The Conan Chronicles, 1

{{Short description|2000 collection of short stories written by Robert E. Howard}}

{{Distinguish|The Conan Chronicles|The Conan Chronicles (Robert Jordan)}}

{{Infobox book

| name = The Conan Chronicles: Volume 1: The People of the Black Circle

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| image = Conan chronicles volume 1.jpg

| caption = Cover of the first edition

| author = Robert E. Howard

| illustrator =

| cover_artist = John Howe

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| series = Gollancz Conan Chronicles

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| genre = Fantasy

| publisher = Gollancz

| release_date = 2000

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| media_type = Print (paperback)

| pages = xii, 548 pp

| isbn = 1-85798-996-1

| oclc= 59568599

| preceded_by =

| followed_by = The Conan Chronicles, Volume 2: The Hour of the Dragon

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The Conan Chronicles: Volume 1: The People of the Black Circle is a collection of fantasy short stories written by Robert E. Howard featuring his sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. The book was published in 2000 by Gollancz as eighth volume of their Fantasy Masterworks series. The book, edited by Stephen Jones, presents the stories in their internal chronological order. Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazines The Phantagraph, Weird Tales, Super-Science Fiction, Magazine of Horror and Fantasy Fiction.