Xiccarph
Xiccarph is a collection of fantasy short stories by American writer Clark Ashton Smith, edited by Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books as the forty-first volume of its Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in February 1972. It was the third collection of Smith's works assembled by Carter for the series. The stories were originally published in various fantasy magazines in the 1930s, notably Weird Tales.Summary
The book collects three prose poems and eight tales, including stories from the author's Xiccarph and Mars cycles.Contents
- "Other Stars and Skies: An Introduction", by Lin Carter
- "To the Daemon: An Invocation"
- Xiccarph
- Aihai
- Phandiom
- Lophai
- Satabbor
- Beyond the Stars
Reception
The collection was reviewed by Charlie Brown in Locus no. 125, October 27, 1972.