The People of the Black Circle

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1932 - 1933
The Phoenix on the Sword
The Frost-Giant's Daughter
The God in the Bowl
The Tower of the Elephant
The Scarlet Citadel
Queen of the Black Coast
Black Colossus
Iron Shadows in the Moon
Xuthal of the Dusk
Rogues in the House
The Vale of Lost Women
The Devil in Iron
The Pool of the Black One

1934 - 1935
People of the Black Circle
The Hour of the Dragon
A Witch Shall be Born

1935 - 1936
The Servants of Bit-Yakin
Beyond the Black River
The Black Stranger
Man-Eaters of Zamboula
Red Nails

Unfinished/fragments
The Snout in the Dark
Drums of Tombalku
The Hall of the Dead
The Hand of Nergal
Wolves Beyond the Border

"The People of the Black Circle" is one of the original short stories about Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard and first published in Weird Tales magazine circa 1934. It is set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan kidnapping a regal princess of Vendhya and foiling a nefarious plot of world domination by the Black Seers of Yimsha. The story has most recently been republished in the collection The Bloody Crown of Conan (Del Rey, 2005). Due to its epic scope and atypical Hindustan flavor, the story is considered an undisputed classic of Conan lore and is often cited by Howard scholars as one of his best tales.

The opening panel of The People of the Black Circle comic adapation by Roy Thomas featuring the art of John Buscema and Alfredo Alcala.

The original short story was written by Robert E. Howard and first appeared in a 1934 issue of Weird Tales magazine.