"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...

"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...

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 is one of the greatest fictional heroes ever created–a swordsman who cuts a swath across the lands of the Hyborian Age, facing powerful sorcerers, deadly creatures, and ruthless armies of thieves and reavers.“Between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities . . . there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars. . . . Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired,...

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...

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, ...

Conan the Barbarian was created by Howard in a series of fantasy stories published in Weird Tales magazine in 1932. For months, Howard had been in search of a new character to market to the burgeoning pulp outlets of the early 1930s.CONTENTS:1.The Phoenix on the Sword2.The Scarlet Citadel3.The Tower of the Elephant4.Black Colossus5.The Slithering Shadow6.The Pool of the Black One7.Rogues in the House8.Shadows in the Moonlight

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...

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...

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...

The sweeping and thrilling novel about the world's most beloved swordsman: Conan the Barbarian.First published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales, The Hour of the Dragon, also known as "Conan the Conqueror," is Robert E. Howard's only full-length novel featuring Conan the Barbarian. It is considered by many to be one of the author's best works.During Conan's reign as King of Aquilonia, a group of conspirators plot to depose him in favor of V...

“For headling, nonstop adventure and for vivid, even florid, scenery, no one even comes close to Howard.”—Harry TurtledoveIn a meteoric career that covered only a dozen years, Robert E. Howard defined the sword-and-sorcery genre. In doing so, he brought to life the archetypal adventurer known to millions around the world as Conan the barbarian.Witness, then, Howard at his finest, and Conan at his most savage, in the latest volume featuring the collected wor...