The spell was broken. I felt that something had withdrawn from the room—the overpowering volition that had held me captive was gone. It had released me, even as it had released the corpse of Helman Carnby. I was free to go; and I fled from that ghastly room and ran headlong through an unlit house, and into the outer darkness.
APPENDIX THREE:
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ABOUT THE EDITORS
Scott Connors received his B. A. degree in English and History from Washington and Jefferson College and has also studied at the University of Salzburg. In addition to numerous articles for such publications as Lovecraft Studies, Wormwood, The Barbaric Triumph, and Supernatural Literature of the World: An Encyclopedia, he has edited the Selected Letters of Clark Ashton Smith and The Freedom of Fantastic Things, the latter a collection of criticism on Smith. He also regularly reviews books for Publishers Weekly and Weird Tales. He is currently working on a biography of Smith.
Ron Hilger is a noted Smith scholar who has co-edited the Smith volumes Red World of Polaris and Star Changes. A native of Northern California, Ron has worked to preserve Smith’s legacy by organizing such events as the CAS Centennial Conference in 1993 and the CAS Plaque Dedication in 2003.
Table of Contents
Introduction
A Note on the Texts
The Door to Saturn
The Red World of Polaris
Told in the Desert
The Willow Landscape
A Rendezvous in Averoigne
The Gorgon
An Offering to the Moon
The Kiss of Zoraida
The Face by the River
The Ghoul
The Kingdom of the Worm
An Adventure in Futurity
The Justice of the Elephant
The Return of the Sorcerer
The City of the Singing Flame
A Good Embalmer
The Testament of Athammaus
A Captivity in Serpens
The Letter from Mohaun Los
The Hunters from Beyond
Appendix One: Story Notes
Appendix Two: Alternate Ending to “The Return of the Sorcerer”
Appendix Three: Bibliography
About The Editors
Table of Contents
Introduction
A Note on the Texts
The Door to Saturn
The Red World of Polaris
Told in the Desert
The Willow Landscape
A Rendezvous in Averoigne
The Gorgon
An Offering to the Moon
The Kiss of Zoraida
The Face by the River
The Ghoul
The Kingdom of the Worm
An Adventure in Futurity
The Justice of the Elephant
The Return of the Sorcerer
The City of the Singing Flame
A Good Embalmer
The Testament of Athammaus
A Captivity in Serpens
The Letter from Mohaun Los
The Hunters from Beyond
Appendix One: Story Notes
Appendix Two: Alternate Ending to “The Return of the Sorcerer”
Appendix Three: Bibliography
About The Editors