The Abominations of Yondo

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name = The Abominations of Yondo
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image_caption = Dust-jacket by Ronald Clyne and Wynn Bullock for "The Abominations of Yondo" by Clark Ashton Smith
author = Clark Ashton Smith
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cover_artist = Ronald Clyne and Wynn Bullock
country = United States
language = English
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genre = Fantasy, Horror, Science fiction short stories
publisher = Arkham House
release_date = 1960
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 227 pp
isbn = NA
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"The Abominations of Yondo" is a collection of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories by author Clark Ashton Smith. It was released in 1960 and was the author's fourth collection of stories published by Arkham House. It was released in an edition of 2,005 copies. The stories were mostly written between 1930 and 1935.

The collection contains stories from Smith's major story cycles of Hyperborea, Atlantis, Averoigne and Zothique.

Contents

"The Abominations of Yondo" contains the following tales:

# "The Abominations of Yondo"
# "The White Sybil"
# "The Ice-Demon"
# "The Voyage of King Euvoran"
# "The Witchcraft of Ulua"
# "The Master of the Crabs"
# "A Vintage from Atlantis"
# "The Enchantress of Sylaire"
# "The Dweller in the Gulf"
# "The Dark Age"
# "The Devotee of Evil"
# "The Nameless Offspring"
# "The Epiphany of Death"
# "The Third Episode of Vathek" with William Beckford
# "Chinoiserie"
# "The Mirror in the Hall of Ebony"
# "The Passing of Aphrodite"

Reprints

*Jersey, UK: Neville Spearman, 1972.
*St. Albans, UK: Panther, 1974.

References

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