"The Planet of the Dead," a short story by Clark Ashton Smith

Update: 2021-10-29

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A unique story of stargazing — a bizarre tale of life in two planets and the splendor of a far world.

"The Planet of the Dead" is a story by Clark Ashton Smith first published in the March 1932 issue of Weird Tales. Smith was a prolific writer who helped pioneer weird fiction, and he was one of the "big three" writing for Weird Tales, alongside Robert E. Howard and H. P. Lovecraft.

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"The Planet of the Dead," a short story by Clark Ashton Smith