« The Gargoylish Terror », 1932

by Hans Waldemar Wessolowski (German-American artist, 1894-1948)
Cover illustration of "Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror", Oct. 1932
for "The Hunters from Beyond" novel by Clark Ashton Smith

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En train de relire de près L'Appel de Chtulhu pour suivre un mémoire de master, et l'impression d'avoir 40 ans de moins.

Par une curieuse coïncidence j'ai découvert les textes de Clark Ashton Smith il y a peu, et j'ai donc encore en tête son style proche de celui de Lovecraft.

Je suis sensible surtout, dans leur logique littéraire commune, à la puissance fascinatoire et narrative de "l'extrêmement ancien", du "fond des âges" – ou plutôt de leur subsistance dans notre temporalité.

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the road itself, pale and spectral before me in the thickening gloom, seemed to waver and quiver slightly, as with the tremor of some mysterious earthquake

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Born this Day:
Clark Ashton Smith (January 13, 1893 – August 14, 1961) was an American poet, sculptor, and author, recognized as one of the "Big Three" of Weird Tales alongside H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard. He remains a foundational figure in speculative fiction and dark fantasy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Ashton_Smith

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Innen-Illustration von T. Wyatt Nelson für
"The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis" von Clark Ashton Smith
aus Weird Tales, May 1932
(archive.org)

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Innen-Illustration von T. Wyatt Nelson für
"The Empire of the Necromancers" von Clark Ashton Smith
aus Weird Tales, September 1932
(archive.org)

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« The Garden of Adompha », 1938

by Virgil Warden Finlay (American artist, 1914-1971)
Cover illustration for the novel of Clark Ashton Smith, in Weird Tales, April 1938
Plate #1 of "Finlay's Illustrations for Weird Tales" portfolio, Showcase Art productions, 1976

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« Emperor of Dreams », 1978

by Ned Dameron (American illustrator, 1943-2022)
Cover illustration for "Emperor of Dreams: A Clark Ashton Smith Bibliography" by Donald Sidney-Fryer,
Donald M. Grant Publisher, Inc., 1978

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