"The Shadow Kingdom" is a fantasy novelette by American writer Robert E. Howard, the first of his Kull stories, set in his fictional Thurian Age. It was first published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales in August 1929.
The Shadow Kingdom
Robert Ervin Howard was an American writer who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He created the character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.
Howard in 1934
Robert E. Howard at about five years old (circa 1911)
The Robert E. Howard Museum in Cross Plains, Texas
Robert E. Howard in his Senior Year at Brownwood High School, 1923