Emperor of Dreams -- A Clark Ashton Smith Bibliography, is a rare work of scholarship representing years of research by its compiler, Donald Sidney-Fryer. There is little question that the California poet, short story writer, sculptor, and painter, Clark Ashton Smith (1893-1961) has become one of the most imposing figures in the weird genre. H.P. Lovecraft acknowledged that In sheer daemonic strangeness ... C.A.S. is perhaps unexcelled by any other...