# Black Canaan

By Robert E. Howard.

"Black Canaan" by Robert E. Howard is a short story published in 1936. Set in the backwoods of the American South, it follows Kirby Buckner as he returns home after receiving a cryptic warning. He discovers his homeland threatened by a mysterious conjure man named Saul Stark, who plans to lead an uprising. Buckner encounters a bewitching quadroon woman whose supernatural powers hold him captive, drawing him toward a terrifying voodoo ceremony where dark magic and deadly rituals await in the swamps of Canaan. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Illustrator: H. S. De Lay
- Subjects: Fantasy fiction; Horror tales; Louisiana -- Fiction; Race relations -- Fiction

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