The Hand of Nergal

"The Hand of Nergal" is one of the original short stories by American author Robert E. Howard starring the sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian, an untitled fragment begun in the 1930s but not finished or published in Howard's lifetime. It was completed and titled by Lin Carter and in this form was published in the following collections:

• Conan (Lancer, 1967, later reissued by Ace Books).
• The Conan Chronicles (Sphere Books, 1989)
• Beyond the Gates of Dream (Belmont Books, 1969), a collection of short stories by Lin Carter and collaborators.

It has since been published in its original form in:

• The Conan Chronicles Volume 1: The People of the Black Circle (Gollancz, 2000)
• Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One (1932–1933) (Del Rey, 2003).