# Love and Obsession in Short Fiction

> Theme guide for Short Fiction by Robert E. Howard.

Romantic desire often becomes a destructive obsession, driving characters to madness or doom, as with Amra's pursuit of the taunting snow-woman, A-æa's adoration of Ga-nor, and Costigan's love for Zuleika amid danger.

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