People of the Dark Robert Ervin Howard - People of the Dark is a collection of stories by Robert E. Howard that includes: "The Black Stone", "Children of the Night", "The Dark Man", "The Footfalls Within", "Gods of Bal Sagoth", "Horror from the Mound", "Kings of the Night", "The Last Day", "People of the Dark", "The Song of the Mad Minstrel", and "The Thing on the Roof".The title story, "People of the Dark", is considered to be part of the Cthulhu Mythos.It was first published in Strange Tales, June 1932.