Old Adam Farrel lay dead in the house wherein he had lived alone for the last twenty years. A silent, churlish recluse, in his life he had known no friends, and only two men had watched his passing… little did they know the Fearsome Touch of Death has not left the house…
“The Devil in Iron” is one of the original stories by Robert E. Howard about Conan the Cimmerian, first published here in Weird Tales in August 1934. Howard earned $115 for the publication of this story.
The plot concerns the resurrection of a mythical demon due to the theft of a sacred dagger, and an unrelated trap that lures Conan to the island fortress roamed by the demon. Due to its plot loopholes and borrowed elements from “Iron Shadows in the Moon”.
“The People of the Black Circle” is one of the original novellas about Conan the Cimmerian, by Robert E. Howard and first published in Weird Tales magazine in three parts over the September, October and November 1934 issues. Howard earned $250 for the publication of this story. This issue contains the third and last part.
“The People of the Black Circle” part 2 – is one of the original novellas about Conan the Cimmerian, by Robert E. Howard and first published in Weird Tales magazine in three parts over the September, October and November 1934 issues. Howard earned $250 for the publication of this story.
It’s set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan kidnapping an exotic princess from Vendhya (prehistoric India), while foiling a nefarious plot of world conquest by the Black Seers of Yimsha. Due to its epic scope and atypical Hindustan flavor, the story is considered an undisputed classic of Conan lore and is often cited by Howard scholars as one of his best tales. It is also one of the few Howard stories where the reader is treated a deeper insight on magic and magicians beyond the stereotypical Hyborian depiction as demon conjurer-illusionist-priests.
Two Against Tyre is a chapbook published in 1975 by Dennis McHaney, containing the short story of the same name by Robert E. Howard. The story, featuring the lesser-known character Eithriall the Gaul,
“The People of the Black Circle” is one of the original novellas about Conan the Cimmerian, by Robert E. Howard and first published in Weird Tales magazine in three parts over the September, October and November 1934 issues. Howard earned $250 for the publication of this story.
It’s set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan kidnapping an exotic princess from Vendhya (prehistoric India), while foiling a nefarious plot of world conquest by the Black Seers of Yimsha. Due to its epic scope and atypical Hindustan flavor, the story is considered an undisputed classic of Conan lore and is often cited by Howard scholars as one of his best tales. It is also one of the few Howard stories where the reader is treated a deeper insight on magic and magicians beyond the stereotypical Hyborian depiction as demon conjurer-illusionist-priests.
This monumental issue contains the full length cover story Wolfshead by Robert E. Howard, plus the story “The Outsider” by H.P. Lovecraft, “The Vengence of India” by Seabury Quinn and much more!
The 4th and last of these chapbooks came in October 1996, 5 years after the previous. Stories and fragments by Robert E. Howard, Robert M. Price (Editor)
Text prepared by John Bullard and Rob Roehm
First appearance of Drafts A, B, and C.
Not available for individual sale.
Prepared for Legacy Circle members of the Robert E. Howard Foundation.
Prepared for publication by Dennis McHaney
Cited as being published by the REH Foundation Press on the copyright page.
Not available for individual sale.
This chapbook was provided to Legacy Circle members of the Robert E. Howard Foundation with Newsletter #1. It is a limited edition and all surplus copies will be destroyed at year’s end.
