The End of the Story is the first of five volumes that collects all of Clark Ashton Smith's tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction, faithfully following Smith's manuscripts. It includes, in chronological order, all of his stories from The Abominations of Yondo (1925) to A Voyage to Sfanomoë (1930). It features an introduction by Ramsey Campbell, as well as extensive notes on each story.

Editors Scott Connors and Ron Hilger have compared original manuscripts, various typescripts, published editions, and Smith's notes and letters, in order to prepare a definitive set of texts.

Contents:

• Introduction by Ramsey Campbell
• A Note on the Texts
• To the Daemon
• The Abominations of Yondo
• Sadastor
• The Ninth Skeleton
• The Last Incantation
• The End of the Story
• The Phantoms of the Fire
• A Night in Malnéant
• The Resurrection of the Rattlesnake
• Thirteen Phantasms
• The Venus of Azombeii
• The Tale of Satampra Zeiros
• The Monster of the Prophecy
• The Metamorphosis of the World
• The Epiphany of Death
• A Murder in the Fourth Dimension
• The Devotee of Evil
• The Satyr
• The Planet of the Dead
• The Uncharted Isle
• Marooned in Andromeda
• The Root of Ampoi
• The Necromantic Tale
• The Immeasurable Horror
• A Voyage to Sfanomoë
• Story Notes
• The Satyr: Alternate Conclusion
• From the Crypts of Memory
• Bibliography