"Robert E. Howard is famous for creating such immortal heroes as Conan the Cimmerian, Solomon Kane, and Bran Mak Morn. Less well-known but equally extraordinary are his non-fantasy adventure stories set in the Middle East and featuring such two-fisted heroes as Francis Xavier Gordon—known as “El Borak”—Kirby O’Donnell, and Steve Clarney. This trio of hard-fighting Americans, civilized men with more than a touch of the primordial in their ..."
"“Howard’s writing seems so highly charged with energy that it nearly gives off sparks.”–Stephen King“Robert E. Howard had a gritty, vibrant style–broadsword writing that cut its way to the heart, with heroes who are truly larger than life.”–David GemmellIn a meteoric career that spanned a mere twelve years, Robert E. Howard single-handedly invented the genre that came to be called sword and sorcery. From his fertile imagination sprang s ..."
Conan the Barbarian(Unabridged) The Original, Adventures of the World's Greatest Fantasy Hero by RobertE. Howard Paperback, 512 Pages, Published 2010 by Prion ISBN-13: 978-1-85375-699-3, ISBN: 1-85375-699-7
"Conan the Barbarian is a name known throughout Cimmeria, Brythinia, Turan, and all the territories bordering the Vilayec Seaas well as most countries more familiar to us in the real world. The character has become a multi-faceted industry. as famous in our world today as he was in his own world during The Hyborian Age. More than 50 novels and countless short stories featuring Conan have been written by a diversity of authors, but the s ..."
"With an Introduction by M.J. Elliot The sixteenth-century Puritan Solomon Kane has a thirst for justice which surpasses common reason. Sombre of mood, clad in black and grey, he 'never sought to analyse his motives and he never wavered once his mind was made up. Though he always acted on impulse, he firmly believed that all his actions were governed by cold and logical reasonings... A hunger in his soul drove him on and on, an urge to r ..."
Conan The Usurper by RobertE. Howard Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 1986 by Sphere ISBN-13: 978-0-7221-4747-4, ISBN: 0-7221-4747-3
"Conan, the mighty barbarian from the time before the world began, battles deadly magic, murderous demons and incredible monsters as he cuts his bloody swath through the Hyborian Age."
"Robert E Howard ... Up they went, and lying on their bellies among the boulders,
saw a painted mast jutting up beyond the trees to the west. ... “I wonder if the crew
—” A distant medley of voices reached their ears, and creeping to the southern
edge of the cliffs, they saw a molly horde emerge from the fringe of trees ... There
was much flourishing of arms, brandishing of swords, and loud rough argument."
"Epic romances, fearsome dragons and alien worlds lie between the pages of this volume. Containing more than 35 stories from the early masters of fantasy literature, the narratives here transport the reader to alternate worlds where magic abounds, cosmic terrors lie around the corner and intrepid heroes fight for justice. Drawing inspiration from Norse, Celtic and Japanese mythologies, the authors collected here span the breadth of the g ..."
"... black kingdom of Amazon, of whose people they brought back thousands as
captives, settling them among the Shemites. ... The world at that time presents
some such picture: a vast Pictish empire, wild, rude and barbaric, stretches from
the coasts ... In the far south, Stygia, shaken by the Hyrkanian invasion, is being
encroached upon by the great black kingdoms. ... of vanquished kings, the Pict
remained the eternal barbarian, fe ..."
The Hyborian Age by RobertE. Howard 29 Pages, Published 2014 by The Floating Press ISBN-13: 978-1-77658-497-0, ISBN: 1-77658-497-X
"When he was first conceiving of the story series that would eventually include the unforgettable character Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian), author Robert E. Howard put together a sketch outline of the fictional place ..."
"In Africa again, Kane comes across an entire village wiped out, and all of the roofs have been ripped off, as if by something attempting to get inside from above."
"In this novel, one of the last of the Conan tales to be published before the author's untimely demise, Conan's reign as king of Aquilonia is threatened by a group that is plotting to depose him with the help of an ancient wizard who has ..."
"SKULLCRUSHER is a two-volume collection of classic weird fiction comprising the very best stories by legendary pulp author Robert E Howard. These stories feature all of Howard's most famous creations - Conan, King Kull, Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn - alongside others such as Cormac Mac Art, James Allison, Red Sonya, and Cormac McGeoffrey - in a definitive anthology of sword and sorcery, weird adventure, and occult horror in the vein of H ..."
"If it was the little man's intention to goad Maitland into a fit of apoplexy, he almost
succeeded. "Open it up, damn you!" he shouted. Marco shrugged, smiled, and
scrabbled at the taped edges of the paper. Christopher Maitland was no longer
the ..."
"18 great tales, classics of the genre. Includes: The Fall of the House of Usher, by Edgar Allan Poe; Green Tea, by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu; The Damned Thing, by Ambrose Bierce; The Yellow Sign, by Robert W. Chambers; The Monkey's Paw, by W. W. Jacobs; The White People, by Arthur Machen; The Willows, by Algernon Blackwood; Casting the Runes, by M. R. James; The Graveyard Rats, by Henry Kuttner; Pigeons from Hell, by Robert E. Howard; It, ..."