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An ancient necromancer from Atlantis has returned to life, and plots world domination under the surviving Atlanteans! Mystery, terror, blood n guts, romance, treachery, death, fear, survival -- an awesomely delightful smorgasbord of mucking fisticuffs and mighty fun! Thick and dangerous plots filled with murky motivations and blood-thrilling battles of wit and brawn! Massive fists of powerful writing pummel the readers' senses into an euphoric overload until everything hums with the passion of a master storyteller. - Summary by The Narrator

Grandmaster of weird fiction Robert E. Howard is perhaps most well-known as the forefather of dark fantasy via creations like Conan the Barbarian and Solomon Kane. While not as well-known but no less strange and mesmerizing are his tales of agonizing horror found in Weird Tales Magazine, many of which take places in the grim and stark swamp lands and forests of the American South, showing us terrifying visions of the ghastly and grisly that may lurk, not in faraway lands of magic and mystery, but just around the corner. Join Mr. Howard on a journey through what may be his most heart-stopping, ...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. When El Borak agrees to guide an English adventurer into the savage mountains of Afghanistan, he expects danger–but not betrayal. Pembroke is hunting a lost city, and his greed soon leads them both into the shadow of Yolgan, a hidden stronghold where...

The Challenge from Beyond by Robert E. Howard is a gripping tale of cosmic horror, written as part of a collaborative effort by five prominent writers of weird fiction. Howard's section stands out for its vivid descriptions, action-packed narrative, and themes of survival in the face of incomprehensible, otherworldly forces. The story begins when a group of archaeologists uncovers a strange, alien artifact buried deep in the Earth's surface.

Conan the Barbarian finds himself lusting after and fighting alongside the toughest woman alive, Valeria The Red, a beautiful pirate who out pirates the best of them in her strength and ferocity. This is one of the strangest stories ever written by Robert E. Howard — the tale of a barbarian adventurer, a woman pirate, and a weird enclosed and long dead city now inhabited by the most peculiar race of men ever spawned. Listen and be amazed at Howard's inventive genius. - Summary by phil Chenevert

In the dark streets of Zamboula, huge ghouls stalk the night seeking victims for their ghastly rites and feasts. Conan is passing through this city and is almost a victim but escapes, only to rush to the aid of a beautiful, voluptuous maiden still in their horrible talons. Swords flash, thews are strained and the mighty Conan almost meets his match in the temple of the monkey god. Will he escape? Will he get the girl? Listen and marvel! Excellent story, well told as always by Howard. Summary by phil chenevert

Before Conan the Barbarian, Robert E. Howard created Kull the Conqueror, revealed later by Howard to be an ancestor of Conan. Kull, like Conan is a vicious and bloodthirsty barbarian but in some ways is a more contemplative and thoughtful character. In these, the first two Kull stories Howard published, we find Kull dealing with a conspiracy to murder him by a race of shapeshifting lizard people in "The Shadow Kingdom" and we see Kull contemplating his place in the world and even his own reality as he becomes ensnared in the wicked plot of a magician in "The Mirrors of Tuzun Thume". Relish in ...

The People of the Black Circle" is one of the original novellas about Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard and first published in Weird Tales magazine in three parts over the September, October and November 1934 issues. Howard earned $250 for the publication of this story. It is set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan kidnapping a regal princess of Vendhya (pre-historical India) and foiling a nefarious plot of world domination by the Black Seers of Yimsha. Due to its epic scope and atypical Hindustan flavor, the story is considered an undisputed...

Excitement and sorcery mixed with blades of steel. The mysterious stranger who appears out of nowhere to avenge injustice and defend the defenseless. Robert Howard, in this early story of his, gives us Solomon Kane; the man who walks like a leopard, wears all black and is relentless in perusing evil doers. But he is pitted against voodoo and the superbly skillful opponent - Le Loupe - The Wolfe and may have met his doom. - Summary by phil chenevert

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society. In this volume we offer up a small selection of talents from the literary landscape of the American male author whose time has now come again.

This collection contains all of Robert E. Howard's Conan the Cimmerian stories published during his lifetime, contextualized with biographical details of their author.

Die Gruselkabinett Hörspiel Box 29 beinhaltet die Geschichten: " War es eine Illusion?", "Der Ruf des Cthulhu (komplett)", "Der schwarze Stein".

Dom Vincente da Lusto hat eine illustre und äußerst amüsierwillige Gesellschaft in sein Schloss an der West-Küste Afrikas geladen. Misstrauisch beäugen die Eingeborenen die ankommenden fremden Weißen. Mit dem Vollmond zieht unerwartet das Grauen im Schloss und der gesamten Gegend ein...

Steve Brill beschließt, den auf seinem Land befindlichen Grabhügel gegen den ausdrücklichen Rat seines Nachbarn Juan Lopez zu öffnen. Angeblich soll es eine unheimliche Bewandtnis mit dem merkwürdigen Erdhaufen haben. Der Farmer jedoch glaubt nicht an Geister, Flüche und Dämonen und rammt daher beherzt den Spaten in den Boden...

Eine Kleinstadt in den Südstaaten der USA 1935: Die Suche nach Bozo, dem spurlos verschwundenen Malteser-Kater seiner Freundin Marjory, lässt den jungen Michael Strang in der Dämmerung in einem einsam gelegenen Haus am Ende der Straße die Bekanntschaft des geheimnisvollen neuen Besitzers machen...

Griswell und John, zwei Freunde, bereisen gemeinsam die Südstaaten der USA. Sie entdecken ein verlassenes Herrenhaus am Rande eines Sumpfgebietes und beschließen, dort die Nacht zu verbringen.

Die Gruselkabinett Hörspiel Box 16 beinhaltet die Geschichten: "Der Ring des Thot" von Arthur Conan Doyle, "Rappaccinis Tochter" von Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Besessen" von Robert E. Howard und "Der schreckliche Schädel" von Francis Marion Crawford.

Die Gruselkabinett Hörspiel Box 20 beinhaltet die Geschichten: "Das Feuer von Asshurbanipal" von Robert E. Howard, "Das Ding auf der Schwelle" von H.P. Lovecraft, "Lodoiska" von Theodor Hildebrand und "Der Zombie" von Henry S. Whitehead.

John O'Brien ist getrieben von blindem Hass. Er will seinen Rivalen Richard Brent in der abgelegenen Dagon-Höhle töten, um die Frau zu gewinnen, die er begehrt. Doch als John in der Dunkelheit stürzt, geschieht etwas Unfassbares: Die Barrieren der Zeit brechen ein. Plötzlich ist er nicht mehr der moderne Amerikaner, sondern Conan der Plünderer, ein gälischer Krieger in einer barbarischen Vorzeit. Er findet sich mitten in einem blutigen Überlebenskampf gegen die „Kinder der Nacht" wieder – eine abscheuliche, schlangenartige Ureinwohnerrasse, die in tiefen Höhlensystemen Menschenopfer darbringt.

Fifty terrifying short stories from the great classic horror writers: 1. 'Pigeons from Hell' by Robert E. Howard 2. 'Pickman’s Model' by H. P. Lovecraft 3. 'The Horror Horn' by E. F. Benson 4. 'The Fearsome Touch of Death' by Robert E. Howard 5. 'The Terrible Old Man' by H. P. Lovecraft 6. 'The Step' by E. F. Benson 7. 'Dagon' by H. P. Lovecraft 8. 'The Dream Snake' by Robert E. Howard 9. 'Caterpillars' by E. F. Benson 10. 'The Clock' by W. F. Harvey 11. 'In the Forest of Villefore' by Robert E. Howard