2022 General Reading: October (+ Old Phuul update)

Completed reads for October:

• Shadows of Ecstasy, by Charles Williams
• Haita the Shepherd, by Ambrose Bierce
• An Inhabitant of Carcosa, by Ambrose Bierce
• The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft (collection), by H.P. Lovecraft
• The Emperor of Dreams (collection), by Clark Ashton Smith
• A Voyage to Sfanomoë, by Clark Ashton Smith
• A Vintage from Atlantis, by Clark Ashton Smith
• The Master of the Crabs, by Clark Ashton Smith
• The Witchcraft of Ulua, by Clark Ashton Smith
• The Last Hieroglyph, by Clark Ashton Smith
• The Voyage of King Euvoran, by Clark Ashton Smith
• The Testament of Athammaus, by Clark Ashton Smith
• The Ice-Demon, by Clark Ashton Smith
• The White Sybil, by Clark Ashton Smith
• A Night in Malnéant, by Clark Ashton Smith
• Sadastor, by Clark Ashton Smith
• The Complete Chronicles of Conan (collection), by Robert E. Howard
• Tales of Terror and Darkness (collection), by Algernon Blackwood
• The Wendigo, by Algernon Blackwood
• The Willows, by Algernon Blackwood

The Emperor of Dreams contains forty-six Clark Ashton Smith stories, while Tales of Terror and Darkness contains forty-three Algernon Blackwood ones. Alas, unlike the Lovecraft and Howard collections, I then had to follow up individual Smith and Blackwood stories elsewhere.

(As one can see, it was a month for revisiting old-school Weird Fiction, and indeed at the time of writing I have moved onto Arthur Machen. Let’s just say that Lovecraft isn’t shy about his source material).

Due to computer issues (only recently resolved), the only Old Phuul work I managed was at the start of the month. That was, at least, the most substantial work I had managed on the manuscript since July.

• October 31, 2022
• 2022 General Reading, Horror Genre, Old Phuul, Reading, Writing
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