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The Dweller in the Gulf

The Dweller in the Gulf

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Pages
20
Published
1987
Language
English

Synopsis

Necronomicon Press is proud to present, for the first time, works by Clark Ashton Smith, uncensored and complete, with texts taken from the original manuscripts. Few readers of the fantastic realize that Smith's work frequently fell victim to the editor's pen, due to their length, their richly atmospheric prose, or, on occasion, their risque contents. In this booklet, and in future ones, we hope to introduce you to the real Clark Ashton Smith, published here for the first time.

About the author

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Clark Ashton Smith

Clark Ashton Smith (January 13, 1893 – August 14, 1961) was an American writer and artist. He achieved early local recognition, largely through the enthusiasm of George Sterling, for traditional verse in the vein of Swinburne. As a poet, Smith is grouped with the West Coast Romantics alongside Joaquin Miller, Sterling, and Nora May French and remembered as "The Last of the Great Romantics" and "The Bard of Auburn". Smith's work was praised by his contemporaries. H. P. Lovecraft stated that "in s...

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