Beyond the Black River (Illustrated): Two Conan Novelettes

Beyond the Black River by Robert E. Howard The Original Conan the Barbarian, Vol. 6, Beyond the Black River - Two Conan Novelettes (Conan, 14-15) Beyond the Black River by Robert E. Howard, contains two Conan the Cimmerian novelettes: the title story and Shadows In Zamboula. First, in Beyond The Black River, Conan the Cimmerian battles Picts, the wizard Zogar Sag, and a demon to save the settlers on the frontier of the Black River —a startling weird saga of terrific adventures and dark magic. 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. Beyond The Black River – Part 1 1. Conan Loses His Ax 2. The Wizard of Gwawela 3. The Crawlers in the Dark 4. The Beasts of Zogar Sag Beyond The Black River – Part 2 5. The Children of Jhebbal Sag 6. Red Axes of the Border 7. The Devil in the Fire 8. Conajohara No More Shadows In Zamboula 1. A Drum Begins 2. The Night Skulkers 3. Black Hands Gripping 4. Dance, Girl, Dance! Beyond the Black River was published in two parts in the May and June, 1935 issues of Weird Tales. Shadows In Zamboula was published in Weird Tales in November, 1935. * * * * * * The Original Conan the Barbarian Vol. 1, Conan: The Beginnings (Conan, 1-3) The Phoenix on the Sword - 1932 The Scarlet Citadel - 1933 The Tower of the Elephant - 1933 Vol. 2, Black Colossus - Three Conan Stories (Conan, 4-6) Black Colossus - 1933 The Slithering Shadow - 1933 The Pool of the Black One - 1933 Vol. 3, The Queen of the Black Coast - Four Stories of Conan (Conan, 7-10) Rogues in the House - 1934 Shadows in the Moonlight - 1934 Queen of the Black Coast - 1934 The Devil in Iron - 1934 Vol. 4, The People of the Black Circle (Conan, 11) The People of the Black Circle - 1934 Vol. 5, A Witch Shall Be Born - Two Novelettes of Conan the Barbarian (Conan, 12-13) A Witch Shall Be Born - 1934 Jewels of Gwahlur - 1935 Vol. 6, Beyond the Black River - Two Conan Novelettes (Conan, 14-15) Beyond the Black River - 1935 Shadows in Zamboula - 1935 Vol. 7, The Hour of the Dragon - (Conan, 16) The Hour of the Dragon - 1935-1936 Vol. 8, Red Nails - (Conan, 17) Red Nails - 1936

About the Author

Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 - June 11, 1936) was a writer from the United States. He wrote a wide variety of pulp fiction in a variety of genres. He is considered as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre, having invented the character Conan the Barbarian. Howard was born in Texas and raised there. He spent the majority of his life in Cross Plains, with some time spent in nearby Brownwood. He was a scholarly and intellectual boy who like boxing and spent some time in his late teens bodybuilding before taking up amateur boxing. He had an ambition of becoming an adventure fiction writer since he was nine years old, but he did not achieve true success until he was 23. Following that, until his suicide at the age of 30, Howard's writings were published in a variety of periodicals, journals, and newspapers, and he became adept in various subgenres. His greatest success came after he died. Howard's works were never collected during his lifetime, despite the fact that a Conan novel was nearly published in 1934. Weird Tales, where Howard developed Conan the Barbarian, was his major outlet for his stories.

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