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Robert E. Howard

Creator Robert E. Howard (1906-1936)
Profession Short story writer, Poet, Novelist, Epistolean
Total Entries 20
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The Untimely Death of Robert E. Howard – Kirkus Reviews
Robert E. Howard – Wikipedia
Robert E. Howard became famous for creating Conan. But that warrior was only the beginning. – The Washington Post
Hither Came Conan. Indeed. The iron-thewed Cimmerian trod the thrones of the earth under his sandaled feet. Usually, while wearing nothing more than a loincloth… Robert E. Howard completed twenty-one tales of Conan, as well as a few more fragments. Of course, some stories were better than others, but even those generally considered among “the worst” offer evidence of Howard’s expertise as a story teller. “The God in the Bowl” rarely makes anybody’s Favorites List, but I wrote an essay, positing that it was a very early example of a police procedural; before the term even existed. Which might leave the average reader wondering, “What are the best stories in the Conan Canon?” Black Gate is here to tell you… ALL OF THEM! ~ Hither Came Conan – Black Gate

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Aryara

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In “The Children of the Night,” a group of men discuss old books, artifacts, race, and the Cult of Bran, who worship the Dark Man, an ancient king of the Picts called Bran Mak Morn. […]
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In “The Children of the Night,” a group of men discuss old books, artifacts, race, and the Cult of Bran, who worship the Dark Man, an ancient king of the Picts called Bran Mak Morn. […]
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Baboon-Demon of Stygia

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Right from the first Conan story, “The Phoenix on the Sword” (Weird Tales, December 1932) Howard populates his Fantasy world with evil creatures drawn from elder dimensions and eldritch space. The Baboon-Demon of Stygia is […]
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Right from the first Conan story, “The Phoenix on the Sword” (Weird Tales, December 1932) Howard populates his Fantasy world with evil creatures drawn from elder dimensions and eldritch space. The Baboon-Demon of Stygia is […]
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Bêlit

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Bêlit is a pirate queen who has a romantic relationship with Conan. “‘Who is Bêlit?’ The wildest she-devil unhanged. Unless I read the signs awrong, it was her butchers who destroyed that village on the […]
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Bêlit is a pirate queen who has a romantic relationship with Conan. “‘Who is Bêlit?’ The wildest she-devil unhanged. Unless I read the signs awrong, it was her butchers who destroyed that village on the […]
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Black Seers of Yimsha

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Set in mythical Hyborian versions of India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan (Vendhya and Afghulistan respectively), “The People of the Black Circle” opens with the death of the emperor of Vendhya, leading to the ascension of his […]
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Set in mythical Hyborian versions of India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan (Vendhya and Afghulistan respectively), “The People of the Black Circle” opens with the death of the emperor of Vendhya, leading to the ascension of his […]
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Bran Mak Morn

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In “The Children of the Night,” a group of men discuss the Cult of Bran, who worship the Dark Man, an ancient king of the Picts called Bran Mak Morn. One of the men, O’Donnel, […]
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In “The Children of the Night,” a group of men discuss the Cult of Bran, who worship the Dark Man, an ancient king of the Picts called Bran Mak Morn. One of the men, O’Donnel, […]
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Brule the Spear Slayer

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In “The Shadow Kingdom”, the first of his Kull stories, set in the Thurian Age, we are introduced to Kull, the setting of Valusia, Brule the Spear-Slayer, and the Serpent Men. Brule the Spear-slayer, a […]
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In “The Shadow Kingdom”, the first of his Kull stories, set in the Thurian Age, we are introduced to Kull, the setting of Valusia, Brule the Spear-Slayer, and the Serpent Men. Brule the Spear-slayer, a […]
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Conan the Barbarian

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Conan is a Cimmerian. It is known that the Cimmerians were based on the Celts or Gaels. He was born on a battlefield and is the son of a village blacksmith. Conan matured quickly as […]
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Conan is a Cimmerian. It is known that the Cimmerians were based on the Celts or Gaels. He was born on a battlefield and is the son of a village blacksmith. Conan matured quickly as […]
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Devi Yasmina

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Set in mythical Hyborian versions of India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan (Vendhya and Afghulistan respectively), “The People of the Black Circle” opens with the death of the emperor of Vendhya, leading to the ascension of his […]
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Set in mythical Hyborian versions of India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan (Vendhya and Afghulistan respectively), “The People of the Black Circle” opens with the death of the emperor of Vendhya, leading to the ascension of his […]
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Dragon (Red Nails)

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The dragon of “Red Nails” has usually been rendered by artists as a dinosaur. The creature traps Conan and Valeria on a cliffside after killing their horses. The two find the skeleton of some other […]
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The dragon of “Red Nails” has usually been rendered by artists as a dinosaur. The creature traps Conan and Valeria on a cliffside after killing their horses. The two find the skeleton of some other […]
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El Borak

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El Borak, originally Francis Xavier Gordon, was a Texan gunfighter from El Paso who travelled the world and settled in Afghanistan. He is known in Asia for his exploits in that continent. The El Borak […]
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El Borak, originally Francis Xavier Gordon, was a Texan gunfighter from El Paso who travelled the world and settled in Afghanistan. He is known in Asia for his exploits in that continent. The El Borak […]
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Khemsa

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Set in mythical Hyborian versions of India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan (Vendhya and Afghulistan respectively), “The People of the Black Circle” opens with the death of the emperor of Vendhya, leading to the ascension of his […]
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Set in mythical Hyborian versions of India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan (Vendhya and Afghulistan respectively), “The People of the Black Circle” opens with the death of the emperor of Vendhya, leading to the ascension of his […]
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Kull of Atlantis

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Kull of Atlantis or Kull the Conqueror is a fictional character created by writer Robert E. Howard. Kull was born in pre-cataclysmic Atlantis c. 100,000 BC, depicted as inhabited at the time by barbarian tribes. […]
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Kull of Atlantis or Kull the Conqueror is a fictional character created by writer Robert E. Howard. Kull was born in pre-cataclysmic Atlantis c. 100,000 BC, depicted as inhabited at the time by barbarian tribes. […]
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Le Loup

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Meaning “The Wolf”, Le Loup is a French criminal mastermind whom Kane spent several years tracking down to avenge the murder of a dying girl he found, and her whole village. Kane eventually tracks Le […]
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Meaning “The Wolf”, Le Loup is a French criminal mastermind whom Kane spent several years tracking down to avenge the murder of a dying girl he found, and her whole village. Kane eventually tracks Le […]
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Niord

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Robert E. Howard’s “The Valley of the Worm” (Weird Tales, February 1934) is a Sword & Sorcery masterpiece, and one that does not feature Conan the Cimmerian but James Allison, remembering his past lives. Our […]
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Robert E. Howard’s “The Valley of the Worm” (Weird Tales, February 1934) is a Sword & Sorcery masterpiece, and one that does not feature Conan the Cimmerian but James Allison, remembering his past lives. Our […]
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Red Sonya

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In “The Shadow of the Vulture”, the Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent releases prisoners. One of the prisoners is a knight, Gottfried Von Kalmbach, who had seriously wounded him during the Battle of Mohács. The […]
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In “The Shadow of the Vulture”, the Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent releases prisoners. One of the prisoners is a knight, Gottfried Von Kalmbach, who had seriously wounded him during the Battle of Mohács. The […]
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Sailor Steve Costigan

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Sailor Steve Costigan is a merchant sailor on the Sea Girl and is also its champion boxer. His only true companion is a bulldog named Mike, named after his brother and fellow boxer, “Iron” Mike […]
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Sailor Steve Costigan is a merchant sailor on the Sea Girl and is also its champion boxer. His only true companion is a bulldog named Mike, named after his brother and fellow boxer, “Iron” Mike […]
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Solomon Kane

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Solomon Kane is a fictional character created by the pulp-era writer Robert E. Howard. A late-16th-to-early-17th century Puritan, Solomon Kane is a somber-looking man who wanders the world with no apparent goal other than to […]
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Solomon Kane is a fictional character created by the pulp-era writer Robert E. Howard. A late-16th-to-early-17th century Puritan, Solomon Kane is a somber-looking man who wanders the world with no apparent goal other than to […]
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Subterranean Reptoids

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Reptilians (also called reptoids, archons, reptiloids, saurians, draconians, or lizard people) are supposed reptilian humanoids, which play a prominent role in fantasy, science fiction, ufology, and conspiracy theories. The idea of reptilians was popularised by […]
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Reptilians (also called reptoids, archons, reptiloids, saurians, draconians, or lizard people) are supposed reptilian humanoids, which play a prominent role in fantasy, science fiction, ufology, and conspiracy theories. The idea of reptilians was popularised by […]
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Thulsa Doom

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Thulsa Doom is an antagonist for the character Kull of Atlantis, debuting in the story “Delcardes’ Cat” (as Thulses Doom). He is the prototype for many of the future undead evil wizards in Howard’s stories, […]
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Thulsa Doom is an antagonist for the character Kull of Atlantis, debuting in the story “Delcardes’ Cat” (as Thulses Doom). He is the prototype for many of the future undead evil wizards in Howard’s stories, […]
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Valeria of the Red Brotherhood

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Valeria is a pirate and adventuress, a member of The Red Brotherhood of pirates. As “Red Nails” begins, Valeria of the Red Brotherhood is fleeing persecution after she murdered a would-be rapist. She is followed […]
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Valeria is a pirate and adventuress, a member of The Red Brotherhood of pirates. As “Red Nails” begins, Valeria of the Red Brotherhood is fleeing persecution after she murdered a would-be rapist. She is followed […]