Xiccarph
 Cover of Xiccarph | |
| Author | Clark Ashton Smith |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Gervasio Gallardo |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Ballantine Adult Fantasy series |
| Genre | Fantasy short stories |
| Published | 1972 (Ballantine Books) |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 247 pp |
| ISBN | 0-345-02501-6 |
| OCLC | 7030361 |
| Preceded by | Hyperborea |
| Followed by | Poseidonis |
Xiccarph is a collection of fantasy short stories by Clark Ashton Smith, edited by Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books as the forty-first volume of its celebrated Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in February 1972. It was the third themed 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.
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" (prose poem)
- Xiccarph
- "The Maze of Maal Dweb"
- "The Flower-Women"
- Aihai
- "Vulthoom"
- "The Dweller in the Gulf"
- "The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis"
- Phandiom
- "The Doom of Antarion"
- Lophai
- "The Demon of the Flower"
- Satabbor
- "The Monster of the Prophecy"
- Beyond the Stars
- "Sadastor" (prose poem)
- "From the Crypts of Memory" (prose poem)