title: Black Gods and Scarlet Dreams (Fantasy Masterworks)
author: C. L. Moore
description: Jirel of Joiry, the first of the great female warriors, the beautiful commander of the strongest fortress in the kingdom, would face any danger to defend her beloved country. She wielded her bright sword against mighty armies, the sinister magic of evil sorcerers and fearsome castles guarded by the dead, even daring to descend into Hell itself...Northwest Smith, the scarred and weathered outlaw, the legendary hero of the spaceways, forced to confront the terrible mysteries, the terrifying, mythic monsters of the universe...Jirel of Joiry and Northwest Smith are C.L. Moore's greatest creations and she used them not only to spin spellbinding tales but also to explore the mysteries of the human psyche.
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  ![Weird Tales, October 1934, volume 24 number 4](images/image-2.jpeg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **Cover Design**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  M. Brundage
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Illustrating a scene in “The Black God’s Kiss”
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **[The Black God’s Kiss](index_split_003.html)**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  C. L. Moore
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A striking story by the author of “Shambleau” and “Black Thirst”
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **[The Seven Geases](index_split_004.html)**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Clark Ashton Smith
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A saga as unusual as it is interest-gripping, by a master of weird fiction
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **[Old Sledge](index_split_005.html)**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Paul Ernst
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A strange and eery piece of science-fiction
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **[The Sleeper](index_split_006.html)**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  H. Bedford-Jones
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The story of Ranjit Singh, who was dead and buried—so they said
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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