and their memory was a bitter tree

Introduction

Notes

Edition and production details

11 linked Howard works

• A Witch Shall be Bornstory
• Jewels of Gwahlurstory
• Lines Written In theRealization That I Must Dieverse
• Queen of the Black Coaststory
• Recompenseverse
• Red Nailsstory
• Shadows in the Moonlightstory
• Shadows in Zamboulastory
• The Devil in Ironstory
• The People of the Black Circlestory
• The Singer in the Mist (1)verse

53 contents entries

1. "Whispers of Immortality" by Arnie Fenner (Introduction)
2. "Queen of the Black Coast"
3. "Shadows in the Moonlight"
4. "A Witch Shall Be Born"
5. "The Devil in Iron"
6. "The People of the Black Circle"
7. "Shadows in Zamboula"
8. "Red Nails"
9. "Jewels of Gwahlur"
10. "Afterword" by H. P. Lovecraft
11. "The Singer in the Mist" (poem)
12. "Lines Written in the Realization That I Must Die" (poem)
13. "Recompense" (poem)
14. fep • The Hyborian Age (map) • (1977) • interior artwork by George Barr artwork
15. "... and Their Memory Was a Bitter Tree ...": Queen of the Black Coast and Others (frontispiece) • interior artwork by Brom (variant of cover art for "... and Their Memory Was a Bitter Tree ...": Queen of the Black Coast and Others) ii · artwork
16. Whispers of Immortality • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Conan of Cimmeria 1969) vi · artwork
17. Whispers of Immortality • essay by Arnie Fenner vii · essay
18. Weird Tales, May 1934 (cover) • (1934) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, May 1934) viii · artwork
19. Skull-Face and Others (cover) • (2001) • interior artwork by Hannes Bok (variant of cover art for Skull-Face and Others 1946) ix · artwork
20. Conan the Barbarian (cover) • (1954) • interior artwork by Ed Emshwiller (variant of cover art for Conan the Barbarian) x · artwork
21. Conan the Adventurer (cover) • (1966) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Conan the Adventurer) xi · artwork
22. Queen of the Black Coast • [Conan] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 1 · novelette
23. [1] • Queen of the Black Coast • interior artwork by Brom (variant of cover art for "... and Their Memory Was a Bitter Tree ...": Queen of the Black Coast and Others) artwork
24. [32] • Queen of the Black Coast • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Conan the Adventurer 1966) artwork
25. Shadows in the Moonlight • [Conan] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 33 · novelette
26. [33] • Shadows in the Moonlight • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta artwork
27. A Witch Shall Be Born • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta 68 · artwork
28. A Witch Shall Be Born • [Conan] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 69 · novelette
29. [80] • A Witch Shall Be Born [2] • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta artwork
30. [81] • A Witch Shall Be Born [3] • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta artwork
31. The Devil in Iron • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of A Witch Shall Be Born) 116 · artwork
32. The Devil in Iron • [Conan] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 117 · novelette
33. [144] • The Devil in Iron [2] • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Conan 1967) artwork
34. [145] • The Devil in Iron [3] • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta artwork
35. The People of the Black Circle • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of A Witch Shall Be Born) 150 · artwork
36. The People of the Black Circle • [Conan] • (1934) • novella by Robert E. Howard 151 · novelette
37. [192] • The People of the Black Circle [2] • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Conan the Conqueror 1967) artwork
38. [193] • The People of the Black Circle [3] • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta artwork
39. Shadows in Zamboula • [Conan] • (1935) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 237 · novelette
40. [240] • Shadows in Zamboula • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta artwork
41. [241] • Shadows in Zamboula [2] • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta artwork
42. Red Nails • [Conan] • (1936) • novella by Robert E. Howard 271 · novelette
43. [304] • Red Nails • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Hoe Ver Is Dunn? 1984) artwork
44. [305] • Red Nails [2] • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta artwork
45. Jewels of Gwahlur • [Conan] • (1935) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 357 · novelette
46. [368] • Jewels of Gwahlur • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Conan the Avenger 1968) artwork
47. [369] • Jewels of Gwahlur • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta artwork
48. In Memoriam: Robert Ervin Howard • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of A Witch Shall Be Born) 404 · artwork
49. In Memoriam: Robert Ervin Howard • (1936) • essay by H. P. Lovecraft 405 · essay
50. The Singer in the Mist • [Sonnets Out of Bedlam • 5] • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard 411 · poem
51. Lines Written in the Realization That I Must Die • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard 412 · poem
52. Recompense • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard 413 · poem
53. "... and Their Memory Was a Bitter Tree ...": Queen of the Black Coast and Others • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Conan the Conqueror 1967) bc · artwork

Contributors

Brom

Cover artist

Brom, Frank Frazetta, George Barr

Illustrator

Characters / Featuring

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