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This article is about a short story. For the protagonist and principal character, see Conan the Cimmerian (disambiguation).
"Drums of Tombalku" Author Robert E. Howard Original title "Drums of Tombalku" Country USA Language English Series Conan the Cimmerian Genre(s) Fantasy Published in USA Publication type Short story Publisher Lancer Books Publication date 1966 "Drums of Tombalku" is an American fantasy short story, one of the original ones by Robert E. Howard featuring Conan the Cimmerian, a fragment begun in the 1930s but not finished or published in Howard's lifetime. It was completed by L. Sprague de Camp and in this form first published in the collection Conan the Adventurer (1966). It has since been published in its original form in the collections The Conan Chronicles Volume 1: The People of the Black Circle (Gollancz, 2000) and Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One (1932-1933) (Del Rey, 2003).
Adaptation
The story was adapted in the comic book Savage Sword of Conan #204.
External links
Categories:- Conan the Barbarian stories by Robert E. Howard
- Pulp stories
- Horror short stories
- Fantasy short stories
- 1966 short stories
- Fantasy stubs
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