"A collection of all the poems Wandrei wished to preserve, taken largely from his earlier collections, ECSTASY AND OTHER POEMS and DARK ODYSSEY . Each poem in the sonnet cycle 'Sonnets of the Midnight Hours' was inspired by a dream of Wandrei's. The influence of Clark Ashton Smith is evident." - Joshi, Arkham 74. "Sonnets of the Midnight Hours" may have influenced Lovecraft's "Fungi from Yuggoth." -Barron
"A collection of all the poems Wandrei wished to preserve, taken largely from his earlier collections, ECSTASY AND OTHER POEMS and DARK ODYSSEY . Each poem in the sonnet cycle 'Sonnets of the Midnight Hours' was inspired by a dream of Wandrei's. The influence of Clark Ashton Smith is evident." - Joshi, Arkham 74. "Sonnets of the Midnight Hours" may have influenced Lovecraft's "Fungi from Yuggoth." -Barron