# Supernatural Horror in Short Fiction

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

Recurring elements of ancient, inhuman evil and cosmic dread pervade the stories, including vampires, mummies, serpent gods, and dream monsters that threaten sanity and reality, as in 'The Dream Snake,' the Atlantean sorcerer Kathulos, and the serpent-men of Valusia.

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