The People of the Black Circle

THE PEOPLE OF THE BLACK CIRCLE

By Robert E. Howard

September, October, November 1934. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]

1 Death Strikes a King

The king of Vendhya was dying. Through the hot, stifling night the temple gongs boomed and the conchs roared. Their clamor was a faint echo in the gold-dom...