The White People

Early tales by Clark Ashton Smith, including The Abominations of Yondo and Sadastor, set in deserts and worlds at the edge of time. Rich, ornate prose from one of the masters of dark fantasy.

Clark Ashton Smith

Ten linked stories built around a forbidden play that ruins anyone who reads it, with Carcosa, Hastur and the Yellow Sign. Its first four tales shaped modern dark fantasy and weird fiction.

Robert W. Chambers

Fourteen short tales by Lord Dunsany about thieves, gods and cities at the edge of the world, most of them ending badly for the hero. Each one reads in under ten minutes.

Lord Dunsany