Shambleau by C.L. Moore

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Here is Jayem Wilcox’s illustration for C.L. Moore’s Shambleau as it appeared in Weird Tales, November 1933, its first publication:

Shambleau by C.L. Moore - illustration by Jayem Wilcox from Weird Tales, November 1933

Her first professional sale, selling for $100, it is also her most famous story.

The LibriVox version, read by Roberta J, runs just under 78 minutes |MP3|.

C.L. Moore recorded her own reading of Shambleau, available below in two parts, for a Caedmon record (TC 1667) published in 1980:

Frank Kelly Freas’ did the cover art for the Caedmon recording:

CAEDMON Shambleau by C.L. Moore - illustration by Frank Kelly Freas

And on the back of the LP was an abridged “Footnote To Shambleau” taken from a 1975 essay of the same name:

Footnote To Shambleau by C.L. Moore (abridged)

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  1. I have one of the two painting proofs Kelly did for the album cover for Shambleau by C.L. Moore (also the DAW paperback reprint). Not a print; the concept art done for editors, review before the finished oil. I bought it directly from Mr Freas. No longer interested in hanging such a disturbing but beautiful work. As I retire, I am interested in it finding an appreciative home.

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