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Contents:

"Artist's Forward" by Justin Sweet

"Introduction" by Steve Tompkins

Untitled Story "The sun was setting. A last crimson . . ."
[Previously published as "Exile of Atlantis"]

"The Shadow Kingdom"

"The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune"

Untitled Draft "'Thus,' said Tu, chief councillor, ..."

"The Cat and the Skull"

"The Screaming Skull of Silence"

"The Striking of the Gong"

"The Altar and the Scorpion"

"The Curse of the Golden Skull"

"The Black City" [Unfinished Fragment]

Untitled fragment "Three men sat at a . . ."

"By This Axe I Rule"

"Swords of the Purple Kingdom"

"The King and the Oak" (poem)

"Kings of the Night"

Miscellanea

The "Am-ra of the Ta-an" Fragments
"Summer Morn" (poem)
"Am-ra the Ta-an" (poem)
"The Tale of Am-ra"
Untitled and unfinished fragment
"A land of wild fantastic beauty . . . "
Untitled and incomplete fragment
"determined. So I set out up the hill . . ."

"The Shadow Kingdom" [Draft]

"Delcardes' Cat"

"The King and the Oak" [Draft] (poem)

Appendices

Atlantean Genesis

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