Swords and Sorcery

The Complete Conan – The complete set of the Conan the Barbarian stories written by Robert E. Howard between 1932 and 1936.

The Hour of the Dragon – A stirring story about a barbarian adventurer who made himself a king, and the strange talismanic jewel, known as the Heart of Ahriman which brings a long dead necromancer back to life.

Two stories of the adventures of Conan the Barbarian. In A Witch Shall Be Born, a witch takes over the kingdom ruled by her sister. In Jewels of Gwahlur, Conan searches for lost treasure in a lost city.

The People of the Black Circle – A stupendous story of Conan the barbarian soldier of fortune, and a tremendous adventure in the castle of the Black Seers.

The Queen of the Black Coast: Four stories of Conan the Cimmerian in which he faces monsters, fearsome wizards, ancient curses and the love of a mighty pirate woman.

Black Colossus – Three Conan Stories by Robert E. Howard
Three novelettes in the Conan saga by Robert E. Howard: Black Colossus, The Slithering Shadow, and The Pool of the Black One.

Elak of Atlantis and Jirel of Joiry are, in a way, a matched pair. Elak,written by Henry Kuttner, and Jirel, written by C.L. (Catherine Lucille) Moore, are heroes of the Swords and Sorcery sub-genre of fantasy fiction. What better way to be introduced to these two superb authors, from before they married, than through two of their acclaimed series.

The complete tales of Jirel of Joiry, flame haired warrior maiden of medieval France. Jirel is the proud, tough, beautiful, flame haired, warrior ruler of Joiry — located somewhere in medieval France about 1500. Her adventures pit her against witches, sorcerers and supernatural beings, as well as much more easily dispatched men.

After the suicide of Robert E. Howard in 1936, readers were left wanting more stories of swords and sorcery similar to the Conan stories. Henry Kuttner (1915-1958) responded with the Elak of Atlantis stories.

In “Beyond The Black River”, Conan battles Picts, the wizard Zogar Sag, and a demon to save the settlers on the frontier of the Black River. Then, in “Shadows in Zamboula”, Conan battles cannibals, Baal-pteor the strangler of Yota-pong, and Totrasmek the priest of Hanuman  to secure the rule of the satrap of Zamboula.

Red Nails (1936) by Robert E. Howard (1906-1936) – One of the strangest stories ever written—the tale of Conan- a barbarian adventurer, a woman pirate, and a weird roofed city inhabited by the most peculiar race of men ever spawned. Red Nails was serialized in Weird Tales in the July, August-September, and October 1936 issues.

Conan the Barbarian: The Beginnings contains the first three Conan novelettes as well as Robert E. Howard’s introduction to the Hyborian world of Conan.