"Sea Curse" by Robert E. Howard is a thrilling tale of high adventure set against the backdrop of the briny depths. This gripping narrative follows the exploits of a daring sailor who finds himself ensnared in the clutches of a sinister maritime curse. As he navigates treacherous waters and confronts supernatural forces, the protagonist must summon all his courage and cunning to break free from the malevolent grasp of the sea.Howard's evocative prose plunges readers into a world of...

"A Witch Shall Be Born" is a thrilling fantasy novella written by Robert E. Howard, first published in 1934. Set in the fictional kingdom of Khauran, the story follows the cruel and treacherous Queen Taramis, who plots to usurp the throne and unleash chaos upon the land. In a shocking turn of events, Taramis' twin sister, Salome, who was left to die in the desert as an infant, returns as a powerful witch and seizes control of the kingdom. Imprisoned and replaced by Salome, Queen Taramis' d...

With Conan the Cimmerian, Robert E. Howard created more than the greatest action hero of the twentieth century—he also launched a genre that came to be known as sword and sorcery. But Conan wasn’t the first archetypal adventurer to spring from Howard’s fertile imagination.“He was . . . a strange blending of Puritan and Cavalier, with a touch of the ancient philosopher, and more than a touch of the pagan. . . . A hunger in his soul drove him on and on, ...

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...

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 nore 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 in one volume for the very first time, in chronological order, are Robert E. Howard's tales of the legendary hero, as fre...

Here are Robert E. Howard’s greatest horror tales, all in their original, definitive versions.Some of Howard’s best-known characters—Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn, and sailor Steve Costigan among them—roam the forbidding locales of the author’s fevered imagination, from the swamps and bayous of the Deep South to the fiend-haunted woods outside Paris to remote jungles in Africa.The collection includes Howard’s masterpiece “Pigeons from Hell,”which Stephen King...

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...

A BEAUTIFUL NEW EDITION OF EVERY SOLOMON KANE STORY PUBLISHED IN ROBERT E. HOWARD'S LIFETIMEArranged in their original order of publication, this exhaustive new collection of Solomon Kane stories covers every piece that Robert E. Howard published in the thirties. The perfect starting point for anyone interested in stories which have been described as "the birth of sword & sorcery," this volume includes an introduction and biography covering the life of Rorbert E. H...

In a meteoric career that spanned a mere twelve years, Robert E. Howard single-handedly invented the genre that came to be called sword and sorcery. From his fertile imagination sprang some of fiction’s most enduring heroes. Yet while Conan is indisputably Howard’s greatest creation, it was in his earlier sequence of tales featuring Kull, a fearless warrior with the brooding intellect of a philosopher, that Howard began to develop the distinctive themes, and the richly evocative bl...

The immortal legacy of Robert E. Howard, creator of Conan the Cimmerian, continues with this latest compendium of Howard’s fiction and poetry. These adventures, set in medieval-era Europe and the Near East, are among the most gripping Howard ever wrote, full of pageantry, romance, and battle scenes worthy of Tolstoy himself. Most of all, they feature some of Howard’s most unusual and memorable characters, including Cormac FitzGeoffrey, a half-Irish, half-Norman man of war who follows Richa...

American author of pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. Best known for his character, Conan the Barbarian, he is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.Notable work(s) - Conan the Cimmerian (series), Solomon Kane (series), The Hour of the Dragon, "Worms of the Earth", "Pigeons from Hell"Table of ContentsThe Moon of SkullsSkulls in the StarsFootfalls WithinThe Hills of the DeadWings in the NightRattle of Bones...

Robert E. Howard is one of the most famous and influential pulp authors of the twentieth century. Though largely known as the man who invented the sword-and-sorcery genre–and for his iconic hero Conan the Cimmerian–Howard also wrote horror tales, desert adventures, detective yarns, epic poetry, and more. This spectacular volume, gorgeously illustrated by Jim and Ruth Keegan, includes some of his best and most popular works.Inside, readers will discover (or rediscover) such gems as ...