Written by Robert E. Howard

A Witch Shall Be Born

by Robert E. Howard

A Witch Shall Be Born is a fantasy novella written by Robert E. Howard for Weird Tales Magazine and published as part of Conan series of stories. Excerpts below.Taramis, queen of Khauran, awakened from a dream-haunted slumber to a silence that seemed more like the stillness of nighted catacombs than the normal quiet of a sleeping place. She la..

Jewels of Gwahlur

by Robert E. Howard

Jewels of Gwahlur is a science fiction fantasy novella written by Robert E. Howard featuring his fictitious hero Conan for the Weird tales Magazine. Excerpts from the book.Conan the Cimmerian, late of the Baracha Isles, of the Black Coast, and of many other climes where life ran wild, had come to the kingdom of Keshan following the lure of a f..

Shadows in the Moonlight

by Robert E. Howard

Shadows in the Moonlight is a sequel to Robert E. Howard's previous work Shadows in Zamboula, featuring the hero Conan and published in Weird Tales Magazine. Excerpts below.Olivia, staring up from the ground, saw what she took to be either a savage or a madman advancing on Shah Amurath in an attitude of deadly menace. He was powerfully bu..

Red Nails

by Robert E. Howard

WEIRD TALES published a story called "The Phoenix on the Sword," built around a barbarian adventurer named Conan, who had become king of a country by sheer force of valor and brute strength. The author of that story was Robert E. Howard, who was already a favorite with the readers of this magazine for his stories of Solomon Kane, the dour English P..