The car was described as dark green, with a glove compartment, rather than a door pocket. This is where he carried his gun. The ’31 Chevy was purchased second-hand after Lovecraft’s visit to New Orleans during the spring of 1932. Tyson has further provided that it was a Chevrolet Coach; a two-door.
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Jul
Jul
First published in Weird Tales, June 1929. In Germany, Kane meets a traveler named Gaston L’Armon, who seems familiar to Kane, and together they take rooms in the Cleft Skull Tavern. At this time in his career, Howard was an inexperienced professional writer. Several times when he sent his drafts story to Weird Tales, he was careful to prepare carbons.
When the first draft of Rattle of Bones was written, Howard decided that it needed another ending. The draft consisted of seven pages of which he rewrote the last two and changed the ending. This was what he sent to Weird Tales and what was published. The REH Foundation printed the first version of the 1928 story in their very first issue of ‘The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter’ in the spring of 2007.
In the realm of classic comic book series, “La Reina de la Costa Negra” stands as a remarkable Mexican publication that has captured the imaginations of readers for decades. The series, which translates to “The Queen of the Black Coast,” is notably linked to the universe of Robert E. Howard’s creations, although it diverges with its unique interpretations and storylines.
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Feb
Part two of an article written by Rick Lai about the Legend of El Borak.
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Feb
Feb
An article written by Rick Lai about the Legend of El Borak. Best known for his tales of heroic fantasy, Robert E. Howard (1906-36) also wrote contemporary tales of adventure for the pulps. Howard was influenced by Talbot Mundy, a major writer for Adventure in the 1920’s. Mundy’s heroes were American and British adventurers roving around India and the Middle East. Utilizing Mundy’s settings, Howard fashioned his own band of protagonists. Among Howard’s soldiers of fortune, the most famous is Francis Xavier Gordon.
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Jan
Jan
A 5-part article about Robert E. Howard and the Spicy stories. Rescued from the late Two-Gun Raconteur blog created by Damon C. Sasser.
UNTITLED STORY (The wind from the Mediterranean wafted . . .). Unfinished.
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Sep
Sep
REH’s Detective and Crime Stories – an article written by Dierk Günther, Ph. D.
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Aug
WORMS OF THE EARTH. It was originally published in the magazine Weird Tales in November 1932. The story features one of Howard’s recurring protagonists, Bran Mak Morn, a legendary king of the Picts.
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WOLFSHEAD is the title of a short story about lycanthropy by Howard, first published in the April 1926 issue of Weird Tales. The title was also used for a posthumously-published collection of seven novelettes by the same author, named after the story “Wolfshead”, which it also includes.