blocks: <p>Clark Ashton Smith (1893-1961) "was a self-educated American poet, sculptor, painter and author of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories." He was a frequent correspondent with Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft.</p><p><a href="http://www.eldritchdark.com" class="url http outside">Eldritch Dark</a> by Boyd Pearson hosts an extensive on-line collection of Smith's works. Short stories linked below are all hosted on Eldritch Dark.</p><p>Smith wrote several series of fantasy/horror short stories that may provide inspiration for role-playing games or MUDs.</p><p>Dates of publication in parentheses ().</p><h2>The Averoigne Chronicles</h2><p>The Averoigne Chronicles is a series of stories set mainly in the Medieval period in the fictional French province of Averoigne, based on the historic province of Auvergne. Story time setting in brackets <code>[]</code>.</p><ol><li><a class="url http outside" href="http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/63/the-end-of-the-story">"The End of the
Story"</a> (1930) [1798]</li><li><a href="http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/214/the-satyr" class="url http outside">"The Satyr"</a> (1948)</li><li><a class="url http outside" href="http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/181/a-rendezvous-in-averoigne">"A Rendezvous in Averoigne"</a> (1931)</li><li><a class="url http outside" href="http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/121/the-maker-of-gargoyles">"The Maker of Gargoyles"</a> (1932) [1138]</li><li><a href="http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/91/the-holiness-of-az%C3%A9darac" class="url http outside">"The Holiness of Azédarac"</a> (1933) [1175]</li><li><a class="url http outside" href="http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/27/the-colossus-of-ylourgne">"The Colossus of Ylourgne"</a> (1933) [1281]</li><li><a class="url http outside" href="http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/213/the-mandrakes">"The Mandrakes"</a> (1933) [15 C.]</li><li><a href="http://www.eldritchdark.com/writing
s/short-stories/12/the-beast-of-averoigne-%28abridged%29" class="url http outside">"The Beast of Averoigne"</a> (1933) [1369]</li><li><a class="url http outside" href="http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/47/the-disinterment-of-venus">"The Disinterment of Venus"</a> (1934) [1550]</li><li><a class="url http outside" href="http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/143/mother-of-toads">"Mother of Toads"</a> (1938)</li><li><a href="http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/62/the-enchantress-of-sylaire" class="url http outside">"The Enchantress of Sylaire"</a> (1941)</li><li><a class="url http outside" href="http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/poetry/680/averoigne-%28manuscript%29">"Averoigne"</a> (poem, 1951)</li></ol><p>Fragments uncompleted at the time of Smith's death:</p><ul><li><a class="url http outside" href="http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/77/%5Bthe-gargoyle-of-vyones%5D-%28synopsis%29">"The Gargoyle of Vyones"</a></li><li><a href="http://www.eldritchd
ark.com/writings/short-stories/197/the-sorceress-of-averoigne-%7C-the-tower-of-istarelle-%28synopsis%29" class="url http outside">"The Sorceress of Averoigne/The Tower of Istarelle"</a></li><li><a class="url http outside" href="http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/176/queen-of-the-sabbat-%28synopsis%29">"Queen of the Sabbat"</a></li><li><a href="http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/nonfiction/37/the-black-book-of-clark-ashton-smith#t49" class="url http outside">"The Doom of Azédarac"</a></li><li><a href="http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/nonfiction/37/the-black-book-of-clark-ashton-smith#t48" class="url http outside">"The Oracle of Sadoqua"</a></li><li><a href="http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/244/%5Ethe-werewolf-of-averoigne%5E-%5Bthe-loup-garou%5D-%28synopsis%29" class="url http outside">"The Werewolf of Averoigne"</a></li></ul><h2>Hyperborean Cycle</h2><p>The Hyperborean Cycle is a series of stories set on the mythological island of Hyperborea.</p><ol><li>"<a href="http
://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/208/the-tale-of-satampra-zeiros" class="url http outside">The Tale of Satampra Zeiros</a>" (1931)</li><li>"<a class="url http outside" href="http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/210/the-testament-of-athammaus">The Testament of Athammaus</a>" (1932)</li><li>"<a class="url http outside" href="http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/243/the-weird-of-avoosl-wuthoqquan">The Weird of Avoosl Wuthoqquan</a>" (1932)</li><li>"<a class="url http outside" href="http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/50/the-door-to-saturn">The Door to Saturn</a>" (1932)</li><li>"<a class="url http outside" href="http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/92/the-house-of-haon-dor-%28fragment%29">The House of Haon-Dor</a>" (1933) [story fragment]</li><li>"<a href="http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/96/the-ice-demon" class="url http outside">The Ice-Demon</a>" (1933)</li><li>"<a class="url http outside" href="http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-st
ories/224/ubbo-sathla">Ubbo-Sathla</a>" (1933)</li><li>"<a href="http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/192/the-seven-geases" class="url http outside">The Seven Geases</a>" (1934)</li><li>"<a class="url http outside" href="http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/245/the-white-sybil">The White Sybil</a>" (1935)</li><li>"<a href="http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/28/the-coming-of-the-white-worm" class="url http outside">The Coming of the White Worm</a>" (1941)</li><li>"<a href="http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/215/the-theft-of-the-thirty-nine-girdles" class="url http outside">The Theft of the Thirty-Nine Girdles</a>" (1958)</li></ol><h2>Poseidonis Cycle</h2><p>Poseidonis is an imaginary prehistoric island remnant of the sunken continent Atlantis.</p><ol><li>"<a class="url http outside" href="http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/poetry/34/atlantis">Atlantis</a>" (poem, 1912)</li><li>"<a class="url http outside" href="http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/11
2/the-last-incantation">The Last Incantation</a>" (1930)</li><li>"<a href="http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/237/a-voyage-to-sfanomo%C3%AB" class="url http outside">A Voyage to Sfanomoë</a>" (1931)</li><li>"<a class="url http outside" href="http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/53/the-double-shadow">The Double Shadow</a>" (1932)</li><li>"<a href="http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/234/a-vintage-from-atlantis" class="url http outside">A Vintage from Atlantis</a>" (1933)</li><li>"<a href="http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/39/the-death-of-malygris" class="url http outside">The Death of Malygris</a>" (1934)</li><li>"<a class="url http outside" href="http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/poetry/604/tolometh">Tolometh</a>" (poem, 1958)</li><li>"<a class="url http outside" href="http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/prose-poetry-plays/32/the-muse-of-atlantis">The Muse of Atlantis</a>" (prose poem, 1973)</li></ol><h2>Zothique Cycle</h2><p>Zothique is the
last inhabited continent in Earth's distant future.</p><ol><li>"<a href="http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/61/the-empire-of-the-necromancers" class="url http outside">Empire of the Necromancers</a>" (1932)</li><li>"<a class="url http outside" href="http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/108/the-isle-of-the-torturers">The Isle of the Torturers</a>" (1933)</li><li>"<a class="url http outside" href="http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/22/the-charnel-god">The Charnel God</a>" (1934)</li><li>"<a href="http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/212/the-dark-eidolon" class="url http outside">The Dark Eidolon</a>" (1935)</li><li>"<a class="url http outside" href="http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/238/the-voyage-of-king-euvoran">The Voyage of King Euvoran</a>" (1933)</li><li>"<a href="http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/241/the-weaver-in-the-vault" class="url http outside">The Weaver in the Vault</a>" (1934)</li><li>"<a class="url http outside" href="htt
p://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/220/the-tomb-spawn">The Tomb Spawn</a>" (1934)</li><li>"<a href="http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/248/the-witchcraft-of-ulua" class="url http outside">The Witchcraft of Ulua</a>" (1934)</li><li>"<a class="url http outside" href="http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/250/xeethra">Xeethra</a>" (1934)</li><li>"<a class="url http outside" href="http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/111/the-last-hieroglyph">The Last Hieroglyph</a>" (1935)</li><li>"<a class="url http outside" href="http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/151/necromancy-in-naat">Necromancy in Naat</a>" (1936)</li><li>"<a href="http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/15/the-black-abbot-of-puthuum" class="url http outside">The Black Abbot of Puthuum</a>" (1936)</li><li>"<a href="http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/38/the-death-of-ilalotha" class="url http outside">The Death of Ilalotha</a>" (1937)</li><li>"<a href="http://eldritchdark.com/writings/sho
rt-stories/76/the-garden-of-adompha" class="url http outside">The Garden of Adompha</a>" (1938)</li><li>"<a class="url http outside" href="http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/128/the-master-of-the-crabs">The Master of the Crabs</a>" (1948)</li><li>"<a href="http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/142/morthylla" class="url http outside">Morthylla</a>" (1953)</li></ol><h2>Sources</h2><ul><li>"Clark Ashton Smith". Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation Inc. Modified June 17, 2015. Accessed June 30, 2015. &lt;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Ashton_Smith" class="url http">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Ashton_Smith</a>&gt;.</li><li>"Averoigne". Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation Inc. Modified Oct. 17, 2014. Accessed June 30, 2015. &lt;<a class="url http" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averoigne">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averoigne</a>&gt;.</li><li>Harvey, Ryan (2005). "The Fantasy Cycles of Clark Ashton Smith (Part I: The Averoigne C
hronicles)". Eldritch Dark. Modified Dec. 1, 2006. Accessed July 2, 2015. &lt;<a class="url http" href="http://www.eldritchdark.com/articles/criticism/3/the-fantasy-cycles-of-clark-ashton-smith-%28part-i%3A-the-averoigne-chronicles%29">http://www.eldritchdark.com/articles/criticism/3/the-fantasy-cycles-of-clark-ashton-smith-%28part-i%3A-the-averoigne-chronicles%29</a>&gt;</li><li>"Hyperborean cycle". Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation Inc. Modified Oct. 9, 2014. Accessed June 29, 2015. &lt;<a class="url http" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperborean_cycle">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperborean_cycle</a>&gt;.</li><li>"Poseidonis". Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation Inc. Modified Feb. 19, 2015. Accessed June 30, 2015. &lt;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poseidonis" class="url http">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poseidonis</a>&gt;.</li><li>"Zothique". Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation Inc. Modified June 20, 2015. Accessed June 29, 20
15. &lt;<a class="url http" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zothique">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zothique</a>&gt;.</li></ul>
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text: Clark Ashton Smith (1893-1961) "was a self-educated American poet, sculptor, painter and author of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories." He was a frequent correspondent with Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft.

       [[http://www.eldritchdark.com|Eldritch Dark]] by Boyd Pearson hosts an extensive on-line collection of Smith's works. Short stories linked below are all hosted on Eldritch Dark.

       Smith wrote several series of fantasy/horror short stories that may provide inspiration for role-playing games or MUDs.

       Dates of publication in parentheses ().

       == The Averoigne Chronicles

       The Averoigne Chronicles is a series of stories set mainly in the Medieval period in the fictional French province of Averoigne, based on the historic province of Auvergne. Story time setting in brackets {{{[]}}}.

       # [[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/63/the-end-of-the-story|"The End of the Story"]] (1930) [1798]
       # [[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/214/the-satyr|"The Satyr"]] (1948)
       # [[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/181/a-rendezvous-in-averoigne|"A Rendezvous in Averoigne"]] (1931)
       # [[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/121/the-maker-of-gargoyles|"The Maker of Gargoyles"]] (1932) [1138]
       # [[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/91/the-holiness-of-az%C3%A9darac|"The Holiness of Azédarac"]] (1933) [1175]
       # [[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/27/the-colossus-of-ylourgne|"The Colossus of Ylourgne"]] (1933) [1281]
       # [[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/213/the-mandrakes|"The Mandrakes"]] (1933) [15 C.]
       # [[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/12/the-beast-of-averoigne-%28abridged%29|"The Beast of Averoigne"]] (1933) [1369]
       # [[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/47/the-disinterment-of-venus|"The Disinterment of Venus"]] (1934) [1550]
       # [[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/143/mother-of-toads|"Mother of Toads"]] (1938)
       # [[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/62/the-enchantress-of-sylaire|"The Enchantress of Sylaire"]] (1941)
       # [[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/poetry/680/averoigne-%28manuscript%29|"Averoigne"]] (poem, 1951)

       Fragments uncompleted at the time of Smith's death:

       * [[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/77/%5Bthe-gargoyle-of-vyones%5D-%28synopsis%29|"The Gargoyle of Vyones"]]
       * [[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/197/the-sorceress-of-averoigne-%7C-the-tower-of-istarelle-%28synopsis%29|"The Sorceress of Averoigne/The Tower of Istarelle"]]
       * [[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/176/queen-of-the-sabbat-%28synopsis%29|"Queen of the Sabbat"]]
       * [[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/nonfiction/37/the-black-book-of-clark-ashton-smith#t49|"The Doom of Azédarac"]]
       * [[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/nonfiction/37/the-black-book-of-clark-ashton-smith#t48|"The Oracle of Sadoqua"]]
       * [[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/244/%5Ethe-werewolf-of-averoigne%5E-%5Bthe-loup-garou%5D-%28synopsis%29|"The Werewolf of Averoigne"]]


       == Hyperborean Cycle

       The Hyperborean Cycle is a series of stories set on the mythological island of Hyperborea.

       # "[[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/208/the-tale-of-satampra-zeiros|The Tale of Satampra Zeiros]]" (1931)
       # "[[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/210/the-testament-of-athammaus|The Testament of Athammaus]]" (1932)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/243/the-weird-of-avoosl-wuthoqquan|The Weird of Avoosl Wuthoqquan]]" (1932)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/50/the-door-to-saturn|The Door to Saturn]]" (1932)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/92/the-house-of-haon-dor-%28fragment%29|The House of Haon-Dor]]" (1933) [story fragment]
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/96/the-ice-demon|The Ice-Demon]]" (1933)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/224/ubbo-sathla|Ubbo-Sathla]]" (1933)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/192/the-seven-geases|The Seven Geases]]" (1934)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/245/the-white-sybil|The White Sybil]]" (1935)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/28/the-coming-of-the-white-worm|The Coming of the White Worm]]" (1941)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/215/the-theft-of-the-thirty-nine-girdles|The Theft of the Thirty-Nine Girdles]]" (1958)

       == Poseidonis Cycle

       Poseidonis is an imaginary prehistoric island remnant of the sunken continent Atlantis.

       # "[[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/poetry/34/atlantis|Atlantis]]" (poem, 1912)
       # "[[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/112/the-last-incantation|The Last Incantation]]" (1930)
       # "[[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/237/a-voyage-to-sfanomo%C3%AB|A Voyage to Sfanomoë]]" (1931)
       # "[[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/53/the-double-shadow|The Double Shadow]]" (1932)
       # "[[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/234/a-vintage-from-atlantis|A Vintage from Atlantis]]" (1933)
       # "[[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/39/the-death-of-malygris|The Death of Malygris]]" (1934)
       # "[[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/poetry/604/tolometh|Tolometh]]" (poem, 1958)
       # "[[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/prose-poetry-plays/32/the-muse-of-atlantis|The Muse of Atlantis]]" (prose poem, 1973)


       == Zothique Cycle

       Zothique is the last inhabited continent in Earth's distant future.

       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/61/the-empire-of-the-necromancers|Empire of the Necromancers]]" (1932)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/108/the-isle-of-the-torturers|The Isle of the Torturers]]" (1933)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/22/the-charnel-god|The Charnel God]]" (1934)
       # "[[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/212/the-dark-eidolon|The Dark Eidolon]]" (1935)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/238/the-voyage-of-king-euvoran|The Voyage of King Euvoran]]" (1933)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/241/the-weaver-in-the-vault|The Weaver in the Vault]]" (1934)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/220/the-tomb-spawn|The Tomb Spawn]]" (1934)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/248/the-witchcraft-of-ulua|The Witchcraft of Ulua]]" (1934)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/250/xeethra|Xeethra]]" (1934)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/111/the-last-hieroglyph|The Last Hieroglyph]]" (1935)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/151/necromancy-in-naat|Necromancy in Naat]]" (1936)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/15/the-black-abbot-of-puthuum|The Black Abbot of Puthuum]]" (1936)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/38/the-death-of-ilalotha|The Death of Ilalotha]]" (1937)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/76/the-garden-of-adompha|The Garden of Adompha]]" (1938)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/128/the-master-of-the-crabs|The Master of the Crabs]]" (1948)
       # "[[http://eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/142/morthylla|Morthylla]]" (1953)

       == Sources

       * "Clark Ashton Smith". Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation Inc. Modified June 17, 2015. Accessed June 30, 2015. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Ashton_Smith>.
       * "Averoigne". Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation Inc. Modified Oct. 17, 2014. Accessed June 30, 2015. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averoigne>.
       * Harvey, Ryan (2005). "The Fantasy Cycles of Clark Ashton Smith (Part I: The Averoigne Chronicles)". Eldritch Dark. Modified Dec. 1, 2006. Accessed July 2, 2015. <http://www.eldritchdark.com/articles/criticism/3/the-fantasy-cycles-of-clark-ashton-smith-%28part-i%3A-the-averoigne-chronicles%29>

       * "Hyperborean cycle". Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation Inc. Modified Oct. 9, 2014. Accessed June 29, 2015. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperborean_cycle>.
       * "Poseidonis". Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation Inc. Modified Feb. 19, 2015. Accessed June 30, 2015. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poseidonis>.
       * "Zothique". Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation Inc. Modified June 20, 2015. Accessed June 29, 2015. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zothique>.




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