Saturday, November 9, 2013

The Road of Kings (Redux)

When I was a fighting man, the kettle-drums they beat.
The people scattered gold dust before my horse's feet.
But now I am a great king; the people hound my track,
With poison in my wine cup, and daggers at my back.

Hello, friends and fellow REH fans! At long last here is the updated Road of Kings! This post contains links to all of our episodes to date. We're almost up to double digits!

The Phoenix on the Sword (Episode 01)
The Scarlet Citadel (Episode 02)
The Tower of the Elephant (Episode 03)
Black Colossus (Episode 04)
Xuthal of the Dusk (Or, The Slithering Shadow: Episode 05)
The Pool of the Black One (Episode 06)
Rogues in the House (Episode 07)
Gods of the North (Or, The Frost Giant's Daughter: Episode 08)

(Interlude) Episode 09 - Howard's Horrors: The Haunter of the Ring and Pigeons from Hell

We've had a blast producing this show so far, and we still have a lot of work to do! Let us not forget the past as we look to the horizon! What do we see when we cast our gaze toward the future? We have ten more original Conan the Cimmerian stories to talk about! Here is the order in which we'll cover them, along with links to full texts of these stories from Project Gutenberg.

Iron Shadows in the Moon (Or, Shadows in the Moonlight: Full text)
Queen of the Black Coast (Full text)
The Devil in Iron (Full text)
The People of the Black Circle (Full text)
A Witch Shall be Born (Full text)
Jewels of Gwahlur (Full text)
Beyond the Black River (Full text)
Man-Eaters of Zamboula (Or, Shadows in Zamboula: Full text)
The Hour of the Dragon (Or, Conan the Conqueror: Full text)
Red Nails (Full text)

So there it is! Ten more Conan stories to go! We have some other surprises in store along the way, including a very special surprise episode in the next month! It will be an epic journey as we continue on our way down the Road of Kings. Steel yourselves!

-Josh, Jon, and Luke
The CROMCAST