Genius Loci and Other Tales
Here again in these sixteen stories are the "gorgeous, luxuriant, and feverishly distorted visions of infinite spheres and multiple dimensions" which have made of Clark Ashton Smith's works something unique in the annals of the macabre.
In this collection there are tales of Hyperborea, Zothique, Averoigne, Atlantis, Xiccarph, and other vanished worlds of Smith's unparalleled creation. Here are such unforgettable tales as Vulthoom, The Colossus of Ylourgne, The Charnel God, The Black Abbot of Puthuum, The Weaver in the Vault and others.
Contents:
- Genius Loci
- The Willow Landscape
- The Ninth Skeleton
- The Phantoms of the Fire
- The Eternal World
- Vulthoom
- A Star-Change
- The Primal City
- The Disinterment of Venus
- The Colossus of Ylourgne
- The Satyr
- The Garden of Adompha
- The Charnel God
- The Black Abbot of Puthuum
- The Weaver in the Vault
Clark Ashton Smith
Clark Ashton Smith (1893–1961) was a poet, sculptor, painter and author of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories. It is for these stories, and his literary friendship with H. P. Lovecraft from 1922 until Lovecraft's death in 1937, that he is mostly remembered today. With Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard, also a friend and correspondent, Smith remains one of the most famous contributors to the pulp magazine Weird Tales.