The Tower of the Elephant
Conan

Sword and Sorcery is the most accepted name for this genre. Howard was one of the early stars in writing such stories. He had much to do with setting some of the parameters including the elements of “dark ages mankind,” classic weaponry and transportation, and an element of magic or mysticism. The T......more

The Tower of the Elephant is a Robert E. Howard pulp, short story featuring Conan the Barbarian. It is the third story from the Conan Collection, and it follows the same general formula as all of the others. Conan gets himself into a compromising situation and he uses the diversity of his skills to......more

I've read 4 Conan short stories now, and while I'm beginning to recognize that there's a definite formula to Howard's writing, this story was thus far unmatched in terms of sheer entertainment value and the lore it added to the world. If I had known years ago that Howard's Conan works were so steepe......more

come join Conan the Cimmerian as he romps about in two bold and bloody adventures! well, one sorta-kinda adventure and the other a short mystery (although really not much of a mystery). in the first, young Conan encounters unpleasant natural & supernatural threats while attempting to steal a preciou......more