The Slithering Shadow

THE PHOENIX ON THE SWORD—A soul-searing story of a fearsome monster spawned in darkness before the first man crawled out of the slimy sea. THE SLITHERING SHADOW—A mighty story of a barbarian adventurer, and the ravening monstrosity that slunk through the dark corridors of Xuthal in search of its human prey. THE POOL OF THE BLACK ONE—One of the strangest stories ever told—a tale of black giants, and the blood-freezing horror that awaited the buccaneers at the jade-green pool. ROGUES IN THE HOUSE—A tale to make the blood tingle—the story of a barbarian soldier of fortune and a squatting monstrosity that sat in the chambers of death in the house of the wizard Nabonidus. This book contains the original texts as they first appeared in Weird Tales pulp magazine as well as all of the original illustrations which accompanied the stories.