Introduction
“The Snout in the Dark” is one of the original short stories by Robert E. Howard about Conan the Cimmerian, an untitled fragment begun in the 1930s but not finished or published in Howard’s lifetime. It was completed and titled by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter and in this form first published in the collection Conan of Cimmeria (1969).
See also UNTITLED DRAFT. (Amboola awakened slowly, …)
Published in:
- JEWELS OF GWAHLUR, Grant, 1979
- CROMLECH #3, Cryptic Publications, 1988 (synopsis)
- КОНАН УНИЩОЖИТЕЛЯ (KONAN UNISHTOZHITELYA), Ofir, 1996 (Bulgarian)
- THE CONAN CHRONICLES Volume 1, Millennium, August 2000, (fragment)
- CONAN YILLIKLARI 1: FIL KULESI, İthaki Yayınları, 2003 (Turkish, fragment)
- ÖSSZES CONAN TÖRTÉNETE I, Szukits Könyvkiadó, 2004 (Hungarian)
- THE COMPLETE CHRONICLES OF CONAN, Gollancz, January 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 (synopsis and draft, Japanese)
- THE CONAN CHRONICLES Volume 1, Gollancz, April 2008
- CONAN THE DESTROYER, Gollancz, October 2011
- CONAN JA MERIROSVOT, Oppian, January 2019 (Finnish)
- CONAN JA MERIROSVOT, Oppian, March 2020 (Finnish)
- ZOTHIQUE 10, Dagon Press, November 2021 (Italian)
L. Sprague de Camp finished this unpublished fragment, which came with a synopsis for the remainder of the story. Unhappy with the results, L. Sprague de Camp gave it to Lin Carter to revise. It appears in:
- CONAN OF CIMMERIA, Lancer, 1969
- CONAN VON CIMMERIA, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1970 (German)
- コナンと石碑の呪い (KONAN TO SEKIHI NO NOROI), Sōgen Suiri Bunko, June 1971 (Japanese)
- CONAN DE CIMERIA, Editorial Bruguera, 1973 (Spanish)
- CONAN OF CIMMERIA, Sphere, 1974
- CONAN VAN CIMMERIË, Zwarte Beertjes, 1976 (Dutch)
- CONAN OF CIMMERIA, Prestige, 1977
- CONAN DI CIMMERIA, Editrice Nord, September 1978 (Italian)
- CONAN LE CIMMERIEN, Jean-Claude Lattès, March 1982 (French)
- CONAN VON CIMMERIEN, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, May 1982 (German)
- CONAN LE CIMMERIEN, Jean-Claude Lattès, April 1983 (French, 2nd printing)
- CONAN EL CIMMERIO, Ediciones Forum, 1983 (Spanish)
- CONAN EN DE KONINGIN VAN DE ZWARTE KUST, W & L Boeken, 1983 (Dutch)
- CONAN VON CIMMERIEN, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1983 (German, 3rd edition)
- CONAN OF CIMMERIA, Ace, 1984
- CONAN LE CIMMÉRIEN, J’ai Lu, May 1985 (French)
- KONAN: PROKLETSTVO MONOLITA, Niro Dečje Novine, 1985 (Serbo-Croatian)
- CONAN CIMMERIERN, Aventyrsspel, 1987 (Swedish)
- THE CONAN CHRONICLES Volume 1, Sphere, August 1989
- LA LEGGENDA DI CONAN IL CIMMERO, Editrice Nord, October 1989 (Italian)
- CONAN LE CIMMÉRIEN, J’ai Lu, May 1990 (French, 2nd printing)
- CONAN Z CYMERII, Wydawnictwo PiK, 1991 (Polish)
- CONAN LE CIMMÉRIEN, J’ai Lu, April 1992 (French, 3rd printing)
- CONAN IL CIMMERO, Editrice Nord, June 1993 (Italian)
- CONAN VON CIMMERIEN, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, May 1994 (German)
- CONAN FRA KIMMERIA, Semic / Nordisk Forlag A/S, 1994 (Norwegian)
- LA SAGA DI CONAN IL CIMMERO, Editrice Nord, 1994 (Italian)
- CONAN EL CIMMERIO, Ediciones Martinez Roca, 1995 (Spanish)
- CONAN: ESPADA & MAGIA VOLUME 3, Unicórnio Azul, 1995 (Portuguese)
- CONAN, Claude Lefrancq Editeur, October 1998 (French)
- BARBAR POKOL, Cherubion Könyvkiadó, 2000 (Hungarian)
- CONAN: KLETBA MONOLITU , United Fans / Klub Julese Vernea, 2004 (Czech)