The Devil in Iron – A demon is awakened on the island of Xapur and in turn resurrects an ancient fortress, gigantic pythons and dead citizens. Conan meanwhile pursues Octavia to the island and the demon prepares for Conan to fall into a trap.
The Hyborian Age – An essay from Robert E. Howard explaining the origins of the age when primitive humans fled to the north of what was left of the Thurian continent to escape destruction. They discovered an area inhabited by carnivorous apes with white fur and a territorial war ensued. The Stone Age invaders drove off the apes and populated their new land.
Red Nails - the last of the Conan the Cimmerian stories set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age. Conan encountering a lost city in which the population are resigned to their own destruction.