The Black Stone

short story by Robert E. Howard
VisualArtwork literary_work Q7718449
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The Black Stone

Summary

The Black Stone is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (103 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Black Stone authored Robert E. Howard[3].
  • The Black Stone's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Black Stone's genre is Lovecraftian horror[5].
  • The Black Stone's genre is horror literature[6].
  • The Black Stone's part of the series is recorded as Cthulhu Mythos[7].
  • The Black Stone's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • The Black Stone's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • 1930 marks the founding of The Black Stone[10].
  • The Black Stone was published on November 1931[11].
  • The Black Stone's published in is recorded as Weird Tales[12].
  • The Black Stone's published in is recorded as Q11883504[13].
  • The Black Stone's published in is recorded as Grim Death[14].
  • The Black Stone's published in is recorded as Sleep No More[15].
  • The Black Stone's published in is recorded as To Sleep, Perchance to Dream...Nightmare[16].
  • The Black Stone's published in is recorded as Christopher Lee's 'X' Certificate No. 1[17].
  • The Black Stone's takes place in fictional universe is recorded as Cthulhu Mythos[18].
  • The Black Stone's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Black Stone'}[19].
  • The Black Stone's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'La Pierre noire'}[20].
  • The Black Stone's form of creative work is recorded as short story[21].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Prose[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ea2b7eed-1942-4708-a162-e8a06a1337b2[23]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Black Stone authored Robert E. Howard[3].

Publication

The Black Stone was released on November 1931[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Genres include Lovecraftian horror[5] and horror literature[6]. Its part of the series is recorded as Cthulhu Mythos[7].

Subject and Themes

The Black Stone's part of the series is recorded as Cthulhu Mythos[7].

Why It Matters

The Black Stone ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (103 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . kirjasampo.fi. Retrieved . kirjasampo.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · TenebrousFox · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Published in Weird Tales, Q11883504, Grim Death +3
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1433]]: [[Q122904255]]"
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