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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

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 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.]

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)

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

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.

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.

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

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

Contents:

• 6 - The Hills of the Dead - [Solomon Kane] - (1930) - novelette
• 36 - Hawk of Basti - [Solomon Kane] - (1968) - short story
• 48 - Wings in the Night - [Solomon Kane] - (1932) - novelette
• 95 - The Children of Asshur - [Solomon Kane] - (1968) - novelette