Xiccarph
0-345-02501-6OCLC 7030361 Preceded by Hyperborea Followed by Poseidonis Short stories Collections Settings Related
Xiccarph is a collection of fantasy and science fiction short stories by American writer Clark Ashton Smith, edited by Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books as the forty-first volume of its Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in February 1972. It was the third collection of Smith's works assembled by Carter for the series. The stories were originally published in various fantasy and SF magazines in the 1930s, notably Weird Tales.[1]
Summary
The book collects three prose poems and eight tales, including stories from the author's Xiccarph and Mars cycles.
Contents
- "Other Stars and Skies: An Introduction", by Lin Carter
- "To the Daemon: An Invocation" (prose poem)
- Xiccarph
- "The Maze of Maal Dweb"
- "The Flower-Women"
- Aihai
- "Vulthoom"
- "The Dweller in the Gulf"
- "The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis"
- Phandiom
- "The Doom of Antarion"
- Lophai
- "The Demon of the Flower"
- Satabbor
- "The Monster of the Prophecy"
- Beyond the Stars
- "Sadastor" (prose poem)
- "From the Crypts of Memory" (prose poem)
Reception
The collection was reviewed by Charlie Brown in Locus no. 125, October 27, 1972.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b Xiccarph title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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Works of Clark Ashton Smith
- "The Black Abbot of Puthuum"
- "The Charnel God"
- "The Dark Eidolon"
- "The Death of Ilalotha"
- "The Empire of the Necromancers"
- "The Isle of the Torturers"
- "The Last Hieroglyph"
- "A Night in Malnéant"
- "The Ninth Skeleton"
- "The Return of the Sorcerer"
- "Sadastor"
- "The Tale of Satampra Zeiros"
- "The Testament of Athammaus"
- "The Voyage of King Euvoran"
- "The Weaver in the Vault"
- "The Witchcraft of Ulua"
- "Xeethra"
- Out of Space and Time
- Lost Worlds
- Genius Loci and Other Tales
- The Dark Chateau
- Spells and Philtres
- The Abominations of Yondo
- Tales of Science and Sorcery
- Poems in Prose
- Other Dimensions
- Zothique
- Hyperborea
- Xiccarph
- Poseidonis
- Selected Poems
- The Black Book of Clark Ashton Smith
- A Rendezvous in Averoigne
- The Emperor of Dreams
- Selected Letters of Clark Ashton Smith
- Averoigne
- Hyperborea
- Zothique
- Poseidonis
- Cthulhu Mythos
- Cykranosh
- Philip Hastane
- Tsathoggua