The Valley of the Lost (2).
Alternate title: SECRET OF LOST VALLEY. The story begins with “As a wolf spies…”.
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Glenn Lord had erroneously titled this story “The Valley of the Lost,” as he thought it was the story that had been announced for the last issue of STRANGE TALES that never got published; as it turns out, he was wrong, and when the proper story showed up, Glenn Lord titled it “The Secret of Lost Valley.”
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“King of the Forgotten People” is a Robert E. Howard story blending elements of adventure, fantasy, and horror. It features Jim Brill, a lone survivor of a deadly ambush in a desert, as he navigates a perilous journey through uncharted mountainous terrains while being pursued by Mongol bandits. Alternate title: THE VALLEY OF THE LOST (1)
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‘The Valley of the Golden Web’ is a very short story that is lost. Howard submitted it to Weird Tales in 1927 but it was never published.
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“The Lost Valley of Iskander” is an El Borak short story by Robert E. Howard. It was not published within Howard’s lifetime, the first publication was in the FAX Collector’s Editions hardback The Lost Valley of Iskander in 1974. Its original title was “Swords of the Hills”.
In this story, El Borak discovers a legendary valley in which live Greek descendants of Alexander the Great invading army. Meanwhile, the vital package he carries must be carried to British India before the Hungarian, Hunyadi, can stop him or thousands will die.
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The synopsis of “King of the Forgotten People” tells the story of Jim Brill, an adventurer driven by love and duty, who embarks on a perilous journey into the Gobi Desert to find a missing scientist. The narrative unfolds with elements of survival, strange scientific experiments, and a climactic confrontation with forces both human and monstrous.
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The Earliest known draft of “King of the Forgotten People” is a tale of adventure set in the harsh, unforgiving desert and mysterious mountains of Inner Mongolia. The story follows Jim Brill, a determined and resourceful man on a dangerous quest, blending elements of survival, ancient empires, bizarre science, and power struggles.
Part three of a five-part article about Robert E. Howard and the Spicy stories. Rescued from the late Two-Gun Raconteur blog created by Damon C. Sasser.
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THE TOWER OF THE ELEPHANT is one of the original short stories starring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard. Set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age, it concerns Conan infiltrating a perilous tower to steal a fabled gem from an evil sorcerer named Yara. Its unique insights into the Hyborian world and atypical science fiction elements have led the story to be considered a classic of Conan lore and is often cited by Howard scholars as one of his best tales.