Author:Clark Ashton Smith

Clark Ashton Smith
(1893–1961)

Clark Ashton Smith

Works

Story Cycles

Averoigne

• "The Colossus of Ylourgne" in Weird Tales, 23 (6) (June 1934)
• "The Disinterment of Venus" in Weird Tales, 24 (1) (July 1934)
• "Mother of Toads" in Weird Tales, 32 (1) (July 1938) (transcription project)
• "The Enchantress of Sylaire" in Weird Tales, 35 (10) (July-August 1941)
• "The Satyr" (Genius Loci, Arkham House, 1948)
• "Averoigne" (poetry) (Challenge, Spring 1951)
• "The Beast of Averoigne" (original version, Weird Tales, June 1932)
• "The Beast of Averoigne" (abridged version, Weird Tales, May 1933)

Cthulhu Mythos

• "The Return of the Sorcerer" in Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror, 1 (1) (September 1931)

Hyperborea

• "The Door to Saturn" in Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror, 1 (3) (January 1932) (transcription project)
• "The Ice-Demon" in Weird Tales, 21 (4) (April 1933)
• "The Seven Geases" in Weird Tales, 24 (4) (October 1934) (transcription project)
• "The White Sybil" (1934)
• "The Coming of the White Worm" in Stirring Science Stories (1941)
• "The Powder of Hyperborea" (AKA "The Theft of the Thirty-Nine Girdles") in Saturn (1958) IA

Poseidonis

• Atlantis (1912 poem)
• From a Letter/Muse of Atlantis (1922 prose poem)
• "The Death of Malygris" in Weird Tales, 23 (4) (April 1934)
• "The Double Shadow" (1933)
• "Tolometh" (1958 poem)

Maal Dweb of Xiccarph

• "The Maze of Maal Dweb" (1933)
  • "The Maze of Maal Dweb" in Weird Tales, 32 (4) (October 1938)
• “The Flower-Women” in Weird Tales (1935)

Aihai/Mars

• “The Planet Entity" (AKA "Seedling of Mars”) in Wonder Stories Quarterly (1931) IA
• “Dweller in Martian Depths” in Wonder Stories Quarterly (1933) IA
• "Vulthoom" (1935)

Zothique

• "The Voyage of King Euvoran" (1933)
• "The Weaver in the Vault" in Weird Tales, 23 (1) (January 1934)
• "The Witchcraft of Ulua" in Weird Tales, 23 (2) (February 1934)
• "The Charnel God" in Weird Tales, 23 (3) (March 1934)
• "The Tomb-Spawn" in Weird Tales, 23 (5) (May 1934) (transcription project)
• "Xeethra" in Weird Tales, 24 (6) (December 1934)
• “The Dark Eidolon” in Weird Tales (1935)
• "Necromancy in Naat" in Weird Tales (1936)
• “The Black Abbot of Puthuum” in Weird Tales (1936)
• "The Death of Ilalotha" in Weird Tales (1937)
• “The Garden of Adompha” in Weird Tales (1938)
• "The Master of the Crabs" in Weird Tales, 40 (3) (March 1948)
• "Morthylla" in Weird Tales, 45 (2) (May 1953)
• "The Last Hieroglyph" in Weird Tales, 25 (4) (April 1935)

Other Short Stories

• “The Ghost of Mohammed Din” (1910)
• “The Mahout” (1911)
• “Prince Alcouz and the Magician” (1910-12)
• “The Raja and the Tiger” (1912)
• “The Flirt” (1921)
• “Something New” (1924), 10 Story Book vol. 23 no. 6
• "The Ninth Skeleton" (1928) Weird Tales (September, 1928)
• “The Planet of the Dead” (1932)
• "The Nameless Offspring" in Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror, 2 (2) (June 1932)
• "The Hunters from Beyond" in Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror, 2 (3) (October 1932)
• “The Demon of the Flower” (1933) Astounding Stories, December 1933 LW2
• “The Devotee of Evil” (1933)
  • "The Devotee of Evil," in Stirring Science Stories (February 1941)
• "The Second Interment" in Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror, 3 (1) (January 1933)
• “The Chain of Aforgomon” (1935)
• "A Night in Malneant" in Weird Tales, 34 (3) (September 1939)
• "The Return of the Sorcerer" in Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror, 1 (1) (September 1931)

Poetry

Poetry collections

• Ebony and Crystal (1922)

Poems

• The Absence of the Muse (1921)
• The Abyss Triumphant (1912)
• Adventure (1924)
• "After Armageddon" in The Recluse (1927), edited by William Paul Cook
• Afterwards (1923)
• Alexandrines (1918)
• Alienage (1923)
• Anticipation (1922)
• Apologia (1924)
• Arabesque (1922)
• Artemis (1922)
• Ashes of Sunset (1922)
• At Sunrise (1922)
• August (1923)
• Autumn Orchards (1923)
• Autumnal (1922)
• Autumn's Pall (1910)
• Ave Atque Vale (1918)
• Averted Malefice (1912)
• The Balance (1912)
• The Barrier (1923)
• Beauty Implacable (1922)
• The Bedouin Song
• Before Sunrise (1910)
• Belated Love (1918)
• Benares
• Beyond the Great Wall
• Brumal (1923)
• The Butterfly (1912)
• A Catch (1924)
• Chant of Autumn (1922)
• Chant to Sirius (1912)
• The Cherry-Snows (1912)
• The City in the Desert (1922)
• The City of Destruction (1948)
• The City of the Titans (1915)
• Cleopatra (1922)
• The Cloud-Islands (1912)
• Coldness (1922)
• Consolation (1925)
• Contradiction (1923)
• Copan (1912)
• Crepuscle (1922)
• The Crucifixion of Eros (1918)
• A Dead City (1912)
• The Departed City
• Departure (1923)
• Desert Dweller (1937)
• The Desert Garden
• Desire of Vastness (1922)
• Desolation (1922)
• Dialogue (1943)
• Dissonance (1919)
• Don Juan Sings (1923)
• Doubtful Skies (1925)
• The Dream-Bridge (1912)
• A Dream of Beauty (1911)
• Dream Mystery (1915)
• Duality (1923)
• Echo of Memnon (1922)
• Ecstacy (1922)
• Eidolon (1922)
• The Eldritch Dark (1912)
• Enchanted Mirrors (1925)
• The End of Autumn (1923)
• Enigma (1925)
• Epitaph for the Earth
• Estrangement (1924)
• Evening Harmony (1925)
• Examination at Midnight (1925)
• The Exile (1922)
• Exotique (1918)
• "A Fable" in Weird Tales, 10 (1) (July 1927)
• Fairy Lanterns (1912)
• Felo-de-se of the Parasite
• Finis (1912)
• Flamingos (1919)
• Forgetfulness (1919)
• Forgotten Sorrow (1923)
• The Fountain of Blood (1925)
• A Fragment (1922)
• The Fugitives (1912)
• The Ghoul and the Seraph (1922)
• The Giantess (1925)
• The Harlot of the World (1915)
• Haunting (1922)
• The Hidden Paradise (1922)
• The Hope of the Infinite (1922)
• The Horizon (1911)
• Hymn to Beauty (1925)
• The Ideal (1925)
• Image (1922)
• Impression (1922)
• In Lemuria
• In November (1919)
• In Saturn (1919)
• Incognita (1925)
• Inferno (1918)
• The Infinite Quest (1922)
• Inheritance (1922)
• Interrogation (1925)
• The Irremediable (1925)
• The Kingdom of Shadows (1922)
• Lament for Vixeela
• Lament of the Stars (1912)
• The Land of Evil Stars (1922)
• The Last Night (1912)
• The Last Oblivion (1924)
• Laus Mortis (1921)
• Lethe
• Lines on a Picture
• A Live-Oak Leaf (1911)
• Loss (1925)
• Love is not Yours, Love is not Mine (1922)
• Love Malevolent (1922)
• The Love-Potion (1923)
• Lunar Mystery (1925)
• The Mad Wind (1912)
• The Masque of the Foresaken Gods (1912)
• Maya (1925)
• The Maze of Sleep (1912)
• Medusa (1911)
• The Medusa of Despair (1913)
• The Medusa of the Skies (1912)
• A Meeting (1924)
• The Melancholy Pool (1922)
• Memnon at Midnight (1918)
• Minatory (1925)
• The Ministers of Law (1918)
• Mirage (1922)
• Mirrors (1922)
• The Mirrors of Beauty (1922)
• Moesta et Errabunda (1925)
• The Monacle
• Moon-Dawn (1923)
• Moonlight (1910)
• The Morning Pool (1912)
• The Motes (1922)
• The Mummy (1919)
• Music (1925)
• The Mystic Meaning (1912)
• The Nemesis of Suns (1912)
• The Nereid (1913)
• Nero (1912)
• The Night Forest (1912)
• Nightfall (1924)
• Nightmare (1922)
• Nirvana (1912)
• November Twilight (1922)
• Nyctalops (1929)
• Obsession (1925)
• Ode (Your name) (1925)
• Ode on Imagination (1912)
• Ode to Music (1912)
• Ode to the Abyss (1911)
• Odysseus in Eternity
• The Orchid (1922)
• Ougabalys (1929)
• Palms (1920)
• Pine Needles (1912)
• Plum-Flowers (1924)
• A Precept (1922)
• The Price (1912)
• Psalm (1922)
• A Psalm to the Best Beloved (1922)
• Psalm to the Desert (1915)
• Query (1925)
• Quest (1922)
• Recompense (1922)
• The Red Moon (1923)
• The Refuge of Beauty (1918)
• Remembrance (1924)
• Remembered Light (1912)
• The Remorse of the Dead (1925)
• Requiescat (1922)
• Requiescat In Pace (1920)
• The Retribution (1912)
• Retrospect and Forecast (1912)
• The Return of Hyperion (1912)
• Rêve Parisen
• The River of Life
• Rosa Mystica (1922)
• Rubaiyat of Saiyed
• Sandalwood (1937)
• Satan Unrepentant (1918)
• Satiety (1922)
• Saturn (1912)
• "The Saturnienne" in Weird Tales, 10 (6) (December 1927)
• The Secret (1923)
• Selenique (1923)
• Semblance (1923)
• Semper Eadem (1925)
• Sepulchre (1918)
• Shadow of Nightmare (1912)
• The Sick Muse (1925)
• The Snow-Blossoms (1912)
• Solution (1922)
• Song (1922)
• The Song of Aviol (1923)
• The Song of Cartha (1923)
• Song of a Comet (1912)
• The Song of the Comet (1937)
• A Song of Dreams (1912)
• Song of the Necromancer (1937)
• Song to Oblivion (1912)
• A Song of the Stars (1912)
• "Sonnet" in Weird Tales, 13 (4) (April 1929)
• The Sorcerer to his Love (1941)
• The Sorrow of the Winds (1912)
• The Soul of the Sea (1912)
• The Spiritual Dawn (1925)
• The Star-Treader (1912)
• Strangeness (1916)
• The Summer Moon (1912)
• A Sunset (1912)
• Symbols (1922)
• Sympathetic Horror (1925)
• The Tears of Lilith (1917)
• The Temptation (1924)
• That Motley Drama
• "To Howard Phillips Lovecraft" in Weird Tales, 30 (1) (July 1937)
• To Nora May French (1920)
• To Omar Khayyam (1922)
• To the Beloved (1922)
• To the Chimera (1922)
• To the Darkness (1912)
• To the Sun (1912)
• Transcendence (1922)
• Triple Aspect (1922)
• Twilight on the Snow (1922)
• Union (1922)
• The Unremembered (1912)
• The Unrevealed (1912)
• A Valediction (1923)
• The Venal Muse (1925)
• A Vision of Lucifer (1922)
• We Shall Meet (1923)
• White Death (1912)
• The Wind and the Moon (1912)
• The Winds (1912)
• The Wine of Lovers (1925)
• The Wingless Archangels (1923)
• Winter Moonlight (1922)
• Witch-Dance (1941)
• The Witch in the Graveyard (1922)
• The Witch with Eyes of Amber (1923)
• The World
• You are not Beautiful (1923)
• Zuleika: An Oriental Song
• "Luna Aeternalis" in Weird Tales, 42 (4) (May 1950)
• "The Kiss of Zoraida," in The Magic Carpet Magazine (July 1933, vol. 3, no. 3)

Prose poems

• A Phantasy (1916)
• The Abomination of Desolation (1938)
• The Black Lake (1922)
• The Caravan (1922)
• Chinoiserie (1931)
• The City of Destruction (1948)
• The Crystals
• The Demon, the Angel, and Beauty (1922)
• The Desolation of Soom (The Abomination of Desolation)
• A Dream of Lethe (1922)
• Ennui (1918)
• The Flower-Devil (1922)
• The Forbidden Forest (1943)
• From a Letter (1922)
• From the Crypts of Memory (1917)
• The Garden and the Tomb (1922)
• The Horror of Soom (The Abomination of Desolation)
• Images (1922)
• In Cocaigne (1922)
• The Lake of Enchanted Silence (1922)
• The Litany of the Seven Kisses (1922)
• The Lotus and the Moon (1934)
• The Memnons of the Night (1917)
• The Mirror in the Hall of Ebony (1934)
• The Mithridate (1943)
• The Muse of Hyperborea (1934)
• Narcissus (1945)
• The Passing of Aphrodite (1934)
• The Peril That Lurks Among Ruins (1945)
• The Princess Almeena (1920)
• Remoteness (1922)
• The Shadows (1922)
• The Statue of Silence (1922)
• To the Daemon (1922)
• The Traveller (1922)
• Vignettes (1922)

Epigrams

• Abandoned Plum-Orchard
• Aftermath of Mining Days
• Berries of the Deadly Nightshade
• Basin in Boulder
• Bed of Mint
• Boys Rob a Yellowhammer's Nest
• Boys Telling Bawdy Tales
• Builder of Deserted Hearth
• Borderland
• Cats in Winter Sunlight

Translations

• "Parisian Dream", by Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1925)
• "Alchemy of Sorrow", by Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1925)
• "Spleen" by Charles Baudelaire. in Weird Tales, 7 (2) (February 1926)
• "Brumes et Pluies", by Charles Pierre Baudelaire, in The Recluse (1927), edited by William Paul Cook
• "The Owls" by Charles Baudelaire. in Weird Tales, 36 (2) (November-December 1941)
• "Moonlight" by Paul Verlaine. in Weird Tales, 36 (6) (July 1942)

Letters

• "A Poet's Comments," letter to Weird Tales (May 1939, vol. 33, no. 5)

External links

• The Eldritch Dark - An extensive wiki dedicated to Clark Ashton Smith and his works.