From the mighty pen that created Conan, Kull and Cormac comes this sweeping collection of stories of sword and sorcery; trembling tales of horror; fantasies so weird they defy description. Here is some of Howard's best work. Contents: "Introduction" by Glenn Lord "Pigeons From Hell" "Recompense" (poem) "The Pit of the Serpent" "Empire" (poem) "Etchings in Ivory" (prose poems) "Proem" "Flaming Marble" "Skulls and Orchids" "Medallions in the Moon" "The Gods That Men Forget" "Bloodstones and Ebony" "Thor's Son" (poem) "Cimmeria" (poem) "A Sonnet of Good Cheer" (poem) "Red Blades of Black Cathay" "The Dust Dance" (poem) "The Bar by the Side of the Road" (poem) "Knife, Bullet and Noose" "The Gold and the Grey" (poem) "Gents on the Lynch" "A Song Out of Midian" (poem) "She Devil" "The Day That I Die" (poem) "The Voice of El-Lil" "Black Wind Blowing" "The Curse of the Golden Skull" "Black Talons" Notes
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Robert Ervin Howard was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. Howard wrote "over three-hundred stories and seven-hundred poems of raw power and unbridled emotion" and is especially noted for his memorable depictions of "a sombre universe of swashbuckling adventure and darkling horror." He is well known for having created—in the pages of the legendary Depression-era pulp magazine Weird Tales—the character Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian, a literary icon whose pop-culture imprint can only be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. —Wikipedia Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
