Fantasy Magazine #1

Fantasy Magazine #1 from March 1953. Contains the very first release of THE BLACK STRANGER. L Sprague de Camp rewrote the original Conan story into a different Conan story (“The Treasure of Tranicos”). For publication in Fantasy Magazine #1, the story was abridged, edited by L Sprague de Camp, and re-written further by Lester del Rey. 

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1967

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1967. Volume 32, No. 2. Contains THE HALL OF THE DEAD. This is a story based on an untitled synopsis by American Robert E. Howard. Featuring Conan. A fragment consisting of 640 words was begun in the 1930s but was not finished or published in Howard’s lifetime. L. Sprague de Camp wrote an entire story based on this untitled synopsis.

Fantastic Universe October 1955

Fantastic Universe Volume 5 Number 3.

Contains THE BLOOD-STAINED GOD by Howard and L. Sprague de Camp. Originally a Kirby O’Donnell story titled ‘The Trail of the Blood-Stained God’. It was re-written by L. Sprague de Camp into a Conan story titled ‘The Bloodstained God’. De Camp changed the names of the characters, added the sorcery elements, and recast the setting into Howard’s Hyborian Age.

Fantastic Universe April 1956

Fantastic Universe Volume 5 Number 3.

Contains THE BLOOD-STAINED GOD by Howard and L. Sprague de Camp. Originally a Kirby O’Donnell story titled ‘The Trail of the Blood-Stained God’. It was re-written by L. Sprague de Camp into a Conan story titled ‘The Bloodstained God’. De Camp changed the names of the characters, added the sorcery elements, and recast the setting into Howard’s Hyborian Age.

Fantastic Science Fiction & Fantasy Stories August 1972

Fantastic Science Fiction & Fantasy Stories volume 21, No. 6.

“The Witch of the Mists” is a fantasy short story by American writers L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter, featuring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian created by Robert E. Howard. It was first published in the August 1972 issue of the magazine Fantastic, and in book form by Ace Books in the paperback collection Conan of Aquilonia in May 1977. The first British edition was published by Sphere Books in October 1978.

Fantastic Science Fiction & Fantasy Stories July 1974

Fantastic Science Fiction & Fantasy Stories volume 23, No. 5.

“Red Moon of Zembabwei” is a short story by American writers L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter, featuring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian created by Robert E. Howard. This is the first publication. It appeared in book form by Ace Books in the paperback collection Conan of Aquilonia in May 1977, which was reprinted several times through 1994. The first British edition was published by Sphere Books in October 1978.

Fantastic Science Fiction & Fantasy Stories February 1975

Fantastic Science Fiction & Fantasy Stories volume 24, No. 2.

“Shadows in the Skull” is a short story by American writers L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter, featuring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian created by Robert E. Howard. This is its first publication. It first appeared in book form by Ace Books in the paperback collection Conan of Aquilonia in May 1977 which was reprinted several times through 1994. The first British edition was published by Sphere Books in October 1978.