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.

#Lovecraft #ClarkAshtonSmith

The Door to Saturn by Clark Ashton Smith | Hyperborea | Weird Fantasy Audiobook

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The Invisible City by Clark Ashton Smith | Weird Fiction Classic Audiobook

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The Door to Saturn by Clark Ashton Smith | Hyperborea | Weird Fantasy Audiobook

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"The Gorgon" by Clark Ashton Smith

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"Mother of Toads" by Clark Ashton Smith

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"The Uncharted Isle" by Clark Ashton Smith

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"The White Sybil" by Clark Ashton Smith / Hyperborean Cycle

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It had to be a #Western about #Werewolves, after all, it was written by 'Man Banister'!! 😲 😂

And he is in good company, #RobertBloch, #Fritz_Leiber, #DavidHKeller, #ClarkAshtonSmith, and #HPLovecraft. Bonus : Part 3 of #HerbertWest_Reanimator.
#WeirdWestern #WeirdTales

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

PseudoPod: PseudoPod 1013: The End Of The Story

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#Horror #ClarkAshtonSmith

PseudoPod 1013: The End Of The Story

The following narrative was found among the papers of Christophe Morand, a young law-student of Tours, after his unaccountable disappearance during a visit at his father’s home near Moulins…

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