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Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) was an American author famous for his weird tales and horror stories. Sea Curse is the tale which starts with a village tragedy. A local girl who lives with her elderly aunt has been seduced and deflowered by a swaggering, drunk sailor. In despair she drowns herself in the ocean. The sailor mocks her aunt over the girl's washed-up body on the beach. The old aunt retaliates by putting an awful, terrible curse upon the sailor and his mate....

Epic in scope and magically textured, Howard’s The People of the Black Circle is one of the most accomplished tales of Conan the Cimmerian. Conan drives us to magnificent mountain heights and subtle secret passes in order to foil a nefarious plot of the Black Seers of Yimsha.

Robert E. Howard's classic barbarian swords man, Conan of Cimmeria, pits his muscles his will and his sword against a demon from the void who has come to his world in search of power and possesses a body of living iron. Meanwhile, Conan continues to disrupt and harry the expansion of the Turanian Empire. Full-cast audiobook with strategic sound effects to help create the ambiance of the Hyborean age.

A full-cast audiobook version of Robert E. Howard's classic Conan story "Shadows in Zamboula", with strategic sound effects to enhance the storytelling. A narration worthy of the well-known barbarian hero.

Conan is working for pay as a soldier at the frontier fort of Tuscelan. While out scouting he saves the life of Balthus, and the two become embroiled in a fight for their lives and a war against the invading picts. Can Conan and Balthus defeat the evil sorcerer that has summoned ancient monsters and bound the pictish clans as never before?

Are you looking for non-religious kids' Christmas stories? If so, you will enjoy our collection: Kids' Christmas Book with Santa Claus and Non-Religious Stories: Xmas Holiday Story Books for Children. Note that these are public domain works that were originally written by the indicated authors. All of the stories have been modernized and re-written for the 21st century.

"Red Nails" is the last of the stories about Conan the Cimmerian written by American author Robert E. Howard. A novella, it was originally serialized in "Weird Tales" magazine from July to October 1936. It is set in the pseudo historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan encountering a lost city in which the degenerate inhabitants are proactively resigned to their own destruction. Due to its grim themes of decay and death, the story is considered a classic of Conan lore and is often cited by Howard scholars as one of his best tales.

A gripping collection of outstanding American classic short stories by some of America's greatest writers: 'A Ghost Story' by Mark Twain; 'Pomegranate Seed' by Edith Wharton; 'Pigeons from Hell' by Robert E. Howard; 'Pickman's Model' by H. P. Lovecraft; 'The Adventure of the German Student' by Nathaniel Hawthorne; 'Absolute Zero' by Morgan Robertson; and many more.

In der sengenden Hitze der südlichen Dschungel lauert ein uraltes Grauen. Conan, der legendäre Krieger aus Cimmerien, und die furchtlose Valeria von den Roten Brüdern wagen sich in die Ruinen von Xuchotl, einer Stadt, die von Rache, Blutdurst und dunkler Magie gezeichnet ist. Dort tobt ein erbitterter Krieg zwischen zwei rivalisierenden Stämmen, während eine noch finsterere Macht aus den Schatten zuschlägt. Conan - Rote Nägel führt uns tief in die dunkle Welt von Robert E. Howard, wo jeder Schritt das letzte sein könnte und Mut die einzige Währung ist.

Tauchen Sie ein in die epische Welt des legendären Barbaren Conan! In "Schatten in Zamboula" erwartet Sie ein spannungsgeladenes Fantasy-Abenteuer voller Intrigen, Gewalt und mystischer Kräfte. Als Conan in der exotischen Stadt Zamboula Zuflucht sucht, gerät er unfreiwillig in ein Netz aus Verrat und Mord. Sklavenhändler, Kulte des Bösen und eine geheimnisvolle Frau bedrohen sein Leben. Nur mit Witz, Stärke und Entschlossenheit kann Conan sich aus dieser tödlichen Falle befreien.

Crowd-Horror by Robert E. Howard, narrated by Mike Vendetti as an audiobook, is the thrilling tale of a highly talented prize fighter as told by his manager. Highly talented until he is in front of a crowd.

Tief in den unergründlichen Wäldern von Conajohara, wo die Grenzen der Zivilisation in das Reich der Wildnis übergehen, erhebt sich eine Legende. Conan - Jenseits des schwarzen Flusses, gelesen von Benjamin Werner, entführt den Hörer in eine Welt voller dunkler Magie und uralter Feindschaften. Hier, am Rande der bekannten Welt, trifft der junge Siedler Balthus auf den kimmerischen Krieger Conan, der ihn vor einem tödlichen Sumpfteufel rettet.

John O'Brian travels to Dagon's Cave to murder Richard Brent for the love of Eleanor Bland. Eleanor is a beautiful blonde who won't commit to Brent or O'Brian so John has decided to settle it for her. The cave is a really creepy place with lots of local myths surrounding it including mysterious Little People, the prehistoric beings of British legend. Celts and Saxons battled in the area for decades. O'Brian wanders into the cave and manages to fall headlong down a flight of stairs knocking himself unconscious. To say he wasn't himself when he came to is an understatement.

Tauche ein in die Welt von Conan dem Cimmerier mit der neuesten Übersetzung von "Conan - Die Juwelen von Gwahlur". In diesem spannenden Abenteuer begleitet der Hörer den legendären Krieger auf seiner Suche nach den sagenumwobenen Juwelen in den geheimnisvollen Tempeln von Alkmeenon. Gelesen von der markanten Stimme Benjamin Werners, wird diese Geschichte zu einem unvergesslichen Hörerlebnis. Perfekt für Fans von epischer Fantasy und packenden Geschichten. Lass dich von Conans Kraft und List mitreißen und sichere dir dein Exemplar noch heute.

Since the first appearance of a vampire in Robert Southey’s Thalaba the Destroyer, we mortals have endured a morbid fascination with these peculiar creatures of the night. They come in many forms: charming and seductive; ghastly and terrible. Join us as we explore a number of classic yarns concerning the various guises of the vampire, from Aleksey Tolstoy’s horrifying description of a vampiric family to Robert E. Howard’s tale of a creature loosed from bondage after having been buried for over three centuries. Thank the gods these creatures are fictitious…aren’t they?

Three short stories of weird strange fiction. An hour of other-worldly escapism.

"Beyond the Black River" is one of the original short stories about Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard. It's set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan's battle against a savage tribe of Picts in the unsettled lands beyond the infamous Black River.

A Witch Shall Be Born is one of the original sword and sorcery novellas by Robert E. Howard about Conan the Cimmerian. The story concerns a witch replacing her twin sister as queen of a city state, which brings her into conflict with Conan who had been the captain of the queen's guard. Themes of paranoia, and the duality of the twin sisters, are paramount in this story but it also includes elements of the conflict between barbarism and civilization that is common to the entire Conan series.

A collection of eclectic poetry penned by three kings of Pulp fiction from the 1930s. Songs of Giants: The Poetry of Pulp is a collection of 26 poems by writers H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and Robert E. Howard. Inspired by the illustrated book of the same name by artist Mark Wheatley.

Among the many characters created by Robert E. Howard, the most celebrated is the moody iconoclast Conan the Barbarian. These three stories depict some of his adventures involving encounters with his many enemies and unlikely allies.