genre queen of the black coast
___MASK58___ ( S & S ) is a subgenre of fantasy generally characterized by sword - wielding heroes engaged in exciting and violent conflicts . An element of romance is often present , as is an element of magic and the supernatural . Unlike works of high fantasy , the tales , though dramatic , focus mainly on personal battles rather than world - endangering matters . ___MASK58___ commonly overlaps with heroic fantasy . Conan the Barbarian ( also known as Conan the Cimmerian ) is a fictional ___MASK58___ hero who originated in pulp fiction magazines and has since been adapted to books , comics , several films ( including " Conan the Barbarian " and " Conan the Destroyer "), television programs ( cartoon and live - action ), video games , role - playing games and other media . The character was created by writer Robert E . Howard in 1932 via a series of fantasy stories published in " Weird Tales " magazine . `` Queen of the Black Coast '' is one of the original short stories about Conan the Cimmerian , written by American author Robert E . Howard and first published in Weird Tales ___MASK100___ c . May 1934 . It is set in the pseudo - historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan becoming a notorious pirate and plundering the coastal villages of Kush alongside Bêlit , a head - strong femme fatale . Due to its epic scope and atypical romance , the story is considered an undisputed classic of Conan lore and is often cited by Howard scholars as one of his most famous tales . Howard earned $ 115 for the sale of this story to Weird Tales and it is now in the public domain . A lie is a statement that the stating ___MASK12___ believes to be false and that is made with the intention to deceive . The practice of communicating lies is called lying , and a person who communicates a lie may be termed a liar . Lies may be employed to serve a ___MASK2___ of instrumental , interpersonal , or psychological functions for the individuals who use them . Generally , the term " lie " carries a negative connotation , and depending on the context a person who communicates a lie may be subject to social , legal , religious , or criminal sanctions . In certain situations , however , lying is permitted , expected , or even encouraged . Believing and acting on false information can have serious consequences . Therefore , scientists and others have attempted to develop reliable methods for distinguishing lies from true statements . Pulp magazines ( often referred to as " the pulps ") were inexpensive ___MASK77___ magazines that were published from 1896 to the 1950s . The term " pulp " derives from the cheap wood pulp paper on which the magazines were printed ; in contrast , magazines printed on higher quality paper were called " glossies " or " slicks ". The typical pulp magazine had 128 pages ; it was wide by high , and thick , with ragged , untrimmed edges . A vampire is a being from ___MASK24___ who subsists by feeding on the life essence ( generally in the form of blood ) of the living . In European ___MASK24___ , vampires were undead beings that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods they inhabited when they were alive . They wore shrouds and were often described as bloated and of ruddy or dark countenance , markedly different from today ' s gaunt , pale vampire which dates from the early 19th century . Although vampiric entities have been recorded in most cultures , the term " vampire " was not popularized in the West until the early 18th century , after an influx of vampire superstition into ___MASK35___ Europe from areas where vampire legends were frequent , such as the Balkans and Eastern Europe , although local variants were also known by different names , such as " shtriga " in Albania , " vrykolakas " in Greece and " strigoi " in Romania . This increased level of vampire superstition in Europe led to ___MASK47___ hysteria and in some cases resulted in corpses actually being staked and people being accused of vampirism . ___MASK95___ is a genre of fiction which is intended to , or has the capacity to frighten , scare , disgust , or startle their readers or viewers by inducing feelings of ___MASK95___ and terror . Literary historian J . A . Cuddon has defined the ___MASK95___ story as " a piece of fiction in prose of variable length ... which shocks or even frightens the reader , or perhaps induces a feeling of repulsion or loathing ". It creates an eerie and frightening atmosphere . ___MASK95___ is frequently supernatural , though it can be non - supernatural . Often the central menace of a work of ___MASK95___ fiction can be interpreted as a metaphor for the larger fears of a society . ___MASK15___ is a ___MASK77___ genre set in an imaginary ___MASK92___ , often but not always without any locations , events , or people from the real world . Most fantasy uses magic or other supernatural elements as a main plot element , theme , or setting . Magic and magical creatures are common in many of these imaginary worlds . ___MASK15___ is generally distinguished from the genres of science ___MASK77___ and ___MASK95___ by the expectation that it steers clear of scientific and macabre themes , respectively , though there is a great deal of overlap between the three , all of which are subgenres of speculative ___MASK77___ . Robert Ervin Howard ( January 22 , 1906  June 11 , 1936 ) was an American author who wrote pulp ___MASK77___ in a diverse range of genres . He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the ___MASK58___ subgenre . The Hyborian Age is an ___MASK98___ by Robert E . Howard pertaining to the Hyborian Age , the fictional setting of his stories about Conan the Cimmerian . It was written in the 1930s but not published during Howard ' s lifetime . Its purpose was to maintain consistency within his fictional setting . Farnsworth Wright ( 1888  1940 ) was the editor of the pulp ___MASK100___ " Weird Tales " during the ___MASK100___ ' s heyday , editing 179 issues from November 1924 - March 1940 . Jack Williamson called Wright " the first great fantasy editor ". Weird Tales is an American ___MASK15___ and ___MASK95___ fiction pulp magazine founded by J . C . Henneberger and J . M . Lansinger in March 1923 . The first editor , Edwin Baird , printed early work by H . P . Lovecraft , Seabury Quinn , and Clark Ashton Smith , all of whom would go on to be popular writers , but within a year the magazine was in financial trouble . Henneberger sold his interest in the publisher , Rural Publishing Corporation , to Lansinger and refinanced " Weird Tales ", with Farnsworth Wright as the new editor . The first issue under Wright ' s control was dated November 1924 . The magazine was more successful under Wright , and despite occasional financial setbacks it prospered over the next fifteen years . Under Wright ' s control the magazine lived up to its subtitle , " The Unique Magazine ", and published a wide range of unusual fiction . Seabury Grandin Quinn ( also known as Jerome Burke ; December 1889  24 December 1969 ) was an American pulp ___MASK100___ author , most famous for his stories of the occult ___MASK9___ Jules de Grandin , published in " Weird Tales ". Howard Phillips Lovecraft ( August 20 , 1890  ___MASK66___ 15 , 1937 ) was an American author who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of ___MASK95___ fiction . Virtually unknown and published only in pulp magazines before he died in poverty , he is now regarded as one of the most significant 20th - century authors in his genre . Lovecraft was born in Providence , Rhode Island , where he spent most of his life . Among his most celebrated tales are " The Call of Cthulhu " and " The Shadow over Innsmouth ", both canonical to the " Cthulhu Mythos ". Never able to support himself from earnings as author and editor , Lovecraft saw commercial success increasingly elude him in this latter period , partly because he lacked the confidence and drive to promote himself . He subsisted in progressively straitened circumstances in his last years ; an inheritance was completely spent by the time he died at the age of 46 . Edwin Baird ( 1886  1957 ) was the first editor of " Weird Tales ", the pioneering pulp ___MASK100___ that specialized in ___MASK95___ fiction . Baird , hired by " Weird Tales " publisher J . C . Henneberger , put out the ___MASK100___ ' s premiere issue , dated March 1923 . Over the course of the next year , Baird published some of the ___MASK100___ ' s most famous writers , including H . P . Lovecraft , Clark Ashton Smith , and Seabury Quinn . The Hyborian Age is a fictional period within the artificial ___MASK50___ created by Robert E . Howard , in which the ___MASK58___ tales of Conan the Barbarian are set . A stock character is a stereotypical person whom audiences readily recognize from frequent recurrences in a particular literary tradition . Stock characters are archetypal characters distinguished by their flatness . As a result , they tend to be easy targets for ___MASK79___ and to be criticized as clichés . The presence of a particular array of stock characters is a key component of many genres . The point of the stock character is to move the story along . Clark Ashton Smith ( January 13 , 1893  August 14 , 1961 ) was a self - educated American ___MASK34___ , sculptor , painter and author of fantasy , ___MASK95___ and science fiction short stories . He achieved early local recognition , largely through the enthusiasm of George Sterling , for traditional verse in the vein of Swinburne . As a ___MASK34___ , Smith is grouped with the West Coast Romantics alongside Ambrose Bierce , Joaquin Miller , Sterling , Nora May French , and remembered as " The Last of the Great Romantics " and " The Bard of Auburn ". A femme fatale is a stock character of a mysterious and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers , often leading them into compromising , dangerous , and deadly situations . She is an archetype of ___MASK90___ and art . Her ability to entrance and hypnotise her victim with a spell was in the earliest stories seen as being literally ___MASK57___ ; hence , the femme fatale today is still often described as having a power akin to an enchantress , seductress , vampire , witch , or demon , having power over men . In American early 20th century film , " femme fatale " characters were referred to as vamps , an allusion to their role as ___MASK78___ vampires .