Queen of the Black Coast
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This article is about a short story published in 1934. For the 1978 collection of the same title that contains this story, see Queen of the Black Coast (collection).
"Queen of the Black Coast" is one of the original short stories about Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard and first published in Weird Tales magazine c. May 1934. Set during the fictional Hyborian Age, Conan becomes a notorious pirate plundering the coastal villages of Kush alongside Bêlit, a head-strong femme fatale.
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Short story by Robert E. Howard | |||
Country | United States | ||
Language | English | ||
Genre(s) | Fantasy | ||
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Published in | Weird Tales | ||
Publication type | Pulp magazine | ||
Publisher | Rural Publishing Corporation | ||
Publication date | May 1934 | ||
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Series | Conan the Cimmerian | ||
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Due to its epic scope and atypical romance, this story is an undisputed classic of Conan lore and is often cited by Howard scholars as one of his most famous tales.[1]
Howard earned $115 selling this story to Weird Tales,[2] and it is now in the public domain.[3]