Three-Bladed Doom

"Three-Bladed Doom" is an adventure short story by American writer Robert E. Howard, featuring his character El Borak. It was not published within Howard's lifetime.

"Three-Bladed Doom"
AuthorRobert E. Howard
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesEl Borak
Genre(s)Adventure
Published inREH Lone Star Fictioneer #4
Publication dateSpring 1976

There are two different versions of this story. The first is shorter (24,000 words) than the second (42,000) words. The short version was printed first, in issue #4 of the magazine REH Lone Star Fictioneer (Spring 1976).[1] The long version was printed the following year in the Zebra paperback Three-Bladed Doom (July 1977).[1] Both of these versions, however, had their beginning and ending substantially re-written by Byron Roark, editor of REH Lone Star Fictioneer. The restored version was printed in issue #10 of the fanzine REH: Two-Gun Raconteur (Winter 2006).[1]

Other versions

This story was re-written by L. Sprague de Camp into the Conan story The Flame Knife. This was first printed in the hardback Tales of Conan (1955).[2] This version was adapted in "Savage Sword of Conan" #31-32.

References
  1. "Publication History". Howard Works. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
  2. "Publication History". Howard Works. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
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