Shadows in the Moonlight (short story)
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"Shadows in the Moonlight" is one of the original short stories starring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard[1] and first published in Weird Tales magazine in April 1934.[citation needed] Howard had originally named his story "Iron Shadows in the Moon". It's set in the fictional Hyborian Age and narrates Conan's escape to a remote island in the Vilayet Sea where he encounters the Red Brotherhood, a skulking creature, and mysterious iron statues.
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"Shadows in the Moonlight" | |||
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Short story by Robert E. Howard | |||
Original title | Iron Shadows in the Moon | ||
Country | United States | ||
Language | English | ||
Genre(s) | Fantasy | ||
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Published in | Weird Tales | ||
Publication type | Pulp magazine | ||
Publisher | Rural Publishing Corporation | ||
Publication date | April 1934 | ||
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Series | Conan the Cimmerian | ||
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The story was republished in the collections Conan the Barbarian (Gnome Press, 1954) and Conan the Freebooter (Lancer Books, 1968). It has more recently been published in the collections The Conan Chronicles Volume 1: The People of the Black Circle (Gollancz, 2000) and Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One (1932-1933) (Del Rey, 2003).