Originally published in Top-Notch Magazine, July 1935.
El Borak and Other Desert Adventures
Stories
The Daughter of Erlik Khan
Originally published in Top-Notch Magazine, December 1934.
The Fire of Asshurbanipal (original version)
Original version first published in The Howard Collector, Spring 1976.
Howard originally wrote “The Fire of Asshurbanipal” as a straight Oriental adventure story. He later rewrote the story, adding supernatural elements, for its publication in Weird Tales.
Gold from Tatary
Originally published as “The Treasures of Tartary” in Thrilling Adventures, January 1935.
Hawk of the Hills
Originally published in Top-Notch Magazine, Jun 1935.
Son of the White Wolf
Originally published in Thrilling Adventures, December 1936.
Sons of the Hawk
Originally published as “The Country of the Knife” in Complete Stories, August 1936.
Swords of Shahrazar
Originally published in Top-Notch Magazine, October 1934.
The original opening to this story is included in El Borak and Other Desert Adventures (Del Rey, 2010) as Untitled (Feel the edge, dog…).
Swords of the Hills
First published as “The Lost Valley of Iskander” in The Lost Valley of Iskander, FAX Collector’s Editions, 1974.
Three-Bladed Doom (long version)
First published in Three-Bladed Doom, Zebra, 1977.
There are two versions of this story, a short version (24,000 words) and a long version (42,000 words).
The long version was rewritten by L. Sprague De Camp as a Conan story titled “The Flame Knife,” first published in Tales of Conan, Gnome Press, 1955.
Three-Bladed Doom (short version)
First published in Robert E. Howard: Lone Star Fictioneer, Spring 1976.
There are two versions of this story, a short version (24,000 words) and a long version (42,000 words).
The Trail of the Blood-Stained God
First published as “The Curse of the Crimson God” in Swords of Shahrazar, Orbit, 1976.
Rewritten by L. Sprague De Camp as a Conan story titled “The Blood-Stained God,” first published in Tales of Conan, Gnome Press, 1955.