Search Worlds Without End

This short story was originally published in the fanzine Scienti-Snaps, February 1940, and reprinted in Fantastic Universe in January, 1957. It was later anthologized in Echoes of Valor II, edited by Karl Edward Wagner (1989), and collected in Scarlet Dream (1981) and in Northwest of Earth: The Complete Northwest Smith (2008).

Read this story for free at Project Gutenberg.

Northwest of Earth is a 1954 collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories by C. L. Moore. It was first published by Gnome Press in 1954 in an edition of 4,000 copies. The collections contains stories about Moore's characters Northwest Smith and Jirel of Joiry. The stories all originally appeared in the magazine Weird Tales.

Table of Contents:

• 7 - Dust of Gods - [Northwest Smith] - (1934) - novelette (variant of Dust of the Gods)
• 35 - Lost Paradise - [Northwest Smith] - (1936) - novelette
• 61 - The Dark Land - [Jirel of Joiry] - (1936) - novelette
• 89 - Julhi - [Northwest Smith] - (1935) - novelette
• 121 - Hellsgarde - [Jirel of Joiry] - (1939) - novelette
• 155 - The Cold Gray God - [Northwest Smith] - (1935) - novelette
• 183 - Yvala - [Northwest Smith] - (1936) - novelette

Shambleau and Others is a 1953 collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories by American writer C. L. Moore. First published by Gnome Press in 1953 in an edition of 4,000 copies the collection contains stories about Moore's characters Northwest Smith and Jirel of Joiry. The stories all originally appeared in the magazine Weird Tales.

Table of Contents:

• Black God's Kiss - (1934) - novelette
• Shambleau - (1933) - novelette
• Black God's Shadow - (1934) - novelette
• Black Thirst - (1934) - novelette
• The Tree of Life - (1936) - novelette
• Jirel Meets Magic - (1935) - novelette
• Scarlet Dream - (1934) - novelette

75th Anniversary Edition!

Among the best-written and most emotionally complex stories of the Pulp Era, the tales of intergalactic smuggler Northwest Smith still resonate strongly 75 years after their first publication. From the crumbling temples of forgotten gods on Venus to the seedy pleasure halls of old Mars, Northwest Smith blazes a trail through the underbelly of the solar system in 13 action-packed stories you won’t soon forget.

Scarlet Dream is a collection of science fiction short stories by C. L. Moore with illustrations by Alicia Austin. It was first published in 1981 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 1,820 copies, of which 220 were bound in buckram, boxed, and signed by the author and artist. The stories feature Moore's character Northwest Smith. All but the last story originally appeared in the magazine Weird Tales.

Table of Contents:

• Scarlet Dream - interior artwork by Alicia Austin
• 11 - Shambleau - [Northwest Smith] - (1933) - novelette
• 48 - Black Thirst - [Northwest Smith] - (1934) - novelette
• 93 - The Tree of Life - [Northwest Smith] - (1936) - novelette
• 127 - Scarlet Dream - [Northwest Smith] - (1934) - novelette
• 156 - Dust of Gods - [Northwest Smith] - (1934) - novelette (variant of Dust of the Gods)
• 188 - Lost Paradise - [Northwest Smith] - (1936) - novelette
• 218 - Julhi - [Northwest Smith] - (1935) - novelette
• 256 - The Cold Gray God - [Northwest Smith] - (1935) - novelette
• 289 - Yvala - [Northwest Smith] - (1936) - novelette
• 326 - Song in a Minor Key - [Northwest Smith] - (1940) - short story

75th Anniversary Edition!

Among the best-written and most emotionally complex stories of the Pulp Era, the tales of intergalactic smuggler Northwest Smith still resonate strongly 75 years after their first publication. From the crumbling temples of forgotten gods on Venus to the seedy pleasure halls of old Mars, Northwest Smith blazes a trail through the underbelly of the solar system in 13 action-packed stories you won’t soon forget.

Contents:

• Teaching the World to Dream - essay by C. J. Cherryh
• Shambleau (1933) - novelette
• Black Thirst (1934) - novelette
• Scarlet Dream (1934) - novelette
• Dust of Gods (1934) - novelette
• Julhi (1935) - novelette
• Nymph of Darkness (1935) - short story with Forrest J. Ackerman
• The Cold Gray God (1935) - novelette
• Yvala (1936) - novelette
• Lost Paradise (1936) - novelette
• The Tree of Life (1936) - novelette
• Quest of the Starstone (1937) - novelette with Henry Kuttner
• Werewoman (1938) - novelette
• Song in a Minor Key (1940) - short story

Note: The Singularity & Co. e-book of Moore's Northwest Smith stories has the same contents as the 1982 Ace Books collection (Northwest Smith), and does not include "Nymph of Darkness", "Quest of the Starstone", and "Werewoman".