''The Abominations of Yondo'' is a collection of

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, horror and

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by American writer Clark Ashton Smith. It was released in

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Jan ...

and was the author's fourth collection of stories published by

Arkham House Arkham House is an American publishing house specializing in weird fiction. It was founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin, in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to publish hardcover collections of H. P. Lovecraft's best works, which had ...

. It was released in an edition of 2,005 copies. The stories were mostly written between

1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will b ...

and 1935. The collection contains stories from Smith's major story cycles of

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, Poseidonis, Averoigne and

Zothique ''Zothique'' 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 sixteenth volume of its Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in June 1970. It was the firs ...

. The title story is told by a man who has been released from being tortured by the priests of the lion-headed god Ong, and who tries to make his way to safety through the desert of Yondo, but is so perturbed by the horrors he encounters that he flees back to the realm of the torturers.

''The Abominations of Yondo'' contains the following tales: * "The Abominations of Yondo" *"The White Sybil" * "The Ice-Demon" * "

The Voyage of King Euvoran "The Voyage of King Euvoran" (or "Quest of the Gazolba") is a short story by American author Clark Ashton Smith as part of his Zothique cycle. It was first published as "The Voyage of King Euvoran" in the 1933 book ''The Double Shadow and Other Fan ...

" * "

The Witchcraft of Ulua "The Witchcraft of Ulua" is a short story by American author Clark Ashton Smith as part of his Zothique cycle, and first published in the February 1934 issue of ''Weird Tales''. Plot Sabmon lives in a house made of bones on the edge of a northern ...

" * "The Master of the Crabs" * "A Vintage from Atlantis" * "The Enchantress of Sylaire" * "The Dweller in the Gulf" * "The Dark Age" * "The Devotee of Evil" * "The Nameless Offspring" * "The Epiphany of Death" *"The Third Episode of Vathek" with William Beckford * "Chinoiserie" *"The Mirror in the Hall of Ebony" * "The Passing of Aphrodite"

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, 1972. *St. Albans, UK: Panther, 1974.

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