Beyond the Black River and Other Stories
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In his short life Robert E. Howard produced hundreds of short stories and works of poetry. Commonly associated with the era of pulp fiction he created numerous characters of which the most popular is Conan the Cimmerian. The titular story "Beyond the Black River" is considered one of Howard's best Conan stories. In it Conan battles the savage Hyborian Picts in the unsettled lands beyond the infamous Black River. "Beyond the Black River and Other Stories" is a collection of popular Conan stories which also include the following tales: "Jewels of Gwahlur," "Shadows in Zamboula," "The Hyborian Age," and "Red Nails."
Robert E Howard
Robert E. Howard (1906-1936) was born and raised in rural Texas, the son of a pioneer physician. He began writing professionally at the age of fifteen and turned out dozens of tales of heroic and supernatural fantasy, featuring many memorable creations - including the character he is best remembered for: Conan of Cimmeria. These stories, mostly published in Weird Tales, won him a huge audience across the world and influenced a whole generation of writers, from Robert Jordan to Raymond E. Feist. Sadly, Howard killed himself in June 1936 when he learned that his beloved mother had fallen into a coma.
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