A Christmas Trilogy which appeared in "Weird Tales" in January of 1938.Editor, Sam Moskowitz portrays the "saga" as "the greatest adult Christmas story written by an American." The story is centered around a Norseman named Klaus, who finds himself in the service of Herod.As "Claudius" in"The Road to Bethlehem," he defends a poor Jewish family from attack by the soldiers of Rome, saving the life of a remarkable infant.<br>In "The Road to Calvary," he meets this infant become a remarkable man.Klaus / Claudius is in the service of one Pontius Pilate.He is given the duty of placing a scroll "over the young Prophet's head."<br>"The Long Road Home" relates his years of wandering through Europe after the fall of Rome and the strange fate he finds as his reward.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 |
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Roads | Conrad H. Ruppert | Chapbook | |
| January 1938 |
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Weird Tales, January 1938 | Popular Fiction Publishing Co. | MAGAZINE | 30 |
| 1948 |
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... Roads | Arkham House | Chapbook | 1 |
| January 1965 |
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Worlds of Weird | Pyramid Books | Anthology | 15 |
| April 1977 |
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Worlds of Weird | Pyramid Books | Anthology | 15 |
| September 1978 |
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Worlds of Weird | Jove / HBJ | Anthology | 15 |
| February 1979 |
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Les meilleurs récits de Weird Tales: Tome III: (1938-1942) | J'ai Lu | Anthology | 137 |
| November 1981 |
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Der verzauberte Kreuzzug | Pabel | Anthology | 10 |
| June 2005 |
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... Roads | Red Jacket Press | Chapbook | 1 |
| November 2012 |
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A Cosmic Christmas | Baen Books | Anthology | 229 |
| December 2017 |
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Roads | Shadowridge Press | Chapbook | |
| 2019 | Weird Tales (disc 4, part 2) | Anthology | 30|43101030 |