The Abominations of Yondo

The Abominations of Yondo is a collection of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories by American writer 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 Abominations of Yondo

Dust-jacket by Ronald Clyne and Wynn Bullock for The Abominations of Yondo by Clark Ashton Smith
Author	Clark Ashton Smith
Cover artist	Ronald Clyne and Wynn Bullock
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy, horror, science fiction
Publisher	Arkham House
Publication date	1960
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	227

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

The title story is told by a man who has been released from being tortured by the priests of the lion-headed god Ong, and who tries to make his way to safety through the desert of Yondo, but is so perturbed by the horrors he encounters that he flees back to the realm of the torturers.

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, Channel Islands: Neville Spearman, 1972.
• St. Albans, UK: Panther, 1974.

See also

• Clark Ashton Smith bibliography

Sources

• Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc. p. 53. ISBN 1-55742-005-X.
• Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. pp. 36–37.
• Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. p. 68. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
• Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 80. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.

External links

• The abominations of Yondo, MSS 378 at L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University