The Golden Age of Weird Fiction MEGAPACK TM Vol. 6: Clark Ashton Smith Read online

  Table of Contents

  COPYRIGHT INFO

  A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER

  The MEGAPACK™ Ebook Series

  INTRODUCTION, by Darrell Schweitzer

  THE ABOMINATIONS OF YONDO

  THE THIRD EPISODE OF VATHEK

  THIRTEEN PHANTASMS

  THE CHARNEL GOD

  THE COLOSSUS OF YLOURGNE

  THE CHAIN OF AFORGOMON

  THE BLACK ABBOT OF PUTHUUM

  THE VOYAGE OF KING EUVORAN

  THE MAZE OF THE ENCHANTER

  THE DOUBLE SHADOW

  A NIGHT IN MALNÉANT

  THE DEVOTEE OF EVIL

  THE WILLOW LANDSCAPE

  THE EMPIRE OF NECROMANCERS

  THE ENCHANTRESS OF SYLAIRE

  THE INVISIBLE CITY

  MOTHER OF TOADS

  COPYRIGHT INFO

  The Golden Age of Weird Fiction MEGAPACK™, Vol. 6: Clark Ashton Smith is copyright © 2015 by Wildside Press, LLC. All rights reserved.

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  The MEGAPACK™ ebook series name is a trademark of Wildside Press, LLC. All rights reserved.

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  “Introduction,” by Darrell Schweitzer, is copyright © 2014 by Wildside Press LLC.

  “The Abominations of Yondo” originally appeared in Overland Monthly V84 #4, April 1926.

  “The Third Episode of Vathek” originally appeared in Leaves, Summer 1937.

  “Thirteen Phantasms” originally appeared in Fantasy Magazine, March 1936.

  “The Charnel God” was originally published in Weird Tales, March 1934.

  “The Black Abbot of Puthuum” was originally published in Weird Tales, March 1936.

  “The Chain of Aforgomon” was originally published in Weird Tales, Dec. 1935.

  “The Voyage of King Euvoran” was originally published in The Double Shadow and Other Fantasies (1933).

  “The Maze of the Enchanter” was originally published in The Double Shadow and Other Fantasies (1933).

  “The Double Shadow” was originally published in The Double Shadow and Other Fantasies (1933).

  “A Night in Malnéant” was originally published in The Double Shadow and Other Fantasies (1933).

  “The Devotee of Evil” was originally published in The Double Shadow and Other Fantasies (1933).

  “The Willow Landscape” was originally published in The Double Shadow and Other Fantasies (1933).

  “The Empire of Necromancers” originally appeared in Weird Tales, September 1934.

  “The Enchantress of Sylaire” originally appeared in Weird Tales, July 1941.

  “The Invisible City” originally appeared in Wonder Stories, June 1932.

  “Mother of Toads” originally appeared in Weird Tales, July 1938.

  A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER

  I’ve been a fan of Clark Ashton Smith’s work since I was about 13 and found a used British edition paperback of his collection Lost Worlds. Truly amazing stuff—and quite a revelation for me, as I discovered Michael Moorcock’s “Elric” series and Jack Vance’s science fiction the same summer. What better influences could a would-be writer have!

  For more info on CAS, please see the introduction by Darrell Schweitzer later in this volume. (And if you like CAS’s work, check out Darrell’s, too: they appeal to the same audience.)

  Enjoy!

  —John Betancourt

  Publisher, Wildside Press LLC

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