The Hall of the Dead

expanded short fiction 1967 Conan / Kull / Bran Mak Morn

Record

First published	1967
Original language	EN
Work type	short fiction
Canon status	expanded

Synopsis

Conan chases rumors of treasure in the ruined city of Larsha but is pursued in turn by Zamorian soldiers under Captain Nestor; the two eventually become allies and explore the city together, seeking a hoard rumored to lie within its palace.

Where it sits

• Universe: Conan / Kull / Bran Mak Morn
• Series: not part of a registered series (standalone work within its universe)
• Author: Robert E. Howard

Notes

• An unfinished Howard fragment/synopsis, completed by L. Sprague de Camp for first publication in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Registered as Robert E. Howard's original draft plus a named completer's finishing work, not pure Howard, and not registered as Core Canon.

Neighbouring works

Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.

• Publication order, within Conan / Kull / Bran Mak Morn (standalone work): position 28 of 32: previous Wolves Beyond the Border (1967) · next The Hand of Nergal (1967)

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Howard_bibliography
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_the_Barbarian
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hall_of_the_Dead

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