The Conan Chroncles Volume 1: The People of the Black Circle

Gollancz/Millenium (Orion Publishing Group, UK), 2000. First edition cover by John Howe. Republished in 2008 as “The Conan Chronicles Volume One” with new cover art but apparently identical contents.

Stories

The Devil in Iron

Originally published in Weird Tales, August 1934.

The Frost-Giant’s Daughter

The first version of this story was rewritten by Howard as a non-Conan story titled “The Frost-King’s Daughter” and originally published as “Gods of the North” in Fantasy Fan Volume 1 #7, March 1934.

Howard’s original typescript was rewritten by L. Sprague De Camp and first published in The Coming of Conan (Gnome Press, 1953).

Howard’s original version was first published in Rogues in the House, Donald M. Grant, 1976.

 

Iron Shadows in the Moon

Originally published as “Shadows in the Moonlight” in Weird Tales, April 1934.

The Man-Eaters of Zamboula

Originally published as “Shadows in Zamboula” in Weird Tales, November 1935.

The People of the Black Circle

Originally published in Weird Tales, September, October and November 1934.

Queen of the Black Coast

Originally published in Weird Tales, May 1934.

Rogues in the House

Originally published in Weird Tales, January 1934.

The Tower of the Elephant

Originally published in Weird Tales, March 1933.

A Witch Shall Be Born

Originally published in Weird Tales, December 1934.

Miscellanea

The Hyborian Age (essay)

First published in The Phantagraph, serialized over three issues, February, August & October 1936.