The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith: the Last Hieroglyph
Night Shade Books · Paperback · January 1, 2009
The Last Hieroglyph is the fifth of the five volume Collected Fantasies series.
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- Who it’s for
- Dense fantasy curiosities for a layered, immersive read with bite.
- Genres
- Fantasy Anthologies, Short Stories (Single Author), Horror
- Published
- Night Shade Books, January 1, 2009
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The Last Hieroglyph is the fifth of the five volume Collected Fantasies series. Editors Scott Connors and Ron Hilger have compared original manuscripts, various typescripts, published editions, and Smith's notes and letters, in order to prepare a definitive set of texts. The Last Hieroglyph includes, in chronological order, all of Clark Ashton Smith's stories from "The Dark Age" to "The Dart of Rasasfa."
Strange Archives
Dense fantasy curiosities for a layered, immersive read with bite.
Come here for
- lush, old-school fantasy oddities
- short-form strangeness with a cultish edge
Expect
- anthology rhythm, not one long arc
- genre shifts that keep the atmosphere unstable
Where it sits
| Fantasy Anthologies | 67% |
|---|---|
| Short Stories (Single Author) | 58% |
| Horror | 51% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Dark Fantasy
- Horror
- Short Stories (Single Author)
- Authors
- Clark Ashton Smith
- Publisher
- Night Shade Books
- Published
- January 1, 2009
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Dark Fantasy