The battle in the meadowlands of the Euphrates was over, but not the slaughter. On that bloody field where the Caliph of Bagdad and his Turkish allies had broken the onrushing power of Doubeys ibn Sadaka of Hilla and the desert, the steel-clad bodies lay strewn like the drift of a storm. The great canal men called the Nile, which connected the Euphrates with the distant Tigris, was choked with the bodies of the tribesmen, and survivors were panting in flight toward the whit...

This having happened to me I sat still on my brother Bill’s horse, because that’s the best thing you can do when a feller is p’inting a cocked.45 at your wishbone. This feller was a mean-looking hombre in a sweaty hickory shirt with brass rivets in his leather hat band, and he needed a shave. He said, „Who are you? Where you from? Where you goin’? What you aimin’ to do when you get there?

The long low craft which rode off-shore had an unsavory look, and lying close in my covert, I was glad that I had not hailed her. Caution had prompted me to conceal myself and observe her crew before making my presence known, and now I thanked my guardian spirit; for these were troublous times and strange craft haunted the Caribees.

The long tapers flickered, sending the black shadows wavering along the walls, and the velvet tapestries rippled. Yet there was no wind in the chamber. Four men stood about the ebony table on which lay the green sarcophagus that gleamed like carven jade. In the upraised right hand of each man a curious black candle burned with a weird greenish light. Outside was night and a lost wind moaning among the black trees.

The Black Stranger"is one of the stories byRobert E. HowardaboutConan the Cimmerian. It was written in the 1930s but not published in his lifetime. When the original Conan version of the story failed to find a publisher, Howard rewrote „The Black Stranger” into a piraticalTerence Vulmeastory entitled „Swords of the Red Brotherhood.”

Powieść nominowana do nagród Hugo i Nebula. Zabawna, ekscytująca, prowokuje do myślenia. - Isaac Asimov. Niewiarygodne, ale Heinlein raz jeszcze napisał wspaniałą powieść. - Arthur C. Clarke. Alexander Hergensheimer, ortodoksyjny członek Zjednoczonego Kościoła, po nierozważnym udziale w polinezyjskim Święcie Ognia przenosi się do kolejnych alternatywnych światów. W każdym z nich wszystkie znaki na niebie i ziemi wskazują, że nadchodzi koniec świata i ...

Seth, policyjny detektyw, dostaje pilne wezwanie. Ktoś włamał się do rezydencji Grace Fontaine, znanej z licznych skandali i romansów. Jej zmasakrowane ciało leży u podnóża schodów. Seth podejrzewa, że napastnik chciał zrabować bezcenny niebieski diament, który Grace dostała na przechowanie. Rozpoczyna przeszukiwać miejsce zbrodni. Słyszy dziwny odgłos, odwraca się gwałtownie i… staje oko w oko z Grace, która mierzy do niego z pistoletu…W cyklu Gwiazdy Mitry ukazały się nast...

Czy wiesz, że: • Tolerancyjne, pokojowo nastawione wersety Koranu, które tak często się cytuje, zostały w rzeczywistości usunięte z księgi, zgodnie z islamską teologią. • Jedyna nadrzędna zasada w islamie brzmi: „to, co jest dobre dla islamu, jest słuszne”. • Każdy, kto obrazi lub nawet przeciwstawi się Mahometowi czy jego wiernym, zasługuje na upokorzenie i śmierć – jeśli to możliwe, przez ścięcie. Tak wynika z rozkazu Allaha, by uderzać „tych, którzy nie wierzą, (…) mi...

Shadows in the Moonlight is one of the original short stories starring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian, written author Robert E. Howard and first published in Weird Tales magazine in April 1934. Howard originally named his story „Iron Shadows in the Moon”. It is set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan escaping to a remote island in the Vilayet Sea where he encounters the Red Brotherhood, a skulking creature, and mysterious iron ...

Aktualnie, w Polsce ochrona przeciwpożarowa jest integralną częścią budownictwa, a działania mające na celu zapewnienia bezpieczeństwa pożarowego są prowadzone na etapie projektowania i realizacji nowych obiektów budowlanych oraz podczas eksploatacji istniejących. Mimo stałego wzrostu zainteresowania problematyką bezpieczeństwa pożarowego zapewnienie ochrony przeciwpożarowej nadal jest najczęściej w Polsce realizowane na bazie spełnienia wymagań przepisów, a wie...

The horror first took concrete form amid that most unconcrete of all things–a hashish dream. I was off on a timeless, spaceless journey through the strange lands that belong to this state of being, a million miles away from earth and all things earthly; yet I became cognizant that something was reaching across the unknown voids–something that tore ruthlessly at the separating curtains of my illusions and intruded itself into my visions.

In „Black Wind Blowing”, Howard lays it on so thick I half suspected he was trying to do a spoof on the genre. But then, his normal storytelling was always full of bizarre images, hyperactive violence and heavy use of adjectives so this story is probably just an extreme example. It helps too, that „Black Wind Blowing” has enough wild premises to build at least two or three effective horror stories on. If you’re not moved by what’s going on at the moment, by the next page th...

The moonlight shimmered hazily, making silvery mists of illusion among the shadowy trees. A faint breeze whispered down the valley, bearing a shadow that was not of the moon-mist. A faint scent of smoke was apparent. The man whose long, swinging strides, unhurried yet unswerving, had carried him for many a mile since sunrise, stopped suddenly. A movement in the trees had caught his attention, and he moved silently toward the shadows, a hand resting lightly on the hilt of hi...

The Turks, cruelly lead by the scurrilous Bayazid, crushingly defeat a bunch of European Christians who were invading so as to steal land from the Turks, or something. But one of the Europeans, a Scott, Donald MacDeesa escapes with his life and hooks up with Ak Boga, who who had secretly been spying on the carnage. Ak Boga works for the Amir of Samarcand, one Timour the Lame.

The creator of Conan looks to the stars in one of fantasy’s most enduring science fantasy classics! Robert E. Howard’s Almuric is a savage planet of crumbling stone ruins and debased, near-human inhabitants. Into this world comes Esau Cairn, Earthman, swordsman, murderer. Only he can overthrow the terrible devils that enslave Almuric, but to do so he must first defeat the inner demons that forced him to abandon Earth.

”I have known many gods. He who denies them is as blind as he who trusts them too deeply. I seek not beyond death. It may be the blackness averred by the Nemedian skeptics, or Crom’s realm of ice and cloud, or the snowy plains and vaulted halls of the Nordheimer’s Valhalla. I know not, nor do I care. Let me live deep while I live; let me know the rich juices of red meat and stinging wine on my palate, the hot embrace of white arms, the mad exultation of battle when the blue...

If you like your horror with a western twist then these tales are for you. Awesome occult western adventure, from the master of strange fiction, Robert E. Howard! This collection includes the following stories: „THE HORROR FROM THE MOUND”, „THE MAN ON THE GROUND”, „OLD GARFIELD’S HEART”, „BLACK CANAAN”, „THE DEAD REMEMBER”, „PIGEONS FROM HELL” and others. Kind of like „Dreams at the Witch House” by Lovecraft but mixed with Howard’s own legends. „Tales of the Weird Southwest...

Despite an aversion to the detective formula, he wrote the tales in Graveyard Rats during the same years he chronicled the adventures of Conan. This collection features a new introduction by scholar Don Herron, editor of „The Dark Barbarian,” the definitive look at the life and work of Robert E. Howard.

The castles of the Twelfth Century, fortresses rather than mere dwellings, were built for defense, not comfort. The hall through which the drunken band was hallooing was broad, lofty, windy, strewn with rushes, now but faintly lighted by the dying embers in a great ill-ventilated fireplace. Rude, sail-like hangings along the walls rippled in the wind that found its way through.

Professor John Kirowan is a fictional character from Robert E. Howard’s contributions to H.P. Lovecraft’s story cycle „the Cthulhu Mythos”. Kirowan is often partnered with the character John Conrad, to the extent that these stories are often referred to under the group title Conrad & Kirowan. Professor Kirowan is a younger son of a titled Irish family and a scholar of the Mythos who travelled widely in search of forbidden knowledge. His ancestor, Sir Michael Kirowan was...

The speaker wrapped his purple cloak closer about his powerful frame and settled back into his official chair, much as he might have settled back in his seat at the Circus Maximus to enjoy the clash of gladiatorial swords. Realization of power colored his every move. Whetted pride was necessary to Roman satisfaction, and Titus Sulla was justly proud; for he was military governor of Eboracum and answerable only to the emperor of Rome.

Szósty tom cyklu o Wespazjanie. RZYM, 51 ROK. Wyzwoleńcy cesarza Klaudiusza, Narcyz i Pallas, toczą między sobą walkę o kontrolę nad tronem. Każdy z osobna wysyła Wespazjana do Armenii, by tam bronił interesów Rzymu. Jednakże stawką jest coś więcej niż ochrona podległego królestwa. Krążą pogłoski, że cesarzowa Agrypina spiskuje, by zdestabilizować Wschód. Wespazjan musi znaleźć sposób, jak służyć jednocześnie dwom panom... Narcyz ze wszystkich stara się znis...

Pod patronatem Polskiej Akademii Umiejętności KOMITET REDAKCYJNY: prof. dr hab. Józef Gierowski prof. dr hab. Stanisław Grodziski prof. dr hab. Jerzy Wyrozumski Ósmy tom z 12 z serii Wielka Historia Świata Oficyny Wydawniczej FOGRA (wydawcy m.in. 10 tomowej edycji Wielka Historia Polski). Od prehistorii do współczesności - najnowsza synteza historii powszechnej Wielka historia świata to owe spojrzenie na powstawanie i upadek wielkich cywili...

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