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Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird
Tennessee Williams; Edited by Jonathan Maberry; Contributions by Hailey Piper, Robert E Howard, R. L. Stine, …
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From Robert E. Howard's fertile imagination sprang some of
fiction's greatest heroes, including Conan the Cimmerian, King
Kull, and Solomon Kane. But of all Howard's characters, none
embodied his creator's brooding temperament more than Bran Mak
Morn, the last king of a doomed race.
In ages past, the Picts ruled all of Europe. But the descendants of
those proud conquerors have sunk into barbarism . . . all save one,
Bran Mak Morn, whose bloodline remains unbroken. Threatened by the
Celts and the Romans, the Pictish tribes rally under his banner to
fight for their very survival, while Bran fights to restore the
glory of his race.
Lavishly illustrated by award-winning artist Gary Gianni, this
collection gathers together all of Howard's published stories and
poems featuring Bran Mak Morn-including the eerie masterpiece
"Worms of the Earth" and "Kings of the Night," in which sorcery
summons Kull the conqueror from out of the depths of time to stand
with Bran against the Roman invaders.
Also included are previously unpublished stories and fragments,
reproductions of manuscripts bearing Howard's handwritten
revisions, and much, much more.
Special Bonus: a newly discovered adventure by Howard, presented
here for the very first time.
This collection showcases Robert E. Howard's comic westerns.
Howard's novel A Gent from Bear Creek is included (with its text
restored), as well as two additional western stories featuring
Breck Elkins and includes an introduction by Paul Herman.
"FOR HEADLONG, NONSTOP ADVENTURE AND FOR VIVID, EVEN FLORID,
SCENERY, NO ONE EVEN COMES CLOSE TO HOWARD."
-Harry Turtledove
In a meteoric career that covered only a dozen years, Robert E.
Howard defined the sword-and-sorcery genre. In doing so, he brought
to life the archetypal adventurer known to millions around the
world as Conan the barbarian.
Witness, then, Howard at his finest, and Conan at his most savage,
in the latest volume featuring the collected works of Robert E.
Howard, lavishly illustrated by award-winning artist Greg Manchess.
Prepared directly from the earliest known versions-often Howard's
own manuscripts-are such sword-and-sorcery classics as "The
Servants of Bit-Yakin" (formerly published as "Jewels of Gwahlur"),
"Beyond the Black River," "The Black Stranger," "Man-Eaters of
Zamboula" (formerly published as "Shadows in Zamboula"), and,
perhaps his most famous adventure of all, "Red Nails."
The Conquering Sword of Conan" "includes never-before-published
outlines, notes, and story drafts, plus a new introduction,
personal correspondence, and the revealing essay "Hyborian
Genesis"-which chronicles the history of the creation of the Conan
series. Truly, this is heroic fantasy at its finest.
SHADOW KINGDOMS is the first volume of the Weird Works of Robert E.
Howard, presenting all of Howard's work for the pulp magazine Weird
Tales meticulously restored to its original magazine texts. Edited
by Paul Herman. Introduction by Mark Finn. Cover by Stephen Fabian.
This volume contains: "Two-Gun Musketeer: Robert E. Howard's Weird
Tales," by Mark Finn; "Spear and Fang," "In the Forest of
Villefhre," "Wolfshead," "The Lost Race," "The Song of the Bats,"
"The Ride of Falume," "The Riders of Babylon," "The Dream Snake,"
"The Hyena," "Remembrance," "Sea Curse," "The Gates of Nineveh,"
"Red Shadows," "The Harp of Alfred," "Easter Island," "Skulls in
the Stars," "Crete," "Moon Mockery," "Rattle of Bones," "Forbidden
Magic," "The Shadow Kingdom," "The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune," "The
Moor Ghost," "Red Thunder."
Robert E. Howard came into the fiction magazine scene virtually on
Dashell Hammett's heels. By that time Howard was a full-fledged
professional writer; he was willing to try any marketplace to make
a living. Despite an aversion to the detective formula, he wrote
the tales in Graveyard Rats during the same years he chronicled the
adventures of Conan. This collection features a new introduction by
scholar Don Herron, editor of The Dark Barbarian, the definitive
look at the life and work of Robert E. Howard.
Conan the Cimmerian--the boy-thief who became a mercenary, who
fought and loved his way across fabled lands to become King of
Aquilonia. Neither supernatural fiends nor demonic sorcery could
oppose the barbarian warrior as he wielded his mighty sword and
dispatched his enemies to a bloody doom on the battlefields of the
legendary Hyborian age. Collected here in the chronological order
they were first published are Robert E. Howard's definitive stories
of Conan, exactly as he wrote them. A foreword and afterword by
Stephen Jones provide a biography of Howard along with a
comprehensive overview of his writing and background on the world
of pulp fiction. World Fantasy Award-nominee Les Edwards
contributes a black and white frontispiece, along with a gold
embossed work on the leather-style cover, while Hugo Award- and
Bram Stoker Award-winning editor and author Stephen Jones provides
an insightful afterword.
With Conan the Cimmerian, Robert E. Howard created more than the
greatest action hero of the twentieth century--he also launched a
genre that came to be known as sword and sorcery. But Conan wasn't
the first archetypal
adventurer to spring from Howard's fertile imagination.
""He was . . . a strange blending of Puritan and Cavalier, with a
touch of the ancient philosopher, and more than a touch of the
pagan. . . . A hunger in his soul drove him on and on, an urge to
right all wrongs, protect all weaker things. . . . Wayward and
restless as the wind, he was consistent in only one respect--he was
true to his ideals of justice and right. Such was Solomon Kane."
"Collected in this volume, lavishly illustrated by award-winning
artist Gary Gianni, are all of the stories and poems that make up
the thrilling saga of the dour and deadly Puritan, Solomon Kane.
Together they constitute a sprawling epic of weird fantasy
adventure that stretches from sixteenth-century England to remote
African jungles where no white man has set foot. Here are
shudder-inducing tales of vengeful ghosts and bloodthirsty demons,
of dark sorceries wielded by evil men and women, all opposed by a
grim avenger armed with a fanatic's faith and a warrior's savage
heart.
"This edition also features exclusive story fragments, a biography
of Howard by scholar Rusty Burke, and "In Memoriam," H. P.
Lovecraft's moving tribute to his friend and fellow literary
genius.
"
Here are Howard's greatest horror tales, all in their original,
definitive versions. Some of Howard's best-known characters-Solomon
Kane, Bran Mak Morn, and sailor Steve Costigan among them-roam the
forbidding locales of the author's fevered imagination, from the
swamps and bayous of the Deep South to the fiend-haunted woods
outside Paris to remote jungles in Africa.
The collection includes Howard's masterpiece "Pigeons from Hell,""
"which Stephen King calls "one of the finest horror stories of [the
twentieth] century," a tale of two travelers who stumble upon the
ruins of a Southern plantation-and into the maw of its fatal
secret. In "Black Canaan" even the best warrior has little chance
of taking down the evil voodoo man with unholy powers-and none at
all against his wily mistress, the diabolical High Priestess of
Damballah. In these and other lavishly illustrated classics, such
as the revenge nightmare "Worms of the Earth" and" ""The Cairn on
the Headland,"" "Howard spins tales of unrelenting terror, the
legacy of one of the world's great masters of the macabre.
ABLAZE is proud to present its bestselling line of UNCENSORED
Robert E. Howard Cimmerian graphic novels, now available in a
handsome slipcase box edition, collecting Volumes 1-4. Each
Cimmerian volume contains two complete stories, plus bonus
material, including the original prose stories, in one epic
hardcover collection! VOLUME 1 - Featuring "QUEEN OF THE BLACK
COAST" & "RED NAILS" QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST - Conan seeks
refuge on a merchant ship, after being pursued for killing a judge.
But soon after setting sail, the Cimmerian and his new companions
face a threat: the legendary Belit, self-proclaimed Queen of the
Black Coast! Soon finding himself smitten by the lovely Belit,
Conan agrees to joins up with her and her crew to brutally pillage
and sail the poisonous river Zarkheba, encountering ancient ruins,
lost treasure, and winged, vicious monstrosities! RED NAILS - Conan
finds himself in the Darfar region, whose territory is almost
entirely covered by a huge forest. Here Conan pledges himself a
mercenary, promising his sword to the highest bidder, fighting
alongside fellow mercenary and fierce female warrior Valeria. After
a clash against a terrible dragon, the two go to a strange
fortified city, apparently deserted...but the duo will quickly
discover that a civilization lives hidden inside, and that the
citadel hides a heavy secret. VOLUME 2 - Featuring "PEOPLE OF THE
BLACK CIRCLE" & "THE FROST-GIANT'S DAUGHTER" PEOPE OF THE BLACK
CIRCLE - The king has just died in the kingdom of Vendhya, struck
down by the spells of the black prophets of Yimsha. The king’s
sister, Yasmina, decides to avenge him…and contacts Conan, then
chief of the Afghuli tribe. But several of Conan’s warriors have
just been killed by the men of the kingdom of Vendhya, further
complicating the matter. The princess thought she could use the
Cimmerian, but rather it is she who will serve his interests... THE
FROST-GIANT'S DAUGHTER - Conan, the only survivor of a ferocious
battle, sits in the midst of a bloodstained snow field. When the
fight is over, the Cimmerian suddenly finds himself overcome with
deep weariness and disgust. Until the moment he meets a redheaded
woman of supernatural beauty, blinding like the glow of the sun on
the snow. Moved by a burning desire, Conan decides to follow her
but finds himself caught in a trap, attacked by two titans. In his
ardor, he was not suspicious…he did not imagine for a second that
his bride was none other than Ymir's own daughter: the frost-giant!
VOLUME 3 - Featuring "IRON SHADOWS IN THE MOON" & "THE
MAN-EATERS OF ZAMBOULA" IRON SHADOWS IN THE MOON: A young woman in
danger is pursued by her vile master. Conan, whose family has just
been wiped out by this same master, puts an end to the beauty's
pursuer, and saves her with a blow of his sword. Bound by fate, the
couple decide to hit the road together. Their journey takes them to
an island where they discover strange ruins inhabited by dark
magic. Their paradise-like refuge soon turns into a suffocating
nightmare where shadows lurk. Who knows the extent of the dangers
that lie there? They will quickly learn that on an island, the
biggest threat does not always come from the outside... THE MAN
EATERS OF ZAMBOULA - The Cimmerian finds himself in the land of a
thousand and one nights! A crossroads of beliefs, languages &
cultures, the mythical trading city of Zamboula is also the scene
of many dark legends. Upon paying the city a visit, Conan is warned
of the dangers of Aram Baksh's home. It is said that most of the
foreigners who stay there disappear under obscure
circumstances...and it is precisely there that the Cimmerian is
spending the night. But by lifting the veil on these mysterious
cases of kidnappings, the Cimmerian will discover another secret,
even more terrible, linked to the whole of the city of Zamboula...
A story imbued with orientalism and macabre witchcraft, The
Man-Eaters of Zamboula offers writer/artist Gess the opportunity to
deliver his vision of Robert E. Howard's hero in a comic book story
of exotic and dark beauty. VOLUME 4 - Featuring "BEYOND THE BLACK
RIVER" & "HOUR OF THE DRAGON" BEYOND THE BLACK RIVER: The Picte
country is an obscure jungle where the border between civilization
and barbarism is thin. Only one thing symbolizes it: the Black
River, which it is claimed that no white man was able to cross and
come back alive. None, except Conan. It is in the heart of this
green hell that the Cimmerian meets Balthus, a young voluntary
peasant whom he saves at the last minute from the clutches of
fierce Pictish warriors. Together, they will try to lend a hand to
the colonists who have established themselves here, on these
hostile lands, in the last bastion of civilization. With a dozen
men, they will have to find the powerful sorcerer Zogar Sag before
he succeeds in uniting the clans and initiating his bloody
invasion… HOUR OF THE DRAGON: Under the funeral vaults of the
mausoleum belonging to the ancient and cruel Emperor Xaltotun of
Python, three men devoured by ambition come to offer to the inert
body of the deceased sovereign the heart of Ahriman, a source of
immor-tality which once belonged to him. Taken away at the cost of
his life. In exchange for this offering, the three men claim a
single thing: the world. However, there is only one person able to
stand in their way, a Cimmerian who seized the throne of Aquilonia:
Conan!
This is a collection of some of the best ficiton by Robert E.
Howard. The stories feature all of his most famou creations
including Conan, King Kull, Solomon Kane and more.
""Between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming
cities . . . there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms
lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars. .
. . Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed,
sword in hand . . . to tread
the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandalled feet."
"
Conan is one of the greatest fictional heroes ever created-a
swordsman who cuts a swath across the lands of the Hyborian Age,
facing powerful sorcerers, deadly creatures, and ruthless armies of
thieves and reavers.
In a meteoric career that spanned a mere twelve years before his
tragic suicide, Robert E. Howard single-handedly invented the genre
that came to be called sword and sorcery. Collected in this volume,
profusely illustrated by artist Mark Schultz, are Howard's first
thirteen Conan stories, appearing in their original versions-in
some cases for the first time in more than seventy years-and in the
order Howard wrote them. Along with classics of dark fantasy like
"The Tower of the Elephant" and swashbuckling adventure like "Queen
of the Black Coast," "The Coming of Conan""the Cimmerian" contains
a wealth of material never before published in the United States,
including the first submitted draft of Conan's debut, "Phoenix on
the Sword," Howard's synopses for "The Scarlet Citadel" and "Black
Colossus," and a map of Conan's world drawn by the author himself.
Here are timeless tales featuring Conan the raw and dangerous
youth, Conan the daring thief, Conan the swashbuckling pirate, and
Conan the commander of armies. Here, too, is an unparalleled
glimpse into the mind of a genius whose bold storytelling style has
been imitated by many, yet equaled by none.
Robert E. Howard is famous for creating such immortal heroes as
Conan the Cimmerian, Solomon Kane, and Bran Mak Morn. Less
well-known but equally extraordinary are his non-fantasy adventure
stories set in the Middle East and featuring such two-fisted heroes
as Francis Xavier Gordon--known as "El Borak"--Kirby O'Donnell, and
Steve Clarney. This trio of hard-fighting Americans, civilized men
with more than a touch of the primordial in their veins, marked a
new direction for Howard's writing, and new territory for his
genius to conquer.
The wily Texan El Borak, a hardened fighter who stalks the
sandscapes of Afghanistan like a vengeful wolf, is rivaled among
Howard's creations only by Conan himself. In such classic tales as
"The Daughter of Erlik Khan," "Three-Bladed Doom," and "Sons of the
Hawk," Howard proves himself once again a master of action, and
with plenty of eerie atmosphere his plotting becomes tighter and
twistier than ever, resulting in stories worthy of comparison to
Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. Every fan of Robert E. Howard and
aficionados of great adventure writing will want to own this
collection of the best of Howard's desert tales, lavishly
illustrated by award-winning artists Tim Bradstreet and Jim &
Ruth Keegan.
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