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Short Fiction
Chapters (28)
- Spear and Fang 0:00
- In the Forest of Villefère 19:56
- Wolfshead 29:23
- After the Game 1:27:15
- Sleeping Beauty 1:34:01
- Weekly Short Story 1:36:47
- The Lost Race 1:41:34
- The Dream Snake 2:16:14
- The Hyena 2:34:48
- Sea Curse 3:06:26
- Red Shadows 3:24:31
- Skulls in the Stars 4:38:59
- Rattle of Bones 5:05:59
- The Shadow Kingdom 5:23:04
- The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune 6:42:31
- Skull-Face 7:07:04
- The Fearsome Touch of Death 10:48:21
- The Moon of Skulls 11:01:49
- The Hills of the Dead 13:15:30
- The Voice of El-Lil 14:06:10
- Kings of the Night 15:09:22
- Gods of the North 16:36:50
- The Haunter of the Ring 16:58:24
- The Grisly Horror 17:38:22
- Black Canaan 18:54:48
- Black Hound of Death 20:20:57
- The Fire of Ashurbanipal 21:26:48
- Dig Me No Grave 22:29:18
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Best known for his character Conan the Barbarian, during his short life Robert E. Howard also wrote prolifically in other genres, including horror, adventure, western and historical fiction. Foreign lands, sorcery and gritty characters are hallmarks of Howard’s literary work. Although the themes and contents of several stories have since become offensive, his corpus is a good representation of the culture and beliefs of his time.
Collected here are some of Howard’s short stories known to be public domain. The stories were first published mainly in newspapers and pulp magazines of the time, especially Weird Tales.