''The Blood-Stained God'' is a 1955

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novella by American writer Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp, featuring Howard's sword and sorcery hero

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. It was revised by de Camp from Howard's original story, an unpublished non-fantasy oriental tale that featured Kirby O'Donnell titled " The Curse of the Crimson God". De Camp changed the names of the characters, added the sorcery elements, and recast the setting into Howard's

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. The story was first published in the hardbound collection ''

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'' (

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, 1955), and subsequently appeared in the paperback collection ''

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'' (

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, 1969), as part of which it has been translated into

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, and

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. The stories elements were used on the 1976

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audio drama record: Conan the Barbarian, entitled The Jewel of the Ages.

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1955 American novels 1955 fantasy novels Conan the Barbarian stories by L. Sprague de Camp Conan the Barbarian stories by Robert E. Howard American novellas Gnome Press books {{1950s-fantasy-novel-stub