The People of the Black Circle is a collection of Conan stories by Robert E. Howard, edited by Karl Edward Wagner. The illustrations by Hugh Rankin are from the original pulp publications.

ContentsEdit

• "Foreword" • Karl Edward Wagner
• The People of the Black Circle (novella) • Robert E. Howard
• "The Devil in Iron" (novelette ) • Robert E. Howard
• "A Witch Shall Be Born" (novelette ) • Robert E. Howard
• "Jewels of Gwahlur" (novelette ) • Robert E. Howard
• "Afterword" • Karl Edward Wagner

Publishing historyEdit

• The People of the Black Circle (collection) • Robert E. Howard • edited by Karl Edward Wagner • illustrated by Hugh Rankin
  • Berkley/Putnam 1977 hc 293pp ISBN 0399121471
  • Berkley September 1977 pb 293pp ISBN 042503609X

There was also a 1977 Science Fiction Book Club edition, which was retypeset and introduced numerous errors.

ReferencesEdit

• Miskatonic University Library Periodical Reading Room - Weird Tales • anon.
• The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998) • Charles N. Brown & William G. Contento
  • (1999) (2000) (2001) (2002) (2003) (2004)
• The Encyclopedia of Fantasy • edited by John Clute and John Grant • Orbit 1997 ISBN 1857233689
• Robert E. Howard :Short Story Bibliography • Robert E. Howard : UK Publications • Ian Davy
• Howard Works: Robert E. Howard Bibliography • Paul Herman and Todd A. Woods • winner of The 2004 Stygian Award for best REH-related website
• A Complete Conan Bibliography • Bruce L. Precourt
  • A Complete Conan Bibliography • Expanded, edited, and reformatted by William Galen Gray et al.
• The Hyborian Age of Conan the Barbarian • Dale Rippke
• Robert E. Howard – Bibliography (Alphabetical) • Al von Ruff (isfdb)
• The Barbarian Keep • Edward A. Waterman
• International Superheroes: Conan • "Loki"