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The Slithering Shadow
Robert E. Howard · 1933novelette
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"The Slithering Shadow" is one of the original short stories starring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard and first published in the September 1933 issue of Weird Tales magazine. "The Slithering Shadow" is the original title, but the story is also known as "Xuthal of the Dusk" in further publications. It is set in the fictional Hyborian Age, and concerns Conan discovering a lost city in a remote desert while encountering a Lovecraftian demon known as Thog.
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- Conan
- contained in Conan: Broadsword Legacy Collectioncollection
- contained in Conan the Adventurercollection
- contained in Conan the Barbariancollection
- contained in Conan the Barbariancollection
- contained in Conan: The Barbarian - Collected Adventurescollection
- contained in Conan the Barbarian: Complete Collectioncollection
- contained in Conan the Berserkercollection
- contained in CONAN THE CIMMERIAN The Complete Tales of Robert E Howardcollection
- contained in Fantastic Stories Presents: Conan the Barbarian Super Packcollection
- contained in Robert E. Howard's Conan the Cimmerian Barbarian: The Complete Weird Tales Omnibuscollection
- contained in The Adventurous Tales of Conan the Cimmeriancollection
- contained in The Coming of Conan the Cimmeriancollection
- contained in The Complete Chronicles of Conan: Centenary Editioncollection
- contained in The Conan Chroniclescollection
- contained in The Sword of Conancollection
- contained in The Weird Writings of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: July 1925-June 1934collection
- contained in Valley of the Wormcollection
- contained in Weird Talesanthology
- contained in Weird Tales, September 1933anthology