Introduction
“Rogues in the House” is one of the original short stories starring Conan. First published in Weird Tales magazine in January 1934. Sold for $100.00.
It is set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan inadvertently becoming involved in the struggle between two powerful men fighting for control of a city-state. It was the seventh Conan story Howard had published. It features a fight between Conan and an intelligent ape-like hominid.
It is famous for the fight scene between Conan and an ape, often known as the cover by artist Frank Frazetta.
Prior to the story’s beginning, Conan kills a corrupt priest of Anu, who was both a fence and police informer. However, Conan was arrested after he became intoxicated and a prostitute turned him in. Languishing in a jail cell while awaiting his execution, Conan receives Murilo’s visit and is proposed a bargain: in exchange for setting him free and getting him out of Corinthia with a bag of gold, Conan will assassinate Nabonidus.
Published in:
- WEIRD TALES VOLUME 23 NUMBER 1, Popular Fiction Publishing Company, January 1934
- TERROR BY NIGHT, Selwyn & Blount, August 1934
- SKULL-FACE AND OTHERS, Arkham House, 1946
- MORE NOT AT NIGHT, Arrow, 1st, 1961
- MORE NOT AT NIGHT, Arrow, 2nd, 1963
- PIONEER OF WONDER NO. 28, Follow (Fellowship of the Lords of the Lands of Wonder), Summer 1969 (German)
- NEVER AT NIGHT, Arrow, 1972 (reprint of More Not at Night)
- SKULL-FACE OMNIBUS, Neville Spearman, 1974
- MARVEL TREASURY EDITION #4, Marvel Comics, March 1975 (graphic adaptation)
- SKULL-FACE OMNIBUS, Neville Spearman, 1975
- SKULL-FACE OMNIBUS, Volume 3, Panther, 1976
- ROGUES IN THE HOUSE, Grant, 1976
- CONAN SAGA VOLUME 1 NUMBER 4, Marvel Comics, August 1987 (graphic adaptation)
- CONAN Z CIMMERII, Wydawnictwo Alfa, 1988 (Polish)
- MUŽ Z CIMMERIE, Klub Julese Vernea, 1989 (Czech)
- L’IRA DI CONAN, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, February 1990 (Italian)
- CONAN: VĔŽ SLONA A JINÉ POVÍDKY, Klub Julese Vernea, Fall 1990 (Czech)
- CONAN JA DEMONIT, Jalava, 1990 (Finnish)
- TALÁLKOZÁS NUMBER 7, Art Phoenix Kft., 1990 (Hungarian, Part 1)
- BARBAROK ES VARAZSLOK, Phoenix Könyvkiadó, 1991 (Hungarian)
- CONAN A KIMMÉRIAI, Phoenix Könyvkiadó, 1993 (Hungarian)
- TUTTI I CICLI FANTASTICI – IL CICLO DI CONAN TOMO I, Newton Compton Editori, April 1995 (Italian)
- CONAN JA MUSTA RANNIKU KUNINGANNA, Elmatar, 1999 (Estonian)
- THE CONAN CHRONICLES Volume 1, Millennium, August 2000
- CONAN: VĔŽ SLONA A JINÉ POVÍDKY, BB Art, 2001 (Czech)
- COMPLETE CONAN OF CIMMERIA VOLUME 1, Wandering Star, 2002
- CONAN, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, September 2003 (German)
- THE COMING OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Del Rey, December 2003
- THE COMING OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Science Fiction Book Club, December 2003
- CONAN YILLIKLARI 1: FIL KULESI, İthaki Yayınları, 2003 (Turkish)
- ÖSSZES CONAN TÖRTÉNETE I, Szukits Könyvkiadó, 2004 (Hungarian)
- SAVAGE ADVENTURES, Wild Cat Books, 2004
- CONAN. IL CERCHIO NERO, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, June 2005 (Italian)
- THE COMING OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Del Rey, November 2005
- RED NAILS, Incarna Publishing, 2005
- SAVAGE PULP #1, Incarna Publishing, 2005
- CONAN – A RAINHA DA COSTA NEGRA, Saída de Emergência, 2005 (Portuguese)
- THE WEIRD WRITINGS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 1, Girasol Collectables, January 2006
- THE COMPLETE CHRONICLES OF CONAN, Gollancz, January 2006
- CONAN 1, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, February 2006 (German)
- VALLEY OF THE WORM, Wildside Press, April 2006
- 新訂版コナン全集1: 黒い海岸の女王 (SHINTEIBAN KONAN ZENSHŪ 1: KUROI KAIGAN NO JŌŌ)(THE AUTHORIZED CONAN CHRONICLES 1: QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST), Tōkyō Sōgensha, October 2006 (Japanese)
- CONAN, O CIMÉRIO Volume 2, Conrad Editora, 2006 (Portuguese)
- FIVE TALES OF CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Echo Library, March 2007
- CONAN #41, Dark Horse Comics, June 2007 (Part 1 of 4, graphic adaptation)
- CONAN #42, Dark Horse Comics, July 2007 (Part 2 of 4, graphic adaptation)
- CONAN #43, Dark Horse Comics, August 2007 (Part 3 of 4, graphic adaptation)
- CONAN #44, Dark Horse Comics, October 2007 (Part 4 of 4, graphic adaptation)
- CONAN LE CIMMÉRIEN, Bragelonne, October 2007 (French)
- CONAN I, Aurora, 2007 (Czech)
- ROGUES IN THE HOUSE, Dodo Press, February 2008
- CONAN LE CIMMÉRIEN, Bragelonne, April 2008 (French, 2nd printing)
- THE CONAN CHRONICLES Volume 1, Gollancz, April 2008
- THE ADVENTUROUS TALES OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Onno Tasler, October 2008
- CONAN. IL CERCHIO NERO, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 2008 (Italian)
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Prion Books, May 2009 (U.K.)
- THE COMING OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Tantor Media Inc., June 2009 (audio)
- DOLAZAK KONANA SIMERIJANCA, IPS Media, 2009 (Serbian)
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Easton Press, January 2010
- CONAN – THE FRAZETTA COVER SERIES #5, Dark Horse Comics, July 2010 (graphic adaptation)
- SWORD’S EDGE: PAINTINGS INSPIRED BY THE WORKS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, Underwood Books, September 2010 (excerpt only)
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Prion Books, November 2010
- CONAN LE CIMMÉRIEN, Bragelonne, 2010 (French, 3rd printing)
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Metro Books, 2010
- MUSTAN RANNIKON KUNINGATAR JA MUITA CONAN-KERTOMUKSIA, Jalava, 2010 (Finnish)
- CONAN I PRADAWNI BOGOWIE, Rebis, January 2011 (Polish)
- CONAN IL BARBARO, Newton Compton Editori, July 2011 (Italian)
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN: THE CLASSIC ORIGINAL STORIES THAT INSPIRED THE FILM, Gollancz, July 2011
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN: THE STORIES THAT INSPIRED THE MOVIE, Del Rey, August 2011
- CONAN IL BARBARO, Newton Compton Editori, October 2011 (Italian)
- CONAN THE DESTROYER, Gollancz, October 2011
- CONAN BARBARZYŃCA, Rea, April 2012 (Polish)
- CONAN I PRADAWNI BOGOWIE, Rebis, July 2012 (Polish)
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Jame-Books, August 2012
- CONAN 1, Urco Editora, 2012 (Galician)
- LEGJOBB CONAN-TÖRTÉNETEI, Szukits Könyvkiadó, 2012 (Hungarian)
- ROBERT E. HOWARD’S COLLECTED WORKS, Jame-Books, February 2013
- CONAN LE CIMMÉRIEN, Bragelonne, September 2013 (French, 4th printing)
- CONAN: MEČ S FÉNIXEM A JINÉ POVÍDKY, Dobrovský, 2013 (Czech)
- PULP REPLICA: WEIRD TALES VOLUME 23 NUMBER 1, Girasol Collectables, July 2014
- CONAN BARBARZYŃCA. TOM 1, BookRage, December 2014 (Polish)
- CONAN – DIE ORIGINAL ERZÄHLUNGEN BAND 2, Festa Verlag, June 2015 (German)
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Ulwencreutz Media, November 2015
- CONAN BARBARZYŃCA, Rea, November 2015 (Polish)
- КОНАН TOM 1, Изток-Запад (East West), 2015 (Bulgarian)
- CONAN IL BARBARO, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, October 2016 (Italian)
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN – COLLECTED ADVENTURES, The Castanea Group, December 2016
- CONAN: BROADSWORD LEGACY COLLECTION, Shirtsleeve Press, April 2017
- ROGUES IN THE HOUSE, Sir Angels, April 2017
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN – COLLECTED ADVENTURES, The Castanea Group, June 2017
- ROBERT E. HOWARD’S CONAN THE CIMMERIAN BARBARIAN: THE COMPLETE WEIRD TALES OMNIBUS, Pulp-Lit Press, June 2017
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN – COLLECTED ADVENTURES, Audible Audio, June 2017
- THE CLASSIC FANTASY COLLECTION, Arcturus Publishing, July 2017
- ROBERT E. HOWARD’S CONAN THE CIMMERIAN BARBARIAN: THE COMPLETE WEIRD TALES OMNIBUS, Easton Press, 2017
- THE CLASSIC FANTASY COLLECTION, Arcturus Publishing, March 2018
- NACERÁ UNA BRUJA, Sportula, March 2018 (Spanish)
- CONAN, O BÁRBARO – LIVRO 2, Pipoca e Nanquim, September 2018 (Portuguese)
- LE CIMMÉRIEN (CONAN, TOME 1), Le Livre de Poche, January 2019 (French)
- LES AVENTURES DE CONAN LE CIMMÉRIEN, MS BookS, April 2019 (French)
- NACERÁ UNA BRUJA, Sportula, April 2019 (Spanish, 2nd edition)
- CONAN LE CIMMÉRIEN: LA MAISON AUX TROIS BANDITS, Glénat, September 2020 (French, graphic adaptation)
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN: COMPLETE COLLECTION, Nighttime Editions, 2020.
- OS CONTOS MAIS ÉPICOS DE CONAN, Saída de Emergência, May 2021 (Portuguese)
- CONAN LE CIMMÉRIEN, Bragelonne, July 2021 (French)
- ROBERT E. HOWARD AND WEIRD TALES, Dennis McHaney, November 2021 (excerpt only)
The L. Sprague de Camp edited version of this story appears in the following places:
- THE COMING OF CONAN, Gnome Press, 1953 (edited by LSDC)
- CONAN, Lancer, 1968
- CONAN, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1970 (German)
- 冒険者コナン (BŌKENSHA KONAN) (ADVENTURER CONAN), Hayakawa Bunko, January 1971 (Japanese)
- コナンと髑髏の都 (KONAN TO DOKURO NO MIYAKO), Sōgen Suiri Bunko, April 1971 (Japanese)
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN #11, Marvel, November 1971
- CONAN, Edition Spéciale, June 1972 (French)
- CONAN, Editorial Bruguera, 1973 (Spanish)
- CONAN, Sphere, 1974
- CONAN!, Editrice Nord, June 1976 (Italian)
- CONAN, Zwarte Beertjes, 1976 (Dutch)
- CONAN, Prestige, 1977
- CONAN, Jean-Claude Lattès, 1st Quarter 1980 (French)
- CONAN, Ace, 1981
- CONAN, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, May 1982 (German)
- DAS GROSSE BUCH DER FANTASY, Bastei Verlag, October 1982 (German)
- CONAN, Jean-Claude Lattès, April 1983 (French, 2nd printing)
- DAS GROSSE BUCH DER FANTASY, Bastei Verlag, October 1983 (German)
- CONAN DE BARBAAR, W & L Boeken, 1983 (Dutch)
- CONAN, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1983 (German, 3rd edition)
- CONAN: ORIGEN DE UNA LEYENDA, Ediciones Forum, 1983 (Spanish)
- CONAN, J’ai Lu, December 1984 (French)
- KONAN, Niro Dečje Novine, 1984 (Yugoslavia/Croatian)
- CONAN, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1985 (German, 4th edition)
- CONAN, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1987 (German, 5th edition)
- CONAN, Aventyrsspel, 1987 (Swedish)
- ROSTRO DE CALAVERA, ST, 1987 (Spanish)
- DAS GROSSE BUCH DER FANTASY, Bastei Verlag, October 1988 (German)
- THE CONAN CHRONICLES Volume 1, Sphere, August 1989
- LA LEGGENDA DI CONAN IL CIMMERO, Editrice Nord, October 1989 (Italian)
- CONAN, SFK Winston, 1989 (Czech)
- CONAN, J’ai Lu, May 1990 (French, 2nd printing)
- CONAN, Wydawnictwo PiK, 1991 (Polish)
- CONAN BARBAR, AFSF, 1991 (Czech)
- КОНАН ВАРВАРИНЪТ (KONAN VARVARINĂT), Rolis, 1991 (Bulgarian)
- CONAN, J’ai Lu, April 1992 (French, 3rd printing)
- CONAN, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, June 1992 (German)
- CONAN IL CIMMERO, Editrice Nord, June 1993 (Italian)
- CONAN, AFSF, 1994 (Czech)
- CONAN, Semic / Nordisk Forlag A/S, 1994 (Norwegian)
- LA SAGA DI CONAN IL CIMMERO, Editrice Nord, 1994 (Italian)
- CONAN, Editura Fantasia, 1995 (Romanian)
- CONAN, Ediciones Martinez Roca, 1995 (Spanish)
- CONAN: ESPADA & MAGIA VOLUME 1, Unicórnio Azul, 1995 (Portuguese)
- CONAN, J’ai Lu, 1996 (French, 4th printing)
- CONAN I: BARBAR, AFSF, 1997 (Czech)
- CONAN II: DOBYVATEL, AFSF, 1997 (Czech)
- CONAN, Claude Lefrancq Editeur, October 1998 (French)
- CONAN, Zagrebačka naklada, 1998 (Croatian)
- KONANAS, Eridanas, 2000 (Lithuanian)
- CONAN, J’ai Lu, March 2001 (French, 5th printing)
- コナンと髑髏の都 (KONAN TO DOKURO NO MIYAKO), Sōgen Suiri Bunko, 2001 (Japanese)
- CONAN DE CIMMERIER, De Boekerij – Uitgeverij M, March 2003 (Dutch)
- CONAN, J’ai Lu, February 2004 (French, 6th printing)