The Collected Fantasies Of Clark Ashton Smith Volume 1: The End Of The Story (Collected Fantasies)

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. The First Of Five Volumes Designed To Bring The Short Fiction Of The Popular Weird Tales Author Back In Print Features Twenty-five Stories Unavailable For Decades. To The Daemon -- The Abominations Of Yondo -- Sadastor -- The Ninth Skeleton -- The Last Incantation -- The End Of The Story -- The Phantoms Of The Fire -- A Night In Malnéant -- The Resurrection Of The Rattlesnake -- Thirteen Phantasms -- The Venus Of Azombeii -- The Tale Of Satampra Zeiros -- The Monster Of The Prophecy -- The Metamorphosis Of The World --the Epiphany Of Death -- A Murder In The Fourth Dimension - - The Devotee Of Evil -- The Satyr -- The Planet Of The Dead -- The Uncharted Isle -- Marooned In Andromeda -- The Root Of Ampoi -- The Necromantic Tale -- The Immeasurable Horror -- A Voyage To Sfanomoë. Clark Ashton Smith ; Edited By Scott Connors And Ron Hilger ; With An Introduction By Ramsey Campbell. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 283-284). First in the series, this book brings together 25 of Smith's 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.