First published in Weird Tales, August 1928, alternatively titled 'Solomon Kane'. This was the first Solomon Kane story ever published. In France, Kane finds a girl attacked by a...

Robert E. Howard is best known today for his "sword-and-sorcery" stories. But in the early 1930s, he was a legend in boxing circles for his humorously over-the-top adventure...

Set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age, this story introduces us to the legendary Conan the Barbarian. After the death of Vendhya’s emperor, Bunda Chad, Conan kidnaps his...

Red Nails is the last of the stories about Conan the Cimmerian written by American author Robert E. Howard. A novella, it was originally serialized in Weird Tales magazine from...

In "The Country of the Knife" by Robert E. Howard, Francis X. Gordon, also known as "El Borak," ventures into the perilous hills of Afghanistan to rescue a kidnapped American...

"The Shadow Kingdom" by Robert E. Howard is a sword and sorcery tale featuring Kull, the warrior-king of Valusia. As Kull ascends the throne, he soon discovers that his rule is...

In "Blood of the Gods" by Robert E. Howard, El Borak (Francis Xavier Gordon), a skilled and daring American adventurer, ventures into the treacherous deserts of Afghanistan....

In the treacherous waters of the Caribbean, French and English pirates battle for Montezuma's legendary treasure. Black Vulmea, a cunning Irish buccaneer, finds himself caught in...

In "The Grisly Horror", Robert E. Howard follows Bristol McGrath, who returns to the estate of his enemy, Richard Ballville, after receiving a telegram mentioning Constance Brand,...

"The Phoenix on the Sword" is one of the original short stories about Conan the Cimmerian, written by Robert E. Howard. The tale, in which Howard created the character...