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Authors: Clark Ashton Smith

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“A Captivity in Serpens.”
Wonder Stories Quarterly
2, no. 4 (Summer 1931): 534-51, 569 (as “The Amazing Planet”).
Fantastic Story Quarterly
2, no. 1 (Winter 19551): 86-108 (as “The Amazing Planet”) . In
OD, RWP
.

“The Letter from Mohaun Los.”
WS
4, no. 3 (August 1932): 218-29, 278 (as “Flight into Super-Time) .
Tales of Wonder
no. 16 (Spring 1942): 54-72 (as “Flight Through Time”). In
LW
.

“The Hunters from Beyond.”
ST
2, no.3 (October 1932): 292-303.
Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror
no. 1 [Edited by Walter H. Gillings] (London: Utopian Publications [1946] : 43-54.
A Book of Weird Tales
1, no. 1 [1960]: 91-103
.
In
LW
. Reprinted in
The Macabre Reader
. Edited by Donald A. Wollheim (NY: Ace, 1959).

A
BOUT
T
HE
E
DITORS

S
cott Connors received his B. A. degree in English and History from Washington and Jefferson College and has also studied at the University of Salzburg. In addition to numerous articles for such publications as
Lovecraft Studies
,
Wormwood
,
The Barbaric Triumph
, and S
upernatural Literature of the World: An Encyclopedia
, he has edited the
Selected Letters of Clark Ashton Smith
and
The Freedom of Fantastic Things
, the latter a collection of criticism on Smith. He also regularly reviews books for
Publishers Weekly
and
Weird Tales
. He is currently working on a biography of Smith.

R
on Hilger is a noted Smith scholar who has co-edited the Smith volumes
Red World of Polaris
and
Star Changes
. A native of Northern California, Ron has worked to preserve Smith’s legacy by organizing such events as the CAS Centennial Conference in 1993 and the CAS Plaque Dedication in 2003.

Table of Contents

Introduction

A Note on the Texts

The Door to Saturn

The Red World of Polaris

Told in the Desert

The Willow Landscape

A Rendezvous in Averoigne

The Gorgon

An Offering to the Moon

The Kiss of Zoraida

The Face by the River

The Ghoul

The Kingdom of the Worm

An Adventure in Futurity

The Justice of the Elephant

The Return of the Sorcerer

The City of the Singing Flame

A Good Embalmer

The Testament of Athammaus

A Captivity in Serpens

The Letter from Mohaun Los

The Hunters from Beyond

Appendix One: Story Notes

Appendix Two: Alternate Ending to “The Return of the Sorcerer”

Appendix Three: Bibliography

About The Editors

Table of Contents

Introduction

A Note on the Texts

The Door to Saturn

The Red World of Polaris

Told in the Desert

The Willow Landscape

A Rendezvous in Averoigne

The Gorgon

An Offering to the Moon

The Kiss of Zoraida

The Face by the River

The Ghoul

The Kingdom of the Worm

An Adventure in Futurity

The Justice of the Elephant

The Return of the Sorcerer

The City of the Singing Flame

A Good Embalmer

The Testament of Athammaus

A Captivity in Serpens

The Letter from Mohaun Los

The Hunters from Beyond

Appendix One: Story Notes

Appendix Two: Alternate Ending to “The Return of the Sorcerer”

Appendix Three: Bibliography

About The Editors

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