# The hills of the dead

Author: Howard, Robert E. (Robert Ervin), 1906-1936; Rankin, Hugh, 1878-1956 [Illustrator]

Genre: Short stories

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77603

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+hills+of+the+dead+Howard&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The twigs which N'Longa flung on the fire broke and crackled. The upleaping flames lighted the countenances of the two men. N'Longa, voodoo man of the Slave Coast, was very old. His wizened and gnarled frame was stooped and brittle, his face creased by hundreds of wrinkles. The red firelight glinted on the human finger-bones which composed his necklace.

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-hills-of-the-dead-77603/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-hills-of-the-dead-77603/chapters/2/index.md)