Weird Tales 1929 August
Popular Fiction Publishing Company
Publication date: August 1929
Introduction
"The Shadow Kingdom" is a fantasy short story by American writer Robert E. Howard, the first of his Kull stories, set in his fictional Thurian Age. It was first published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales in August 1929.
The story introduces Kull himself, the setting of Valusia, Brule the Spear-Slayer (a supporting character), and the Serpent Men (who don't appear in any other work by Howard, but were adopted by later authors for derivative works and inclusion in the Cthulhu Mythos).
Notes
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Edition and production details
- Language
- English
- Edition format
- Pulp
- Publication date
- August 1929
- Pages
- 144
- Publisher / imprint
- Popular Fiction Publishing Company
- Cover art
- Hugh Rankin
- Illustrations
- Listed under notes
1 linked Howard work
- The Shadow Kingdom story Howard writing Publications
56 contents entries
- "The Shadow Kingdom"
- The Eyrie • (1924) • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch 148 · artwork
- Non-REH Content
- The Eyrie (Weird Tales, August 1929) • [The Eyrie] • essay by The Editor 148 · essay
- The Eyrie (letter column)
- Letter (Weird Tales, August 1929) • essay by Mrs. F. B. Marshall 148 · essay
- "The Inn of Terror" by Gaston Leroux
- Letter (Weird Tales, August 1929) • essay by Ethelle Stevens 148 · essay
- "The Speared Leopard" by John Horne
- Letter (Weird Tales, August 1929) • essay by E. L. Mengshoel 148 · essay
- "Demon Doom of N'Yeng Sen by Bassett Morgan
- Letter (Weird Tales, August 1929) • essay by Charles A. Rinschler 150 · essay
- "The Purple Sedan" by Lois Lane
- Letter (Weird Tales, August 1929) • essay by Edwin Meyers 150 · essay
- "Folks Used to Believe: The Murderer's Touch" by Alvin F. Harlow (article)
- Letter (Weird Tales, August 1929) • essay by L. H. Hardingham 150 · essay
- "Outside the Universe" (Part 2 of 4) by Edmond Hamilton
- Letter (Weird Tales, August 1929) • essay by Philip Almond 150 · essay
- "The Idol-Chaser" by Barry Scobee
- Next Month (Weird Tales, August 1929) • essay by uncredited 151 · essay
- "Ballad of Winds" by Paul Francis Sutton (poem)
- The Inn of Terror • [Capt. Michel] • short story by Gaston Leroux (trans. of L'auberge épouvantable 1925) 152 · story
- "The Hanging of Alfred Wadham" by E. F. Benson
- The Inn of Terror • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 152 · artwork
- "The Sorceress" by C. Noir (poem)
- The Shadow Kingdom • [Kull of Valusia] • novelette by Robert E. Howard 166 · novelette
- "An Examination in Diplomacy" by Edith M. Almedingen
- The Shadow Kingdom • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 166 · artwork
- "Old Mark" by August W. Derleth
- The Speared Leopard • short story by John Horne 183 · story
- "His Unconquerable Enemy" by W. C. Morrow
- The Speared Leopard • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin [as by Doak] 183 · artwork
- Weird Tales, August 1929 • [Weird Tales Decorations] • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch (variant of Weird Tales, February 1925 [2] 1925) 192 · artwork
- Demon Doom of N'Yeng Sen • novelette by Bassett Morgan 193 · novelette
- Demon Doom of N'Yeng Sen • interior artwork by Quindaro 193 · artwork
- Weird Tales, August 1929 [2] • [Weird Tales Decorations] • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch (variant of Weird Tales, January 1925 1925) 206 · artwork
- The Purple Sedan • short story by Lois Lane 207 · story
- The Purple Sedan • interior artwork by Quindaro 207 · artwork
- Weird Tales, August 1929 • [Weird Tales Decorations] • interior artwork by uncredited (variant of Weird Tales, February 1925 1925) 217 · artwork
- Folks Used to Believe • (1927) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 218 · artwork
- The Murderer's Touch • [Folks Used to Believe] • essay by Alvin F. Harlow 218 · essay
- Outside the Universe (Part 2 of 4) • [Interstellar Patrol • 4] • serial by Edmond Hamilton 219
- Outside the Universe (Part 2 of 4) • interior artwork by C. C. Senf 219 · artwork
- The Idol-Chaser • short story by Barry Scobee 243 · story
- The Idol-Chaser • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin [as by Doak] 243 · artwork
- Ballad of Winds • poem by Paul Francis Sutton 252 · poem
- The Hanging of Alfred Wadham • (1928) • short story by E. F. Benson 253 · story
- The Hanging of Alfred Wadham • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin [as by Doak] 253 · artwork
- The Sorceress • poem by C. Noir 261 · poem
- An Examination in Diplomacy • short story by Edith M. Almedingen 262 · story
- Old Mark • short story by August Derleth [as by August W. Derleth] 266 · story
- Weird Tales, August 1929 [3] • [Weird Tales Decorations] • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch (variant of Weird Tales, December 1924 1924) 272 · artwork
- Weird Story Reprint • (1928) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 273 · artwork
- His Unconquerable Enemy • (1889) • short story by W. C. Morrow 273 · story
- Letter (Weird Tales, August 1929) • essay by Philip Kowalski 280 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, August 1929) • essay by Lilla Price Savino [as by Mrs. Lilla Price Savino] 280 · essay
Contributors
- Alvin F. Harlow
- Essayist
- Hugh Rankin
- Cover artist, Illustrator
- Andrew Brosnatch
- Illustrator
- Curtis C. Senf
- Illustrator
- Doak
- Illustrator
- Quindaro
- Illustrator
- Mrs. F. B. Marshall
- Essayist
- Philip Kowalski
- Essayist
- Ethelle Stevens
- Essayist
- Lilla Price Savino
- Essayist
- E. L. Mengshoel
- Essayist
- Charles A. Rinschler
- Essayist
- Edwin Meyers
- Essayist
- L. H. Hardingham
- Essayist
- Philip Almond
- Essayist
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Bibliographic and editorial layers
Bibliographic source layer
- Title
- Weird Tales Volume 14 Number 2
- Publisher
- Popular Fiction Publishing Company
- Date
- August 1929
- Source file
- weirdtalesV14N2-August1929.html
REH World editorial layer
- Title
- Weird Tales 1929 August
- Publisher
- Popular Fiction Publishing Company
- Date
- August 1929