# Short Fiction — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Short Fiction by Clark Ashton Smith.

- [The Malay Krise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/chapters/the-malay-krise.md): A sword-dealer recounts to the narrator the story of Sultan Sujah Ali, a pirate who terrorized the Malay Peninsula and China Sea until the British captured him with the help of his jealous wife Amina. The krise (Malay kn
- [The Ghost of Mohammed Din](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/chapters/the-ghost-of-mohammed-din.md): The narrator, a skeptic of the supernatural, wagers with his friend Nicholson that he can spend a night in a haunted bungalow in Hyderabad. The house, owned by Yussuf Ali Borah, was formerly occupied by Mohammed Din, a m
- [The Mahout](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/chapters/the-mahout.md): John Hawley witnesses a mahout training an elephant to toss a dummy, later recognizing the same mahout during a royal procession where the elephant, Raja, hurls the Maharaja Krishna Singh to his death. A letter reveals t
- [The Raja and the Tiger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/chapters/the-raja-and-the-tiger.md): Bently, the new British Resident at Shaitanabad, initially finds the Raja cooperative and agreeable. After settling a land dispute, the Raja invites Bently on a tiger hunt at an ancient Jain cave temple. During the hunt,
- [The Last Incantation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/chapters/the-last-incantation.md): The aged sorcerer Malygris, weary and disillusioned despite his immense magical power, summons the ghost of his long-dead beloved Nylissa. However, he finds that the apparition lacks the perfection of his memory, leading

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- [The Abominations of Yondo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/chapters/the-abominations-of-yondo.md)
- [The Ninth Skeleton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/chapters/the-ninth-skeleton.md)
- [The End of the Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/chapters/the-end-of-the-story.md)
- [Sadastor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/chapters/sadastor.md)
- [The Phantoms of the Fire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/chapters/the-phantoms-of-the-fire.md)
- [Marooned in Andromeda](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/chapters/marooned-in-andromeda.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [Marooned!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/chapters/marooned.md)
- [A Strange Land](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/chapters/a-strange-land.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [Captured!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/chapters/captured.md)
- [A Conference](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/chapters/a-conference.md)
- [IV The Brink of Doom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [The Brink of Doom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/chapters/the-brink-of-doom.md)
- [Into the Stream!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/chapters/into-the-stream.md)
- [Into the Pouch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/chapters/v.md)
- [Into the Pouch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/chapters/into-the-pouch.md)
- [A New Horror](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/chapters/a-new-horror.md)
- [VI: The Great Plain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/chapters/vi-the-great-plain.md)
- [Volmar Again!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/chapters/vii-volmar-again.md)
- [The Uncharted Isle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/chapters/the-uncharted-isle.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_9_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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