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Charles
Jul 21, 2010 rated it liked it
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A pretty good collection, with stories about Conan, Elak, Brak, and Elric, along with a few new items. Unfortunately, the Conan story is one that L. Sprague de Camp finished from a Howard outline and so isn't terribly strong. There's also a very early story by Robert Bloch, which, while well written, shows his lack of storytelling experience at the time.

Contains tales by:
Robert Bloch
H. P. Lovecraft
Henry Kuttner
Michael Moorcock,
Howard & de Camp
Lord Dunsany
John Jakes
Luigi de Pascalis (translated
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