# Endnotes explained — Short Fiction

> Chapter companion for Short Fiction by Clark Ashton Smith.

## What happens

This chapter contains endnotes that clarify the term 'Andromeda' as a section of the heavens and define a marine animal that gives off phosphorescence.

## Key lines

> Andromeda is the term used to designate a section of the heavens as seen from the earth. All heavenly bodies within this section, no matter what their distance from the earth, are “in Andromeda.”

Andromeda refers to a specific region of the sky observed from Earth; any celestial object within that region is said to be in Andromeda.

_Clarifies the astronomical definition of Andromeda._

> A marine animal that gives off a phosphoresence.

A sea creature that emits phosphorescent light.

_Defines a bioluminescent marine animal._

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