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In this school assignment from January 24, 1922, for which Robert E. Howard received a B-, he delivers a humorous and self-deprecating take on the significance of his signature. Despite his teacher’s instruction for a serious reflection, Howard’s response is filled with irony and humor. He candidly remarks on his financial instability and the more practical and sometimes troublesome implications of his signature in everyday life.

Robert E. Howard’s handwritten 3 pages school assignment from September 30, 1920, details his thrilling experiences during a summer vacation. Howard describes a spirited adventure in the Rocky Mountains, involving close encounters with wildlife and a humorous misadventure with a horned toad, all presented with his characteristic flair for dramatic storytelling. Despite the vivid recounting, this assignment received a grade of C.

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.

“A Touch of Trivia” is an essay by Robert E. Howard that provides a candid and somewhat whimsical reflection on his personal influences, interests, and the expansive scope of his historical knowledge. Written with Howard’s characteristic flair for the dramatic and the personal, the essay explores the myriad ways his readings and personal experiences have shaped his perspective on history and storytelling.

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.

From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, April 6, 1925 (“Salaam, sahib: / What ho! I have never . . .”).
As this is a parody of Sax Rohmer’s “The Quest for the Sacred Slipper”, the title was likely a typo, and should have been “The Post of the Sappy Slipper”.

Alternate title: THE POST OF THE SAPPY SLIPPER

‘Hawks of Outremer’ is a story in the Cormac Fitzgeoffrey series about a knight fighting in the Crusades. Cormac Fitzgeoffrey only appears in two of these tales: Hawks of Outremer and The Blood of Belshazzar, both written in 1931. In the latter, Cormac seeks help in rescuing his leader from barbarians even more fierce and evil than those that hold his friend captive.

First published in Oriental Stories (Spring 1931) after being accepted by that magazine in October 1930. “Outremer” (literally, “Oversea”) was what the Crusader states were often called.