The Shadow Kingdom

About “The Shadow Kingdom”

"The Shadow Kingdom" is a fantasy novelette by American writer Robert E. Howard, marking the first of his Kull stories. It is set in Howard's fictional Thurian Age and was first published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales in August 1929. The story follows Kull, a warrior from a primitive land, as he navigates a dangerous and mystical world. Howard's work is part of the early 20th-century pulp fiction tradition, known for its adventurous and imaginative narratives. The story establishes themes of heroism and survival that recur in Howard's later works. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)