Robert E. Howard wrote two complete Dark Agnes de Chastillon stories and a partial first draft for a third story.
"Sword Woman" This is the origin story for Agnes. It features her abortive arranged marriage and subsequent training. "Sword Woman" was first published in
REH: Lone Star Fictioneer #2 (Summer 1975).
"Blades for France" Agnes, still with her
sidekick Etienne Villiers, faces international intrigue with
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. "Blades for France" was first published in
Blades for France (1975).
"Mistress of Death" Howard only wrote two drafts of "Mistress of Death", both incomplete. The second of the two drafts was later completed by
Gerald W. Page and it was this version that was first published in
Witchcraft & Sorcery Volume 1 Number 5 (January–February 1971). This is the only Dark Agnes story to include a fantasy element, in the form of a sorcerer. It is not written to the same standard of the two stories Howard completed, and features some departures from the established character, making her more stereotypically feminine. It was later adapted into a Conan tale, "Curse of the Undead-Man", appearing in
The Savage Sword of Conan no. 1, 1974, where the Cimmerian encounters
Red Sonja (in place of Dark Agnes). ==Collections==