I’m starting an experiment here. I’m not really a blogger, and I don’t usually have a lot to say, but I felt my website was missing some dynamic content. I post updates on Facebook from time to time, so why not share them here too and then link them to Facebook, either manually or automatically? [ read more . . . ]
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Sep
Sep
UNTITLED STORY (A sailorman ain’t got no business … ). Featuring Steve Costigan. In a thrilling, whirlwind tale, Steve Costigan finds himself inadvertently wreaking havoc in the South American republic of Puerto Grenada. What starts as an innocent trip to catch up with his ship, the Sea Girl, escalates into a series of unexpected events involving a damaged airplane, a bullfight gone awry, and an impromptu boxing match.
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Jul
Jul
“The Mystery of Tannernoe Lodge” is an unfinished short story by Robert E. Howard, featuring his detective character Steve Harrison. Set in a secluded lodge, the narrative delves into the enigmatic circumstances surrounding a series of mysterious events and the involvement of various characters in a web of deceit and danger.
First published in Lord of the Dead, by Grant in 1981. It was then completed by Fred Blosser, based on a fragment by Howard.
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Jul
Jul
Cross Plains Review is an important resource for citizens and a unique chronicle, recording community development and such events as the death of Robert E. Howard, the 2005 wildfires, and the town’s 100th anniversary. As one of the oldest businesses in Cross Plains, the Review is intertwined with the history of the community.
“The Hyborian Age” is an essay by Robert E. Howard pertaining to the Hyborian Age, the fictional setting of his stories about Conan the Cimmerian. It was written in the 1930s but only partly published during Howard’s lifetime. Its purpose was to maintain consistency within his fictional setting.
The essay sets out in detail the major events of Howard’s pseudohistorical prehistory, both period before and after the time of the Conan stories. In describing the cataclysmic end of the Thurian Age, the period described in his Kull stories, Howard links both sequences of stories into one shared universe. The names he gives his various nations and peoples of the age borrow liberally from actual history and myth. The essay also sets out the racial and geographical heritage of these fictional entities, making them progenitors of modern nations. For example, Howard makes the Gaels descendants of his own Cimmerians.
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May
May
“The House of Om” is a synopsis for a story by Robert E. Howard, written in the 1930s. The narrative unfolds with a series of thrilling events involving political corruption, sinister plots, and supernatural elements as the protagonist, Bill Blanton, navigates a web of danger and deception in a seaside town.
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Apr
Apr
In “The Hand of the Black Goddess,” a seemingly ordinary setting is thrust into a web of danger and mystery as Kirby, a private investigator, encounters a series of cryptic and menacing events. Starting with a puzzling warning from a dark, imposing stranger, Kirby’s world spirals into a treacherous adventure involving a dead body in his office and a deepening international intrigue.
“Talons in the Dark” unfolds a mysterious and chilling tale set against the backdrop of the secluded White Lake, where Joel Brill, a man of science, becomes entangled in a horrifying series of events following the brutal murder of his friend, Jim Reynolds. What starts as a perplexing murder investigation soon spirals into a deadly confrontation with a primal terror that transcends the boundaries of the known world.
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Mar
Mar
This untitled synopsis serves as an early version of Robert E. Howard’s The Moon of Zambebwei, showcasing the raw elements of gothic horror, adventure, and voodoo-infused suspense that Howard was known for. The story revolves around Bristol McGrath.
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Jan
Jan
“Drums of Tombalku” is an American fantasy short story, one of the original ones written in the 1930s by Robert E. Howard featuring Conan the Cimmerian. Howard left it as an untitled synopsis that was not published in his lifetime. The tale was finalized by L. Sprague de Camp and in this form first published in the collection Conan the Adventurer (1966). It has first been published in its original form in the collection The Pool of the Black One (Donald M. Grant, 1986) and later in The Conan Chronicles Volume 1: The People of the Black Circle (Gollancz, 2000) and Conan of Cimmeria: Volume Two (1934) (Del Rey, 2005).
Fragment and a synopsis. The fragment in The Pool of the Black One was bowdlerized when it appeared.