" (June 1934). This volume also features an introduction by Michael Dirda, as well as extensive notes on each story.

Table of Contents: [] contains series

  • Introduction (A Vintage From Atlantis), essay by Michael Dirda
  • A Note on the Texts (A Vintage from Atlantis), essay by Scott Connors and Ron Hilger
  • The Holiness of Azédarac [Averoigne] (1933), novelette by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Maker of Gargoyles [Averoigne] (1932), short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • Beyond the Singing Flame [Singing Flame • 2] (1931), novelette by Clark Ashton Smith
  • Seedling of Mars [Mars (Clark Ashton Smith)] (1931), novelette by E. M. Johnston and Clark Ashton Smith (variant of The Planet Entity) [as by Clark Ashton Smith]
  • The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis [Mars (Clark Ashton Smith)] (1932), novelette by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Eternal World (1932), short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Demon of the Flower (1933), short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Nameless Offspring (1932), novelette by Clark Ashton Smith
  • A Vintage from Atlantis [Poseidonis] (1933), short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Weird of Avoosl Wuthoqquan [Hyperborea] (1932), short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Invisible City (1932), short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Immortals of Mercury (1932), novelette by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Empire of the Necromancers [Zothique] (1932), short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Seed from the Sepulcher (1933), short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Second Interment (1933), short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • Ubbo-Sathla [Hyperborea] (1933), short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Double Shadow [Poseidonis] (1933), short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Plutonian Drug (1934), short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Supernumerary Corpse (1932), short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Colossus of Ylourgne [The Colossus of Ylourgne] (1934), novelette by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The God of the Asteroid (1932), short story by Clark Ashton Smith (variant of Master of the Asteroid)
  • Story Notes (A Vintage From Atlantis), essay by Scott Connors and Ron Hilger
  • The Flower-Devil (1922), poem by Clark Ashton Smith
  • Bibliography (A Vintage From Atlantis), essay by Scott Connors and Ron Hilger

The Maze of the Enchanter

The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith: Book 4

Clark Ashton Smith

This series presents Clark Ashton Smith's fiction chronologically, based on composition rather than publication. Editors Scott Connors and Ron Hilger have compared original manuscripts, various typescripts, published editions, and Smith's notes and letters, in order to prepare a definitive set of texts.

The Maze of the Enchanter includes, in chronological order, all of his stories from "The Mandrakes" (February, 1933) to "The Flower-Women" (May, 1935). This volume also features an introduction, and extensive notes on each story.

The Last Hieroglyph

The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith: Book 5

Clark Ashton Smith

he Last Hieroglyph is the fifth of five volumes that collect all of Clark Ashton Smith's tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction, faithfully following Smith's manuscripts. It includes, in chronological order, all of his stories from "The Dark Age" (April 1938) to "The Dart of Rasasfa" (July 1961). This volume also features an introduction by Richard A. Lupoff, as well as extensive notes on each story.