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The Peaceful Pilgrim. Featuring Breckinridge Elkins. Alternate title: Cupid from Bear Creek.

Typed Letter letter from editor John Byrne to Viola Irene Cooper, who was Howard’s agent for a brief time. This discusses Howard’s Breckenridge Elkins story, “The Peaceful Pilgrim,” and suggests revisions to it. Presumably Howard made them, as the story was published as “Cupid from Bear Creek” which ran in the August 1935 issue of Action Stories.

In this humorous tale, Weary McGrew and his friend recount their adventurous fishing trip near Crystal City, Texas. Armed with simple fishing gear, the duo’s peaceful day by the lake takes a wild turn when Weary hooks something far larger and more menacing than expected. Around 420 words.

This Christmas card, believed to be the only known extant Christmas card from Robert E. Howard, holds considerable significance. Not only is Howard’s signature handwritten—a rarity since he often typed his correspondence—but the card itself provides a unique personal touch from the author.

Part three of an article written by Rick Lai about the Legend of El Borak.

THE VALE OF LOST WOMEN is a fantasy short story by Howard and one of his original short stories about Conan the Cimmerian. It was not published during his lifetime. The Magazine of Horror first published the story in its Spring, 1967 issue.

A Twentieth-Century Rip Van Winkle. Written when Howard attended Cross Plains High School. Date October 13, 1920. First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval (Paradox Entertainment, March 2007).