Strange Shadows ― The Uncollected Fiction and Essays of Clark Ashton Smith

Strange Shadows opens a window into the dark, visionary worlds of Clark Ashton Smith, whose "verbal black magic" was a significant force in the American science fiction and fantasy movement of the 1930s. This annotated collection of his previously unpublished works provides a unique opportunity to savor the full range of Smith's literary contribution. Featuring fantasies and ironic short stories, prose-poems, plays, unfinished stories, and more than 100 story synopses, it offers valuable documentation and commentary on the work of one of the most distinctive and consistently interesting modern masters of the fantasy genre.

STEVE BEHRENDS is a Research Associate in High Energy Physics at Purdue University. He editedClark Ashton Smith: Letters to H. P. Lovecraft and has published essays on the work of Smith and Donald Wandrei.