Weird Tales 1934 May
Popular Fiction Publishing Company
Publication date: February 1934
Introduction
"Queen of the Black Coast" is one of the original short stories about Conan the Cimmerian. First published in Weird Tales magazine May 1934. Conan becomes a notorious pirate and plunder the coastal villages of Kush alongside Bêlit, a head-strong femme fatale.
Due to its epic scope and atypical romance, the story is considered an undisputed classic of Conan lore and is often cited by Howard scholars as one of his most famous tales.
Howard earned $115 for the sale of this story to Weird Tales and it is now in the public domain.
Notes
Volume 23, Number 5.
Page numbers include covers.
Page numbers run from 529 through 656.
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Edition and production details
- Language
- English
- Edition format
- Pulp
- Publication date
- February 1934
- Pages
- 128
- Publisher / imprint
- Popular Fiction Publishing Company
- Cover art
- Margaret Brundage
- Illustrations
- Se above
- Media details
- Girasol November 2012
1 linked Howard work
- Queen of the Black Coast story Howard writing Publications
58 contents entries
- "Queen of the Black Coast"
- Queen of the Black Coast • [Conan] • novelette by Robert E. Howard 530 · novelette
- Non-REH Content
- Queen of the Black Coast • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 530 · artwork
- "Vampires of the Moon" (Part 1 of 3) by A. W. Bernal
- Vampires of the Moon (Part 1 of 3) • serial by Arthur William Bernal 550
- "Scarlet Dream" by C. L. Moore
- Vampires of the Moon (Part 1 of 3) • interior artwork by H. R. Hammond 550 · artwork
- "The Satanic Piano" by Carl Jacobi
- Scarlet Dream • [Northwest Smith] • novelette by C. L. Moore 565 · novelette
- "Incubus" by August Derleth (poem)
- Scarlet Dream • interior artwork by H. R. Hammond 565 · artwork
- "Satan's Garden" (Part 2 of 2) by E. Hoffmann Price
- Weird Tales, May 1934 • [Weird Tales Decorations] • interior artwork by Frank Utpatel (variant of Weird Tales, December 1932 1932) 580 · artwork
- "Bellowing Bamboo" by Anthony Rud
- The Satanic Piano • novelette by Carl Jacobi 581 · novelette
- "Mementos" by Marie W. Linne (poem)
- The Satanic Piano • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 581 · artwork
- "The Tomb-Spawn" by Clark Ashton Smith
- Incubus • poem by August Derleth [as by August W. Derleth] 600 · poem
- "The Gray Death" by Loual B. Sugarman
- Satan's Garden (Part 2 of 2) • [Pierre d'Atois] • serial by E. Hoffmann Price 601
- "Atavism" by A. Leslie (poem)
- Satan's Garden (Part 2 of 2) • interior artwork by H. R. Hammond 601 · artwork
- The Eyrie (letter column)
- Bellowing Bamboo • short story by Anthony M. Rud [as by Anthony Rud] 625 · story
- Bellowing Bamboo • interior artwork by H. R. Hammond 625 · artwork
- Mementos • poem by Marie W. Linne 633 · poem
- The Tomb-Spawn • [Zothique] • short story by Clark Ashton Smith 634 · story
- Weird Story Reprint • (1928) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 640 · artwork
- The Gray Death • (1923) • short story by Loual B. Sugarman 640 · story
- Atavism • poem by A. Leslie 647 · poem
- The Eyrie • (1924) • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch 648 · artwork
- The Eyrie (Weird Tales, May 1934) • [The Eyrie] • essay by The Editor 648 · essay
- The Fantasy Fan (excerpt) • essay by Julius Schwartz 648 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, May 1934): He Likes Cave's Stories • essay by Frederick John Walsen 648 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, May 1934): Jack Reads WT at Night • essay by Jack Darrow 648 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, May 1934): About an Author's Page • essay by Alvin Earl Perry [as by Earl Perry] 648 · essay
- Coming Next Month (Weird Tales, May 1934) • essay by uncredited 649 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, May 1934): Praise from a Canadian Reader • essay by C. H. Cameron 650 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, May 1934): Orchids for Doctor Keller • essay by C. L. Leighton 650 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, May 1934): About Jules de Grandin • essay by Fred Anger 650 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, May 1934): From New Zealand • essay by G. W. Hockley 650 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, May 1934): A Weird Suggestion • [Letters: Wilson Tucker] • essay by Wilson Tucker [as by Bob Tucker] 652 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, May 1934): He Doesn't Like Vampires • essay by G. A. Robinson 652 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, May 1934): The Parade of the Nudes • essay by Mrs. Harriet K. Evans 652 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, May 1934): Doctor Keller's Serial • essay by Thomas Monning 652 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, May 1934): Poetry in WT • essay by Frank Bristol 653 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, May 1934): Demons and Werewolves • essay by Daniel Lee 653 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, May 1934): In Praise of Jules de Grandin • essay by Mabel Hayden 653 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, May 1934): Against the Nudes • essay by Joseph H. Heil 653 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, May 1934): In Defense of Miss Bennett • essay by E. L. Mengshoel 654 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, May 1934): She Likes Rankin's Pictures • essay by Irene Pierce 654 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, May 1934): A Bouquet for Mrs. Heald • essay by Bernard J. Kenton 654 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, May 1934): The Nightmare Road • essay by L. J. Dixon 655 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, May 1934): Too Bloody • essay by C. E. Baker 655 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, May 1934): About Interplanetary Stories • essay by Kent Yarnell 655 · essay
- Letter (Weird Tales, May 1934): A Word About Reprints • essay by J. J. O'Donnell 656 · essay
Contributors
- Margaret Brundage
- Cover artist
- Andrew Brosnatch
- Illustrator
- Hugh Rankin
- Illustrator
- H. R. Hammond
- Illustrator
- Julius Schwartz
- Essayist
- Frederick John Walsen
- Essayist
- Jack Darrow
- Essayist
- Alvin Earl Perry
- Essayist
- C. H. Cameron
- Essayist
- C. L. Leighton
- Essayist
- Fred Anger
- Essayist
- G. W. Hockley
- Essayist
- Wilson Tucker
- Essayist
- G. A. Robinson
- Essayist
- Mrs. Harriet K. Evans
- Essayist
- Thomas Monning
- Essayist
- Frank Bristol
- Essayist
- Daniel Lee
- Essayist
- Mabel Hayden
- Essayist
- Joseph H. Heil
- Essayist
- E. L. Mengshoel
- Essayist
- Irene Pierce
- Essayist
- Bernard J. Kenton
- Essayist
- L. J. Dixon
- Essayist
- C. E. Baker
- Essayist
- Kent Yarnell
- Essayist
- J. J. O'Donnell
- Essayist
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Bibliographic and editorial layers
Bibliographic source layer
- Title
- Weird Tales Volume 23 Number 5
- Publisher
- Popular Fiction Publishing Company
- Date
- May 1934
- Source file
- weirdtalesV23N5-May1934.html
REH World editorial layer
- Title
- Weird Tales 1934 May
- Publisher
- Popular Fiction Publishing Company
- Date
- February 1934