Queen of the Black Coast

Synopsis

Written for the Weird Tales Magazine by Robert E. Howard, Queen of the Black Coast features the authors fictitious hero Conan. Excerpts from the novel below.

The Argus was a small sturdy ship, typical of those trading-craft which ply between the ports of Zingara and Argos and the southern coasts, hugging the shoreline and seldom venturing far into the open ocean. It was high of stern, with a tall curving prow; broad in the waist, sloping beautifully to stem and stern. It was guided by the long sweep from the poop, and propulsion was furnished mainly by the broad striped silk sail, aided by a jibsail.

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