This time, however, I had picked a different route back, one that was slightly longer than usual. I had a long drive back to the Metroplex, one I had made before. We commend this story to you, for we know you will enjoy it through and through.Ī dozen years ago, in February of 2001, I had just finished up a solo camping trip to Big Bend way out in far west Texas. The story presented herewith is one of the most powerful and eery weird tales yet written about Conan. The stories about Conan were speedily acclaimed by our readers, and the barbarian’s weird adventures became immensely popular. Howard, who was already a favorite with the readers of this magazine for his stories of Solomon Kane, the dour English Puritan and redresser of wrongs. Nearly four years ago, WEIRD TALES published a story called “The Phoenix on the Sword,” built around a barbarian adventurer named Conan, who had become king of a country by sheer force of valor and brute strength. This is day Twenty-four of my Month of Short Stories – a story a day for June.
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