The Original Works of J.R. Karlsson

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Greetings, Russian friends!


Attached you will find the story Wolf Mask Shadows, which is a direct sequel to my initial fumbling efforts. It is a larger story that is based on a synopsis in the book Conan the Bold, which talks about how Conan ranged the Pictish Wilderness with Tahatch.


This story attempts to explain why in Crom's name a Cimmerian would spend any time at all with his hated foe, a Pict. It also chronologically links my previous story with Conan the Bold.


It's a simple tale of two hunters, their survival on the border of Cimmeria, and their hunting down of a rival clan of Picts.


There are no beautiful women, no treasure troves, and no evil sorcerers. It's a grounded tale about vengeance and survival for a change.


AI was used for spelling and grammar purposes, and the original synopsis is back the late great John Maddox Roberts, of course.


My next story will be a much larger one. A novelisation of The Horn of Azoth, based off the revised script for the movie that eventually became Conan the Destroyer. It is very different than that!