Introduction
UNTITLED FRAGMENT (The battlefield stretched silent, . . .) is one of the original short stories by Howard, starring Conan. An untitled fragment begun in the 1930s but not finished or published in Howard’s lifetime. It was completed and titled by Lin Carter and given the name THE HAND OF NERGAL.
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Howard's fragment was published in:
- 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
- THE COMING OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Del Rey, November 2005
- CONAN 1, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, February 2006 (German)
- CONAN, O CIMÉRIO Volume 2, Conrad Editora, 2006 (Portuguese)
- CONAN LE CIMMÉRIEN, Bragelonne, October 2007 (French)
- CONAN LE CIMMÉRIEN, Bragelonne, April 2008 (French, 2nd printing)
- DOLAZAK KONANA SIMERIJANCA, IPS Media, 2009 (Serbian)
- CONAN LE CIMMÉRIEN, Bragelonne, 2010 (French, 3rd printing)
- CONAN I PRADAWNI BOGOWIE, Rebis, January 2011 (Polish)
- CONAN I PRADAWNI BOGOWIE, Rebis, July 2012 (Polish)
- CONAN LE CIMMÉRIEN, Bragelonne, September 2013 (French, 4th printing)
- CONAN – DIE ORIGINAL ERZÄHLUNGEN BAND 1, Festa Verlag, June 2015 (German)
- LE CIMMÉRIEN (CONAN, TOME 1), Le Livre de Poche, January 2019 (French)
- CONAN LE CIMMÉRIEN, Bragelonne, July 2021 (French)
- LA HORA DEL DRAGÓN, Sportula, April 2022 (Spanish)
