2022 General Reading: December (+ Old Phuul Update)

Completed reads for December:

• Vulthoom, by Clark Ashton Smith
• The Haunted Chamber, by Clark Ashton Smith
• The Haunted Gong, by Clark Ashton Smith
• The Mahout, by Clark Ashton Smith
• The Malay Krise (2 versions), by Clark Ashton Smith
• The Mad God’s Amulet, by Michael Moorcock
• The Sword of the Dawn, by Michael Moorcock
• The Runestaff, by Michael Moorcock
• The Shadow Kingdom, by Robert E. Howard
• The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune, by Robert E. Howard
• The Eternal World, by Clark Ashton Smith
• The Monster of the Prophecy, by Clark Ashton Smith
• The Tale of Sir John Maundeville, by Clark Ashton Smith
• The Parrot, by Clark Ashton Smith
• Checkmate, by Clark Ashton Smith
• The Shah’s Messenger, by Clark Ashton Smith
• The Resurrection of the Rattlesnake, by Clark Ashton Smith
• Something New, by Clark Ashton Smith
• A Platonic Entanglement, by Clark Ashton Smith
• Fakhreddin, by Clark Ashton Smith
• The Ghost of Mohammed Din, by Clark Ashton Smith
• The Immeasurable Horror, by Clark Ashton Smith
• Murder in the Fourth Dimension, by Clark Ashton Smith
• The Perfect Woman, by Clark Ashton Smith
• The Primal City, by Clark Ashton Smith
• Phantastes, by George MacDonald
• The Magician’s Nephew, by C.S. Lewis
• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis
• The Horse and His Boy, by C.S. Lewis
• Prince Caspian, by C.S. Lewis
• The Voyage of the Dawntreader, by C.S. Lewis
• The Unrepentant Necrophile: An Interview with Karen Greenlee (Jim Morton)
• The Silver Chair, by C.S. Lewis
• The Last Battle, by C.S. Lewis
• Gossip (fragment), by Clark Ashton Smith
• The Flirt, by Clark Ashton Smith
• The Expert Lover, by Clark Ashton Smith
• The Metamorphosis of Earth, by Clark Ashton Smith
• The Immortals of Mercury, by Clark Ashton Smith
• The Invisible City, by Clark Ashton Smith
• The Dart of Rasafa, by Clark Ashton Smith
• An Adventure in Futurity, by Clark Ashton
• Marooned in Andromeda, by Clark Ashton Smith
• A Star-Change, by Clark Ashton Smith
• Seedling of Mars, by Clark Ashton Smith
• Nemesis of the Unfinished, by Clark Ashton Smith and Don Carter
• The Light from the Pole, by Clark Ashton Smith and Lin Carter
• The Third Episode of Vathek, by William Beckford and Clark Ashton Smith
• The Brahmin’s Wisdom, by Gustav Meyrink

Copious re-reads this month. In addition to finishing off the Eldritch Dark’s collection of Clark Ashton Smith material, I also re-read Lewis’ Narnia and Moorcock’s Hawkmoon for the first time in a good quarter-century. But Phantastes really was an original read.

As noted previously, December has been an excellent writing month, so far as work on Old Phuul goes. I have finished the year with the manuscript sitting at 94,560 words – over 19,000 added this month alone, on top of the 14,000 in November. Considering how long I have been wrestling with this bloody thing, to make such excellent progress over just two months is really encouraging. At this point, it looks like the novel will exceed 100,000 words, probably coming to just a bit under Wise Phuul’s 108,000. The completion of the draft – presumably in January 2023 – will definitely be cause for celebration.

• December 31, 2022
• 2022 General Reading, Old Phuul, Reading, Writing
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