Originally published in Weird Tales, June 1936.
The Black Stranger and Other American Tales
Stories
The Black Stranger
First published in Fantasy Magazine volume 1, issue 1, February 1953.
This story was rewritten by Howard as “Swords of the Red Brotherhood” with Conan replaced with Terence Vulmea.
This story was also rewritten by L. Sprague de Camp as “The Treasure of Tranicos” and first published in Conan the Usurper (Lancer, 1967).
Black Vulmea’s Vengeance
First published in Golden Fleece, November 1938.
The Gods of Bal-Sagoth
Originally published in Weird Tales, October 1931.
Published as “The Blond Goddess of Bal-Sagoth” in Avon Fantasy Reader #12 (Avon, 1950) and The Second Avon Fantasy Reader (Avon, 1969).
The Horror From the Mound
Originally published in Weird Tales, May 1932.
Kelly the Conjure-Man
First published in The Howard Collector #5, Summer 1964.
Marchers of Valhalla
First published in Marchers of Valhalla, Donald M. Grant, 1972.
Old Garfield’s Heart
Originally published in Weird Tales, December 1933.
Pigeons From Hell
First published in Weird Tales, May 1938.
The Strange Case of Josiah Wilbarger
First published as “Apparition of Josiah Wilbarger” in The West, September 1967.
The Thunder-Rider
First published in Marchers of Valhalla, Donald M. Grant, 1972.
The Valley of the Lost
First published as “Secret of Lost Valley” in Startling Mystery Stories, Spring 1967.
Poems
The Grim Land
First published in The Grim Land and Others, Stygian Isle Press, 1976.
Miscellanea
Nekht Semerkeht (unfinished)
Posthumously completed by Andrew J. Offutt and first published in Swords Against Darkness (Zebra, 1977). This version also appears in The Gods of Bal-Sagoth (Ace, 1979).
The version that appears in The Black Stranger and Other American Tales (University of Nebraska Press, 2005) is taken from Howard’s original typescript.
Supposedly the last story Howard worked on before his death.