Swords of Shahrazar

Berkley, 1978. Reprinted by Ace, 1987. Cover by Ken Kelly. Out of print.

Stories

First published in From Beyond the Dark Gateway volume 1 #3, April 1974. Howard’s original title for this story was “Black John’s Vengeance.”

First published in REH Lone Star Fictioneer #3, Fall 1975.

Originally published as “The Treasures of Tartary” in Thrilling Adventures, January 1935.

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…).

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.