![]() The main outlet for his stories was Weird Tales, where Howard created Conan the Barbarian. His greatest success occurred after his death.Īlthough a Conan novel was nearly published in 1934, Howard's stories were never collected during his lifetime. Thereafter, until his death by suicide at age 30, Howard's writings were published in a wide selection of magazines, journals, and newspapers, and he became proficient in several subgenres. From the age of nine he dreamed of becoming a writer of adventure fiction but did not have real success until he was 23. A bookish and intellectual child, he was also a fan of boxing and spent some time in his late teens bodybuilding, eventually taking up amateur boxing. ![]() He spent most of his life in the town of Cross Plains, with some time spent in nearby Brownwood. Sword and sorcery, westerns, boxing stories, historical, horror, southern gothicĬonan the Cimmerian (series), Solomon Kane (series), The Hour of the Dragon, " Worms of the Earth", " Pigeons from Hell" ![]()
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