sentences:  The Curse of the Monolith
  
  "The Curse of the Monolith" is a short story by American writers L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter, featuring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan of Cimmeria created by Robert E. Howard.It was first published in the magazine "Worlds of Fantasy" in 1968 as "Conan and the Cenotaph".