Works
Story Cycles
Averoigne
- "The Colossus of Ylourgne," in Weird Tales (June 1934, vol. 23, no. 6)
- "The Disinterment of Venus," in Weird Tales (July 1934, vol. 24, no. 1)
- "Mother of Toads" (Weird Tales July 1938) (transcription project)
- "The Enchantress of Sylaire," in Weird Tales (July-August 1941, vol. 35, no. 10)
- "The Satyr" (Genius Loci, Arkham House, 1948)
- "Averoigne" (poetry) (Challenge, Spring 1951)
Hyperborea
- "The Door to Saturn" (Strange Tales, Jan. 1932)
- "The Seven Geases," in Weird Tales (October 1934, vol. 24, no. 4) (transcription project)
- "The White Sybil" (1935)
- "The Coming of the White Worm" (1941)
- "The Theft of the Thirty-Nine Girdles" (1958)
- "The Ice-Demon" (1960)
Poseidonis
- Atlantis (1912 poem)
- From a Letter/Muse of Atlantis (1922 prose poem)
- "The Death of Malygris," in Weird Tales (April 1934, vol. 23, no. 4)
- "The Double Shadow" (1933)
- "Tolometh" (1958 poem)
Maal Dweb of Xiccarph
- "The Maze of Maal Dweb" (1933)
- "The Maze of Maal Dweb," in Weird Tales (October 1938, vol. 32, no. 4)
- “The Flower-Women” (1935), Weird Tales
Aihai/Mars
- “A Seedling of Mars” (1931)
- “Dweller in Martian Depths” (1933)
- "Vulthoom" (1935)
Zothique
- "The Voyage of King Euvoran" (1933)
- "The Weaver in the Vault," in Weird Tales (January 1934, vol. 23, no. 1)
- "The Witchcraft of Ulua," in Weird Tales (February 1934, vol. 23, no. 2)
- "The Charnel God," in Weird Tales (March 1934, vol. 23, no. 3)
- "The Tomb-Spawn," in Weird Tales (May 1934, vol. 23, no. 5) (transcription project)
- "Xeethra," in Weird Tales (December 1934, vol. 24, no. 6)
- “The Dark Eidolon” (1935)
- "Necromancy in Naat" (1936)
- “The Black Abbot of Puthuum” (1936), Weird Tales
- "The Death of Ilalotha" (1937)
- “The Garden of Adompha” (1938)
- "The Master of the Crabs," in Weird Tales (March 1948, vol. 40, no. 3)
- "Morthylla," in Weird Tales (May 1953, vol. 45, no. 2)
- "The Last Hieroglyph," in Weird Tales (April 1935, vol. 25, no. 4)
Other Short Stories
- “The Ghost of Mohammed Din” (1910)
- “The Mahout” (1911)
- “Prince Alcouz and the Magician” (1910-12)
- “The Raja and the Tiger” (1912)
- “The Flirt” (1921)
- “Something New” (1924), 10 Story Book vol. 23 no. 6
- “The Planet of the Dead” (1932)
- “The Demon of the Flower” (1933) Astounding Stories, December 1933 LW2
- “The Chain of Aforgomon” (1935)
- “The Devotee of Evil” (1941)
Poetry
- The Absence of the Muse (1921)
- The Abyss Triumphant (1912)
- Adventure (1924)
- Afterwards (1923)
- Alexandrines (1918)
- Alienage (1923)
- Antepast (1922)
- Apologia (1924)
- Arabesque (1922)
- Artemis (1922)
- Ashes of Sunset (1922)
- At Sunrise (1922)
- August (1923)
- Autumn Orchards (1923)
- Autumnal (1922)
- Autumn's Pall (1910)
- Ave Atque Vale (1918)
- Averted Malefice (1912)
- The Balance (1912)
- The Barrier (1923)
- Beauty Implacable (1922)
- The Bedouin Song
- Before Sunrise (1910)
- Belated Love (1918)
- Benares
- Brumal (1923)
- The Butterfly (1912)
- A Catch (1924)
- Chant of Autumn (1922)
- Chant to Sirius (1912)
- The Cherry-Snows (1912)
- The City in the Desert (1922)
- The City of Destruction (1948)
- The City of the Titans (1915)
- Cleopatra (1922)
- The Cloud-Islands (1912)
- Coldness (1922)
- Consolation (1925)
- Contradiction (1923)
- Copan (1912)
- Crepuscle (1922)
- The Crucifixion of Eros (1918)
- A Dead City (1912)
- The Departed City
- Departure (1923)
- Desert Dweller (1937)
- Desire of Vastness (1922)
- Desolation (1922)
- Dialogue (1943)
- Dissonance (1919)
- Don Juan Sings (1923)
- Doubtful Skies (1925)
- The Dream-Bridge (1912)
- A Dream of Beauty (1911)
- Dream Mystery (1915)
- Duality (1923)
- Echo of Memnon (1922)
- Ecstacy (1922)
- Eidolon (1922)
- The Eldritch Dark (1912)
- Enchanted Mirrors (1925)
- The End of Autumn (1923)
- Enigma (1925)
- Epitaph for the Earth
- Estrangement (1924)
- Evening Harmony (1925)
- Examination at Midnight (1925)
- The Exile (1922)
- Exotique (1918)
- Fairy Lanterns (1912)
- Felo-de-se of the Parasite
- Finis (1912)
- Flamingos (1919)
- Forgetfulness (1919)
- Forgotten Sorrow (1923)
- The Fountain of Blood (1925)
- A Fragment (1922)
- The Fugitives (1912)
- The Ghoul and the Seraph (1922)
- The Giantess (1925)
- The Harlot of the World (1915)
- Haunting (1922)
- The Hidden Paradise (1922)
- The Hope of the Infinite (1922)
- The Horizon (1911)
- Hymn to Beauty (1925)
- The Ideal (1925)
- Image (1922)
- Impression (1922)
- In November (1919)
- In Saturn (1919)
- Incognita (1925)
- Inferno (1918)
- The Infinite Quest (1922)
- Inheritance (1922)
- Interrogation (1925)
- The Irremediable (1925)
- The Kingdom of Shadows (1922)
- Lament for Vixeela
- Lament of the Stars (1912)
- The Land of Evil Stars (1922)
- The Last Night (1912)
- The Last Oblivion (1924)
- Laus Mortis (1921)
- Lethe
- Lines on a Picture
- A Live-Oak Leaf (1911)
- Loss (1925)
- Love is not Yours, Love is not Mine (1922)
- Love Malevolent (1922)
- The Love-Potion (1923)
- Lunar Mystery (1925)
- The Mad Wind (1912)
- The Masque of the Foresaken Gods (1912)
- Maya (1925)
- The Maze of Sleep (1912)
- Medusa (1911)
- The Medusa of Despair (1913)
- The Medusa of the Skies (1912)
- A Meeting (1924)
- The Melancholy Pool (1922)
- Memnon at Midnight (1918)
- Minatory (1925)
- The Ministers of Law (1918)
- Mirage (1922)
- Mirrors (1922)
- The Mirrors of Beauty (1922)
- Moesta et Errabunda (1925)
- The Monacle
- Moon-Dawn (1923)
- Moonlight (1910)
- The Morning Pool (1912)
- The Motes (1922)
- The Mummy (1919)
- Music (1925)
- The Mystic Meaning (1912)
- The Nemesis of Suns (1912)
- The Nereid (1913)
- Nero (1912)
- The Night Forest (1912)
- Nightfall (1924)
- Nightmare (1922)
- Nirvana (1912)
- November Twilight (1922)
- Nyctalops (1929)
- Obsession (1925)
- Ode (Your name) (1925)
- Ode on Imagination (1912)
- Ode to Music (1912)
- Ode to the Abyss (1911)
- Odysseus in Eternity
- The Orchid of Beauty (1922)
- Ougabalys (1929)
- Palms (1920)
- Pine Needles (1912)
- Plum-Flowers (1924)
- A Precept (1922)
- The Price (1912)
- Psalm (1922)
- A Psalm to the Best Beloved (1922)
- Psalm to the Desert (1915)
- Query (1925)
- Quest (1922)
- Recompense (1922)
- The Red Moon (1923)
- The Refuge of Beauty (1918)
- Remembrance (1924)
- Remembered Light (1912)
- The Remorse of the Dead (1925)
- Requiescat (1922)
- Requiescat In Pace (1920)
- The Retribution (1912)
- Retrospect and Forecast (1912)
- The Return of Hyperion (1912)
- Rêve Parisen
- The River of Life
- Rosa Mystica (1922)
- Rubaiyat of Saiyed
- Sandalwood (1937)
- Satan Unrepentant (1918)
- Satiety (1922)
- Saturn (1912)
- The Secret (1923)
- Selenique (1923)
- Semblance (1923)
- Semper Eadem (1925)
- Sepulchre (1918)
- Shadow of Nightmare (1912)
- The Sick Muse (1925)
- The Snow-Blossoms (1912)
- Solution (1922)
- Song (1922)
- The Song of Aviol (1923)
- The Song of Cartha (1923)
- Song of a Comet (1912)
- The Song of the Comet (1937)
- A Song of Dreams (1912)
- Song of the Necromancer (1937)
- Song to Oblivion (1912)
- A Song of the Stars (1912)
- The Sorcerer to his Love (1941)
- The Sorrow of the Winds (1912)
- The Soul of the Sea (1912)
- The Spiritual Dawn (1925)
- The Star-Treader (1912)
- Strangeness (1916)
- The Summer Moon (1912)
- A Sunset (1912)
- Symbols (1922)
- Sympathetic Horror (1925)
- The Tears of Lilith (1917)
- The Temptation (1924)
- That Motley Drama
- To Nora May French (1920)
- To Omar Khayyam (1922)
- To the Beloved (1922)
- To the Chimera (1922)
- To the Darkness (1912)
- To the Sun (1912)
- Transcendence (1922)
- Triple Aspect (1922)
- Twilight on the Snow (1922)
- Union (1922)
- The Unremembered (1912)
- The Unrevealed (1912)
- A Valediction (1923)
- The Venal Muse (1925)
- A Vision of Lucifer (1922)
- We Shall Meet (1923)
- White Death (1912)
- The Wind and the Moon (1912)
- The Winds (1912)
- The Wine of Lovers (1925)
- The Wingless Archangels (1923)
- Winter Moonlight (1922)
- Witch-Dance (1941)
- The Witch in the Graveyard (1922)
- The Witch with Eyes of Amber (1923)
- The World
- You are not Beautiful (1923)
- Zuleika: An Oriental Song
- "Luna Aeternalis," in Weird Tales (May 1950, vol. 42, no. 4)
Prose poetry
- A Phantasy (1916)
- The Abomination of Desolation (1938)
- Beyond the Mountains (1922)
- The Black Lake (1922)
- The Broken Lute (1922)
- The Caravan (1922)
- Chinoiserie (1931)
- The City of Destruction (1948)
- A Coronal (1922)
- The Crystals
- The Demon, the Angel, and Beauty (1922)
- The Desolation of Soom (The Abomination of Desolation)
- A Dream of Lethe (1922)
- Ennui (1918)
- The Eyes of Circe (1922)
- The Flower-Devil (1922)
- The Forbidden Forest (1943)
- From a Letter (1922)
- From the Crypts of Memory (1917)
- The Garden and the Tomb (1922)
- Grey Sorrow (1922)
- The Hair of Circe (1922)
- The Horror of Soom (The Abomination of Desolation)
- In Cocaigne (1922)
- The Lake of Enchanted Silence (1922)
- The Litany of the Seven Kisses (1922)
- The Lotus and the Moon (1934)
- The Memnons of the Night (1917)
- The Mirror in the Hall of Ebony (1934)
- The Mithridate (1943)
- The Muse of Hyperborea (1934)
- Narcissus (1945)
- Nostalgia of the Unknown (1922)
- Offerings (1922)
- The Passing of Aphrodite (1934)
- The Peril That Lurks Among Ruins (1945)
- The Princess Almeena (1920)
- Remoteness (1922)
- The Secret Rose (1922)
- The Shadows (1922)
- The Statue of Silence (1922)
- To the Daemon (1922)
- The Traveller (1922)
- The Wind and the Garden (1922)
Epigrams
- Abandoned Plum-Orchard
- Aftermath of Mining Days
- Berries of the Deadly Nightshade
- Basin in Boulder
- Bed of Mint
- Boys Rob a Yellowhammer's Nest
- Boys Telling Bawdy Tales
- Builder of Deserted Hearth
- Borderland
- Cats in Winter Sunlight
Translations
- Parisian Dream, by Charles Baudelaire (1925)
- Alchemy of Sorrow, by Charles Baudelaire (1925)
- "The Owls," in Weird Tales (November-December 1941, vol. 36, no. 2), by Charles Baudelaire
External links
- The Eldritch Dark - An extensive wiki dedicated to Clark Ashton Smith and his works.
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