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Contents:

• 7 - Introduction (Pigeons from Hell) - (1976) - essay by Glenn Lord
• 11 - Pigeons from Hell - (1938) - novelette
• 53 - The Gods of Bal-Sagoth - [Turlogh O'Brien] - (1931) - novelette
• 105 - People of the Dark - (1932) - short story
• 133 - The Children of the Night - [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] - (1931) - short story
• 155 - The Dead Remember - (1936) - short story
• 167 - The Man on the Ground - (1933) - short story
• 177 - The Garden of Fear - [James Allison] - (1934) - novelette
• 201 - The Thing on the Roof - [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] - (1932) - short story
• 215 - The Hyena - (1928) - short story
• 233 - Dig Me No Grave - [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] - (1937) - short story
• 253 - The Dream Snake - (1928) - short story
• 263 - In the Forest of Villefère - [De Montour] - (1925) - short story
• 269 - Old Garfield's Heart - (1933) - short story
• 283 - The Voice of El-Lil - (1930) - novelette

Contents:

• vii - Foreword (Skull-Face and Others) - essay by August Derleth
• ix - Which Will Scarcely Be Understood - (1937) - poem
• xiii - Robert Ervin Howard: A Memoriam - (1936) - essay by H. P. Lovecraft (variant of In Memoriam: Robert Ervin Howard)
• xvii - A Memory of R. E. Howard - (1945) - essay by E. Hoffmann Price
• 3 - Wolfshead - [De Montour] - (1926) - novelette
• 21 - The Black Stone - [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] - (1931) - short story
• 35 - The Horror from the Mound - (1932) - short story
• 49 - The Cairn on the Headland - (1933) - short story
• 64 - Black Canaan - (1936) - novelette
• 90 - The Fire of Asshurbanipal - [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] - (1936) - novelette
• 109 - A Man-Eating Jeopard - [Buckner J. Grimes] - (1936) - short story
• 122 - Skull-Face - (1929) - novella
• 190 - The Hyborian Age - [Conan] - (1936) - short fiction
• 208 - Worms of the Earth - [Bran Mak Morn] - (1932) - novelette
• 232 - The Valley of the Worm - [James Allison] - (1934) - novelette
• 249 - Skulls in the Stars - [Solomon Kane] - (1929) - short story
• 257 - Rattle of Bones - [Solomon Kane] - (1929) - short story
• 263 - The Hills of the Dead - [Solomon Kane] - (1930) - novelette
• 279 - Wings in the Night - [Solomon Kane] - (1932) - novelette
• 303 - The Shadow Kingdom - [Kull of Valusia] - (1929) - novelette
• 327 - The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune - [Kull of Valusia] - (1929) - short story
• 334 - Kings of the Night - [Bran Mak Morn] - (1930) - novelette
• 360 - The Phoenix on the Sword - [Conan] - (1932) - novelette
• 379 - The Scarlet Citadel - [Conan] - (1933) - novelette
• 410 - The Tower of the Elephant - [Conan] - (1933) - novelette
• 430 - Rogues in the House - [Conan] - (1934) - novelette
• 451 - Shadows in Zamboula - [Conan] - (1935) - novelette
• 475 - Lines Written in the Realization That I Must Die - (1938) - poem

Contents:

• 1 - The Gods of Bal-Sagoth - [Turlogh O'Brien] - (1931) - novelette
• 53 - Casonetto's Last Song - (1973) - short story
• 59 - King of the Forgotten People - (1966) - novelette
• 87 - Usurp the Night - [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] - (1970) - novelette
• 113 - The Curse of the Golden Skull - [Kull of Valusia] - (1967) - short story
• 119 - The Shadow of the Beast - non-genre - (1977) - short story
• 135 - Nekht Semerkeht - (1977) - novelette and Andrew J. Offutt
• 169 - Restless Waters - (1974) - short story
• 179 - The Isle of the Eons - novelette

From the unsurpassed imagination of the creator of Conan, Robert E. Howard, here are twenty-one tales of suspense, high adventure and Lovecraftian horror. Foul sacrifices are made to a reptilian God in Hungary, a werewolf prowls the corridors of a castle in strife-torn Africa, criminal masterminds on both sides of the Atlantic vie for world domination, an enchanted ring exerts a terrible influence upon its wearer...And, as written in the pages of the accursed Necronomicon and Unaussprechlichen Kulten, the Great Old Ones watch our world from beyond the void - and wait...

• Introduction - essay by M. J. Elliott
• In the Forest of Villefore - [De Montour] - (1925) - short story (variant of In the Forest of Villefère)
• Wolfshead - [De Montour] - (1926) - novelette
• The Dream Snake - (1928) - short story
• The Hyena - (1928) - short story
• Sea Curse - [Faring Town] - (1928) - short story
• Skull-Face - [Steve Harrison] - (1929) - novella
• The Fearsome Touch of Death - (1930) - short story
• The Children of the Night - [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] - (1931) - short story
• The Black Stone - [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] - (1931) - short story
• The Thing on the Roof - [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] - (1932) - short story
• The Horror from the Mound - (1932) - short story
• People of the Dark - (1932) - short story
• The Cairn on the Headland - (1933) - short story
• Black Talons - (1933) - short story
• Fangs of Gold - [Steve Harrison] - (1934) - novelette
• Names in the Black Book - [Steve Harrison] - (1934) - novelette
• The Haunter of the Ring - (1934) - short story
• Graveyard Rats - [Steve Harrison] - (1936) - novelette
• Black Wind Blowing - (1936) - novelette
• The Fire of Asshurbanipal - [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] - (1936) - novelette
• Pigeons from Hell - (1938) - novelette

Robert E. Howard, creator of CONAN THE BARBARIAN, wrote the most popular adventure stories ever - because his roustabout heroes speak to the secret soul under all our civilized skins. You've read the stories of Conan, Cormac mac Art, and Red Sonja. Now read about contemporary adventures cut from the same cloth; men who will not willing trade a thrilling life for a safe one., and who go into combat against antagonists with the same wild joy as their barbarian forebears. In settings ranging from the secretive Orient to much nearer home, here are stories of heroes of our own time, from the author who knew best what heroes were all about.

Table of Cantents:
• Introduction • (1976) • essay by Donald M. Grant
• Men of Iron • (1976) • essay by Robert E. Howard
• The Iron Man • non-genre • (1930) • novella
• They Always Come Back • (1976) • short story
• Fists of the Desert • (1936) • short story
• Introduction (The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan) • (1975) • essay by Darrell C. Richardson
• The Alleys of Singapore • [Dennis Dorgan] • (1934) • short story
• The Jade Monkey • [Dennis Dorgan] • (1971) • short story
• The Mandarin Ruby • [Dennis Dorgan] • (1966) • short story
• The Yellow Cobra • (1974) • short story
• In High Society • [Dennis Dorgan] • (1974) • short story
• Playing Journalist • [Dennis Dorgan] • (1974) • short story
• The Destiny Gorilla • [Dennis Dorgan] • (1974) • short story
• A Knight of the Round Table • [Dennis Dorgan] • (1974) • short story
• Playing Santa Claus • [Dennis Dorgan] • (1974) • short story
• The Turkish Menace • [Dennis Dorgan] • (1974) • short story

The sixteenth-century Puritan Solomon Kane has a thirst for justice which surpasses common reason. Sombre of mood, clad in black and grey, he 'never sought to analyse his motives and he never wavered once his mind was made up. Though he always acted on impulse, he firmly believed that all his actions were governed by cold and logical reasonings... A hunger in his soul drove him on and on, an urge to right all wrongs, protect all weaker things, and avenge all crimes against right and justice'.

Immune to the attractions of the opposite sex, he seems drawn by some psychological distress beacon to places where he knows only that he will be called upon to defend the helpless or (more often) exact retribution on their behalf. Himself a Christian, possessed of enormous strength and skill in swordplay, he yet has little hesitation in calling upon the assistance of his Voodoo-practising friend N'Longa when strength, skill and Christian belief are not enough.

Stories include:

• Solomon Kane
• Skulls in the Stars
• The Right Hand of Doom
• Rattle of Bones
• The Moon of Skulls
• The Hills of the Dead
• The Footfalls Within
• Wings in the Night
• Blades of the Brotherhood
• Death's Black Riders

Contents:

• The Sowers of the Thunder - (1973) - interior artwork by Roy G. Krenkel
• 9 - Introduction (The Sowers of the Thunder) - (1973) - essay by Roy G. Krenkel
• 17 - The Lion of Tiberias - non-genre - (1933) - novelette
• 73 - The Sowers of the Thunder - non-genre - (1932) - novelette
• 145 - Lord of Samarcand - non-genre - (1932) - novelette
• 215 - The Shadow of the Vulture - non-genre - (1934) - novelette

Contents:

• Worms of the Earth - (1974) - interior artwork by David Ireland
• 9 - Foreword (Worms of the Earth) - (1932) - essay
• 17 - The Lost Race - (1927) - short story
• 38 - Men of the Shadows - (1969) - novelette
• 74 - Kings of the Night - (1930) - novelette
• 130 - A Song of the Race - (1969) - poem
• 133 - Worms of the Earth - (1932) - novelette
• 185 - Untitled fragment ("A grey sky arched over...") - (1969) - short story
• 191 - The Dark Man - [Turlogh O'Brien] - (1931) - novelette

The Sword of Rhiannon

Greed pulls the archaeologist Matt Carse into the forgotten tomb of the Martian god Rhiannon and plunges the unlikely hero into the Red Planet's fantastic past, when vast oceans covered the land and the legendary Sea-Kings ruled from terraced palaces of decadence and delight. Talented enough to co-write The Big Sleep film with William Faulkner and imaginative enough to pen the original screenplay for The Empire Strikes Back, Leigh Brackett is a giant in the science-fiction field, and The Sword of Rhiannon is one of her most popular adventure tales.

Conan the Conqueror

In this epic, Conan fights to recover the throne of Aquilonia from Nemedian invaders aided by the Acheronian wizard Xaltoltun.

From Robert E. Howard's fertile imagination sprang some of fiction's greatest heroes, including Conan the Cimmerian, King Kull, and Solomon Kane. But of all Howard's characters, none embodied his creator's brooding temperament more than Bran Mak Morn, the last king of a doomed race.

In ages past, the Picts ruled all of Europe. But the descendants of those proud conquerors have sunk into barbarism... all save one, Bran Mak Morn, whose bloodline remains unbroken. Threatened by the Celts and the Romans, the Pictish tribes rally under his banner to fight for their very survival, while Bran fights to restore the glory of his race.

Lavishly illustrated by award-winning artist Gary Gianni, this collection gathers together all of Howard's published stories and poems featuring Bran Mak Morn-including the eerie masterpiece "Worms of the Earth" and "Kings of the Night," in which sorcery summons Kull the conqueror from out of the depths of time to stand with Bran against the Roman invaders.

Also included are previously unpublished stories and fragments, reproductions of manuscripts bearing Howard's handwritten revisions, and much, much more.

Table of Contents:

• Foreword - (2001) - essay by Gary Gianni
• Introduction - (2001) - essay by Rusty Burke
• Men of the Shadows - (1969) - novelette
• Kings of the Night - (1930) - novelette
• A Song of the Race - (1969) - poem
• Worms of the Earth - (1932) - novelette
• The Dark Man - (1931) - novelette
• The Lost Race - (1927) - short story
• The Drums of Pictdom - (1969) - poem
• Notes on Miscellanea - (2001) - essay by Rusty Burke
• The Little People - (1970) - short story
• The Little People--Typescript - (2001) - short story
• The Children of the Night - (1931) - short story
• Bran Mak Morn - (1983) - short fiction
• Bran Mak Morn--Manuscript - (2001) - short story
• Untitled Synopsis ("The story of a forgotten age...) - (1988) - short fiction
• Worms of the Earth--Draft - (2001) - short story
• Untitled fragment ("A grey sky arched over...") - (1969) - short story
• Untitled poem ("There's a bell that hang's...") - (2001) - poem
• The Wheel Turns - (2001) - short fiction
• Robert E. Howard and the Picts: A Chronology - (2001) - essay by uncredited
• Robert E. Howard, Bran Mak Morn and the Picts - (2001) - essay by Rusty Burke and Patrice Louinet
• Notes on the Original Howard Texts - (2001) - essay by uncredited

Contents:

• xiii - Introduction: Raven, Son of Morn (Nameless Cults: The Cthulhu Mythos Fiction of Robert E. Howard) - (2001) - essay by Robert M. Price
• 1 - The Black Stone - [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] - (1931) - shortstory by Robert E. Howard
• 17 - Worms of the Earth - [Bran Mak Morn] - (1932) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 44 - The Little People - (1970) - shortstory by Robert E. Howard
• 50 - People of the Dark - (1932) - shortstory by Robert E. Howard
• 66 - The Children of the Night - [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] - (1931) - shortstory by Robert E. Howard
• 80 - The Thing on the Roof - [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] - (1932) - shortstory by Robert E. Howard
• 90 - The Abbey (fragment) - (1975) - shortfiction by Robert E. Howard
• 99 - The Fire of Asshurbanipal - [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] - (1936) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 119 - The Door to the World - (1977) - shortstory by Robert E. Howard and Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. [as by Robert E. Howard and Joseph S. Pulver ]
• 139 - The Hoofed Thing - [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] - (1970) - shortstory by Robert E. Howard (variant of Usurp the Night)
• 156 - Dig Me No Grave - [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] - (1937) - shortstory by Robert E. Howard
• 168 - The House in the Oaks - [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] - (1971) - shortstory by Robert E. Howard and August Derleth
• 184 - The Black Bear Bites - [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] - (1974) - shortstory by Robert E. Howard
• 196 - The Shadow Kingdom - [Kull of Valusia] - (1929) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 221 - The Gods of Bal-Sagoth - [Turlogh O'Brien] - (1931) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 252 - Skull-Face - [Steve Harrison] - (1929) - novella by Robert E. Howard
• 323 - Black Eons - [James Allison] - (1985) - novelette by Robert E. Howard and Robert M. Price
• 340 - The Challenge from Beyond (Part 1 of 5) - [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] - (1935) - shortfiction by H. P. Lovecraft and C. L. Moore and A. Merritt and Robert E. Howard and Frank Belknap Long (variant of The Challenge from Beyond) [as by C. L. Moore ]
• 343 - The Challenge from Beyond (Part 2 of 5) - [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] - (1935) - shortfiction by H. P. Lovecraft and C. L. Moore and A. Merritt and Robert E. Howard and Frank Belknap Long (variant of The Challenge from Beyond) [as by A. Merritt ]
• 344 - The Challenge from Beyond (Part 3 of 5) - [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] - (1935) - shortfiction by H. P. Lovecraft and C. L. Moore and A. Merritt and Robert E. Howard and Frank Belknap Long (variant of The Challenge from Beyond) [as by H. P. Lovecraft ]
• 350 - The Challenge from Beyond (Part 4 of 5) - [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] - (1935) - shortfiction by H. P. Lovecraft and C. L. Moore and A. Merritt and Robert E. Howard and Frank Belknap Long (variant of The Challenge from Beyond) [as by Robert E. Howard ]
• 352 - The Challenge from Beyond (Part 5 of 5) - [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] - (1935) - shortfiction by H. P. Lovecraft and C. L. Moore and A. Merritt and Robert E. Howard and Frank Belknap Long (variant of The Challenge from Beyond) [as by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.]

The first in a new series of Conan reprints!

Conan the Barbarian is one of the most famed figures in fantasy fiction. With the success of the new film starring Jason Momoa and Ron Perlman, the time is right to revisit Robert E. Howard's classic stories.

Presented in chronological order over three books, all of Conan's life is here, from his wild adventures as a youth to the final tale of Conan the King. Howard's tales of the wanderer, the reaver, the thief, the Barbarian have never been surpassed.

Table of Contents:

• 1 - The Hyborian Age - (1938) - short fiction
• 26 - The Tower of the Elephant - (1933) - novelette
• 52 - The Hall of the Dead (Synopsis) - (1976) - short fiction
• 54 - The God in the Bowl - (1952) - short story
• 76 - Rogues in the House - (1934) - novelette
• 102 - The Hand of Nergal - (1976) - short fiction
• 105 - The Frost-Giant's Daughter - (1976) - short story
• 114 - Queen of the Black Coast - (1934) - novelette
• 146 - The Vale of Lost Women - (1967) - short story
• 164 - The Snout in the Dark (Draft) - (1979) - short story
• 174 - Black Colossus - (1933) - novelette
• 214 - Shadows in the Moonlight - (1934) - novelette
• 248 - A Witch Shall Be Born - (1934) - novelette
• 294 - Shadows in Zamboula - (1935) - novelette
• 328 - The Devil in Iron - (1934) - novelette

The second volume in our complete Conan trilogy.

Conan the Barbarian is one of the most famed figures in fantasy fiction. With the success of the new film starring Jason Momoa (of A GAME OF THRONES) and Ron Perlman, the time is right to revisit Robert E. Howard's classic stories.

Presented in chronological order over three books, all of Conan's life is here, from his wild adventures as a youth to the final tale of Conan the King. Howard's tales of the wanderer, the reaver, the thief, the Barbarian have never been surpassed.

Table of Contents:

• Red Nails - (1936) - novella
• Jewels of Gwahlur - (1935) - novelette
• The Slithering Shadow - (1933) - novelette
• The People of the Black Circle - (1934) - novella
• The Pool of the Black One - (1933) - novelette
• Beyond the Black River - (1935) - novella

The third in our volume of Conan classics

Conan the Barbarian is one of the most famed figures in fantasy fiction. With the success of the new film starring Jason Momoa and Ron Perlman, the time is right to revisit Robert E. Howard's classic stories.

Presented in chronological order over three books, all of Conan's life is here, from his wild adventures as a youth to the final tale of Conan the King. Howard's tales of the wanderer, the reaver, the thief, the Barbarian have never been surpassed.

Table of Contents:

• 1 - The Black Stranger - (1987) - novella
• 87 - Wolves Beyond the Border (Draft) - (2000) - short story
• 111 - The Phoenix on the Sword - (1932) - novelette
• 137 - The Scarlet Citadel - (1933) - novelette
• 181 - The Hour of the Dragon - (1977) - novel (variant of Conan the Conqueror: The Hyborean Age 1950)
• 387 - Cimmeria - (1965) - poem
• 389 - Notes on Various People of the Hyborian Age - essay

The People of the Black Circle is one of the original novellas about Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard and first published in Weird Tales magazine in three parts over the September, October and November 1934 issues. Howard earned $250 for the publication of this story.

It's set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan kidnapping an exotic princess from Vendhya (prehistoric India), while foiling a nefarious plot of world conquest by the Black Seers of Yimsha. Due to its epic scope and atypical Hindustan flavor, the story is considered an undisputed classic of Conan lore and is often cited by Howard scholars as one of his best tales.

It is also one of the few Howard stories where the reader is treated a deeper insight on magic and magicians beyond the stereotypical Hyborian depiction as demon conjurer-illusionist-priests.

"A Witch Shall Be Born" by Robert E. Howard is a tale of dark sorcery and royal intrigue.

Queen Taramis of Khauran is brutally usurped by her malevolent twin sister, Salome, a witch believed dead. Salome's reign of terror, marked by witchcraft and despotism, spurs Conan the Barbarian into action. As the captain of the queen's guard, Conan leads a rebellion to restore Taramis and free the kingdom from Salome's evil clutches.

In "The Tower of the Elephant" by Robert E. Howard, young Conan seeks treasure and knowledge within a mysterious tower, guarded by magic and monsters. He faces deadly challenges and uncovers cosmic truths, altering his destiny and understanding of power and wisdom.

Table of Contents:

• The Tower of the Elephant - interior artwork by Richard Robertson
• 9 - The Tower of the Elephant - (1933) - novelette
• 55 - The God in the Bowl - (1952) - short story

Conan the Cimmerian is back in this tale of adventure, love, and magic. One of the strangest stories ever written-the tale of a barbarian adventurer, a woman pirate, and a weird roofed city inhabited by the most peculiar race of men ever spawned.

In "The Devil in Iron," an ancient demon, Khosatral Khel, is awakened on the remote island of Xapur due to the meddling of a greedy fisherman. Upon reawakening, Khel resurrects the ancient fortress which once dominated the island, including its cyclopean walls, gigantic pythons, and long-dead citizens.

Table of Contents:

• The Devil in Iron - interior artwork by Dan Green
• 11 - Shadows in Zamboula - (1935) - novelette
• 81 - The Devil in Iron - (1934) - novelette

"Rogues in the House" is one of the original short stories starring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard and first published in Weird Tales magazine circa January 1934. It is set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan inadvertently becoming involved in the power play between two powerful men fighting for control of a city. It was the seventh Conan story Howard had published.

Table of Contents:

• Rogues in the House - interior artwork by Marcus Boas
• 11 - Rogues in the House - (1934) - novelette
• 71 - The Frost-Giant's Daughter - short story

"Queen of the Black Coast" is one of the original short stories about Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard and first published in Weird Tales magazine circa May 1934. It is set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan becoming a notorious pirate and plundering the coastal villages of Kush alongside Bêlit, a head-strong femme fatale.

Due to its epic scope and atypical romance, the story is considered an undisputed classic of Conan lore and is often cited by Howard scholars as one of his most famous tales.

Table of Contents:

• Queen of the Black Coast - interior artwork by Michael Hague
• 11 - Queen of the Black Coast - (1934) - novelette
• 85 - The Vale of Lost Women - (1967) - short story

In this exciting story Conan is a mercenary soldier searching for the the treasure of a lost city. After fighting and overcoming several perils, both natural and supernatural, he finds that some things are more valuable than a casket of jewels.

Table of Contents:

• Jewels of Gwahlur - (1935) - novelette
• 11 - Jewels of Gwahlur - interior artwork by Dean Morrissey
• 105 - The Snout in the Dark - short fiction

A powerful wizard is awoken—with dreams of world domination—from his three-thousand year sleep. He gathers an army of desert tribes and sets out to conquer the Hyborian nations. Only Conan can stand in his way.

Table of Contents:

• Black Colossus - interior artwork by Ned Dameron
• 11 - Black Colossus - (1933) - novelette
• 107 - Shadows in the Moonlight - (1934) - novelette

Conan becomes the captain of a pirate vessel and encounters a remote island with a mysterious pool that has powers of transmutation. Expect the unexpected in this exciting tale.

Table of Contents:

• The Pool of the Black One - interior artwork by Hank Jankus
• 13 - The Pool of the Black One - (1933) - novelette
• 81 - Drums of Tombalku (fragment) - (1966) - short fiction

This is the only novel by Howard featuring his Conan character. It was originally published as a serial in "Weird tales" from Dec. 1935 to April 1936. This edition is volume 1 of a set of authorized editions featuring a collection of Conan novellas which were first published separately in the 1930's.

This book contains the only Robert Howard novel published during his lifetime, 'The Hour of the Dragon.' In this epic, Conan fights to recover the throne of Aquilonia from Nemedian invaders aided by the Acheronian wizard Xaltoltun. This edition also includes 'The Hyborian Age,' a description of the times and lands that Conan was familiar with.

The People of the Black Circle is one of the original novellas about Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard and first published in Weird Tales magazine in three parts over the September, October and November 1934 issues. Howard earned $250 for the publication of this story.

It's set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan kidnapping an exotic princess from Vendhya (prehistoric India), while foiling a nefarious plot of world conquest by the Black Seers of Yimsha. Due to its epic scope and atypical Hindustan flavor, the story is considered an undisputed classic of Conan lore and is often cited by Howard scholars as one of his best tales.

Conan the Cimmerian (Barbarian) is back in this tale of adventure, love, and magic. One of the strangest stories ever written-the tale of a barbarian adventurer, a woman pirate, and a weird roofed city inhabited by the most peculiar race of men ever spawned.

Table of Contents:

• Red Nails - interior artwork by Harold S. De Lay and Vincent Napoli and Hugh Rankin
• 1 - Foreword (Red Nails) - essay by Karl Edward Wagner
• 12 - Map of the Hyborian World - (1977) - interior artwork by John Mayer
• 15 - Beyond the Black River - [Conan] - (1935) - novella
• 93 - Shadows in Zamboula - [Conan] - (1935) - novelette
• 137 - Red Nails - [Conan] - (1936) - novella
• 247 - The Hyborian Age - [Conan] - (1938) - short fiction
• 281 - Afterword (Red Nails) - essay by Karl Edward Wagner

"The Coming of Conan" is a collection of Robert E. Howard's early Conan stories, showcasing the barbarian hero's adventures in the Hyborian Age. Conan is depicted as a raw, dangerous youth, a daring thief, and a swashbuckling pirate, ultimately revealing him as a commander of armies and a figure of primal strength and ambition. The stories, written in the order they were composed, delve into Conan's encounters with sorcery, deadly creatures, and ruthless enemies, exploring themes of civilization versus barbarism and Conan's unique perspective on honor and survival.

Table of Contents:

• 8 - introduction (The Coming of Conan) - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• 9 - Letter to P. Schuyler Miller, March 10, 1936 ("Dear Mr. Miller: / I feel indeed honored...") - essay
• 13 - Letter to Donald Wollheim, date unknown ("Dear Wollheim: Here is something which Two-Gun Bob...") - essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 15 - The Hyborian Age: Part 1 - [Conan] - short fiction (variant of The Hyborian Age 1938) [as by John D. Clark and Robert E. Howard]
• 17 - The Shadow Kingdom - [Kull of Valusia] - (1929) - novelette
• 57 - The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune - [Kull of Valusia] - (1929) - short story
• 69 - The King and the Oak - [Kull of Valusia] - (1939) - poem
• 82 - An Informal Biography of Conan the Cimmerian - essay by John D. Clark, Ph.D. and P. Schuyler Miller
• 84 - The Tower of the Elephant - [Conan] - (1933) - novelette
• 117 - The God in the Bowl - [Conan] - (1952) - short story
• 140 - Rogues in the House - [Conan] - (1934) - novelette
• 174 - The Frost-Giant's Daughter - [Conan] - short story by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard (variant of The Frost Giant's Daughter)
• 185 - Queen of the Black Coast - [Conan] - (1934) - novelette

Conan the Barbarian is a fictional character created by American writer Robert E. Howard in 1932. He is a warrior of the Hyborian Age, a mythical pre-civilization era imagined by Howard. Known for his incredible strength, intelligence, and resilience, Conan roams a dangerous world as a thief, pirate, and mercenary, often confronting monstrous foes and dark sorcery. While his character epitomizes raw masculinity and survival, he also has a strong sense of honor and justice, which sets him apart from others in his brutal world.

Table of Contents:

• 7 - Black Colossus - [Conan] - (1933) - novelette
• 53 - Shadows in the Moonlight - [Conan] - (1934) - novelette
• 93 - A Witch Shall Be Born - [Conan] - (1934) - novelette
• 147 - Shadows in Zamboula - [Conan] - (1935) - novelette
• 187 - The Devil in Iron - [Conan] - (1934) - novelette

The story of Conan is a fabulous adventure of the most famous barbarian-warrior in fiction. His life is a blaze of excitement in the colorful kingdoms of prehistoric legend. In the tumultuous Hyborean Age it was he -- with his mighty deeds -- who most shaped the course of history.

In this book we see Conan still a young man, but with his barbarian days on the wane. Before him stretches his most virile period, for he is a man who thrives on dander, reward -- and romance. Theough it all he can rely on hony one tre friend, his great sword, as often in his hands as by his side.

For all the thrilling episodes within, this book is essentially the story of a remarkable man. "A tall man," author Howard describes him, "mightly shouldered and deep of chest, with a massive corded neck and heavily weighted limbs. His brow was low and broad under a square-cut black mane, his eyes a volcanic blue that smoldered as if with some inner fire. His dark, scarred, almost sinister face was that of a fighting man, an dhis velvet garments could not conceal the hard, dangerous lines of his limbs."

This swiftly paced book is for every reader who enjoys traveling down the paths of exotic adventure.

Table of Contents:

• 1 - The People of the Black Circle - [Conan] - (1934) - novella
• 91 - The Slithering Shadow - [Conan] - (1933) - novelette
• 129 - The Pool of the Black One - [Conan] - (1933) - novelette
• 162 - Red Nails - [Conan] - (1936) - novella
• Map of the World of Conan in the Hyborean Age - (1950) - interior artwork by David A. Kyle

King Conan is a collection of five fantasy short stories by American writer Robert E. Howard featuring his sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian.

Table of Contents:

• Map of the World of Conan in the Hyborean Age - (1950) - interior artwork by David A. Kyle [as by David Kyle]
• 7 - Introduction (King Conan) - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• 13 - Jewels of Gwahlur - [Conan] - (1935) - novelette
• 58 - Beyond the Black River - [Conan] - (1935) - novella
• 116 - The Treasure of Tranicos - [Conan] - novella by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard [as]
• 190 - The Phoenix on the Sword - [Conan] - (1932) - novelette
• 215 - The Scarlet Citadel - [Conan] - (1933) - novelette

Here for the first time in book form, is a novel-length adventure of the most famous barbarian-warrior of them all, Coan. The colorful excitement is on another time, in the legendary kingdoms when earth was young.

In his delightfyl introduction, Dr. John D. Clark suggests the reasons for the outstanding success of the late Robert E. Howard's fabulous character of Conan. "Above all," he says, "Hopward was a story-teller. the story came first, last and in between. Somthing is always happening, and the flow of action never hesitates from beginning to end, as one incident flows smoothly and inevitably into the next."

As for Conan himself, "He is the srmored swashbuckler, the hero of all of Howards's heroes, indestructible and irrestible.

"How was a story-teller," Dr. Clark emphasizes. "The tales are the sword-and-cloaker carried to the ultimate limit and a little beyond... the parts of a writer that don't die with his body ar ehis stories -- and Howard's yarns are not going to die for a long time among thos ewho frankly and whil-heartedly like adventure on the grand scale."

Tales of Conan is a 1955 collection of four fantasy short stories by American writers Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp, featuring Howard's sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. The tales as originally written by Howard were adventure yarns mostly set in the Middle Ages; they were rewritten as Conan stories by de Camp, who also added the fantastic element.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: There'll Always Be a Conan - essay by P. Schuyler Miller
• Ghostly Note - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• The Blood-Stained God - short story
• Hawks Over Shem - (1955) - novelette
• The Road of the Eagles - (1955) - novelette
• The Flame Knife - novella

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• Letter to P. Schuyler Miller, March 10, 1936 ("Dear Mr. Miller: / I feel indeed honored...") - (1953) - essay by Robert E. Howard
• The Hyborian Age, Part 1 - (1936) - short fiction by Robert E. Howard
• The Thing in the Crypt - short story by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp
• The Tower of the Elephant - (1933) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• The Hall of the Dead - (1967) - novelette by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp
• The God in the Bowl - (1952) - short story by Robert E. Howard
• Rogues in the House - (1934) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• The Hand of Nergal - novelette by Robert E. Howard and Lin Carter
• The City of Skulls - short story by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• The Curse of the Monolith - (1968) - short story by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter
• The Bloodstained God - (1955) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard
• The Frost Giant's Daughter - (1953) - short story by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp
• The Lair of the Ice Worm - short story by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter
• Queen of the Black Coast - (1934) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• The Vale of Lost Women - (1967) - short story by Robert E. Howard
• The Castle of Terror - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter
• The Snout in the Dark - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard and Lin Carter

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1968) - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• Hawks Over Shem - (1955) - novelette by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp
• Black Colossus - (1933) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• Shadows in the Moonlight - (1934) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• The Road of the Eagles - (1955) - novelette by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp
• A Witch Shall Be Born - (1934) - novelette by Robert E. Howard

Conan the Wanderer is a 1968 collection of four fantasy short stories written by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter featuring Howard's seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• Black Tears - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter
• Shadows in Zamboula - (1935) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• The Devil in Iron - (1934) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• The Flame Knife - (1955) - novella by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• The People of the Black Circle - (1934) - novella by Robert E. Howard
• The Slithering Shadow - (1933) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• Drums of Tombalku - novelette by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp
• The Pool of the Black One - (1933) - novelette by Robert E. Howard

Meet Conan, the gigantic adventurer from Cimmeria -- and discover one of the greatest thrills in modern fiction! Here he is at the peak of his exciting career as a mighty warrior in exotic, barbaric lands. Three stunning adventures: Red Nails, Jewels of Gwahlur, and Beyond the black River.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• Red Nails - (1936) - novella
• Jewels of Gwahlur - (1935) - novelette
• Beyond the Black River - (1935) - novella

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• The Treasure of Tranicos - (1953) - novelette by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp
• Wolves Beyond the Border - novelette by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp
• The Phoenix on the Sword - (1932) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• The Scarlet Citadel - (1933) - novelette by Robert E. Howard

In this epic, Conan fights to recover the throne of Aquilonia from Nemedian invaders aided by the Acheronian wizard Xaltoltun.

Table of Contetns

• Introduction - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• The Return of Conan - (1957) - novel by Björn Nyberg and L. Sprague de Camp
• The Hyborian Age - (1936) - short fiction by Robert E. Howard

His life imperiled by the mistrust of a mad King, a haunted by the armies of every nation of the Hyborian Age, the mighty Cimmerian, Conan, in the small band of loyal followers flee to the grim Hayek's of the unmapped Ilbars Mountains, in search of a stronghold that they can make their own. Instead they find the midnight evil of the legendary Magus of the sons of Yezm and his assassin followers... And an even blacker horror spawned by the very hills themselves...

Rewritten edition of the 1955 novella of the same name.

CONAN in all his glory!

Amid the treachery of pirates, the intrigue of a doomed count, the fury of savage Picts, the flashing eyes and flowing hair of beautiful women, fierce swordplay and the deadly vengeance of a black magician, the greatest her Hyboria has ever known picks his way like a clever and deadly hunting cat. For Conan knows what he wants - and what he must do to get The Treasure of Tranicos.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - L. Sprague de Camp
• The Treasure of Tranicos - Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp
• The Trail of Tranicos - an essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• Skald in the Post Oaks - an essay by L. Sprague de Camp

Nominated in 2014 for the 1939 Retro Hugo Award.

"Pigeons from Hell" is a short story by Robert E. Howard written in late 1934 and published posthumously in 1938. The story title derives from an image present in many of Howard's grandmother's ghost stories, that of an old deserted plantation mansion haunted by ghostly pigeons.

The story originally appeared in Weird Tales, May 1938. It has been reprinted many times and can be found in the anthologies:

• The Horror Hall of Fame (1991), edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Robert Silverberg
• Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! (2011), edited by Otto Penzler
• The Century's Best Horror Fiction 1901-1950 (2012), edited by John Pelan

The story is included in the collections:

• The Book of Robert E. Howard (1976)
• Pigeons from Hell (1976)
• Cthulhu: The Mythos and Kindred Horrors (1987)
• The Black Stranger And Other American Tales (2005)
• The Haunter of the Rings & Other Tales (2007)
• The Best of Robert E. Howard, Volume 2: Grim Lands (2007)
• The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard (2008)

Conan the Cimmerian--the boy-thief who became a mercenary, who fought and loved his way across fabled lands to become King of Aquilonia. Neither supernatural fiends nor demonic sorcery could oppose the barbarian warrior as he wielded his mighty sword and dispatched his enemies to a bloody doom on the battlefields of the legendary Hyborian age.

Collected here in the chronological order they were first published are Robert E. Howard's definitive stories of Conan, exactly as he wrote them. A foreword and afterword by Stephen Jones provide a biography of Howard along with a comprehensive overview of his writing and background on the world of pulp fiction.

World Fantasy Award-nominee Les Edwards contributes a black and white frontispiece, along with a gold embossed work on the leather-style cover, while Hugo Award- and Bram Stoker Award-winning editor and author Stephen Jones provides an insightful afterword.

Introducing Conan - heroic fantasy's mightiest adventurer from the wilds of Cimmeria

Thief, pirate, mercenary, warrior and general, he stands invincible - even when the full forces of the supernatural are unleashed against him.Set in the imaginary Hyborian age between the sinking of Atlantis and the beginnings of recorded history, these four stories of the exploits of this larger-than-life hero are the ultimate in tales of swashbuckling The People of the Black Circle*, The Slithering Shadow*, The Pool of the Black One*, Drums of Tombalku

The Conan stories... are unsurpassed for vivid, colourful, headlong, gripping action.

Table of Contents:

• 6 - A Map of the World of Conan in the Hyborian Age - (1966) - interior artwork by John D. Clark, Ph.D. and L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard and David A. Kyle and P. Schuyler Miller [as by John D. Clark and L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard and David Kyle and P. Schuyler Miller]
• 9 - Introduction - (1966) - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• 11 - The People of the Black Circle - (1934) - novella by Robert E. Howard
• 89 - The Slithering Shadow - (1933) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 122 - Drums of Tombalku - (1966) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard
• 165 - The Pool of the Black One - (1933) - novelette by Robert E. Howard

Chancing upon a magnificent city in the middle of an empty plain, Conan and Valeria of the Red Brotherhood encounter two warring clans carrying out a bloody feud with black magic and wizardry.

Table of Contents:

• 6 - A Map of the World of Conan in the Hyborian Age - (1966) - interior artwork by John D. Clark, Ph.D. and L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard and David A. Kyle and P. Schuyler Miller [as by John D. Clark and L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard and David Kyle and P. Schuyler Miller]
• 9 - Introduction - (1967) - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• 11 - Red Nails - (1936) - novella by Robert E. Howard
• 92 - Jewels of Gwahlur - (1935) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 136 - Beyond the Black River - (1935) - novella by Robert E. Howard

Seven of the most exciting and fantastic adventures ever created! The unforgettable tales of the mighty Conan.

Table of Contents:

• 6 - A Map of the World of Conan in the Hyborian Age - (1966) - interior artwork by John D. Clark, Ph.D. and L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard and David A. Kyle and P. Schuyler Miller [as by John D. Clark and L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard and David Kyle and P. Schuyler Miller]
• 9 - Introduction - (1967) - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• 15 - Letter to P. Schuyler Miller, March 10, 1936 ("Dear Mr. Miller: / I feel indeed honored...") - (1953) - essay by Robert E. Howard
• 19 - The Hyborian Age, Part 1 - (1967) - short fiction by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Hyborian Age 1938)
• 29 - The Thing in the Crypt - (1967) - short story by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp
• 43 - The Tower of the Elephant - (1933) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 69 - The Hall of the Dead - (1967) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard
• 91 - The God in the Bowl - (1952) - short story by Robert E. Howard
• 111 - Rogues in the House - (1934) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 137 - The Hand of Nergal - (1967) - novelette by Lin Carter and Robert E. Howard
• 160 - The City of Skulls - (1967) - novelette by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp

In this final (chronologically) Conan story, Howard demonstrates why he was one of the best adventure writers of all time. In the only novel he ever produced, Howard is able to maintain the blistering pace he is known for, while still weaving a complex and interesting tale. The story is set during Conan's time as King of Aquilonia, which is a period in the hero's life often overlooked.

Table of Contents:

• 9 - Introduction - (1967) - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• 12 - Conan the Conqueror - (1953) - novel by Robert E. Howard (variant of Conan the Conqueror: The Hyborean Age 1950)

When the dreaded Brylukas of Zaporaskan legend--deadly hybrids of man, beast, and demon--threaten invasion, even the sword of Conan may not be enough to stop them.

Table of Contents:

• 9 - Introduction - (1968) - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• 15 - Hawks Over Shem - (1955) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard
• 51 - Black Colossus - (1933) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 92 - Shadows in the Moonlight - (1934) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 128 - The Road of the Eagles - (1955) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard
• 159 - A Witch Shall Be Born - (1934) - novelette by Robert E. Howard

Eight swashbuckling adventures of Conan - Cimmeria's mighty barbarian

Conan is the gigantic barbarian from the Hyborian Age who brawls and battles his way across the prehistoric world to rise at last to the throne of a mighty realm.

Slave, thief and now a mercenary soldier in the armies of Turan, he embarks on his most hazardous adventures yet.

Table of Contents:

• 6 - A Map of the World of Conan in the Hyborian Age - (1966) - interior artwork by John D. Clark, Ph.D. and L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard and David A. Kyle and P. Schuyler Miller [as by John D. Clark and L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard and David Kyle and P. Schuyler Miller]
• 9 - Introduction - (1969) - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• 15 - The Curse of the Monolith - (1968) - short story by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp (variant of Conan and the Cenotaph)
• 33 - The Bloodstained God - (1956) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard (variant of The Blood-Stained God 1955)
• 54 - The Frost Giant's Daughter - (1969) - short story by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard
• 65 - The Lair of the Ice Worm - (1969) - short story by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp
• 83 - Queen of the Black Coast - (1934) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 121 - The Vale of Lost Women - (1967) - short story by Robert E. Howard
• 142 - The Castle of Terror - (1969) - novelette by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp
• 163 - The Snout in the Dark - (1969) - novelette by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard

Under a sentence of death for his part in the winning the war for Aquilonia, Conan escapes from the jealous king intent on killing him and plots his revenge.

Table of Contents:

• 9 - Introduction - (1967) - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• 12 - The Treasure of Tranicos - (1953) - novella by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard
• 97 - Wolves Beyond the Border - (1967) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard
• 139 - The Phoenix on the Sword - (1932) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 163 - The Scarlet Citadel - (1933) - novelette by Robert E. Howard

Man, monster or demon. Conan would fight them all. Fear was unknown to the gigantic barbarian whose deeds of valour and bloody battle-skills made him a living legend.

Table of Contents:

• 9 - Introduction - (1968) - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• 13 - Black Tears - (1968) - novelette by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp
• 40 - Shadows in Zamboula - (1935) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 73 - The Devil in Iron - (1934) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 106 - The Flame Knife - (1955) - novella by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard

The ruler of a peaceful Aquilonia, Conan must match his sword once again against the dark forces of evil sorcery to save his beloved Zenobia from her kidnappers.

Table of Contents:

• 9 - Introduction - (1968) - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• 15 - The Return of Conan - (1957) - novel by L. Sprague de Camp and Björn Nyberg?
• 174 - The Hyborian Age - (1938) - short fiction by Robert E. Howard

CORMAC MAC ART... descendant of other warriors from the time-forgotten land of Atlantis and Cimmeria, molded in the tradition of Conan and Kull.

Lusty, savage, adventuresome, Cormac, known as an Cluiun, the Wolf, is a renegade and a pirate whose character was forged from the same cold steel as his relentless sword. Roaming the seas of King Arthur's Britain with his comrade-in-arms, the Viking Wulfhere the Skull-splitter, Cormac's battles with men and monarchs scale new heights in the fantasy kingdom of Robert E. Howard.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Richard L. Tierney
• Tigers of the Sea - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• Swords of the Northern Sea - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• The Night of the Wolf - (1969) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• The Temple of Abomination - shortstory by Robert E. Howard

Several of the stories were completed, rewritten or otherwise heavily edited by Lin Carter. Some later collections of Howard's King Kull stories remove these edits again.

Table of Contents:

• Prolog - (1967) - short fiction by Robert E. Howard and Lin Carter
• Exile of Atlantis - (1967) - short story by Robert E. Howard and Lin Carter
• The Shadow Kingdom - (1929) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• The Altar and the Scorpion - short story by Robert E. Howard
• Black Abyss - (1967) - short story by Robert E. Howard and Lin Carter
• Delcardes' Cat - (1967) - short story by Robert E. Howard
• The Skull of Silence - (1967) - short story by Robert E. Howard
• Riders Beyond the Sunrise - (1967) - short story by Robert E. Howard and Lin Carter
• By This Ax I Rule! - (1967) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• The Striking of the Gong - short story by Robert E. Howard
• Swords of the Purple Kingdom - (1967) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• Wizard and Warrior - (1967) - short story by Robert E. Howard and Lin Carter
• The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune - (1929) - short story by Robert E. Howard
• The King and the Oak - (1939) - poem by Robert E. Howard
• Epilog - (1967) - short fiction by Robert E. Howard

Almuric is a savage planet of crumbling ruins and near humans. Into this strange world comes Esau Cairn, Earthman, swordsman, murderer. Only he can overthrow the terrible devils that enslave Almuric, but to do so he must first defeat the inner demons that forced him to abandon Earth.

Conan the Cimmerian: he rose from boy-thief and mercenary to become kingof Aquilonia. Neither supernatural fiends nor demonic sorcery could oppose the barbarian warrior as he wielded his mighty sword and dispatched his enemies to a bloody doom on the battlefields of the legendary Hyborian Age.

Collected together for the first time anywhere in the world, in chronological order, are all Robert E. Howard's definitive stories of Conan, exactly as he wrote them, as fresh, atmospheric and vibrant today as when they were first published in the pulp magazines more than sixty years ago.

Table of Contents:

• The Hyborian Age - (1936)
• The Tower of the Elephant - (1933)
• The Hall of the Dead (Synopsis) - (1976)
• The God in the Bowl - (1952)
• Rogues in the House - (1934)
• The Hand of Nergal - (1976)
• The Frost-Giant's Daughter - (1976)
• Queen of the Black Coast - (1934)
• The Vale of Lost Women - (1967)
• The Snout in the Dark (Draft) - (1979)
• Black Colossus - (1933)
• Shadows in the Moonlight - (1934)
• A Witch Shall Be Born - (1934)
• Shadows in Zamboula - (1935)
• The Devil in Iron - (1934)
• The People of the Black Circle - (1934)
• The Slithering Shadow - (1933)
• Drums of Tombalku (Draft) - (1986)
• The Pool of the Black One - (1933)
• Afterword: Robert E. Howard and Conan: The Early Years - essay by Stephen Jones

The second volume, completing the definitive collection of Conan stories, featuring the most distinctive and well known fantasy hero of all time.

Conan the Cimmerian: he rose from boy-thief and mercenary to become kingof Aquilonia. Neither supernatural fiends nor demonic sorcery could oppose the barbarian warrior as he wielded his mighty sword and dispatched his enemies to a bloody doom on the battlefields of the legendary Hyborian Age.

Collected together for the first time anywhere in the world, in chronological order, are all Robert E. Howard's definitive stories of Conan, exactly as he wrote them, as fresh, atmospheric and vibrant today as when they were first published in the pulp magazines more than sixty years ago.

Table of Contents:

• Notes on Various People of the Hyborian Age - (1977) - essay by Julian May
• Red Nails - (1936)
• Jewels of Gwahlur - (1935)
• Beyond the Black River - (1935)
• The Black Stranger - (1987)
• Wolves Beyond the Border (Draft) - (2000)
• The Phoenix on the Sword - (1932)
• The Scarlet Citadel - (1933)
• The Hour of the Dragon - (1977) - novel
• The Hour of the Dragon - (1969) - poem
• Cimmeria - (1965) - poem
• Afterword: Robert E. Howard and Conan: The Final Years - essay by Stephen Jones

Table of Contents:

• 3 - Conan - (1967) - anthology by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard
• 189 - Conan of Cimmeria - (1969) - anthology by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard
• 373 - Conan the Freebooter - (1968) - collection by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard

Table of Contents:

• Conan the Adventurer - (1966) - collection by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard
• Conan the Wanderer - (1968) - anthology by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard
• Conan the Buccaneer - (1971) - novel by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp

Collected in this volume, lavishly illustrated by award-winning artist Gary Gianni, are all of the stories and poems that make up the thrilling saga of the dour and deadly Puritan, Solomon Kane. Together they constitute a sprawling epic of weird fantasy adventure that stretches from sixteenth-century England to remote African jungles where no white man has set foot. Here are shudder-inducing tales of vengeful ghosts and bloodthirsty demons, of dark sorceries wielded by evil men and women, all opposed by a grim avenger armed with a fanatic's faith and a warrior's savage heart.

Table of Contents:

• The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane - (1998) - interior artwork by Gary Gianni
• A1 - A Short Biography of Robert E. Howard - (1998) - essay by Rusty Burke
• A15 - Gary Gianni - essay by uncredite
• A17 - Notes on the Original Howard Text (The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane) - essay by uncredited
• i - Foreword (The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane) - (1998) - essay by Gary Gianni
• iii - In Memoriam: Robert Ervin Howard - (1936) - essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 1 - Skulls in the Stars - [Solomon Kane] - (1929) - short story
• 19 - The Right Hand of Doom - [Solomon Kane] - (1968) - short story
• 29 - Red Shadows - [Solomon Kane] - (1928) - novelette
• 73 - Rattle of Bones - [Solomon Kane] - (1929) - short story
• 85 - The Castle of the Devil - [Solomon Kane] - (1968) - short story
• 93 - Death's Black Riders - [Solomon Kane] - (1968) - short story
• 97 - The Moon of Skulls - [Solomon Kane] - (1930) - novella
• 171 - The One Black Stain - [Solomon Kane] - (1962) - poem
• 177 - The Blue Flame of Vengeance - [Solomon Kane] - (1968) - noveletted (variant of Blades of the Brotherhood)
• 223 - The Hills of the Dead - [Solomon Kane] - (1930) - novelette
• 254 - Hawk of Basti - [Solomon Kane] - (1968) - short story
• 269 - The Return of Sir Richard Grenville - [Solomon Kane] - (1968) - poem
• 273 - Wings in the Night - [Solomon Kane] - (1932) - novelette
• 323 - The Footfalls Within - [Solomon Kane] - (1931) - short story
• 347 - The Children of Asshur - [Solomon Kane] - (1968) - novelette
• 379 - Solomon Kane's Homecoming - [Solomon Kane] - (1936) - poem
• 385 - Solomon Kane's Homecoming (Variant) - [Solomon Kane] - (1971) - poem

The Ultimate Triumph combines the legendary talents of Robert E. Howard, widely regarded as the master of the adventure tale, and Frank Frazetta, the iconic master of fantasy art. This unique volume compiles seven stories and five poems showcasing some of Howard's best works featuring barbarian characters.

Table of Contents:

• The Ultimate Triumph: The Heroic Fantasy of Robert E Howard - interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• A1 - Barbarism vs. Civilization: Robert E. Howard's Letters to H. P. Lovecraft - essay by uncredited
• A1 - Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, circa August 9, 1932 (excerpt) - essay
• A2 - Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, circa Setember-October, 1932 (excerpt) - essay
• A3 - Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, circa November 2, 1932 (excerpt) - essay
• A4 - Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, circa December, 1932 (excerpt) - essay
• A5 - Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, circa March 6, 1932 (excerpt) - essay
• A7 - Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, circa May-June, 1933 (excerpt) - essay
• A9 - Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, circa September 1933 (excerpt) - essay
• A13 - Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, circa January 1934 (excerpt) - essay by Robert E. Lumpkin
• A15 - Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, circa July 1934 (excerpt) - essay by Robert E. Lumpkin
• A16 - Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, circa December 1934 (excerpt) - essay
• A17 - Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, circa July 25, 1935 (excerpt) - essay
• A18 - Chronology - essay by uncredited
• A30 - Waiting for the Barbarians - essay by Patrice Louinet
• A48 - Frazetta and Robert E. Howard: The Power of Passion - essay by Dr. David Winiewicz
• A53 - Notes on the Original Text - essay by uncredited
• i - Foreword (The Ultimate Triumph: The Heroic Fantasy of Robert E. Howard) - essay by Frank Frazetta
• iii - Introduction (The Ultimate Triumph: The Heroic Fantasy of Robert E. Howard) - essay by Rusty Burke
• 1 - Beyond the Black River - [Conan] - (1935) - novella
• 67 - The House of Arabu - (1952) - novelette (variant of The Witch from Hell's Kitchen)
• 95 - Spears of Clontarf - non-genre - [Turlogh O'Brien] - (1978) - novelette
• 135 - Lord of Samarcand - non-genre - (1932) - novelette
• 181 - The Night of the Wolf - [Cormac Mac Art] - (1969) - novelette
• 211 - Spear and Fang - (1925) - short story
• 223 - The Valley of the Worm - [James Allison] - (1934) - novelette
• 249 - A Word from the Outer Dark - (1974) - poem
• 250 - A Song of the Naked Lands - (1973) - poem
• 254 - An Echo from the Iron Harp - (1974) - poem
• 258 - Viking's Trail - (1975) - poem
• 259 - The Song of the Last Briton - (1982) - poem

From Robert E. Howard's fertile imagination sprang some of fiction's greatest heroes, including Conan the Cimmerian, King Kull, and Solomon Kane. But of all Howard's characters, none embodied his creator's brooding temperament more than Bran Mak Morn, the last king of a doomed race.

In ages past, the Picts ruled all of Europe. But the descendants of those proud conquerors have sunk into barbarism... all save one, Bran Mak Morn, whose bloodline remains unbroken. Threatened by the Celts and the Romans, the Pictish tribes rally under his banner to fight for their very survival, while Bran fights to restore the glory of his race.

Lavishly illustrated by award-winning artist Gary Gianni, this collection gathers together all of Howard's published stories and poems featuring Bran Mak Morn--including the eerie masterpiece "Worms of the Earth" and "Kings of the Night". in which sorcery summons Kull the conqueror from out of the depths of time to stand with Bran against the Roman invaders.

Also included are previously unpublished stories and fragments, reproductions of manuscripts bearing Howard's handwritten revisions, and much, much more.

Table of Contents:

• A39 - Notes on the Original Howard Texts (Bran Mak Morn: The Last King) - essay by uncredited
• A1 - Robert E. Howard and the Picts: A Chronology - essay by uncredited
• A21 - Robert E. Howard, Bran Mak Morn and the Picts - essay by Rusty Burke and Patrice Louinet
• Bran Mak Morn: The Last King - interior artwork by Gary Gianni
• i - Foreword (Bran Mak Morn: The Last King) - essay by Gary Gianni
• iii - Introduction (Bran Mak Morn: The Last King) - essay by Rusty Burke
• 1 - Men of the Shadows - [Bran Mak Morn] - (1969) - novelette
• 31 - Kings of the Night - [Bran Mak Morn] - (1930) - novelette
• 77 - A Song of the Race - [Bran Mak Morn] - (1969) - poem
• 83 - Worms of the Earth - [Bran Mak Morn] - (1932) - novelette
• 129 - The Dark Man - [Turlogh O'Brien] - (1931) - novelette
• 167 - The Lost Race - [Bran Mak Morn] - (1927) - short story
• 187 - The Drums of Pictdom - (1969) - poem
• 193 - Notes on Miscellanea (Bran Mak Morn: The Last King) - essay by Rusty Burke
• 197 - The Little People - (1970) - short story
• 207 - The Little People--Typescript?
• - short story
• 215 - The Children of the Night - [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] - (1931) - short story
• 233 - Bran Mak Morn - [Bran Mak Morn] - (1983) - short fiction
• 237 - Bran Mak Morn--Manuscript?
• - [Bran Mak Morn] - short story
• 243 - Untitled Synopsis ("The story of a forgotten age...) - [Bran Mak Morn] - (1988) - short fiction (variant of Bran Mak Morn (synopsis))
• 247 - Worms of the Earth--Draft?
• - [Bran Mak Morn] - short story
• 277 - Untitled fragment ("A grey sky arched over...") - [Bran Mak Morn] - (1969) - short story
• 283 - Untitled poem ("There's a bell that hang's...") - poem (variant of The Bell of Morni)

The most beautiful Conan books there is! The first volume was published in 2002, first in the United Kingdom by Wandering Star Books under the title Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One (1932-1933), and the following year in the United States by Ballantine/Del Rey under the present title. The Science Fiction Book Club subsequently reprinted the complete set in hardcover; the set is noted for presenting the original, unedited versions of Howard's Conan tales. This volume includes thirteen short stories as well as miscellanea for Howard fans and enthusiasts (e.g., drafts, notes, maps, etc.), and is illustrated by noted comic book artist Mark Schultz.

The texts for this edition were based on Howard's original typescripts or the first published appearance if a typescript was unavailable.

Table of Contents:

• A1 - Hyborian Genesis: Notes on the Creation of the Conan Stories - essay by Patrice Louinet
• A25 - Notes on the Conan Typescripts and the Chronology (Robert E. Howard's Complete Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One (1932-33)) - essay by Patrice Louinet
• A31 - Notes on the Original Howard Texts (Robert E. Howard's Complete Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One (1932-33)) - essay by uncredited
• Robert E. Howard's Complete Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One (1932-33) - (2002) - interior artwork by Mark Schultz
• i - Foreword (Robert E. Howard's Complete Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One (1932-33)) - essay by Mark Schultz
• v - Introduction (Robert E. Howard's Complete Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One (1932-33)) - essay by Patrice Louinet
• 1 - Cimmeria - (1965) - poem
• 5 - The Phoenix on the Sword - [Conan] - (1932) - novelette
• 29 - The Frost-Giant's Daughter - [Conan] - (1976) - short story
• 39 - The God in the Bowl - [Conan] - (1952) - short story
• 59 - The Tower of the Elephant - [Conan] - (1933) - novelette
• 83 - The Scarlet Citadel - [Conan] - (1933) - novelette
• 119 - Queen of the Black Coast - [Conan] - (1934) - novelette
• 151 - Black Colossus - [Conan] - (1933) - novelette
• 185 - Iron Shadows in the Moon - [Conan] - (1934) - novelette (variant of Shadows in the Moonlight)
• 217 - Xuthal of the Dusk - [Conan] - (1933) - novelette (variant of The Slithering Shadow)
• 249 - The Pool of the Black One - [Conan] - (1933) - novelette
• 277 - Rogues in the House - [Conan] - (1934) - novelette
• 301 - The Vale of Lost Women - [Conan] - (1967) - short story
• 319 - The Devil in Iron - [Conan] - (1934) - novelette
• 351 - The Phoenix on the Sword (first submitted draft) - novelette
• 375 - Notes on Various Peoples of the Hyborian Age - essay
• 379 - The Hyborian Age - [Conan] - (1938) - short fiction
• 399 - Untitled Synopsis ("A squad of Zamorian soldiers...") - (1974) - short fiction
• 401 - The Scarlet Citadel (synopsis) - short fiction
• 403 - Black Colossus (synopsis) - short fiction
• 405 - Untitled Fragment ("The battlefield stretched silent...") - short fiction
• 407 - Untitled Synopsis ("The setting: The city of Shumballa...") - short fiction
• 409 - Untitled Draft ("Amboola awakened slowly...") - short story
• 417 - Hyborian Names and Countries - essay
• 421 - Hyborian Age Maps - interior artwork

The most beautiful Conan books there is! The second volume was published in 2032, first in the United Kingdom by Wandering Star Books under the title Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One (1932-1933), and the following year in the United States by Ballantine/Del Rey under the title 'The Bloody Crown of Conan'. The Science Fiction Book Club subsequently reprinted the complete set in hardcover; the set is noted for presenting the original, unedited versions of Howard's Conan tales. This volume includes the only Conan novel and three short stories as well as miscellanea for Howard fans and enthusiasts and is illustrated by noted artist Gary Gianni.

The texts for this edition were based on Howard's original typescripts or the first published appearance if a typescript was unavailable.

Table of Contents:

• A1 - Hyborian Genesis Part II: Notes on the Creation of the Conan Stories - essay by Patrice Louinet
• A15 - Notes on the Conan Typescripts and the Chronology (The Bloody Crown of Conan) - essay by Patrice Louinet
• The Bloody Crown of Conan - interior artwork by Gary Gianni
• A17 - Notes on the Original Howard Texts (Robert E. Howard's Complete Conan of Cimmeria Volume Two (1934)) - essay by uncredited
• i - Foreword (Robert E. Howard's Complete Conan of Cimmeria Volume Two (1934)) - essay by Gary Gianni
• iii - Introduction (Robert E. Howard's Complete Conan of Cimmeria Volume Two (1934)) - essay by Rusty Burke
• 1 - The People of the Black Circle - [Conan] - (1934) - novella
• 81 - The Hour of the Dragon - [Conan] - (1977) - novel (variant of Conan the Conqueror: The Hyborean Age 1950)
• 255 - A Witch Shall Be Born - [Conan] - (1934) - novelette
• 305 - The People of the Black Circle (synopsis) - short fiction
• 309 - The Story Thus Far... - (1934) - short fiction
• 311 - Untitled Synopsis ("Amalric a son of a nobleman...") - short fiction
• 315 - Untitled Draft ("Three men squated beside the...") - short story
• 335 - The Hour of the Dragon (synopsis) - short fiction
• 339 - Notes on "The Hour of the Dragon" - essay
• 343 - A Witch Shall Be Born (synopsis) - short fiction

The most beautiful Conan books there is! The third and last volume was published in 2009 by Book Palace Books for Wandering Star, under the title Conan of Cimmeria: Volume Three (1935), and the following year in the United States by Ballantine/Del Rey under the title 'The Bloody Crown of Conan'. The Science Fiction Book Club subsequently reprinted the complete set in hardcover; the set is noted for presenting the original, unedited versions of Howard's Conan tales. This volume includes the only Conan novel and three short stories as well as miscellanea for Howard fans and enthusiasts and is illustrated by noted artist Gregory Manchess.

The texts for this edition were based on Howard's original typescripts or the first published appearance if a typescript was unavailable.

Table of Contents:

• A1 - Hyborian Genesis Part III - (2005) - essay by Patrice Louinet
• A19 - Notes on the Conan Typescripts and the Chronology (The Conquering Sword of Conan) - (2005) - essay by Patrice Louinet
• A21 - Notes on the Original Howard Texts (The Conquering Sword of Conan) - (2005) - essay by uncredited
• Robert E. Howard's Complete Conan of Cimmeria: Volume Three (1935) - interior artwork by Gregory Manchess
• i - Foreword (The Conquering Sword of Conan) - (2005) - essay by Gregory Manchess
• iii - Introduction (The Conquering Sword of Conan) - (2005) - essay by Patrice Louinet
• 1 - The Servants of Bit-Yakin - [Conan] - (2005) - novelette (variant of Jewels of Gwahlur 1935)
• 43 - Beyond the Black River - [Conan] - (1935) - novella
• 101 - The Black Stranger - [Conan] - (1987) - novella
• 175 - The Man-Eaters of Zamboula - [Conan] - (2005) - novelette (variant of Shadows in Zamboula 1935)
• 209 - Red Nails - [Conan] - (1936) - novella
• 285 - Untitled Notes ("The Westermark: located between...") - (2005) - short fiction
• 287 - Wolves Beyond the Border: Draft A - (2005) - short story
• 297 - Wolves Beyond the Border: Draft B - (2005) - short story
• 315 - The Black Stranger (Synopsis A) - (2005) - short fiction
• 317 - The Black Stranger (Synopsis B) - (2005) - short fiction
• 319 - The Man-Eaters of Zamboula (synopsis) - (2005) - short fiction
• 321 - Red Nails (draft) - (2005) - novella
• 359 - Letter to P. Schuyler Miller, March 10, 1936 ("Dear Mr. Miller: / I feel indeed honored...") - (1953) - essay
• 363 - Map of the Hyborian Age - (1976) - interior artwork

Four stories of the Robert E. Howard's puritan swordsman, Solomon Kane

Hills of the Dead
First published in Weird Tales, August 1930. In Africa, Kane's old friend N'Longa (the witch doctor from "Red Shadows") gives the Puritan a magic wooden staff, the Staff of Solomon, which will protect him in his travels. Kane enters the jungle and finds a city of vampires.

The Hawk of Basti
First published in Red Shadows. Kane's old acquaintance, Jeremy Hawk, was once the king of an African lost civilization, and wants to resume that role.

Wings in the Night
First published in Weird Tales, July 1932. In Africa again, Kane comes across an entire village wiped out, and all of the roofs have been ripped off, as if by something was trying to get inside from above.

The Children of Asshur
First published in Red Shadows. Kane comes across a lost city of Assyrians.