Wings in the Night

About this book

This latest volume in the planned ten-volume set of The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard collects Robert E. Howard's fiction and prose published in Weird Tales from July 1932 to May 1933. These works represent literary stepping-stones to Howard's infamous Cthulhu mythos stories and his most famous character of all--Conan the Cimmerian--and ably demonstrate that each of Howard's stories improved and added to his formidable skills as a master of fantasy and adventure. Wings in the Night includes "Phoenix on the Sword," the historically important first Conan story, establishing the very unique character of Conan, and sets in place the history and many of the attributes of the Hyborian Age, from which all the later stories would flow. Includes two more Conan stories: "The Scarlet Citadel" and "The Tower of the Elephant!"

Reader Profile

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· 38 pages · ≈ 42 min · Moderate

How long does it take to read Wings in the Night?

About ≈ 42 min — 38 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mWings in the Night~42 min

How many pages is Wings in the Night?

38 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320Wings in the Night38

What genre is Wings in the Night?

It sits on the Horror, Fantasy, Fiction shelves.

Is Wings in the Night in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Who wrote Wings in the Night?

Robert E. Howard (1906–1936).