The publication of the complete extant correspondence of H.
Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith is a landmark in the study of weird fiction.
These two titans remained close colleagues for fifteen years, and their letters shed light not only on each writer's interest in the other's work but also on the literary culture in which they produced their distinctive work.
Lovecraft began the correspondence by writing what can only be termed a fan letter to Smith in 1922, after .
Hippocampus Press Dawnward spire, lonely hill: the letters of h. p. lovecraft and clark ashton smith: 1922-1931 (volume 1), paperback/h. p. lovecraft
