Introduction
Considered part of the Cthulhu Mythos. The story was sent to Argosy after having been rejected by both Adventure and Far East. it was later rejected by Argosy as well. Also sent to Fiction House on June 18, 1931, according to Rusty Burke’s timeline. Which magazine was not mentioned.
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Published in:
- FROM BEYOND THE DARK GATEWAY #3, Silver Scarab Press, April 1974
- SWORDS OF SHAHRAZAR, Berkley, March 1978
- TERRA FANTASY 80: DER SCHATZ DER TARTAREN, Erich Pabel Verlag KG, 1980 (German)
- KIRBY O’DONNELL, NeO, September 1984 (French)
- SWORDS OF SHAHRAZAR, Ace, November 1987
- CLAW OF THE DRAGON (KOGOT DRAKONA), North-West, 1999 (Russian)
- NAMELESS CULTS, Chaosium, December 2001
- VOLK DER FINSTERNIS, Festa Verlag, March 2010 (German)
- TALES OF WEIRD MENACE, REH Foundation Press, January 2011 (as “Black John’s Vengeance”)
- KRÓLESTWO CIENI I INNE OPOWIADANIA Z MITOLOGII CTHULHU, Agharta, January 2013 (Polish)
- CULTOS INOMINÁVEIS, Saída de Emergência, February 2014 (Portuguese)
- CULTOS INOMINÁVEIS, Saída de Emergência, March 2014 (Portuguese)
- AGNÈS LA NOIRE, Bragelonne, June 2014 (French)
- O MUNDO SOMBRIO: HISTÓRIAS DOS MITOS DE CTHULHU, Editora Clock Tower, March 2016 (Portuguese)
