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• viii • Introduction (The Last Hieroglyph) • essay by Richard A. Lupoff
• xiii • A Note on the Texts (The Last Hieroglyph) • essay by Scott Connors and Ron Hilger
• 1 • The Dark Age • (1938) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 13 • The Death of Malygris • [Malygris] • (1934) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 23 • The Tomb-Spawn • [Zothique] • (1934) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 31 • The Witchcraft of Ulua • [Zothique] • (1934) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 39 • The Coming of the White Worm (Chapter IX of the Book of Eibon) • [Hyperborea] • (1941) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith (variant of The Coming of the White Worm)
• 53 • The Seven Geases • [Hyperborea] • (1934) • novelette by Clark Ashton Smith
• 69 • The Chain of Aforgomon • (1935) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 83 • The Primal City • (1934) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 89 • Xeethra • [Zothique] • (1934) • novelette by Clark Ashton Smith
• 105 • The Last Hieroglyph • [Zothique] • (1935) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 119 • Necromancy in Naat • [Zothique] • (1936) • novelette by Clark Ashton Smith
• 137 • The Treader of the Dust • (1935) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 145 • The Black Abbot of Puthuum • [Zothique] • (1936) • novelette by Clark Ashton Smith
• 163 • The Death of Ilalotha • [Zothique] • (1937) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 173 • Mother of Toads • [Averoigne] • (1938) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 181 • The Garden of Adompha • [Zothique] • (1938) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 189 • The Great God Awto • (1940) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 195 • Strange Shadows • (1984) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 207 • The Enchantress of Sylaire • [Averoigne] • (1941) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 219 • Double Cosmos • (1983) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 227 • Nemesis of the Unfinished • (1984) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 233 • The Master of the Crabs • [Zothique] • (1948) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 245 • Morthylla • [Zothique] • (1953) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 253 • Schizoid Creator • (1953) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 259 • Monsters in the Night • (1954) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 263 • Phoenix • (1954) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 273 • The Theft of the Thirty-Nine Girdles • [Satampra Zeiros] • (1958) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith (variant of The Theft of Thirty-nine Girdles)
• 283 • Symposium of the Gorgon • (1958) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 291 • The Dart of Rasasfa • (1984) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 299 • Story Notes (The Last Hieroglyph) • essay by Scott Connors and Ron Hilger
• 341 • Variant Temptation Scenes from "The Witchcraft of Ulua" • [Zothique] • short fiction by Clark Ashton Smith
• 343 • "The Traveler" • poem by Clark Ashton Smith (variant of The Traveller 1922)
• 345 • Material Removed from "The Black Abbot of Puthuum" • [Zothique] • short fiction by Clark Ashton Smith
• 349 • Alternate Ending to "I Am Your Shadow" • short fiction by Clark Ashton Smith
• 355 • Alternate Ending to "Nemesis of the Unfinished" • short fiction by Clark Ashton Smith
• 359 • Bibliography (The Last Hieroglyph) • essay by Scott Connors and Ron Hilger