Strange Shadows: The Uncollected Fiction and Essays of Clark Ashton Smith by Clark Ashton Smith (Greenwood Press, May 1989, 0-313-26611-5, $39.95, xxiv+281pp, hc, co)
Annotated collection of Smith’s previously unpublished work including short stories, prose-poems, plays, fragments and story synopses. Edited by Steve Behrends, Donald Sidney-Fryer, and Rah Hoffman, with an introduction by Robert Bloch.
- xiii · Introduction · Robert Bloch · in
- xxi · A Note on the Contents · Steve Behrends · ms
- 1 · Fantastic Fiction
- 3 · Completed Stories
- 3 · A Good Embalmer · Clark Ashton Smith · ss
- 7 · Double Cosmos · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Crypt of Cthulhu #16, Michaelmas 1983
- 16 · Strange Shadows/I Am Your Shadow · Clark Ashton Smith · ss
- 36 · Nemesis of the Unfinished · Clark Ashton Smith & Don Carter · ss Crypt of Cthulhu #31, Roodmas 1985; includes two versions of the story.
has an alternate ending to the version published in Crypt of Cthulhu #27, Hallowmas 1984.
- 44 · The Dart of Rasasfa · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Crypt of Cthulhu #27, Hallowmas 1984
- 51 · Variant Versions of Published Stories
- 51 · The Beast of Averoigne [Averoigne] · Clark Ashton Smith · ss
first version; originally published in a somewhat different version in Weird Tales, May 1933.
- 63 · The Coming of the White Worm [Hyperborea] · Clark Ashton Smith · ss
first version; originally published in a somewhat different version in Stirring Science Stories, April 1941.
- 77 · In the Book of Vergama [Zothique] · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
precedes the beginning of the published version of “The Last Hieroglyph”.
- 79 · Fragmentary Stories with Accompanying Synopses
- 79 · The Ocean-World of Alioth [Captain Volmar] · Clark Ashton Smith · uw Crypt of Cthulhu #27, Hallowmas 1984
- 82 · Ascharia (fragment & synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw Crypt of Cthulhu #27, Hallowmas 1984
- 86 · The Master of Destruction (fragment & synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw Crypt of Cthulhu #27, Hallowmas 1984
- 91 · Slaves of the Black Pillar (fragment & synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw Crypt of Cthulhu #27, Hallowmas 1984
- 95 · The Music of Death (fragment & synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 101 · Fragmentary Stories
- 101 · In a Hashish-Dream · Clark Ashton Smith · uw Crypt of Cthulhu #27, Hallowmas 1984
- 104 · The Eggs from Saturn · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 106 · The Lord of Lunacy · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 106 · The Infernal Star · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 128 · The House of Haon-Dor [Hyperborea] · Clark Ashton Smith · uw Crypt of Cthulhu #27, Hallowmas 1984
- 131 · Shapes of Adamant [Zothique] · Clark Ashton Smith · uw Crypt of Cthulhu #27, Hallowmas 1984
- 132 · Eviction by Night · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 134 · Mandor’s Enemy [Zothique] · Clark Ashton Smith · uw Crypt of Cthulhu #27, Hallowmas 1984
- 135 · Mnemoka · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 139 · The Point of the Jest · Clark Ashton Smith · uw Crypt of Cthulhu #27, Hallowmas 1984
- 140 · Chincharrero · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 141 · Unquiet Boundary · Clark Ashton Smith · uw Crypt of Cthulhu #27, Hallowmas 1984
- 142 · Wingless Phoenix · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 142 · Djinn Without a Bottle · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 143 · Synopses
- 143 · Vizaphmal in Ophiuchus (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw Crypt of Cthulhu #27, Hallowmas 1984
- 144 · The Sorceress of Averoigne/The Tower of Istarelle (synopsis) [Averoigne] · Clark Ashton Smith · uw Crypt of Cthulhu #27, Hallowmas 1984
- 146 · The Atmospheric Entity (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 146 · The Minotaur’s Brother (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 147 · Offspring of the Grave (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 147 · I Am a Witch (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 148 · The Feet of Sidaiva (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw Crypt of Cthulhu #27, Hallowmas 1984
- 148 · The Crabs of Iribos (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 150 · Beyond the Rose-Arbor (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 151 · Maker of Prodigies (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 152 · Queen of the Sabbat (synopsis) [Averoigne] · Clark Ashton Smith · uw Crypt of Cthulhu #27, Hallowmas 1984
- 153 · The Pilgrim of Eternity (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 153 · The Menace of the Dust (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 153 · The Galley from Atlantis (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 154 · The Trilithon (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 154 · The Transformation of Athanor (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 154 · A Gift from the Beloved (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 154 · The Double Dream (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 154 · The Youngest Vampire (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 155 · The God of the Asteroid (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 155 · Poseidon (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 155 · The Mummy-Case of Hammen-Tha (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 155 · Dead Assassins (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 155 · From a Lost World (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 155 · Prisoners of the Black Dimension (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 156 · The Entity of the Sands (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 156 · Hecate (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 156 · The Ghoul from Mercury (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 156 · The Moon-Spectre (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 156 · The Thing from the Antarctic (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 156 · The Conquest of Mercury (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 157 · A Misadventure of Don Juan (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 157 · Neria (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 157 · The Hyperborean City (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw Crypt of Cthulhu #27, Hallowmas 1984
- 157 · The Devotee of Evil (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 157 · The Testament of Athammaus (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 158 · The Mechanical Murder (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 158 · Between Two Worlds (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 158 · The Planet of the Dead (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 158 · The Dome in the Ice (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 158 · The Empire of the Necromancers (short synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 158 · The Invisible City (short synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 159 · The Re-Union (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 159 · A Star-Change (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 159 · A Good Embalmer (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 159 · The World-Maker (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 159 · The Supernumerary Corpse (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 160 · The Cypress (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 160 · A Sojourn in Mercury (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 160 · An Excursion in Time (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 160 · The Elder Manor (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 160 · The Moraine (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 161 · Men of the Macrocosm (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 161 · The Lunar Path (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 161 · [possible titles] · Clark Ashton Smith · ms
- 162 · The Other Entity (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 162 · The Vapor from the Void (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 162 · The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 163 · The Burial-Place of the Unknown (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 163 · The Arm from the Fig-Tree (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 163 · The Scarab (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 163 · The Spectral Tarn (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 164 · The Vestibule of the Past (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 164 · The Nameless Offspring (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 164 · The Mysterious Poison (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 165 · The Invisible Satellite (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 165 · The Protean People (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 165 · The Destination of Gideon Balcoth (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 165 · The After-Men (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 165 · A Tale of Gnydron (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 166 · The Invisible Devourer (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 166 · The Weird of Avoosl Wuthoqquan (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 166 · The Demon from Alphard (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 166 · The Werewolf of Averoigne (synopsis) [Averoigne] · Clark Ashton Smith · uw Crypt of Cthulhu #27, Hallowmas 1984
- 166 · The Disinterment of Venus (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 167 · The Gargoyle of Vyones (synopsis) [Averoigne] · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 167 · The Maker of Gargoyles (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 167 · A Bottle on the Orinoco (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 168 · A Vintage from Atlantis (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 168 · The Cairn (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 169 · [possible titles] · Clark Ashton Smith · ms
- 170 · The Cairn (new ending) (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 170 · [possible titles] · Clark Ashton Smith · ms
- 170 · The Empire of the Necromancers (long synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 170 · The River of Mystery (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 171 · The Rebirth of the Flame (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw Crypt of Cthulhu #27, Hallowmas 1984
- 172 · Across the Time-Stream (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 172 · The Invisible City (long synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 173 · The Immortals of Mercury (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 173 · The Lunar Brain (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 173 · Prisoners of the Black Dimension (title only) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 173 · The Beast of Averoigne (short synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 173 · The Inverse Avatar (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 174 · The Double Shadow (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 174 · The Cosmic Sequel (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 174 · The Embassy to Tiirath (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 174 · Ubbo-Sathla (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 174 · The Beast of Averoigne (long synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 175 · The Flower-Women (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 175 · Vulthoom (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 177 · Fantastic Titles · Clark Ashton Smith · ms
- 189 · Fantastic Names · Clark Ashton Smith · ms
- 195 · Non-Fantastic Fiction
- 197 · The Flirt · Clark Ashton Smith · vi Live Stories 1st March 1923
- 198 · The Perfect Woman · Clark Ashton Smith · vi
- 199 · Gossip (fragment) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- 199 · A Platonic Entanglement · Clark Ashton Smith · vi
- 201 · The Expert Lover · Clark Ashton Smith · ss
- 208 · The Parrot · Clark Ashton Smith · ss
- 211 · A Copy of Burns · Clark Ashton Smith · vi
- 212 · Checkmate · Clark Ashton Smith · ss
- 219 · Prose-Poems and Plays
- 221 · The City of Destruction (“The city is surrounded”) · Clark Ashton Smith · pp The Arkham Sampler Winter 1948
- 222 · The Lake of Enchanted Silence · Clark Ashton Smith · pp Nostalgia of the Unknown by Clark Ashton Smith, Necronomicon Press, 1988
- 222 · Preference · Clark Ashton Smith · pp Nostalgia of the Unknown by Clark Ashton Smith, Necronomicon Press, 1988
- 223 · The Days · Clark Ashton Smith · pp Grotesques and Fantastiques by Clark Ashton Smith, Gerry de la Ree, 1973
- 223 · Offering · Clark Ashton Smith · pp Grotesques and Fantastiques by Clark Ashton Smith, Gerry de la Ree, 1973
- 223 · The Mortuary · Clark Ashton Smith · pp Roy Squires Press, 1971
- 224 · The Frozen Waterfall · Clark Ashton Smith · pp Nostalgia of the Unknown by Clark Ashton Smith, Necronomicon Press, 1988
- 224 · The Osprey and the Shark · Clark Ashton Smith · pp Nostalgia of the Unknown by Clark Ashton Smith, Necronomicon Press, 1988
- 225 · The Land of Fruitful Palms · Clark Ashton Smith · pp Nostalgia of the Unknown by Clark Ashton Smith, Necronomicon Press, 1988, as “untitled (“It is a land of fruitful palms…”)”
- 225 · The Fugitives (fragment) · Clark Ashton Smith · pl
- 226 · Venus and the Priest (fragment) · Clark Ashton Smith · pl
- 227 · The Dead Will Cuckold You [Zothique] · Clark Ashton Smith · pl In Memoriam: Clark Ashton Smith ed. Jack L. Chalker, Anthem, 1963
- 243 · Miscellaneous and Non-Fiction Prose
- 245 · Account of an Actual Dream—1912 · Clark Ashton Smith · ms
- 245 · Argument of “The Hashish-Eater” · Clark Ashton Smith · ms
- 246 · Introduction to Shadows of Wings by Susan Myra Gregory · Clark Ashton Smith · in
- 246 · Cigarette Characterization · Clark Ashton Smith · ms
- 247 · On the Art of Ephriam Doner · Clark Ashton Smith · ms
- 247 · Introduction to Wine of Wonder by Lilith Lorraine · Clark Ashton Smith · in
- 251 · Notes to the Text · [uncredited] · ms
- _253 · The Dart of Rasasfa (synopsis) · Clark Ashton Smith · uw
- _262 · The City of Destruction (“The incognizable kings”) · Clark Ashton Smith · pm Selected Poems by Clark Ashton Smith, Arkham House, 1971
- 267 · Appendices
- 269 · The Lost Worlds of Clark Ashton Smith · Steve Behrends · ar
- 273 · Outline for “Nemesis of the Unfinished” · Don Carter · uw
- 276 · The Black Book: Addenda · Donald Sidney-Fryer · bi
- _278 · untitled fragment (“With gems and filigrane”) · Clark Ashton Smith · pm
- _278 · untitled fragment (“Where the brazen griffins guard”) · Clark Ashton Smith · pm
- _280 · Elegy of Satampra Zeiros for Vixeela · Clark Ashton Smith · pm
- _280 · Ripe Mulberries · Clark Ashton Smith · pm
- _280 · untitled fragment (“The grass too we truncate”) · Clark Ashton Smith · pm
- _280 · Lawn-Mower · Clark Ashton Smith · pm Seer of the Cycles by Clark Ashton Smith, Roy A. Squires, 1976
- _281 · untitled fragment (“But the Russians still”) · Clark Ashton Smith · pm
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