"The People of the Black Circle" is one of the original novellas about Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard. The story tells about pseudo-historical Hyborian Age hero Conan the Cimmerian. This time, Conan kidnaps an exotic princess from Vendhya (prehistoric India) while foiling a nefarious plot of world conquest by the Black Seers of Yimsha.