First in a series of 5 books. Meticulously restored text by renowned Howard scholar Paul Herman. This book includes material from the Wildside Press volumes Shadow Kingdoms and Moon of Skulls.

Contents

• 9 • The Lost Race • [Bran Mak Morn] • (1927) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 28 • The Song of the Bats • (1927) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 29 • The Ride of Falume • (1927) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 31 • The Riders of Babylon • (1928) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 33 • The Dream Snake • (1928) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 43 • The Hyena • (1928) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 61 • The Gates of Nineveh • (1928) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 62 • Red Shadows • [Solomon Kane] • (1928) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 103 • The Harp of Alfred • (1928) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 104 • Easter Island • (1928) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 105 • Skulls in the Stars • [Solomon Kane] • (1929) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 121 • Crete • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 122 • Moon Mockery • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 123 • Rattle of Bones • [Solomon Kane] • (1929) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 133 • Forbidden Magic • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 134 • The Shadow Kingdom • [Kull of Valusia] • (1929) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 178 • The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune • [Kull of Valusia] • (1929) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 191 • The Moor Ghost • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 192 • Red Thunder • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 194 • Skull-Face • (1929) • novella by Robert E. Howard
• 321 • Dead Man’s Hate • (1930) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 324 • The Fearsome Touch of Death • (1930) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 332 • The Voice of El-Lil • (1930) • novelette by Robert E. Howard

Notes

Edited by Paul Herman. All the stories have been edited back to match the original pulp publications. It also contains 12 poems.

The Cosmos Books series is based off the Wildside Press series. This book is frequently confused with the Wildside Press title The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard Volume 1: Shadow Kingdoms, but it also contains most of the material from The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard Volume 2: Moon of Skulls, as well as taking out some content with copyright questions.

Published by Dorchester Publishing Co. in collaboration with Wildside Press. “Cosmos Books” is the property of Wildside Press.