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• xiii • Introduction (Strange Shadows: The Uncollected Fiction and Essays of Clark Ashton Smith) • essay by Robert Bloch
• xxi • A Note on the Contents (Strange Shadows: The Uncollected Fiction and Essays of Clark Ashton Smith) • essay by Steve Behrends
• 3 • A Good Embalmer • (1989) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 7 • Double Cosmos • (1983) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 16 • Strange Shadows / I Am Your Shadow • (1940) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 36 • Nemesis of the Unfinished • (1985) • short story by Don Carter and Clark Ashton Smith
• 44 • The Dart of Rasasfa • (1984) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 51 • The Beast of Averoigne (first version) • [Averoigne] • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 61 • The Coming of the White Worm (first version) • (1933) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 77 • In the Book of Vergama • [Zothique] • (1934) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 79 • The Ocean-World of Alioth (fragment) • short fiction by Clark Ashton Smith
• 82 • Ascharia (fragment) • short fiction by Clark Ashton Smith
• 86 • The Master of Destruction (fragment) • short fiction by Clark Ashton Smith
• 91 • Slaves of the Black Pillar (fragment) • short fiction by Clark Ashton Smith
• 95 • The Music of Death (fragment) • short fiction by Clark Ashton Smith
• 101 • In a Hashish-Dream • (1984) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 104 • The Eggs from Saturn • short fiction by Clark Ashton Smith
• 106 • The Infernal Star • (1989) • novelette by Clark Ashton Smith
• 106 • The Lord of Lunacy • short fiction by Clark Ashton Smith
• 128 • The House of Haon-Dor • [Hyperborea] • (1984) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 131 • Shapes of Adamant • [Zothique] • (1984) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 132 • Eviction by Night • short fiction by Clark Ashton Smith
• 134 • Mandor's Enemy • [Zothique] • (1984) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 135 • Mnemoka • [Mars (Clark Ashton Smith)] • (1987) • short fiction by Steve Behrends and Clark Ashton Smith
• 139 • The Point of the Jest • (1984) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 140 • Chincharrero • short fiction by Clark Ashton Smith
• 141 • Unquiet Boundary • (1984) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 142 • Djinn Without a Bottle • short fiction by Clark Ashton Smith
• 142 • Wingless Phoenix • short fiction by Clark Ashton Smith
• 143 • Vizaphmal in Ophiuchus (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 144 • The Sorceress of Averoigne (synopsis) • [Averoigne] • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 146 • The Atmospheric Entity (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 146 • The Minotaur's Brother (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 147 • I Am a Witch (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 147 • Offspring of the Grave (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 148 • The Crabs of Iribos (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 148 • The Feet of Sidaiva (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 150 • Beyond the Rose-Arbor (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 151 • Maker of Prodigies (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 152 • Queen of the Sabbat (synopsis) • [Averoigne] • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 153 • The Galley from Atlantis (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 153 • The Menace of the Dust (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 153 • The Pilgrim of Eternity (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 154 • A Gift from the Beloved (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 154 • The Double Dream (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 154 • The Transformation of Athanor (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 154 • The Trilithon (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 154 • The Youngest Vampire (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 155 • Dead Assassins (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 155 • From a Lost World (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 155 • Poseidon (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 155 • Prisoners of the Black Dimension (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 155 • The God of the Asteroid (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 155 • The Mummy-Case of Hammen-Tha (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 156 • Hecate (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 156 • The Conquest of Mercury (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 156 • The Entity of the Sands (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 156 • The Ghoul from Mercury (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 156 • The Moon-Spectre (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 156 • The Thing from the Antarctic (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 157 • A Misadventure of Don Juan (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 157 • Neria (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 157 • The Devotee of Evil (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 157 • The Hyperborean City (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 157 • The Testament of Athammaus (synopsis) • [Hyperborea] • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 158 • Between Two Worlds (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 158 • The Dome in the Ice (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 158 • The Empire of the Necromancers (synopsis) • [Zothique] • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 158 • The Invisible City (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 158 • The Mechanical Murder (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 158 • The Planet of the Dead (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 159 • A Good Embalmer (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 159 • A Star-Change • (1933) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 159 • The Re-Union (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 159 • The Supernumerary Corpse (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 159 • The World-Maker (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 160 • A Sojourn in Mercury (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 160 • An Excursion in Time (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 160 • The Cypress (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 160 • The Elder Manor (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 160 • The Moraine (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 161 • (titles) (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 161 • Men of the Macrocosm (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 161 • The Lunar Path (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 162 • The Other Entity (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 162 • The Vapor from the Void (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 162 • The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis (synopsis) • [Mars (Clark Ashton Smith)] • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 163 • The Arm from the Fig-Tree (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 163 • The Burial-Place of the Unknown (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 163 • The Scarab (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 163 • The Spectral Tarn (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 164 • The Mysterious Poison (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 164 • The Nameless Offspring (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 164 • The Vestibule of the Past (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 165 • A Tale of Gnydron (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 165 • The After-Men (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 165 • The Destination of Gideon Balcoth (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 165 • The Invisible Satellite (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 165 • The Protean People (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 166 • The Demon from Alphard (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 166 • The Disinterment of Venus (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 166 • The Invisible Devouerer (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 166 • The Weird of Avoosal Wuthoqquan (synopsis) • [Hyperborea] • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 166 • The Werewolf of Averoigne (synopsis) • [Averoigne] • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 167 • A Bottle on the Orinoco (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 167 • The Gargoyle of Vyones (synopsis) • [Averoigne] • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 167 • The Maker of Gargoyles (synopsis) • [Averoigne] • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 168 • A Vintage from Atlantis (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 168 • The Cairn (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 169 • (titles) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 170 • (titles) [2] • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 170 • The Cairn (new ending) (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 170 • The Empire of the Necromancers (long synopsis) • [Zothique] • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 170 • The River of Mystery (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 171 • The Rebirth of the Flame (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 172 • Across the Time-Stream (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 172 • The Invisible City (long synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 173 • Prisoners of the Black Dimension (title only) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 173 • The Beast of Averoigne (short synopsis) • [Averoigne] • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 173 • The Immortals of Mercury (synopsis) • (1932) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 173 • The Inverse Avatar (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 173 • The Lunar Brain (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 174 • The Beast of Averoigne (long synopsis) • [Averoigne] • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 174 • The Cosmic Sequel (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 174 • The Double Shadow (synopsis) • [Poseidonis] • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 174 • The Embassy to Tiirath (synopsis) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 174 • Ubbo-Sathla (synopsis) • [Hyperborea] • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 175 • The Flower-Women (synopsis) • (1932) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 175 • Vulthoom (synopsis) • [Mars (Clark Ashton Smith)] • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 177 • Fantastic Titles • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 189 • Fantastic Names • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 197 • The Flirt • (1923) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 198 • The Perfect Woman • (1923) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 199 • A Platonic Entanglement • (1989) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 199 • Gossip (fragment) • short fiction by Clark Ashton Smith
• 201 • The Expert Lover • (1989) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 201 • The Parrot • (1930) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 211 • A Copy of Burns • (1930) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 212 • Checkmate • (1930) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 221 • The City of Destruction • (1948) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 222 • Preference • (1984) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 222 • The Lake of Enchanted Silence • (1984) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 223 • Offering • (1973) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 223 • The Days • (1973) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 223 • The Mortuary • (1971) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 224 • The Frozen Waterfall • (1984) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 224 • The Osprey and the Shark • (1929) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 225 • (The Land of Fruitful Palms) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 225 • The Fugitives (fragment) • (1922) • short fiction by Clark Ashton Smith
• 226 • Venus and the Priest (fragment) • short fiction by Clark Ashton Smith
• 227 • The Dead Will Cuckold You • [Zothique] • (1963) • short fiction by Clark Ashton Smith
• 245 • Account of an Actual Dream - 1912 • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 245 • Argument of "The Hashish-Eater" • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 246 • Cigarette Characterization • [Cigarette Characterization] • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 246 • Introduction to Shadows of Wings • (1929) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 247 • (On the Art of Ephriam Doner) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 247 • Introduction to Wine of Wonder • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
• 251 • Notes to the Text (Strange Shadows: The Uncollected Fiction and Essays of Clark Ashton Smith) • essay by uncredited
• 269 • The Lost Worlds of Clark Ashton Smith • essay by Steve Behrends
• 273 • Outline for "Nemesis of the Unfinished" • essay by Don Carter
• 276 • The Black Book: Addenda • essay by Donald Sidney-Fryer