Volume 3 in a series of 5 books. Meticulously restored text by renowned Howard scholar Paul Herman. This book includes material from the Wildside Press volumes “Gardens of Fear” and “Beyond the Black River.”

This book also contains THE CHALLENGE FROM BEYOND which is a round-robin (collaboration) 1935 horror short story written by Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Frank Belknap Long, Robert E. Howard, C. L. Moore, and Abraham Merritt. It was published in Fantasy Magazine and is part of the Cthulhu Mythos.

Contents

• 7 • A Witch Shall Be Born • [Conan] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 75 • The Grisly Horror • (1935) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 121 • Jewels of Gwahlur • [Conan] • (1935) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 189 • Beyond the Black River • [Conan] • (1935) • novella by Robert E. Howard
• 277 • The Challenge from Beyond (Part 4 of 5) • [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] • (1935) • serial by Robert E. Howard and Frank Belknap Long and H. P. Lovecraft and A. Merritt and C. L. Moore [as by Robert E. Howard]
• 303 • Shadows in Zamboula • [Conan] • (1935) • novelette by Robert E. Howard

Notes

Edited by Paul Herman. All the stories have been edited back to match the original pulp publications.

The Cosmos Books series is based off the Wildside Press series. It combines two or more volumes at a time (as well as taking out some content with copyright questions) to make a new five book series in mass market paperback format.

Published by Dorchester Publishing Co. in collaboration with Wildside Press. “Cosmos Books” is the property of Wildside Press.