The Worst Witch
"The Worst Witch" () was first published in 1974 by Allison & Busby, who took the book on after it had been turned down by three other publishers.
A Witch Shall be Born
This story was written in late May or early June 1934. Farnsworth Wright, editor of "Weird Tales", was running out of Conan stories which were growing in popularity and attracting new readers to the magazine. Howard had recently finished the Conan novel "The Hour of the Dragon", which was not intended for publication in "Weird Tales" and the story previous to that, "The People of the Black Circle" was already scheduled for August. He finished "A Witch Shall Be Born" in only two drafts over a period of days in order to meet this deadline. Wright accepted it without hesitation, telling Howard it was his best Conan story to date, and made it the cover story for the December issue.