[Next project] Short Fiction, by Clark Ashton Smith

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Hendrik Kaiber

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Jan 5, 2026, 8:37:37 PM (4 days ago) Jan 5
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I would to start my next project as soon as my previous finishes being reviewed. I would like to produce a collection of short stories by Clark Ashton Smith. I made a spreadsheet of his works.

Luckily, nearly all of his works are already transcribed at EldritchDark, so no transcription is required for now. The only story missing that could be added now is the "The Flirt," which also doesn't seem to have an available scan online. In total, the book would have 12 stories until 2027.

For the cover, I'm thinking of using The Nightmare, if this works as PD proof. Several of his stories involve monsters and demons, so I think this works.


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Alex Cabal

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Jan 5, 2026, 8:43:35 PM (4 days ago) Jan 5
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He only has 2 works on PG, both poetry. He mostly published after 1930.
How is any of the rest of his work US-PD?

On 1/5/26 7:37 PM, Hendrik Kaiber wrote:
> I would to start my next project as soon as my previous finishes being
> reviewed. I would like to produce a collection of short stories by Clark
> Ashton Smith. I made a spreadsheet <https://docs.google.com/
> spreadsheets/d/1rmE_WTHHwKEdWoVDFDYWj1rV6FeZ2pky8XhWXZFW6ys/edit?
> gid=0#gid=0> of his works.
>
> Luckily, nearly all of his works are already transcribed
> at EldritchDark, so no transcription is required for now. The only story
> missing that could be added now is the "The Flirt," which also doesn't
> seem to have an available scan online. In total, the book would have 12
> stories until 2027.
>
> For the cover, I'm thinking of using The Nightmare <https://
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nightmare#/media/
> File:Johann_Heinrich_F%C3%BCssli_-_The_Nightmare_55.5.A-
> d1-2019-04-15.jpg>, if this <https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?
> id=nnc1.ar00037621&seq=73&view=1up> works as PD proof. Several of his
> stories involve monsters and demons, so I think this works.
>
> Empty repo <https://github.com/HendrikBK/clark-ashton-smith_short-fiction>.
>
> —Hendrik
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Hendrik Kaiber

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Jan 5, 2026, 8:54:23 PM (4 days ago) Jan 5
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The spreadsheet has links for scans of some works published up until 1930.

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Hendrik Kaiber

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Jan 5, 2026, 8:58:34 PM (4 days ago) Jan 5
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Sorry, I forgot to past the correct link for the spreadsheet, I gave you access now.

Alex Cabal

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Jan 6, 2026, 3:37:01 PM (3 days ago) Jan 6
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OK, I made a copy at
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SmK8WnTVFBrB0IiSRxEHKsM_5pv_711mM1xAE2Rd490

Please edit that copy.

Looking at his bibliography, it looks like he has several "cycles" of
themed work - see the Ballantine Adult Fantasy collections. How should
we do those?

On 1/5/26 7:58 PM, Hendrik Kaiber wrote:
> Sorry, I forgot to past the correct link for the spreadsheet, I gave you
> access now.
>
> On Monday, January 5, 2026 at 10:54:23 PM UTC-3 Hendrik Kaiber wrote:
>
> The spreadsheet has links for scans of some works published up until
> 1930.
>
> —Hendrik
> On Monday, January 5, 2026 at 10:43:35 PM UTC-3 Alex Cabal wrote:
>
> He only has 2 works on PG, both poetry. He mostly published
> after 1930.
> How is any of the rest of his work US-PD?
>
> On 1/5/26 7:37 PM, Hendrik Kaiber wrote:
> > I would to start my next project as soon as my previous
> finishes being
> > reviewed. I would like to produce a collection of short
> stories by Clark
> > Ashton Smith. I made a spreadsheet <https://docs.google.com/
> <https://docs.google.com/>
> > spreadsheets/d/1rmE_WTHHwKEdWoVDFDYWj1rV6FeZ2pky8XhWXZFW6ys/
> edit?
> > gid=0#gid=0> of his works.
> >
> > Luckily, nearly all of his works are already transcribed
> > at EldritchDark, so no transcription is required for now. The
> only story
> > missing that could be added now is the "The Flirt," which
> also doesn't
> > seem to have an available scan online. In total, the book
> would have 12
> > stories until 2027.
> >
> > For the cover, I'm thinking of using The Nightmare <https://
> > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nightmare#/media/ <http://
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nightmare#/media/>
> > File:Johann_Heinrich_F%C3%BCssli_-_The_Nightmare_55.5.A-
> > d1-2019-04-15.jpg>, if this <https://babel.hathitrust.org/
> cgi/pt <https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt>?
> > id=nnc1.ar00037621&seq=73&view=1up> works as PD proof.
> Several of his
> > stories involve monsters and demons, so I think this works.
> >
> > Empty repo <https://github.com/HendrikBK/clark-ashton-
> smith_short-fiction <https://github.com/HendrikBK/clark-ashton-
> smith_short-fiction>>.
> >
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Jan 6, 2026, 6:05:33 PM (3 days ago) Jan 6
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The "cycles" are similar to Lovecraft's Dream Cycle, series of stories loosely connected by characters or settings, but can be read independently (it just one exception, I believe). I think there are three possibilities:

1 - Make a short fiction collection with all stories, without any division;
2 - Make a short fiction collection with some stories, and other omnibuses with related stories (e.g. Zothique, Averoigne, etc.); or
3 - Make a short fiction collection with all stories, but grouping some stories in their appropriate "set".

The first option is the easiest, of course, but I'm not if it is the best. I personally would go with option 3. This allows readers to identify related material and stop us from having collections that would have one or two stories for several years. If we want to make a Averoigne Stories omnibus, for instance, it would have only one story this year ("The End of the Story").

I'll go with whatever you think is best, but I think option 3 would be a good approach.

—Hendrik

Alex Cabal

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Jan 7, 2026, 5:26:11 PM (2 days ago) Jan 7
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OK. Since they will be out of PD for so long we can just include them in
a single omnibus. Then, once a more reasonable amount enter PD, we can
split them off into separate omnibuses if necessary, like we're doing
with Conan.

On 1/6/26 5:05 PM, Hendrik Kaiber wrote:
> The "cycles" are similar to Lovecraft's Dream Cycle, series of stories
> loosely connected by characters or settings, but can be read
> independently (it just one exception, I believe). I think there are
> three possibilities:
>
> 1 - Make a short fiction collection with all stories, without any division;
> 2 - Make a short fiction collection with some stories, and other
> omnibuses with related stories (e.g. Zothique, Averoigne, etc.); or
> 3 - Make a short fiction collection with all stories, but grouping some
> stories in their appropriate "set".
>
> The first option is the easiest, of course, but I'm not if it is the
> best. I personally would go with option 3. This allows readers to
> identify related material and stop us from having collections that would
> have one or two stories for several years. If we want to make a
> Averoigne Stories omnibus, for instance, it would have only one story
> this year ("The End of the Story").
>
> I'll go with whatever you think is best, but I think option 3 would be a
> good approach.
>
> —Hendrik
>
> On Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 5:37:01 PM UTC-3 Alex Cabal wrote:
>
> OK, I made a copy at
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/
> d/1SmK8WnTVFBrB0IiSRxEHKsM_5pv_711mM1xAE2Rd490 <https://
> docs.google.com/spreadsheets/
> d/1SmK8WnTVFBrB0IiSRxEHKsM_5pv_711mM1xAE2Rd490>
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nightmare#/media/> <http://
> > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nightmare#/media/ <http://
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nightmare#/media/>>
> > > File:Johann_Heinrich_F%C3%BCssli_-_The_Nightmare_55.5.A-
> > > d1-2019-04-15.jpg>, if this <https://babel.hathitrust.org/
> <https://babel.hathitrust.org/>
> > cgi/pt <https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt <https://
> babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt>>?
> > > id=nnc1.ar00037621&seq=73&view=1up> works as PD proof.
> > Several of his
> > > stories involve monsters and demons, so I think this works.
> > >
> > > Empty repo <https://github.com/HendrikBK/clark-ashton-
> <https://github.com/HendrikBK/clark-ashton->
> > smith_short-fiction <https://github.com/HendrikBK/clark-ashton-
> <https://github.com/HendrikBK/clark-ashton->
> > smith_short-fiction>>.
> > >
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Ok. I've done some work on the repo, but I believe you didn't assign a manager yet?

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Alex Cabal

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OK, Emma will manage with Lukas reviewing.
> > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/ <https://docs.google.com/
> spreadsheets/>
> > d/1SmK8WnTVFBrB0IiSRxEHKsM_5pv_711mM1xAE2Rd490 <https://
> > docs.google.com/spreadsheets/ <http://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/>
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nightmare#/media/>> <http://
> babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt> <https://
> > babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt <http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt>>>?
> > > > id=nnc1.ar00037621&seq=73&view=1up> works as PD proof.
> > > Several of his
> > > > stories involve monsters and demons, so I think this works.
> > > >
> > > > Empty repo <https://github.com/HendrikBK/clark-ashton-
> <https://github.com/HendrikBK/clark-ashton->
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