The Haunter of the Ring

"The Haunter of the Ring" is a short story by the late American author and Lovecraft contemporary Robert E. Howard.
== Synopsis ==
The malicious Joseph Roelocke gifts a woman who rejected him a possessed ring, which causes her to attempt to murder her husband. Unfortunately for Roelocke, the evil entity which inhabits the ring turns on him instead and rends his soul from his body.
== Characters ==
*John Kirowan, a mysterious man who possesses a wealth of knowledge on the occult.
*Michael O'Donnel, Kirowan's friend.
*James "Jim" Gordon, a friend of Kirowan and O'Donnell.
*Evelyn Gordon (née Ash), Jim's wife.
*Joseph Roelocke/Yosef Vrolok, a black-hearted, if somewhat unskilled, occultist.
==Publication History==
"The Haunter of the Ring" was first published in Weird Tales in June 1934 and has been reprinted many times in many different publications. It has also been translated into German, French and Portuguese.
== Trivia ==
* The ring gifted to Evelyn by Vrolok is the Serpent Ring of Set once possessed by the Stygian sorcerer Thoth-amon.
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