In a remote East African port, Bill Kirby meets a frightened Englishman whose terror is tied to a strange gong and a buried story from Somaliland's interior. Recalling the expedition that led him and John Conrad, a young American insect scholar, into unexplored country, Kirby describes a journey that begins in curiosity and becomes a descent into ancient dread as a haunting voice rises from the jungle and draws them onward. Their safari is swallowed by a hidden civilization: a lost valley ...

Steve Palmer, a shrewd boxing manager with an eye for hidden talent, discovers Slade Costigan, a raw, reckless heavyweight whose brute strength masks real promise. Under scientific training, Costigan begins to show startling speed and ring intelligence in the gym, but the moment he steps before a crowd, something seems to break inside him and he reverts to wild slugging. Palmer dreams of shaping him into a perfect champion, yet Costigan's early fights reveal a troubling pattern: jeers, pre...

"Pigeons from Hell" is a horror short story by American writer Robert E. Howard, written in late 1934 and published posthumously by Weird Tales in 1938. The title comes from an image in Howard's grandmother's ghost stories, that of a deserted plantation mansion haunted by pigeons. The Blassenvilles once owned the property but fell into poverty and soon, one by one, they all disappeared, Since then, the locals shun it. The pigeons sometimes flock about the decaying manor. Legend has it that...

In "Dig Me No Grave", by Robert E. Howard, occult scholar John Kirowan is drawn into a night of mounting dread after the death of the mysterious John Grimlan, a man feared for his lifelong fascination with forbidden knowledge. As cryptic instructions, whispered fears, and uncanny signs emerge, Kirowan confronts a sinister mystery where guilt, dark bargains, and unseen powers seem to linger beyond death.

The Hour of the Dragon is Robert E. Howard’s only full-length novel featuring Conan the Cimmerian, one of the most iconic heroes of fantasy literature.Crowned king of Aquilonia, Conan seems to have won what few barbarians could ever dream of: a throne, a kingdom, and the respect of civilized men. But when ancient sorcery awakens a long-dead evil and his enemies unite against him, Conan is betrayed, defeated, and stripped of his crow...

The definitive edition of Conan, featuring every story published in Robert E. Howard's lifetimeArranged in what contemporary scholars consider the preferred reading order, this exhaustive new collection of Conan stories covers every piece that Robert E. Howard published in the thirties, and includes his essay on the world of Conan, The Hyborean Age. The perfect starting place for anyone interested in one of the greatest heroic characters of all time, Conan has been...

If you were looking for the Holy Bible of the horror anthologies, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! Cosmic horror, supernatural events, ghost stories, weird fiction, mystical fantasies, occult narratives, this book plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities. This collection of the greatest mysterious dark tales gathers together more than 100 authors and more than 1000 short stories (!), which makes it truly unique in its kind. Be ...

Conan the Barbarian is employed by one of the civilized countries to help in it's push to claim lands from the primitive Picts. The Picts are not excited about the idea however.

Revised and updated edition with custom illustrations!Join Conan on his many adventures from mercenary and thief to king as he smites demons, fights wizards, battles against all odds, journeys to exotic lands, loves and lusts, uncovers hidden mysteries, and always refuses to yield!This epic collection contains 18 of Robert E. Howard's stories about Conan the Barbarian.These stories were originally published in Weird Tales magazine between 1...

Conan The Barbarian is the original stories about adventure stories of conan the cimmerian written by Robert E. Howard in 1934-1936. In this book contains 20 stories of Conan The Cimmerian or Conan The Barbarian.1.The Hyborian Age, first published in The Phantagraph, February-November 1936.2.Shadows In the Moonlight, first published in Weird Tales, April 1934.3.Queen Of the Black Coast, first published in Weird Tales, May 1934.4.The Devil In Iron, first publ...

Solomon Kane (Suleyman Kehani as mentioned by Howard in one of his adventures) is a fictional character created by the pulp-era writer Robert E. Howard. A late 16th / early 17th century Puritan, Solomon Kane is a sombre-looking man who wanders the world with no apparent goal other than to vanquish evil in all its forms. His adventures, published mostly in the pulp magazine Weird Tales, often take him from Europe to the jungles of Africa and back.Howard described him as a sombre and...

The "Vampire Tales" is the biggest, hungriest, undeadliest collection of vampire stories ever assembled. Dark, stormy, and delicious, once it sinks its teeth into you there's no escape. Vampires! Whether imagined by Bram Stoker or Anne Rice, they are part of the human lexicon and as old as blood itself. They are your neighbors, your friends, and they are always lurking. Now we have compiled the darkest, the scariest, and by far the most evil collection of vampire stories ever, with over 80...