Black Canaan

About “Black Canaan”

"Black Canaan" is a short story by American writer Robert E. Howard, first published in the June 1936 issue of Weird Tales. It is a regional horror story set in the Southern United States, specifically in the piney woods of the ArkLaTex region. The story is part of a series of Southern Gothic tales by Howard, which also include "The Shadow of the Beast," "Black Hound of Death," "Moon of Zimbabwe," and "Pigeons from Hell." These stories often explore themes of isolation, superstition, and the supernatural within a rural Southern setting. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)