Short Stories Tributes to Clark Ashton Smith

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2007

Simon Whitechapel

“He reined back his horse on the lip of the descent and sat, mailed hand grasping the pommel of his saddle, gazing down over the… ” (13 January)

Simon Whitechapel

“The library of Timsiphimesh was likened to a patch of eddies on a river of green or blue, and the scholars who climbed its lengthy… ” (13 January)

2006

Frederick J. Mayer

“"Welcome to Jeju-do!" ("Jeju Island"), as the airplane touched ground, greeted the visitor from every possible aspect and angle of the place. He made… ” (29 November)

Phillip A. Ellis

“The exceedingly late winter sunlight streamed through the open window of the palazzo, into the airy chamber where a tableau presented itself. Sitting within a… ” (29 November)

Simon Whitechapel

“In the wooden Libryrinth of the goddess Āōāōāō at Bhurumakna, it was foretold, the key to the Secret of the Universe would be found; but… ” (29 November)

Simon Whitechapel

“How long the corpulent black cannibal witch Ngaháksha had ruled Gvaôn none of its inhabitants knew, though the oldest amongst them could recall from childhood… ” (24 October)

Simon Whitechapel

“It was the naham' lueb, the sweating season, the very height of summer, during which the city of Harvar was baked in the oven of… ” (24 October)

Charles M. Grierson

“In the Kingdom of Tel-Omar, in the western most part of Zeleb, there was a great contentment after having survived the invasion of sea-going Qwar… ” (2 October)

Simon Whitechapel

“He had tried to bribe the man, had almost come to the issuing of a threat, but had stilled the breath on his tongue a… ” (30 July)

Dennis L. Siluk

“Advance: For those who have read the stories of Siren of SSARG [the Planet of Grass], and the few stories on Tangor, Space Traveler, and… ” (29 June)

Simon Whitechapel

“Their ship Mgyuukkenav, or Ocean-Vampire, cornered, driven ashore and incinerated by the amber-headed fire-arrows of two of the emperor’s triremes, the pirates had fled in… ” (29 June)

Simon Whitechapel

““Tileä’ kuph’ hanazâm yiumgê, na-tileäk!” — “When the Lion escape!” — was the formula of incredulity or dismissal among the priests of Tsammogwer, for was… ” (29 June)

Simon Whitechapel

“In his later years Thlenan-Chemmosh was loath to leave his gardens even an hour and so sent his famuli forth in his stead to collect… ” (30 May)

Simon Whitechapel

“The monotony of mid-afternoon was broken by the news that the workmen clearing the garden had uncovered something unusual; and when she went out, hoping… ” (30 May)

Simon Whitechapel

“In the morning she went down to the beach to see what the big storm had wrenched free of the sea’s embrace and set out… ” (29 April)

Frederick J. Mayer

“"Queen Zee Rei is to the Tcho-Koreans as Dhan Kun is to the Koreana-Koreans." This was the last line word recorder Mor Jam-dou wrote in… ” (27 February)

Simon Whitechapel

“News of the wizard’s death never came, but by midsummer rumor of it hung everywhere in the pollen-hazed air of his northern tributaries, for his… ” (27 February)

Simon Whitechapel

“In its prime temple had supplied oracles to rulers of half-a-continent, who paid in gold, amber and gems for prophetic replies to letters… ” (27 February)

Michael Fantina

“Erude, a young man highly skilled in the arts of stealth, all the better to disencumber a pearl necklace, a money belt over-heavy with its… ” (27 February)

2005

Simon Whitechapel

“High above the land of Mríndlacg loomed the mountain Srómadilláp, biting at the blue palate of heaven like a great fang in a misshapen jaw.… ” (30 December)

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