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The Galveston Affair

In “The Galveston Affair,” Robert E. Howard recounts an experience attending the International Pageant of Pulchritude and Annual Bathing Girl Review in Galveston, Texas, with his friend Truett Vinson. As part of a collection of stories titled “Sketches”. Published in the Junto, December 1928.

Sketches

Sketches. This title was used for two separate collections of stories. It was first used in THE JUNTO, Volume 2, #4, September 1929, for a bundle that included “Sentiment”, “Musings”, “Midnight”, and “Etched in Ebony”. The title was re-used by Glenn Lord for a bundle of seven stories that were published in TRUMPET #7. Those seven stories include “Ambition in the Moonlight”, “To a Man Whose Name I Never Knew”, “Musings”, “Etched in Ebony”, “The Galveston Affair”, “Surrender – Your Money or Your Vice”, and “Them”. All seven stories came from various issues of THE JUNTO.

Friends

“Friends” is a short story that centers on the playful rivalry and camaraderie between two young men, Steve and Weary, as they spend a day fishing on an old wharf in Galveston. Their banter and friendly competition highlight the dynamics of their friendship. Undated school work. 600 words.

Sailor Steve Costigan

Sailor Steve Costigan is a fictional character created by American writer Robert E. Howard. He is a merchant sailor on the Sea Girl and is also its champion boxer. His only true companion is a bulldog named Mike (after his brother and fellow boxer, “Iron” Mike Costigan).

Post Oaks and Sand Roughs & Other Autobiographical Writings

Post Oaks and Sand Roughs & Other Autobiographical Writings from the REH Foundation Press. Outside of the boxing stories, whenever Robert E. Howard used the name “Costigan” the autobiographical implications weren’t far behind. This volume collects those “other” Costigan tales, including the title novel as well as the previously unpublished early draft. It also contains other items that reveal details about the people and places in Howard’s life, including the “Lost Plains” stories, items from The Junto, personal essays, and more, all restored to the original text, where available.

With the introductory material, this volume checks in at over 400 pages and will be printed in hardback with dust jacket, in a limited quantity of 200 copies, each individually numbered. Cover art by Jim & Ruth Keegan; edited and with notes by Rob Roehm; Introduction and notes by Rusty Burke.