Three-Bladed Doom

"Three-Bladed Doom" is an adventure short story by American writer Robert E. Howard, featuring his character El [Borak |El Borak]. It was not published within Howard's lifetime.
There are two different versions of this story. The first is shorter than the second words. The short version was printed first, in issue #4 of the magazine REH Lone Star Fictioneer. The long version was printed the following year in the Zebra paperback Three-Bladed Doom. Both of these versions, however, had their beginning and ending substantially re-written by Byron Roark, editor of REH Lone Star Fictioneer. The restored version was printed in issue #10 of the fanzine REH: Two-Gun Raconteur.

Other versions

This story was re-written by L. [Sprague de Camp] into the Conan story The [Flame Knife]. This was first printed in the hardback Tales of Conan.
This version was adapted in "Savage Sword of Conan" #31-32.