Anthology/novel based on an unfinished story by Robert E. Howard, with a different author writing each of the 17 chapters. The first 12 chapters were published in five issues of the fanzine Fantasy Crossroads; the remainder appears here for the first time.

Written by Robert E. Howard, Karl Edward Wagner, Joseph Brennan; Richard L. Tierney; Michael Moorcock; Charles R. Saunders; Andrew J. Offutt; Manly Wade Wellman; Darrell Schweitzer; A. E. Van Vogt; Brian Lumley; Frank Belknap Long; Adrian Cole; Ramsey Campbell; H. Warner Munn; Marion Zimmer Bradley; Richard A. Lupoff

Contents

• 7 • Genseric’s Son (Part 1 of 17) • [James Allison] • (1977) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
• 11 • The Coming of Ghor (Part 2 of 17) • (1977) • short fiction by Karl Edward Wagner
• 19 • Ghor’s Revenge (Part 3 of 17) • (1977) • short fiction by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 29 • The Ice Woman’s Prophecy (Part 4 of 17) • (1977) • short fiction by Richard L. Tierney
• 37 • The Nemedians (Part 5 of 17) • (1977) • short fiction by Michael Moorcock
• 43 • Betrayal in Belverus (Part 6 of 17) • (1977) • short fiction by Charles R. Saunders
• 55 • Lord General of Nemedia (Part 7 of 17) • (1978) • short fiction by Andrew J. Offutt
• 65 • The Oath of Agha Junghaz (Part 8 of 17) • (1978) • short fiction by Manly Wade Wellman
• 77 • The Mouth of the Earth (Part 9 of 17) • (1978) • short fiction by Darrell Schweitzer
• 88 • The Gods Defied (Part 10 of 17) • (1978) • short fiction by A. E. van Vogt
• 94 • Swordsmith and Sorcerer (Part 11 of 17) • (1979) • short fiction by Brian Lumley
• 105 • The Gift of Lycanthropy (Part 12 of 17) • (1979) • short fiction by Frank Belknap Long
• 122 • The War Among the Gods (Part 13 of 17) • short fiction by Adrian Cole
• 133 • The Ways of Chaos (Part 14 of 17) • short fiction by Ramsey Campbell
• 141 • The Caves of Stygia (Part 15 of 17) • short fiction by H. Warner Munn
• 152 • Doom of the Thrice-Cursed (Part 16 of 17) • short fiction by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• 163 • The River of Fog (Part 17 of 17) • short fiction by Richard A. Lupoff
• 176 • Publisher’s Note (Ghor, Kin-Slayer) • essay by uncredited

Notes

Ghor, Kin Slayer was conceived in the late 1970s by Jonathan Bacon, editor of FANTASY CROSSROADS, a popular fanzine during the REH “boom” of that period.
Bacon had been presented with the unfinished REH story “Genseric’s Son” and set out to have it completed in a “round-robin” fashion by a series of authors.
Beginning with FANTASY CROSSROADS in March 1977, Bacon planned to publish two or three chapters per issue until the 17-chapter saga was completed.
After Chapter 12 saw print in the January 1979 issue of FANTASY CROSSROADS, the magazine ceased publication.
This edition reprints the first 12 chapters plus the five concluding chapters that were thought to be lost.