Contains THE TNT PUNCH. Featuring Steve Costigan. This is the first publication. Action Stories Volume 10 Number 5.

Contains THE SIGN OF THE SNAKE, featuring Steve Costigan. This is the first publication. Action Stories Volume 10 Number 10.

Contains BLOW THE CHINKS DOWN, featuring Steve Costigan. This is the first publication. Action Stories Volume 11 Number 2. The original title is THE HOUSE OF PERIL, featuring Mike Dorgan and Bill McGlory. Action stories made the changes to make it into a Costigan story and changed both the title and the names of the characters and the boat.

Contains BREED OF BATTLE, featuring Steve Costigan. This is the first publication. Action Stories Volume 11 Number 3. 

Contains DARK SHANGHAI, featuring Steve Costigan. This is the first publication. Action Stories Volume 11 Number 5. Originally a story featuring Mike Dorgan and Bill McGlory.

Fight Stories – July 1929. Contains THE PIT OF THE SERPENT. This is the first publication.

Fight Stories – July 1929. Contains THE PIT OF THE SERPENT. This is the first publication.

Fight Stories – March 1930. Volume 2, Number 10. Contains SAILOR’S GRUDGE. This is the first publication.

Fight Stories – May 1930. Volume 2, Number 12. Contains FIST AND FANG featuring Sailor Steve Costigan. Howard earned $100 for the sale of this story. This is the first publication. It was later published again in Winter of 1938-1939 but under the name of Mark Adam and the title: “Cannibal Fists“. 

Fight Stories – July 1930. Volume 3, Number 2. Contains WINNER TAKE ALL. Featuring Steve Costigan.

Fight Stories Volume 3, number 4, September 1930. WATERFRONT FISTS is a Sailor Steve Costigan short story by Robert E. Howard. This is its first publication. Howard earned $90 for the sale of this story which is now in the public domain.

It is also known by the title “Stand Up and Slug” since being published in the Summer 1940 issue of Fight Stories under the pseudonym Mark Adams.

Fight Stories – November 1930. Volume 3, Number 6. Howard’s CHAMP OF THE FORECASTLE, featuring Steve Costigan. Published later under the pseudonym Mark Adams in Fight Stories volume 5, number 8.

Fight Stories – January 1931. Volume 3, Number 8. Howard’s ALLEYS OF PERIL, featuring Steve Costigan. 

Fight Stories – May 1931. Volume 3, Number 12. Howard’s TEXAS FISTS., featuring Steve Costigan. 

Fight Stories – December 1931. Volume 4, Number 7. Howard’s CIRCUS FISTS, featuring Steve Costigan. 

Fight Stories – February 1932. Volume 4, Number 9. Howard’s VIKINGS OF THE GLOVES, featuring Steve Costigan. 

Canadian edition of Fight Stories – February 1932. Volume 4, Number 9. Howard’s VIKINGS OF THE GLOVES, featuring Steve Costigan. This is the first publications and Howard earned $65 for the sale of this short story. It was reprinted under the title “Including the Scandinavian!” after Howard’s death and attributed to the Fight Stories housename “Mark Adam”. 

Fight Stories – March 1932. Volume 4, Number 10. Howard’s NIGHT OF BATTLE, featuring Steve Costigan. This is the first publication.

Fight Stories – Fall 1937. Volume 5, Number 5. MANILA MANSLAUGHTER. Published under the name Mark Adam. The story previously appeared in Fight Stories in July 1929 as THE PIT OF THE SERPENT.

Fight Stories – Winter 1937/1938. Volume 5, Number 6. Contains YOU GOT TO KILL A BULLDOG. Published under the name Mark Adam. The story previously appeared in Fight Stories in February 1930 as THE BULL DOG BREED.

Fight Stories – Spring 1938. Volume 5, Number 7. Contains COSTIGAN VS. KID CAMERA. Published under the name Mark Adam. The story previously appeared in Fight Stories March 1930 as SAILOR’S GRUDGE.

Fight Stories – June/July 1938. Volume 5, Number 8. Contains CHAMP OF THE SEVEN SEAS. Published under the name Mark Adam. The story previously appeared in Fight Stories November 1930 as CHAMP OF THE FORECASTLE.

Fight Stories – Fall 1938. Volume 5, Number 9. Contains FALL GUY. Published under the name John Starr. The story previously appeared in Fight Stories June 1930 as THE IRON MAN.

Fight Stories – Winter 1938/1939. Volume 5, Number 10. Contains CANNIBAL FISTS. Published under the name Mark Adam. The story previously appeared in Fight Stories May 1930 as FIST AND FANG.

Fight Stories – Summer 1939. Volume 5, Number 12. Contains SHANGHIED MITTS. Published under the name Mark Adam. The story previously appeared in Fight Stories May 1931 as TEXAS FISTS.

Fight Stories – Winter 1939/1940. Volume 6, Number 2. Contains SUCKER!. Published under the name Mark Adam. The story previously appeared in Fight Stories July 1930 as WINNER TAKE ALL.

Fight Stories – Summer 1940. Volume 6, Number 4. Contains STAND UP AND SLUG!. Published under the name Mark Adam. The story previously appeared in Fight Stories September 1930 as WATERFRONT FISTS.

Fight Stories – Fall 1940. Volume 6, Number 5. Contains INCLUDIN’ THE SCANDINAVIAN. Published under the name Mark Adam. The story previously appeared in Fight Stories February 1932 as VIKINGS OF THE GLOVES.

Fight Stories – Winter 1940. Volume 6, Number 6. Contains LEATHER LIGHTNING. Published under the name Mark Adam. The story previously appeared in Fight Stories January 1931 as ALLEYS OF PERIL.

Fight Stories – Fall 1941. Volume 6, Number 9. Contains THE WATERFRONT WALLOP. Published under the name Mark Adam. The story previously appeared in Fight Stories January 1931 as THE TNT PUNCH.

BREED OF BATTLE is a Sailor Steve Costigan short story by Robert E. Howard. It was originally published in the November 1931 issue of Action Stories. Here it is published under the title SAMSON HAD A SOFT SPOT and the author named Mark Adam (really Robert E. Howard).

Fight Stories – Summer 1942. Volume 6, Number 12. Contains SLUGGER BAIT. Published under the name Mark Adam. The story previously appeared in Fight Stories December 1931 as CIRCUS FISTS.

Fight Stories – Fall 1942. Volume 7, Number 1. Contains SHORE LEAVE FOR A SLUGGER. Published under the name Mark Adam. The story previously appeared in Fight Stories March 1932 as NIGHT OF BATTLE.

Jack Dempsey’s Fight Magazine May 1934, Volume 1 Number 1. Howard’s THE SLUGGER’S GAME was printed. Featuring Sailor Steve Costigan.

The Canadian edition of Jack Dempsey’s Fight Magazine May 1934, Volume 1 Number 1. Howard’s THE SLUGGER’S GAME was printed. Featuring Sailor Steve Costigan.

The American and Canadian editions have identical content. The cover is also the same except for the publication month and it says “Printed in Canada”. 

Jack Dempsey’s Fight Magazine June 1934, Volume 1 Number 2. Howard’s GENERAL IRONFIST was printed. Featuring Sailor Steve Costigan. Howard earned $35 for this story.

The Canadian edition of Jack Dempsey’s Fight Magazine June 1934, Volume 1 Number 2. Howard’s GENERAL IRONFIST was printed. Featuring Sailor Steve Costigan. Howard earned $35 for this story.

The American and Canadian editions have identical content. The cover is also the same except for the publication month and it says “Printed in Canada”. 

Jack Dempsey’s Fight Magazine August 1934, Volume 1 Number 3. Howard’s SLUGGERS OF THE BEACH was printed. Featuring Sailor Steve Costigan. 

The Howard Review #2. Published by Dennis McHaney in March 1975. Contains both Howard stories and poems. First apperance of RIDING SONG, SONG BEFORE CLONTARF and THE 3 PERILS OF SAILOR COSTIGAN.

An anthology containing from DMR Books containing THE HOUSE OF ARABU. Cover art by Brian LeBlanc. 

An anthology containing from Ballantine Books containing THE GARDEN OF FEAR. Cover painting by David Johnston. 

An anthology containing from Ballantine Books containing THE VALLEY OF THE WORM. Cover painting by Sheryl Slavitt. 

Collects several Bran Mak Morn stories. The foreword by REH, discussing Picts is an excerpt from a letter to HPL, ca. early January 1932 (“Yes I enjoyed the postcards . . .”, the excerpt beginning with “There is one hobby of mine . . .”). 

Yanaidars ligædere or the original title: THE FLAME KNIFE. This is a Danish version of Marvel’s adaptation of THE FLAME KNIFE part 2. The story is adapted from both Howard and L. Sprague de Camp. Scripted by Roy Thomas and artwork by John Buscema (pencils) and Tony DeZuniga (inks). It’s highly recommended to read the original El Borak version (long version) of the story THREE-BLADED DOOM by Howard.

Flammekniven or the original title: THE FLAME KNIFE. This is a Danish version of Marvel’s adaptation of THE FLAME KNIFE part 1. The story is adapted from both Howard and L. Sprague de Camp. Scripted by Roy Thomas and artwork by John Buscema (pensils) and Tony DeZuniga (inks). It’s highly recommended to read the original El Borak version (long version) of the story THREE-BLADED DOOM by Howard.

Fantasy Fiction #3 (Fantasy Magazine #1 was retitled Fantasy Fiction from the second issue on. There were 4 issues total. This issue contains THE FROST GIANT’S DAUGHTER, reviced by L Sprague de Camp.

“Three-Bladed Doom” is an adventure short story by American writer Robert E. Howard, featuring his character El Borak. It was not published within Howard’s lifetime.

There are two different versions of this story. The first is shorter (24,000 words) than the second (42,000) words. The short version was printed first, in issue #4 of the magazine REH Lone Star Fictioneer (Spring 1976). The long version was printed the following year in the Zebra paperback Three-Bladed Doom (July 1977). Both of these versions, however, had their beginning and ending substantially re-written by Byron Roark, editor of REH Lone Star Fictioneer. The restored version was printed in issue #10 of the fanzine REH: Two-Gun Raconteur (Winter 2006).

Collects “Blood of the Gods,” “Country of the Knife” and “Son of the White Wolf,” three tales of Middle Eastern adventure featuring Francis Xavier Gordon (El Borak), published here for the first time in a book. Introduction by Fred Cook.

The first publication of these stories in book format. Three colorful adventure stories. Kirby O’Donnell is a fictional character created by Robert E. Howard. He is an American treasure hunter in early-twentieth century Afghanistan disguised as a Kurdish merchant, “Ali el Ghazi”. Howard only wrote three stories about O’Donnell, one of which was not published within his lifetime.

O’Donnell has, like many Howard characters, the stereotypical “Black Irish” combination of black hair and blue eyes. He has a lithe but powerful physique, relying more on agility and wits than strength. Kirby O’Donnell is similar to another of Howard’s characters, El Borak, in many ways. However, O’Donnell seeks hidden treasures in all of his stories while El Borak is more concerned with his own form of justice and stability in Afghanistan. O’Donnell carries a set of distinctive weapons, a scimitar with a bronze hawk-head on the pommel and a “kindhjal” [sic].

The first publication of these stories in book format. Three colorful adventure stories. Kirby O’Donnell is a fictional character created by Robert E. Howard. He is an American treasure hunter in early-twentieth century Afghanistan disguised as a Kurdish merchant, “Ali el Ghazi”. Howard only wrote three stories about O’Donnell, one of which was not published within his lifetime.

O’Donnell has, like many Howard characters, the stereotypical “Black Irish” combination of black hair and blue eyes. He has a lithe but powerful physique, relying more on agility and wits than strength. Kirby O’Donnell is similar to another of Howard’s characters, El Borak, in many ways. However, O’Donnell seeks hidden treasures in all of his stories while El Borak is more concerned with his own form of justice and stability in Afghanistan. O’Donnell carries a set of distinctive weapons, a scimitar with a bronze hawk-head on the pommel and a “kindhjal” [sic].

The Mighty Barbarians: Great Sword and Sorcery Heroes is a 1969 anthology of fantasy short stories in the sword and sorcery subgenre, edited by Hans Stefan Santesson. This is the first publication. It was later followed up by the subsequent Lancer anthology The Mighty Swordsmen. It has been translated into Dutch. Robert M. Price edited a later-day homage to both anthologies called The Mighty Warriors (2018).

The anthology contains A WITCH SHALL BE BORN.

Ariel: The Book of Fantasy #3 was a fantasy magazine published by Ariel Books (earlier Morning Star Press). This issue contains the poem “Musing” illustrated on a two-page spread by Jack Kirby.

Ariel was a fantasy magazine published by Morning Star Press, later Ariel Books, and Ballantine Books. There is a six page preview of the upcoming novel adaptation of THE VALLEY OF THE WORM. Article about Frank Frazetta. Two Howard poems, “The Symbol” and “A Crown for a King”. Also features “Conan the Existential”, an essay by Charles Hoffman (a variant of Conan the Existentialist from 1974).

The Ace editions of “Three-Bladed Doom”. The text is considered superior to the Zebra edition. The story is an adventure short story featuring his character El Borak. It was not published within Howard’s lifetime.

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Myth Maker by Cross Plains Comics. Adaptations of Howard’s short stories. Contains “Men of the Shadows” and “Dream Snake” by Tim Sale and Matt Hollingsworth, “Spear & Fang” by Richard Corben and Eric Hope, and “Dermod’s Bane” by Kelley Jones, Laurie Smith, and George Freeman.

Pin-up art by Rafael Kayanan, John Bolton, Michael Kaluta, Mark Schultz, Steve Lightle, and Colin MacNeil, a bit of history on comics adaptions of Howard’s creations by Thomas, and a short bio on Novalyne Price Ellis, author of a well-known Robert E. Howard memoir, by Rusty Burke.

An anthology in chapbook format from 1976. It contains THE DWELLERS UNDER THE TOMB.

An anthology collecting 32 stories of horror and the macabre, one for each year of the magazines initial run. Storyies by Edmond Hamilton, H. Warner Munn, Robert E. Howard, Seabury Quinn, Jack Williamson, Richard Matheson, Frank Belknap Long, Clark Ashton Smith, Fritz Leiber, H.P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury, and many, many more. Includes some of the illustrations from the pulp magazines.

Only Howard’s THE SHADOW KINGDOM is included from his stories.

The Iron Man with The Adventures of Dennis Dorgan. This book combines the text of the Zebra editions of The Iron Man and The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan.

Blood of the Serpent is a Conan pastiche written by S. M. Stirling. The book also contains Robert E. Howard’s original story Red Nails.

As sword for hire for a mercenary troop, Conan finds himself in Sukhmet, a filthy backwater town south of the River Styx considered “the arse-end of Stygia.” Serving in the company known as Zarallo’s Free Companions, he fights alongside soldiers of fortune from Zingara, Koth, Shem, and other lands—a hard-handed band of killers loyal to anyone who pays them well.

A chapbook by Old West Publishing. It contains the story DRUMS OF THE SUNSET. First published as a serial in the local newspaper, Cross Plains Review from November 1928 until January 1929. 

A chapbook by Old West Publishing. It contains the story SHOWDOWN AT HELL’S CANYON. 

Western Adventures August 1936, Volume 2 Number 1. Includes A MAN-EATING JEAOPARD, reprinted from Cowboy Stories June 1936. Here it was printed as “The Man-Eating Jeopard”. Featuring Buckner Jeopardy Grimes.

Western Aces October 1935, Volume 3 Number 4. Includes BOOT-HILL PAYOFF by Robert Enders Allen and Robert E. Howard.

Uncanny Tales Volume 2 Number 21, September/October 1943. Includes the poem ALWAYS COMES EVENING.

Whispers Volume 2 Number 2/3, June 1975. Contains a letter from Howard to Wilfred Blanch Talman written circa September 1931. The letter starts like this: “Dear Mr. Talman:
Thank you very much for the letter you wrote to Street & Smith.” It’s numbered #175 and can be found in The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume 2 as well.

Also there is some color artwork on pp. 66 & 67, courtesy of Donald Grant, published here before appearing in “The Tower of the Elephant” by Robert E. Howard that Grant published later in 1975.

First in a series of 5 books. Meticulously restored text by renowned Howard scholar Paul Herman. This book includes material from the Wildside Press volumes Shadow Kingdoms and Moon of Skulls.

Second in a series of 5 books. Meticulously restored text by renowned Howard scholar Paul Herman. This book includes material from the Wildside Press volumes “People of the Dark,” “Valley of the Worm,” “Gardens of Fear,” and “Wings in the Night.”

Volume 3 in a series of 5 books. Meticulously restored text by renowned Howard scholar Paul Herman. This book includes material from the Wildside Press volumes “Gardens of Fear” and “Beyond the Black River.”

This book also contains THE CHALLENGE FROM BEYOND which is a round-robin (collaboration) 1935 horror short story written by Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Frank Belknap Long, Robert E. Howard, C. L. Moore, and Abraham Merritt. It was published in Fantasy Magazine and is part of the Cthulhu Mythos.

Volume 4 in a series of 5 books. Meticulously restored text by renowned Howard scholar Paul Herman. This book includes material from the Wildside Press volume “Hours of the Dragon”. 

The last in a series of 5 books. Meticulously restored text by renowned Howard scholar Paul Herman. This book includes material from the Wildside Press volumes “Black Hounds Of Death” and “A Thunder of Trumpets”. It contains several poems.

From Beyond the Dark Gateway, April 1974. Limited to 550 copies. It contains THE BLACK BEAR BITES, considered a Cthulhu Mythos story.

White Wolf Magazine #9 Robert E. Howard Issue. A gaming magazine. This issue contains the Solomon Kane story THE MOON OF SKULLS part 1 of 3.

White Wolf Magazine #10. A gaming magazine. This issue contains the Solomon Kane story THE MOON OF SKULLS part 2 of 3.

White Wolf Magazine #11. A gaming magazine. This issue contains the Solomon Kane story THE MOON OF SKULLS part 3 of 3.

The Spell of Seven. Contains SHADOWS IN THE MOONLIGHT. is an anthology of fantasy short stories in the sword and sorcery subgenre, edited by L. Sprague de Camp and illustrated by Virgil Finlay. It was first published in paperback by Pyramid Books in 1963, but most of the stories were originally from 1930s pulp magazines. This was the first sword and sorcery anthology ever assembled and was followed by three additional such anthologies edited by de Camp. It has also been translated into German.

The Spell of Seven. Contains SHADOWS IN ZAMBOULA. The book is an anthology of fantasy short stories in the sword and sorcery subgenre, edited by L. Sprague de Camp and illustrated by Virgil Finlay. It was first published in paperback by Pyramid Books in June 1965 and reprinted in December 1969. It was the second such anthology assembled by de Camp, following his Swords and Sorcery (1963)

Wolfshead published by Bantam from 1979. It’s a collection of stories including one James Allison story (the Valley of the Worm) and also a couple of Cthulhu Mythos tales.

First published in Weird Tales, August 1930. In Africa again, Kane’s old friend N’Longa (the witch doctor from “Red Shadows”) gives the Puritan a magic wooden staff, the Staff of Solomon, which will protect him in his travels. Kane enters the jungle and finds a city of vampires.

The Mighty Swordsmen is a 1970 anthology of fantasy short stories in the sword and sorcery subgenre, edited by Hans Stefan Santesson. It was first published in paperback by Lancer Books in December 1970 and was a follow-up to the earlier Lancer anthology The Mighty Barbarians. Robert M. Price edited a later-day homage to both anthologies called The Mighty Warriors (2018).

It contains Howard’s BEYOND THE BLACK RIVER and a Conan pastiche by Björn Nyberg titled “The People of the Summit”.

Non-Howard material.

The Sword of Skelos is a fantasy novel written by Andrew J. Offutt featuring Robert E. Howard’s sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian, the third and final volume in a trilogy beginning with Conan and the Sorcerer and continuing with Conan the Mercenary (which was actually published after The Sword of Skelos, though relating events prior to it). It was first published in paperback in May 1979 by Bantam Books, and reprinted in August 1981. Later editions were issued by Ace Books (September 1987, reprinted May 1991) and Tor Books (February 2002). The first British edition was published by Sphere Books in 1989.

Contains THE TNT PUNCH. Featuring Steve Costigan. This is the first publication. Action Stories Volume 10 Number 5.

Contains THE SIGN OF THE SNAKE, featuring Steve Costigan. This is the first publication. Action Stories Volume 10 Number 10.

Contains BLOW THE CHINKS DOWN, featuring Steve Costigan. This is the first publication. Action Stories Volume 11 Number 2. The original title is THE HOUSE OF PERIL, featuring Mike Dorgan and Bill McGlory. Action stories made the changes to make it into a Costigan story and changed both the title and the names of the characters and the boat.

Contains BREED OF BATTLE, featuring Steve Costigan. This is the first publication. Action Stories Volume 11 Number 3. 

Contains DARK SHANGHAI, featuring Steve Costigan. This is the first publication. Action Stories Volume 11 Number 5. Originally a story featuring Mike Dorgan and Bill McGlory.

Contains MOUNTAIN MAN, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories March-April 1934 Volume 12 Number 7.

Contains GUNS OF THE MOUNTAIN, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories May/June 1934 Volume 12 Number 8.

Contains THE SCALP HUNTER, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories August 1934 Volume 12 Number 9.

Featuring A GENT FROM BEAR CREEK, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories October 1934 Volume 12 Number 10.

Contains THE ROAD TO BEAR CREEK, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories December 1934 Volume 12 Number 11.

Contains THE HAUNTED MOUNTAIN, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories February 1935 Volume 12 Number 12.

Contains WAR ON BEAR CREEK, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories April 1935 Volume 13 Number 1.

Contains THE FEUD BUSTER, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories June 1935 Volume 13 Number 2.

Contains CUPID FROM BEAR CREEK, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories August 1935 Volume 13 Number 3.

Contains THE RIOT AT COUGAR PAW, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories October 1935 Volume 13 Number 4.

Contains THE APACHE MOUNTAIN WAR, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories December 1935 Volume 13 Number 5.

Contains PILGRIMS TO THE PECOS, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories February 1936, Volume 13 Number 6.

Contains PISTOL POLITICS, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories April 1936, Volume 13 Number 7.

Contains EVIL DEEDS AT RED COUGAR, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories June 1936, Volume 13 Number 8.

Contains HIGH HORSE RAMPAGE, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories August 1936, Volume 13 Number 9.

Contains NO COWHERDERS WANTED, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories September 1936, Volume 13 Number 10.

Contains THE CONQUERIN’ HERO OF THE HUMBOLDTS, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories October 1936, Volume 13 Number 11.

Contains THE CONQUERIN’ HERO OF THE HUMBOLDTS, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories October 1936, Volume 13 Number 11.

Contains a letter that Howard wrote to Adventure. It was printed in the March 20th, 1924 issue. Volume 45, number 5. Probably written late 1923.

Contains a letter that Howard wrote to Adventure. It was printed in the August 20th, 1924 issue. Volume 48, number 2. Written circa July 1924.

Featuring the story CROWD HORROR. It also features a story by Otis Adelbert Kline. In the same magazine was also a letter from Robert, written circa spring 1929 telling a bit about himself and how happy he was with placing a story with the magazine

In a drunken argument, a cowboy kills an old man and is cursed by his wife! She pledges to return from the grave to take revenge! Little did he know that the dead remember…

Argosy from August 15th, 1936. Speculative fiction content only. The short story ‘The Dead Remember’ by Robert E. Howard.

Contains A GENT FROM THE PECOS, featuring Pike Bearfield. Argosy Volume 267 Number 5.

It Contains GENTS ON THE LYNCH, featuring Pike Bearfield. Argosy Volume 268 Number 1.

It Contains THE RIOT AT BUCKSNORT, featuring Pike Bearfield. Argosy Volume 268 Number 3.

It Contains VULTURES’ SANCTUARY. Argosy Volume 269 Number 1.

Complete Stories August 1936. Volume 41 Number 1. Contains the first publication of THE COUNTRY OF THE KNIFE, featuring El Borak.

Cowboy Stories June 1936, Volume 29 Number 6. Contains the first publication of A MAN-EATING JEOPARD. Featuring his character Buckner Jeopardy Grimes. This issue also features a novella by Luke Short and stores by S. Omar Barker, Archie Joscelyn, Hapsburg Leibe, and Alfred L. Garry.

Cowboy Stories July 1937, Volume 32 Number 1. Contains the first publication of KNIFE-RIVER PRODIGAL. Featuring his character Buckner Jeopardy Grimes. 

Dime Sports Magazine Volume 2 Number 4. Contains IRON-JAW. This is the first publication. 

Dime Sports Magazine June 1936, Volume 2 Number 6. Contains a letter from Howard. Since Howard had the story IRON-JAW published in the April issue he was asked to tell a little about himself. The letter can be found in The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume 3 (letter #348).

Avon Fantasy Reader, No. 2, 1947. This issue contains the Kull story THE MIRRORS OF TUZUN THUNE. Set in the fictional Prehistoric Thurian Age, it deals with a disillusioned King Kull questioning the meaning of existence, leading him to seek the assistance of a two-faced wizard.

Fantasy Tales Summer 1987, Volume 9, Number 17. This issue contains the poem “An Outworn Story”. Fantasy Tales was published by Stephen Jones from the Summer of 1977 to the Summer of 1987.

Avon Fantasy Reader, No. 7 1948. This issue contains the story THE CAIRN ON THE HEADLAND. Also features stories by C. L. Moore, Sax Rohmer, Fritz Leiber and Clark Ashton Smith. The story has elements of fantasy and horror and there is a link to the Cthulhu Mythos, Norse Mythology and Catholic Christianity.

Avon Fantasy Reader, No. 8 1948. This issue contains the story THE QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST. 

This issue contains the Conan story ‘A Witch Shall Be Born’. It also contains a story by H. P. Lovecraft. Avon Fantasy Reader was a digest size magazine (sometimes classed as a series of anthologies) which reprinted science fiction and fantasy literature by now well-known authors. It was edited by Donald A. Wollheim and published by Avon. The magazine had one spin off, Avon Science Fiction Reader, with which it merged on its cancellation to become Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader.

Avon Fantasy Reader, No. 12, 1950. This issue contains the story THE BLONDE GODDESS OF BAL-SAGOTH. This is a variant of THE GODS OF BAL-SAGOTH. Featuring Turlogh O’Brien.

Avon Fantasy Reader, No. 14 1950. This issue contains the story TEMPTRESS OF THE TOWER OF TORTURE AND SIN. This is a variant of THE VOICE OF EL-LIL.

Avon Fantasy Reader was a digest-size magazine (sometimes classed as a series of anthologies) that reprinted science fiction and fantasy literature by now well-known authors. It was edited by Donald A. Wollheim and published by Avon. The magazine had one spin-off, Avon Science Fiction Reader, with which it merged on its cancellation to become Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader.

Avon Fantasy Reader, No. 18 1952. This issue contains the story THE WITCH FROM HELL’S KITCHEN also known as THE HOUSE OF ARABU. This is the first publication of the story.

An anthology from Avon Books. It contains the story THE WITCH FROM HELL’S KITCHEN also known as THE HOUSE OF ARABU. This was previously published in Avon Fantasy Reader #18.

The book also contains stories by C. L. Moore, Manly Wade Wellman and others.

The 2nd Avon Fantasy Reader from February 1969. This anthology contains the story THE BLONDE GODDESS OF BAL-SAGOTH. This is a variant of THE GODS OF BAL-SAGOTH. Featuring Turlogh O’Brien. It was previously published in Avon Fantasy Reader #12.

Double Action Western December 1956, Volume 24 Number 2. Includes the story WHILE SMOKE ROLLED, featuring Breckinridge Elkins.

Famous Fantastic Mysteries December 1952, Volume 14 Number 1. Contains SKULL-FACE. First published in Weird Tales Volume 14 Number 4 (October), 5 (November) and 6 (December),1929.

Famous Fantastic Mysteries June 1953, Volume 14 Number 4. Contains WORMS OF THE EARTH. 

Fight Stories – July 1929. Contains THE PIT OF THE SERPENT. This is the first publication.

Fight Stories – July 1929. Contains THE PIT OF THE SERPENT. This is the first publication.

Fight Stories – March 1930. Volume 2, Number 10. Contains SAILOR’S GRUDGE. This is the first publication.

Fight Stories – May 1930. Volume 2, Number 12. Contains FIST AND FANG featuring Sailor Steve Costigan. Howard earned $100 for the sale of this story. This is the first publication. It was later published again in Winter of 1938-1939 but under the name of Mark Adam and the title: “Cannibal Fists“. 

Fight Stories – June 1930. Volume 3, Number 1. Contains THE IRON MAN. Featuring no less than two Iron Mikes, Mike Costigan and Mike Brennon.

Fight Stories – July 1930. Volume 3, Number 2. Contains WINNER TAKE ALL. Featuring Steve Costigan.

Fight Stories Volume 3, number 4, September 1930. WATERFRONT FISTS is a Sailor Steve Costigan short story by Robert E. Howard. This is its first publication. Howard earned $90 for the sale of this story which is now in the public domain.

It is also known by the title “Stand Up and Slug” since being published in the Summer 1940 issue of Fight Stories under the pseudonym Mark Adams.

Fight Stories – November 1930. Volume 3, Number 6. Howard’s CHAMP OF THE FORECASTLE, featuring Steve Costigan. Published later under the pseudonym Mark Adams in Fight Stories volume 5, number 8.

Fight Stories – January 1931. Volume 3, Number 8. Howard’s ALLEYS OF PERIL, featuring Steve Costigan. 

Fight Stories – May 1931. Volume 3, Number 12. Howard’s TEXAS FISTS., featuring Steve Costigan. 

Fight Stories – December 1931. Volume 4, Number 7. Howard’s CIRCUS FISTS, featuring Steve Costigan. 

Fight Stories – February 1932. Volume 4, Number 9. Howard’s VIKINGS OF THE GLOVES, featuring Steve Costigan. 

Canadian edition of Fight Stories – February 1932. Volume 4, Number 9. Howard’s VIKINGS OF THE GLOVES, featuring Steve Costigan. This is the first publications and Howard earned $65 for the sale of this short story. It was reprinted under the title “Including the Scandinavian!” after Howard’s death and attributed to the Fight Stories housename “Mark Adam”. 

Fight Stories – March 1932. Volume 4, Number 10. Howard’s NIGHT OF BATTLE, featuring Steve Costigan. This is the first publication.

Fight Stories – Fall 1937. Volume 5, Number 5. MANILA MANSLAUGHTER. Published under the name Mark Adam. The story previously appeared in Fight Stories in July 1929 as THE PIT OF THE SERPENT.

Fight Stories – Winter 1937/1938. Volume 5, Number 6. Contains YOU GOT TO KILL A BULLDOG. Published under the name Mark Adam. The story previously appeared in Fight Stories in February 1930 as THE BULL DOG BREED.

Fight Stories – Spring 1938. Volume 5, Number 7. Contains COSTIGAN VS. KID CAMERA. Published under the name Mark Adam. The story previously appeared in Fight Stories March 1930 as SAILOR’S GRUDGE.

Fight Stories – June/July 1938. Volume 5, Number 8. Contains CHAMP OF THE SEVEN SEAS. Published under the name Mark Adam. The story previously appeared in Fight Stories November 1930 as CHAMP OF THE FORECASTLE.

Fight Stories – Fall 1938. Volume 5, Number 9. Contains FALL GUY. Published under the name John Starr. The story previously appeared in Fight Stories June 1930 as THE IRON MAN.

Fight Stories – Winter 1938/1939. Volume 5, Number 10. Contains CANNIBAL FISTS. Published under the name Mark Adam. The story previously appeared in Fight Stories May 1930 as FIST AND FANG.

Fight Stories – Summer 1939. Volume 5, Number 12. Contains SHANGHIED MITTS. Published under the name Mark Adam. The story previously appeared in Fight Stories May 1931 as TEXAS FISTS.

Fight Stories – Winter 1939/1940. Volume 6, Number 2. Contains SUCKER!. Published under the name Mark Adam. The story previously appeared in Fight Stories July 1930 as WINNER TAKE ALL.

Fight Stories – Summer 1940. Volume 6, Number 4. Contains STAND UP AND SLUG!. Published under the name Mark Adam. The story previously appeared in Fight Stories September 1930 as WATERFRONT FISTS.

Fight Stories – Fall 1940. Volume 6, Number 5. Contains INCLUDIN’ THE SCANDINAVIAN. Published under the name Mark Adam. The story previously appeared in Fight Stories February 1932 as VIKINGS OF THE GLOVES.

Fight Stories – Winter 1940. Volume 6, Number 6. Contains LEATHER LIGHTNING. Published under the name Mark Adam. The story previously appeared in Fight Stories January 1931 as ALLEYS OF PERIL.

Fight Stories – Fall 1941. Volume 6, Number 9. Contains THE WATERFRONT WALLOP. Published under the name Mark Adam. The story previously appeared in Fight Stories January 1931 as THE TNT PUNCH.

BREED OF BATTLE is a Sailor Steve Costigan short story by Robert E. Howard. It was originally published in the November 1931 issue of Action Stories. Here it is published under the title SAMSON HAD A SOFT SPOT and the author named Mark Adam (really Robert E. Howard).

Fight Stories – Summer 1942. Volume 6, Number 12. Contains SLUGGER BAIT. Published under the name Mark Adam. The story previously appeared in Fight Stories December 1931 as CIRCUS FISTS.

Fight Stories – Fall 1942. Volume 7, Number 1. Contains SHORE LEAVE FOR A SLUGGER. Published under the name Mark Adam. The story previously appeared in Fight Stories March 1932 as NIGHT OF BATTLE.

Hopalong Cassidy’s Western Magazine Fall 1950. Volume 1, Number 1. Howard’s TEXAS JOHN ALDEN was printed. This was a reprint from The Masked Rider Western magazine from May 1944. Originally a Buckner J. Grimes story titled RING-TAILED TORNADO. Published under the name of Patrick Ervin.

Top Western Fiction Annual Volume 1 Number 3 from 1952. Howard’s TEXAS JOHN ALDEN was printed. It was reprinted from Hopalong Cassidy’s Western Magazine published in 1950 which again was a reprint from The Masked Rider Western magazine from May 1944. Originally a Buckner J. Grimes story titled RING-TAILED TORNADO. Published under the name of Patrick Ervin.

Jack Dempsey’s Fight Magazine May 1934, Volume 1 Number 1. Howard’s THE SLUGGER’S GAME was printed. Featuring Sailor Steve Costigan.

The Canadian edition of Jack Dempsey’s Fight Magazine May 1934, Volume 1 Number 1. Howard’s THE SLUGGER’S GAME was printed. Featuring Sailor Steve Costigan.

The American and Canadian editions have identical content. The cover is also the same except for the publication month and it says “Printed in Canada”. 

Jack Dempsey’s Fight Magazine June 1934, Volume 1 Number 2. Howard’s GENERAL IRONFIST was printed. Featuring Sailor Steve Costigan. Howard earned $35 for this story.

The Canadian edition of Jack Dempsey’s Fight Magazine June 1934, Volume 1 Number 2. Howard’s GENERAL IRONFIST was printed. Featuring Sailor Steve Costigan. Howard earned $35 for this story.

The American and Canadian editions have identical content. The cover is also the same except for the publication month and it says “Printed in Canada”. 

Jack Dempsey’s Fight Magazine August 1934, Volume 1 Number 3. Howard’s SLUGGERS OF THE BEACH was printed. Featuring Sailor Steve Costigan. 

Marvel Tales July/August 1934, Volume 1 Number 2. Featuring James Allison. This is the first appearance of THE GARDEN OF FEAR.

Masked Rider Western May 1944, Volume 16 Number 2. Contains the story TEXAS JOHN ALDEN, published with the name Patrick Ervin. Originally a Buckner J. Grimes story titled RING-TAILED TORNADO.

Max Brand’s Western Magazine Volume 1 Number 2, January 1950. Contains the short story SHAVE THAT HAWG!. It was first published in Argosy, October 3, 1936. Featuring Pike Bearfield. Originally titled A GENT FROM THE PECOS.

The U.K. edition of Max Brand’s Western Magazine Volume 1 Number 2, January 1950. Contains the short story SHAVE THAT HAWG!. It was first published in Argosy, October 3, 1936. Featuring Pike Bearfield. Originally titled A GENT FROM THE PECOS.

Contains the short story ‘Vulture’s Sanctuary’. It was first published in Argosy, November 28, 1936.

Smashing Novels Magazine December 1936, Volume 1 number 4. Contains VULTURES OF WHAPETON.

Star Western Volume 9 Number 4, September 1936. Contains the first publication of THE CURLY WOLF OF SAWTOOTH, featuring Bearfield Elston.

Street & Smith’s Sport Story Magazine Volume 32 Number 6 from September 25, 1931. Contains the first publication of COLLEGE SOCKS featuring Kid Allison.

Street & Smith’s Sport Story Magazine Volume 33 Number 2 from October 25, 1931. Contains the first publication of MAN WITH THE MYSTERY MITTS, featuring Kid Allison.

Street & Smith’s Sport Story Magazine Volume 33 Number 6 from December 25, 1931. Contains the first publication of THE GOOD KNIGHT, featuring Kid Allison.

Super-Detective Stories Volume 1 Number 3, May 1934. Contains NAMES IN THE BLACK BOOK, featuring Steve Harrison.

Stirring Science Stories Volume 1 Number 1 from February 1941. Contains the poem ALWAYS COMES EVENING.

Street & Smith’s Top-Notch Volume 95 Number 4, October 1934. Contains the first publication of SWORDS OF SHAHRAZAR. This is a direct sequel to THE TREASURES OF TARTARY.

Street & Smith’s Top-Notch Volume 95 Number 6, December 1934. Contains the first publication of THE DAUGHTER OF ERLIK-KHAN, Featuring El Borak.

Street & Smith’s Top-Notch Volume 96 Number 6, June 1935. Contains the first publication of HAWK OF THE HILLS, Featuring El Borak.

Street & Smith’s Top-Notch Volume 97 Number 1, July 1935. Contains the first publication of BLOOD OF THE GODS, Featuring El Borak.

Contains THE LITTLE PEOPLE. Illustrated by William Stout. This is the first publication of this story. A page was missing from the original manuscript of “The Little People.” Someone at COVEN 13, likely Gerald W. Page or Arthur H. Landis, made up some stuff to fill the gap and never said anything. This became the published version of “The Little People” ever since. The Wandering Star book, BRAN MAK MORN, THE LAST KING, took the edits back out and also includes a copy of the original typescript.

Contains the poem “Feach Air Muir Lionadhi Gealach Buidhe Mar Or”. This was the last issue of Coven 13. It was bought by Fantasy Publishing Company and the name was changed to Witchcraft & Sorcery.

Witchcraft & Sorcery Volume 1 Number 5. Prior to this issue, it was published by Camelot Publishing Company as Coven 13. The company was bought by Fantasy Publishing Company and the name was changed to Witchcraft & Sorcery.

This issue contains MISTRESS OF DEATH. Featuring Agnes de Chastillon. This is the only Dark Agnes story to include a fantasy element, in the form of a sorcerer. It is not written to the same standard as the two stories Howard completed, and features some departures from the established character, making her more stereotypically feminine. The story was not finished by Howard and he wrote two drafts. The story in this issue is based on the second unfinished draft and completed by Gerald W. Page.

Witchcraft & Sorcery Volume 1 Number 6. 

This issue contains the poem “Flight”. 

Witchcraft & Sorcery Volume 1 Number 7. 

This issue contains the poem “Hopes of Dreams”.

Witchcraft & Sorcery Volume 1 Number 10. 

This issue contains the story RESTLESS WATERS. Illustrated by D. Bruce Berry. The story is from an untitled typescript and Glenn Lord came up with the title. Probably the title should have been THE FEAR AT THE WINDOW.

Contains USURP THE NIGHT. Considered part of the Cthulhu Mythos. Cats, dogs, babies, children, and tramps successively and mysteriously disappear from the neighborhood. Also published as THE HOOFED THING.

Startling Mystery Stories #4 (volume 1 number 4). Contains THE SECRET OF LOST VALLEY.

Included with the story are (1) a copy of the letter from Clayton Magazines returning the typescript, after STRANGE TALES folded, and (2) a copy of the first page of the original typescript, showing the title as “Valley of the Lost”, complete with editorial markups from the magazine.

Startling Mystery Stories #6 (volume 1 number 6). Contains the poem A VISION. It also includes a story by Stephen King, making this issue very hard to find.

Startling Mystery Stories #11 (volume 2 number 5).

Contains THE HAUNTER OF THE RING. This is a 1934 short story Howard, belonging to the Cthulhu Mythos. It was first published in Weird Tales in the June 1934 issue. Howard earned $60 for this publication. This story is set in the modern age but includes a relic from the Hyborian Age of the Conan stories, the ring of Thoth-Amon.

Magazine of Horror #9 (volume 2 number 3).

Contains SKULLS IN THE STARS a Solomon Kane story.

Magazine of Horror #11 (volume 2 number 5).

Contains RATTLE OF BONES, a Solomon Kane story, and the poem “The Dweller in Dark Valley”.

Magazine of Horror #12 (volume 2 number 6).

Contains “Destination”, a poem.

Magazine of Horror #13 (volume 3 number 1).

Contains VALLEY OF THE LOST starring Jim Brill.

Magazine of Horror #15 (volume 3 number 3). Contains THE VALE OF LOST WOMEN. It was not published during his lifetime. Featuring Conan. This is the first publication. The text in this publication is an edited version of the original text. Either edited by de L. Sprague de Camp or perhaps Robert A. W. Lowndes (the editor of the magazine).

Magazine of Horror #16 (volume 3 number 4).

Contains the poem A SONG FOR MEN THAT LAUGH.

Magazine of Horror #17 (volume 3 number 5).

Contains the short story DERMOD’S BANE. Originally written and submitted to Ghost Stories magazine by Howard in 1929. The story was rejected by Ghost Stories, and then disappeared until Glenn Lord found it in a trunk full of manuscripts in 1964. First published in Magazine of Horror #17 in 1967.

Magazine of Horror #18, november 1967 (volume 3 number 6).

Cover by Virgil Finlay. Contains the short story OUT OF THE DEEP (Faring Town). Submitted to Magazine of Horror by Glenn Lord. First publication ever. Here’s the introduction to the story:

In sending us this story, and another, entitled The Noseless Horror, Glenn Lord writes: “Both were apparently written prior to 1930, but, aside from that, I can tell you little about them. “Out of the Deep is a sequel of sorts to Sea Curse (WEIRD TALES, May 1928), for it is in that last named tale that Lie-lip Canool gets his comeuppance . . . As both original mss. were carbon copies, badly smudged where erasing had been done on the originals, I may have mis-translated a word or two. A warning, should you come across something that doesn’t seem correct. It might have been my fault.” … We didn’t notice anything which disturbed us, and are pleased to present this first publication of another Howard story, independent of any of his extended series.

Magazine of Horror #19 (volume 4 number 1).

Contains the poem THE YEARS ARE AS A KNIFE.

Magazine of Horror #21 (volume 4 number 3).

Contains KINGS OF THE NIGHT. Kings of the Night (first published in Weird Tales, November 1930). The first story to feature Bran as a king and describes him as a direct descendant of another Howard character, Brule the Spear-Slayer, companion of the Atlantean King Kull.

Magazine of Horror #22 (volume 4 number 4).

Contains WORMS OF THE EARTH. 

Magazine of Horror #28 (volume 5 number 4).

Contains the poem NOT ONLY IN DEATH THEY DIE.

Magazine of Horror #30 (volume 5 number 6).

Contains the poem SLUMBER.

Magazine of Horror #31, February 1970 (volume 6 number 1).

Cover by Virgil Finlay. Contains the short story THE NOSELESS HORROR. Submitted to Magazine of Horror by Glenn Lord. First publication ever. Here’s the introduction to the story:

ROBERT ERVIN HOWARD (1906-1936) has come in to his own in recent years, after many years’ obscurity following the death of WEIRD TALES, as L. Sprague de Camp, Lin Howard, and others
have championed him through editing collections of his tales and completing unfinished stories in the Conan, Solomon Kane, and King Kull cycles.— xsometimes adapting complete mss, REH left behind him, sometimes working out fragments, etc. The present story does not belong in any series, and is not a sword-and-sorcery tale, although necromancy certainly does play a part in it.

Magazine of Horror #34 (volume 6 number 4).

Contains the poem A SONG OF DEFEAT.

Magazine of Horror #36 (volume 6 number 6).

Contains the story THE GRISLY HORROR. Published for the first time in Weird Tales, February 1935. Also contains a story by Clark Ashton Smith.

Fantasy Magazine #1 from March 1953. Contains the very first release of THE BLACK STRANGER. L Sprague de Camp rewrote the original Conan story into a different Conan story (“The Treasure of Tranicos”). For publication in Fantasy Magazine #1, the story was abridged, edited by L Sprague de Camp, and re-written further by Lester del Rey. 

Spaceway, September-October 1969. Contains PEOPLE OF THE BLACK COAST.

Space Science Fiction, September 1952. Volume 1, No. 2. Contains THE GOD IN THE BOWL. Edited by L. Sprague de Camp.

Amazing Science Fiction Stories Volume 58 Number 5 (Whole #520). Contains “Buccaneer Treasure”, a poem by Robert E. Howard. Illustrated by Roy G. Krenkel.

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1966. Volume 31, No. 2. Contains FOR THE LOVE OF BARBARA ALLEN. This is a ghost/love story, considered by some as one of REH’s twenty best stories.

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1967. Volume 32, No. 2. Contains THE HALL OF THE DEAD. This is a story based on an untitled synopsis by American Robert E. Howard. Featuring Conan. A fragment consisting of 640 words was begun in the 1930s but was not finished or published in Howard’s lifetime. L. Sprague de Camp wrote an entire story based on this untitled synopsis.

Worlds of Fantasy #1.

Contains DELENDA EST by Robert E. Howard and also a Conan pastiche, “Conan and the Cenotaph” by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp. Contents

Fantastic Universe Volume 5 Number 3.

Contains THE BLOOD-STAINED GOD by Howard and L. Sprague de Camp. Originally a Kirby O’Donnell story titled ‘The Trail of the Blood-Stained God’. It was re-written by L. Sprague de Camp into a Conan story titled ‘The Bloodstained God’. De Camp changed the names of the characters, added the sorcery elements, and recast the setting into Howard’s Hyborian Age.

Fantastic Universe Volume 4 Number 5. Contains CONAN, MAN OF DESTINY which is a story based on a final draft (now at Cross Plains Public Library) that L. Sprague de Camp found and rewrote as “Conan, Man of Destiny,” then later published as THE ROAD OF THE EAGLES.

Fantastic Universe Volume 5 Number 3.

Contains THE BLOOD-STAINED GOD by Howard and L. Sprague de Camp. Originally a Kirby O’Donnell story titled ‘The Trail of the Blood-Stained God’. It was re-written by L. Sprague de Camp into a Conan story titled ‘The Bloodstained God’. De Camp changed the names of the characters, added the sorcery elements, and recast the setting into Howard’s Hyborian Age.

Fantastic Universe Volume 6 Number 5. Contains GODS OF THE NORTH.

Contains THE CHALLENGE FROM BEYOND. The challenge from beyond is a round-robin (collaboration) 1935 horror short story written by Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Frank Belknap Long, Robert E. Howard, C. L. Moore, and Abraham Merritt. It was published in Fantasy Magazine and is part of the Cthulhu Mythos.

Fantastic Stories of Imagination Volume 10 Number 5.

Contains THE GARDEN OF FEAR.

Fantastic Stories of Imagination Volume 10 Number 12.

Contains THE DEAD REMEMBER.

Fantastic Sword & Sorcery and Fantasy Stories Volume 16 Number 3.

Contains THE PEOPLE OF THE BLACK CIRCLE.

Fantastic Science Fiction & Fantasy Stories volume 21, No. 6.

“The Witch of the Mists” is a fantasy short story by American writers L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter, featuring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian created by Robert E. Howard. It was first published in the August 1972 issue of the magazine Fantastic, and in book form by Ace Books in the paperback collection Conan of Aquilonia in May 1977. The first British edition was published by Sphere Books in October 1978.

Fantastic Sword & Sorcery and Fantasy Stories Volume 22 Number 5.

Contains the story BLACK SPHINX OF NEBTHU. This is a fantasy short story by American writers L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter, featuring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian created by Robert E. Howard. This is its first publication. It first appeared in book form by Ace Books in the paperback collection Conan of Aquilonia in May 1977, which was reprinted several times through 1994. The first British edition was published by Sphere Books in October 1978.

Fantastic Science Fiction & Fantasy Stories volume 23, No. 5.

“Red Moon of Zembabwei” is a short story by American writers L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter, featuring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian created by Robert E. Howard. This is the first publication. It appeared in book form by Ace Books in the paperback collection Conan of Aquilonia in May 1977, which was reprinted several times through 1994. The first British edition was published by Sphere Books in October 1978.

Fantastic Science Fiction & Fantasy Stories volume 24, No. 2.

“Shadows in the Skull” is a short story by American writers L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter, featuring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian created by Robert E. Howard. This is its first publication. It first appeared in book form by Ace Books in the paperback collection Conan of Aquilonia in May 1977 which was reprinted several times through 1994. The first British edition was published by Sphere Books in October 1978.

Fantastic Sword & Sorcery and Fantasy Stories Volume 24 Number 4.

Contains THE TOWER OF TIME, completed by Lin Carter. Based on a fragment by Howard. Featuring James Allison.

Sword & Sorcery Annual 1975 #1. Contains QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST, starring Conan and Belit.

Dear August: Letters, Robert E. Howard to August Derleth 1932-1936. This collection includes all the letters to August Derleth, except for a postcard REH sent to August Derleth.

In 2002, the then-owners of the rights to Robert E. Howard’s works decided to publish a series of three books in order to extend the U.S. copyrights of the unpublished material. Otherwise all this unpublished material would have been public domain in the U.S. after 12/31/2006.

Dear HPL Letters, Robert E. Howard to H.P. Lovecraft. In 2002, the then-owners of the rights to Robert E. Howard’s works decided to publish a series of three books in order to extend the U.S. copyrights of the unpublished material. Otherwise all this unpublished material would have been public domain in the U.S. after 12/31/2006.

Three books were published – A RHYME OF SALEM TOWN AND OTHER POEMS, DEAR HPL (Howard’s letters to Lovecraft), and DEAR AUGUST (Howard’s letters to August Derleth). 10 copies of each book were to be prepared by Glenn Lord, but fewer than 10 were eventually produced, maybe as few as 6 copies of each.

A chapbook or rather a b&w comic book or graphic adaption of the story RED BLADES OF BLACK CATHAY by Howard and Tevis Clyde Smith.

A magazine / periodical trying to mimic the old pulp magazines. Featuring SON OF THE WHITE WOLF, an El Borak short story by Howard. It was originally published in the December 1936 issue of the pulp magazine Thrilling Adventures.

Howard’s first appearance in Thrilling Mystery was in the February 1936 issue. The story was GRAVEYARD RATS, a mystery/detective adventure, featuring Steve Harrison.

Howard’s second and final appearance in Thrilling Mystery was in the June 1936 issue. The story was BLACK WIND BLOWING, a mystery adventure.

The December 1933 issue of STRANGE DETECTIVE STORIES carried BLACK TALONS, featuring Steve Harrison.

The February 1934 issue of STRANGE DETECTIVE STORIES carried two stories by REH: “The Tomb’s Secret” and “Fangs of Gold”. It appears that the story titles were inadvertently switched. Howard’s agent, Otis Adelbert Kline, kept a list of titles and the magazines that purchased them.

Above “The Teeth of Doom” on Kline’s list, someone added “The Tomb’s Secret” and above “The People of the Serpent” on Kline’s list, someone added “Fangs of Gold.”

The Count of Thirty: A Tribute to Ramsey Campbell is a booklet from Cryptic Publications. This issue contains the poem “Which Will Scarcely Be Understood”, lines 42-45.

Phantasy Digest Volume 1 Number 1. Contains GRAVEYARD RATS featuring Steve Harrison.

Phantasy Digest Volume 1 Number 2. Contains FANGS OF GOLD featuring Steve Harrison.

Distributed and sold at the Howard Days. Limited to 250 copies. Contains two Howard stories and essays by Patrice Louinet and Bobby Derie.

Eight Strange Tales. From the backside: A collection of creepy classics that will stay with you and chill you. Stories that steal past the barriers of disbelief and bring a shudder to the soul. A moneysworth of mad moments for the dark hours of tonight.

Contains DIG ME NO GRAVE.

Eight Strange Tales. From the backside: A collection of creepy classics that will stay with you and chill you. Stories that steal past the barriers of disbelief and bring a shudder to the soul. A moneysworth of mad moments for the dark hours of tonight.

Contains DIG ME NO GRAVE.

Anthology from Berkley Medallion containing THE CHALLENGE FROM BEYOND.

Eight Strange Tales. From the backside: A collection of creepy classics that will stay with you and chill you. Stories that steal past the barriers of disbelief and bring a shudder to the soul. A moneysworth of mad moments for the dark hours of tonight.

Contains DIG ME NO GRAVE.

A single newspaper print. Contains WHAT THE NATION OWES TO THE SOUTH.

The Cross Plains High School features two first appearances of Robert E. Howard’s poems “The Maiden of Kercheezer” and “Rules of Etiquette” (more like a limerick). The school paper was published twice a month by Cross Plains High School students. The poem or limerick, “Rules of Etiquette” was probably based on some of Howard’s own experiences when he was working for a local dry cleaner. Most likely the submissions were sent since Howard’s friend, Lindsey Tyson, was on the staff.

Blades of the Brotherhood. Typescript reproduction.

The Pride of Bear Creek is a collection of Western short stories by Robert E. Howard. It was first published in 1966 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. Grant also published an edition in 1977 with illustrations by Tim Kirk.

The history of Cross Plains, Texas by Ann L. Beeler. Contributions by Rusty Burke and Rob Roehm. With chapters covering its businesses, schools, churches, families, and more. Filled with period photographs.

The Sword Woman from Berkley is a collection of  stories about Agnes de Chastillon (also known as Agnes de Chastillon, Dark Agnes, Agnes de la Fere and The Sword Woman). She is a fictional character created by Robert E. Howard and the protagonist of three stories set in 16th Century France, which were not printed until long after the author’s death.

Berkley, 1976; Volume 1 of 2. Mass market paperback, 1st edition. Introduction by the book’s editor Glenn Lord. Includes sixteen poems, and several of Howard’s stories.

Berkley, 1980; Volume 2 of 2. Mass market paperback, 1st edition. Introduction by Glenn Lord. Includes a mixture of poems and short stories.

A typescript reproduction of an early draft of The Horror from the Mound. Reproduced from a carbon (blue ink) of the copy that was sent to WEIRD TALES and is virtually identical to what was published. Farnsworth Wright did some very minor editing to the published version.

A typescript reproduction of an early draft of Wild Water. Jim Reynolds sets out to take down the corrupt political machine of Bisley, Texas. But his idea of justice brings more than he bargained for.

Rattle of Bones & Other Terrifying Stories is a collection of horror stories by Howard with art by Gabriel Rodríguez. This was a Kickstarter project that was funded on April 11, 2020. The campaign was a success and depending on the pledge the book came with or without a slipcase. There is a thank you page at the end with the name of every backer. Options for buying postcard combo packs, leather bookmarks and more could also be bought.

Collecting 8 horror stories from Conan’s creator, Robert E. Howard, with all-new illustrations by Locke & Key co-creator, Gabriel Rodriguez.

Queen of the Black Coast. Typescript reproduction of a partial early draft. 

This compilation of Robert E. Howard’s most famous and well-received stories spans all of the characters and genres he scribed in – all restored to the earliest, most definitive versions available today. Beautiful illustrations by Jim & Ruth Keegan.

Cross Plains Review November 2, 1928. Contains “Drums of the Sunset” (Part 1 of 9). The Cross Plains Review has been the newspaper for Cross Plains, Texas since 1909.

Cross Plains Review November 9, 1928. Contains “Drums of the Sunset” (Part 2 of 9).

The Cross Plains Review has been the newspaper for Cross Plains, Texas since 1909.

Cross Plains Review November 16, 1928. Contains “Drums of the Sunset” (Part 3 of 9).

The Cross Plains Review has been the newspaper for Cross Plains, Texas since 1909.

Cross Plains Review November 23, 1928. Contains “Drums of the Sunset” (Part 4 of 9). The Cross Plains Review has been the newspaper for Cross Plains, Texas since 1909.

Cross Plains Review November 30, 1928. Contains “Drums of the Sunset” (Part 5 of 9).

The Cross Plains Review has been the newspaper for Cross Plains, Texas since 1909.

Cross Plains Review December 7, 1928. Contains “Drums of the Sunset” (Part 6 of 9).

The Cross Plains Review has been the newspaper for Cross Plains, Texas since 1909.

Cross Plains Review December 14, 1928. Contains “Drums of the Sunset” (Part 7 of 9).

The Cross Plains Review has been the newspaper for Cross Plains, Texas since 1909.

Cross Plains Review December 21, 1928. Contains “Drums of the Sunset” (Part 8 of 9).

The Cross Plains Review has been the newspaper for Cross Plains, Texas since 1909.

Cross Plains Review January 4, 1929. Contains “Drums of the Sunset” (Part 9 of 9).

The Cross Plains Review has been the newspaper for Cross Plains, Texas since 1909.

Cross Plains Review August 14, 1936. Contains WHAT THE NATION OWES TO THE SOUTH.

Print on demain book by Fiction House Press.

QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST—A weird story of Conan the barbarian, and a savage white woman who captained a pirate ship, and a ghastly horror in the jungle.

Skelos – The Journal of Weird Fiction and Dark Fantasy. A horror and fantasy journal featuring short fiction, essays, poetry, reviews, and art by both seasoned pros and talented newcomers

Published for members of the Robert E. Howard Foundation. Several typescripts of The Marchers of Valhalla were provided to Friends of REH and Legacy Circle members of the REH Foundation.

This book claims to be based on the “New Revised Edition of Conan’s Complete Works” (Tokyo Sogensha, 2006-13)” and is completely revised by translator Nakamura Toru.

It’s mostly just a re-issue of the six volumes series that came out in 2009. Probably an updated version where the translator fixed some earlier mistakes and whose translation is a hybrid between an already existing translation and the text of the Wandering Star editions. As the majority of the “edits” found in the Wandering Star/DelRey editions are commas or colons, this doesn’t affect the translation at all).

Bobby Derie’s free book Cross Plains Pilgrimage was gifted to modern pilgrims (visitors) in Cross Plains on Howard Days 2022. It contains a sample of Derie’s scholarly work, focusing on E. Hoffman Price’s two visits to Howard. 

Bobby Derie’s free book is distributed in Cross Plains on Howard Days 2023. It’s a trivia book with six hundred questions about Robert E. Howard and everything related. You can play it like Trivial Pursuit, assigning a color to each category. Trivia questions are divided into six categories; each set of questions are on the right-hand (odd-numbered) pages and the answers are on the back. Limited to 200 copies.

Readers might want to flip through this book for their own enjoyment, but if you want to play a game with friends, try starting at a random page and taking turns asking questions from each category. Each question successfully answered is worth 1 point; the first to 30 points wins. (Why 30? Because Robert E. Howard was only 30 years old when he died.)

Crypt of Cthulhu is a booklet from Cryptic Publications. This issue contains ‘The Hand of Obeah’ by Howard.

Crypt of Cthulhu is a booklet from Cryptic Publications. This issue contains ‘The Supreme Moment’ by Howard.

Crypt of Cthulhu is a booklet from Cryptic Publications. This issue contains ‘The Mark of the Bloody Hand’ by Howard.

The Saga of Faring Town. The three stories were published in Horror Stories, but separated by date of composition rather than thematically. This booklet fixes that and the reader does not lose the mood created by Sea Curse before they encounter the other two stories. This chapbook was provided to Legacy Circle members of the Robert E. Howard Foundation as part of their membership. 

Anthology/novel based on an unfinished story by Robert E. Howard, with a different author writing each of the 17 chapters. The first 12 chapters were published in five issues of the fanzine Fantasy Crossroads; the remainder appears here for the first time.

Written by Robert E. Howard, Karl Edward Wagner, Joseph Brennan; Richard L. Tierney; Michael Moorcock; Charles R. Saunders; Andrew J. Offutt; Manly Wade Wellman; Darrell Schweitzer; A. E. Van Vogt; Brian Lumley; Frank Belknap Long; Adrian Cole; Ramsey Campbell; H. Warner Munn; Marion Zimmer Bradley; Richard A. Lupoff

Edited by L. Sprague de Camp

The Flame Knife is a 1955 fantasy novella by American writers Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp, featuring Howard’s sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was revised by de Camp from Howard’s original story, a then-unpublished oriental tale featuring Francis X. Gordon titled “Three-Bladed Doom”. De Camp changed the names of the characters, added the fantastic element, and recast the setting into Howard’s Hyborian Age. The story was first published in the hardbound collection Tales of Conan (Gnome Press, 1955), and subsequently appeared in the paperback collection Conan the Wanderer (Lancer Books, 1968), as part of which it has been translated into German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, and Italian. It was published itself in paperback book form by Ace Books in 1981, in an edition profusely illustrated by Esteban Maroto.

Edited by L. Sprague de Camp

Conan the Wanderer is a 1968 collection of four fantasy short stories by American writers Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp, and Lin Carter, featuring Howard’s sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. Most of the stories were originally published in various fantasy magazines. The book has been reprinted a number of times by various publishers and has also been translated into German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, and Italian. It was later gathered together with Conan the Adventurer and Conan the Buccaneer into the omnibus collection The Conan Chronicles 2 (1990).

The Ace collection contains many well-known stories by Howard. Pigeons from Hell, The Gods of Bal-Sagoth, and many more. 

In England Kane is on his way to the hamlet of Torkertown, and must choose one of two paths, a route that leads through a moor or one that leads through a swamp. He is warned that the moor route is haunted and all travelers who take that road die, so he decides to investigate.

Reprinted by Bantam, 1980 (cover by Gary Ruddell). The Road of Azrael is a collection of historical short stories by Robert E. Howard. This painting was used as the cover of the first publication in 1979 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 2,150 copies, of which, 300 were boxed and signed by the artist. A collection of short stories from Robert E. Howard. The majority of them take place in the crusading era and the final story takes place in the late middle ages. 

A collection of Howard’s spicy adventures from 1983.

The Sword of Rhiannon / Conan the Conqueror is an Ace SF double feature. Conan the Conqueror (also known as the Hour of the Dragon) is Howard’s only Conan novel.

Dark Horse’s take on The Cat and the Skull. Kull’s uneasy rule is again threatened by the serpent cult determined to destroy him, as it seeks aid from his most frightening foe, the immortal Thulsa Doom!

Oversized trade paperback. Introduction by Ben Szumskyj. ‘An Introduction to the Life and Works of Robert E. Howard’ and an interview with Glenn Lord by Joe Marek. An untitled dark fantasy/Cthulhu Mythos style story featuring John O’Dare by Robert E. Howard; ‘A Short History of the Conan Typescripts’ by Patrice Louniet and much more.

Collects “Blood of the Gods,” “Country of the Knife” and other desert adventures. Published by Girasol Collectables.

Blades of the Brotherhood. Typescript reproduction.

Dennis McHaney explores Howard’s time with the pulp magazines. This book is a companion volume to Robert E. Howard and Weird Tales. It covers half the pulp titles Howard worked for pulps other than Weird Tales. The cover art is from Oriental Stories (Vol. 2, No. 1) by J. Allen St. John, which featured the story ‘The Sowers of the Thunder’.

This is the Graphic adaptation of two of Howard’s stories. ‘Bastards All!’ and ‘Songs of Bastards’.

Robert Derie has created an index as a complementary work for Novalyne Price’s One Who Walked Alone: Robert E. Howard, The Final Years.

Dennis McHaney explores Howard’s time with the legendary Weird Tales. The book includes what the readers of the magazine thought though the letters column, The Eyrie, and letters from Howard to his friends and correspondents and their comments to Howard. The book is heavily illustrated in color, showing the cover of every issue containing Howard, the first page of the story, and much more. If the “first page” is a poem, that verse is present.

This is a great collection of poems and stories by Robert E. Howard. Published by Dark Carneval Press by Thomas Kovacs in 1986. Beautiful illustrations by Bodo Schäfer. 

Winds of time is a beautiful book collecting many of Howards poems. Many translated into Polish and German. Interior art by Hubert Schweizer. Published by Thomas Kovacs and edited by him and Bernd Karwath.

The Book of The Howard Review second edition. This book is a collection of essays from The Howard Review edited by Dennis McHaney. It also includes a large number of stories by Howard now in the public domain.

Echoes from an Iron Harp is a collection of poems by Robert E. Howard with illustrations by Alicia Austin. It was published in 1972 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 1,079 copies. Two of the poems previously appeared in Fire and Sleet and Candlelight, edited by August Derleth.

Conan the Valorous is a fantasy novel by American writer John Maddox Roberts, featuring Robert E. Howard’s sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in trade paperback by Tor Books in September 1985; a regular paperback edition followed from the same publisher in September 1986, and was reprinted in January 1992. The first British edition was published in paperback by Sphere Books in September 1987.

The book also includes “Conan the Indestructible”, L. Sprague de Camp’s chronological essay on Conan’s career.

Non-Howard material.

Conan the Victorious is a fantasy novel by American writer Robert Jordan, featuring Robert E. Howard’s sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in trade paperback by Tor Books in November 1984; a regular paperback edition followed from the same publisher in December 1985, and was reprinted in March 1991 and August 2010. The first British edition was published in paperback by Sphere Books in April 1987. The novel was later gathered together with Conan the Magnificent and Conan the Triumphant into the hardcover omnibus collection The Further Chronicles of Conan (Tor Books, October 1999)

Non-Howard material.

Conan the Triumphant is a fantasy novel by American writer Robert Jordan, featuring Robert E. Howard’s sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian.

Conan the Unconquered is a fantasy novel by American writer Robert Jordan, featuring Robert E. Howard’s seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Tor Books in April 1983, and reprinted on a number of occasions. The first British edition was published by Sphere Books in February 1988. The first trade paperback edition was published by Tor in 1991. It was later gathered together with Conan the Invincible and Conan the Defender into the omnibus collection The Conan Chronicles (Tor Books, 1995).

Conan the Defender is a fantasy novel by American writer Robert Jordan, featuring Robert E. Howard’s sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in trade paperback by Tor Books in December 1982, followed by a regular paperback edition in December 1983. The book was reprinted by Tor in February 1991 and September 2009. This is the Sphere edition from 1985. It was also published by Legend in September 1996. It was later gathered together with Conan the Invincible and Conan the Unconquered into the omnibus collection The Conan Chronicles (Tor Books, 1995).

Non-Howard material.

Conan the Invincible is a fantasy novel by American writer Robert Jordan, featuring Robert E. Howard’s Conan. It was first published in paperback by Tor Books in June 1982 and reprinted in July 1990; a trade paperback edition followed from the same publisher in 1998. The first British edition was published in paperback by Sphere Books in September 1989; a later British edition was published in paperback by Legend Books in August 1996. It was later gathered together with Conan the Defender and Conan the Unconquered into the hardcover omnibus collection The Conan Chronicles (Tor Books, July 1995)

The Sword Woman from Zebra is a collection of  stories about Agnes de Chastillon (also known as Agnes de Chastillon, Dark Agnes, Agnes de la Fere and The Sword Woman). She is a fictional character created by Robert E. Howard and the protagonist of three stories set in 16th Century France, which were not printed until long after the author’s death.

The Sphere edition from 1977. The Sowers of the Thunder is a historical fiction short story by American writer Robert E. Howard, originally published in Oriental Stories, Winter 1932. It takes place in Outremer (the Crusader states) in the time of General Baibars and deals with the General’s friendly/adversarial relationship with Cahal Ruadh O’Donnell, an Irish Crusader with a troubled past cut in the Howardian mold. Both the Siege of Jerusalem (1244) and the Battle of La Forbie feature in the plot.

Contents include the three stories from both Grant editions of Marchers of Valhalla plus other stories. Marches of Valhalla, a James Allison story and The Grey God Passes, a Turlogh O’Brian story and several other tales. Cover art by Melvyn Grant.

Non-Howard material.

Conan and the Spider God is a fantasy novel by American writer L. Sprague de Camp featuring Robert E. Howard’s sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Bantam Books in December 1980; later paperback editions were issued by Ace Books (April 1989, reprinted August 1991) and Tor Books (June 2003). The first hardcover edition was issued by Robert Hale in 1984, and the second by Tor Books in 2002. It was later gathered together with Conan the Swordsman and Conan the Liberator into the omnibus trade paperback collection Sagas of Conan (Tor Books, 2004).

Non-Howard material.

Conan the Rebel is a fantasy novel by American writer Poul Anderson, featuring Robert E. Howard’s sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Bantam Books in July 1980. It was reprinted once by Bantam (1981) and twice by Ace Books (1988, 1991). The first hardcover edition was published by Tor Books in 2001; a trade paperback followed from the same publisher in 2003. The first British edition was published by Sphere Books in 1988.

Non-Howard material.

The Road of Kings is a fantasy novel by Karl Edward Wagner, featuring Robert E. Howard’s sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Bantam Books in October 1979. Later paperback editions were issued by Ace Books (1987) and Tor Books 2001. The first trade paperback edition was published by Warner Books in 1989. The first British edition was published by Sphere Books (1986, reissued 1989). Aside from the Bantam and Tor editions, all other editions were issued under the variant title Conan: The Road of Kings.

Non-Howard material.

The Sword of Skelos is a fantasy novel written by Andrew J. Offutt featuring Robert E. Howard’s sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian, the third and final volume in a trilogy beginning with Conan and the Sorcerer and continuing with Conan the Mercenary (which was actually published after The Sword of Skelos, though relating events prior to it). It was first published in paperback in May 1979 by Bantam Books, and reprinted in August 1981. Later editions were issued by Ace Books (September 1987, reprinted May 1991) and Tor Books (February 2002). The first British edition was published by Sphere Books in 1989.[2]

Non-Howard material.

Conan the Mercenary is a fantasy novel written by American writer Andrew J. Offutt and illustrated by Esteban Maroto featuring Robert E. Howard’s sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian, the second volume in a trilogy beginning with Conan and the Sorcerer and concluding with The Sword of Skelos. It was first published in paperback by Ace Books in 1980, with an official publication date of January 1981. Ace reprinted the novel in April 1983, and issued a trade paperback edition in 1985. The first British edition was published by Sphere Books in July 1989.

Non-Howard material.

Conan the Liberator is a fantasy novel by American writers L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter, featuring Robert E. Howard’s sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Bantam Books in February 1979, and reprinted in 1982; later paperback editions were issued by Ace Books (July 1987 and April 1991). The first hardcover edition was published by Tor Books in June 2002; a trade paperback followed from the same publisher in 2003. The first British edition was from Sphere Books (July 1987). The novel was later gathered together with Conan the Swordsman and Conan and the Spider God into the omnibus collection Sagas of Conan (Tor Books, 2004).

Non-Howard material. Conan the Swordsman is a collection of seven fantasy short stories and associated pieces written by L. Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter, and Björn Nyberg featuring Robert E. Howard’s sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Bantam Books in August 1978 and reprinted in 1981. Later paperback editions were issued by Ace Books (April 1987 and March 1991). The first hardcover edition was published by Tor Books in December 2002. The first British edition was issued by Sphere Books in 1978. The book has also been translated into Italian and French. It was later gathered together with Conan the Liberator and Conan and the Spider God into the omnibus collection Sagas of Conan (Tor Books, January 2004).

Conan of Aquilonia is a collection of four linked fantasy short stories by American writers L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter featuring Robert E. Howard’s sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. The stories were originally published in Fantastic in August 1972, July 1973, July 1974, and February 1975.

The collected stories were intended for book publication by Lancer Books, but this edition never appeared due to Lancer’s bankruptcy, and the first book edition was issued in paperback by Ace Books in paperback in May 1977. It was reprinted by Ace in July 1981, April 1982, November 1982, August 1983, July 1984, 1986, June 1991, and April 1994. The first British edition was published by Sphere Books in October 1978, and reprinted in July 1988. The book has also been translated into French.

Conan the Buccaneer is a 1971 fantasy novel by American writers L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter featuring Robert E. Howard’s sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Lancer Books, and has been reprinted a number of times since by various publishers. It has also been translated into German, Japanese, Spanish, Swedish, French and Dutch. It was later gathered together with Conan the Adventurer and Conan the Wanderer into the omnibus collection The Conan Chronicles 2 (1990).

Non–Howard material – written by L. Sprague de Camp

Conan the Avenger is a 1968 collection of two fantasy works written by Björn Nyberg, Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp featuring Robert E. Howard’s sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Lancer Books, and has been reprinted a number of times since by various publishers. It has also been translated into Japanese, German and Spanish.

Non–Howard material – written by L. Sprague de Camp

Conan the Avenger is a 1968 collection of two fantasy works written by Björn Nyberg, Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp featuring Robert E. Howard’s sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Lancer Books, and has been reprinted a number of times since by various publishers. It has also been translated into Japanese, German and Spanish.

Non–Howard material – written by L. Sprague de Camp

Conan of the Isles is a fantasy novel by American writers L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter, featuring Robert E. Howard’s sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian.

It was first published October 1968 in paperback by Lancer Books, and reprinted in July 1970, 1972, and May 1973; publication was then taken over by Ace Books, which reprinted the novel in May 1977, May 1979, April 1980, July 1981, April 1982, November 1982, November 1983, June 1984, September 1986, February 1991, and May 1994. The first British edition was published in paperback by Sphere Books in December 1974 a number of times since by various publishers It has also been translated into French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Japanese.

Edited by L. Sprague de Camp

Conan the Wanderer is a 1968 collection of four fantasy short stories by American writers Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter, featuring Howard’s sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. Most of the stories were originally published in various fantasy magazines. The book has been reprinted a number of times by various publishers and has also been translated into German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish and Italian. It was later gathered together with Conan the Adventurer and Conan the Buccaneer into the omnibus collection The Conan Chronicles 2 (1990).

Edited by L. Sprague de Camp

Conan the Usurper is a 1967 collection of four fantasy short stories by American writer Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp, featuring Howard’s sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. Most of the stories originally appeared in the fantasy magazine Weird Tales in the 1930s. The book has been reprinted a number of times by various publishers and has also been translated into German, Spanish, Italian, Swedish and Dutch.

Edited by L. Sprague de Camp

Conan of Cimmeria is a collection of eight fantasy short stories written by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter featuring Howard’s sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. Most of the stories were originally published in various fantasy magazines. The book was first published in paperback by Lancer Books in 1969, and reprinted in 1970, 1972 and 1973.

After the bankruptcy of Lancer, publication was taken over by Ace Books. Its first edition was published in May 1977, and was reprinted in August 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982 (twice), 1984, 1985, 1990 and 1993. The first British edition was published by Sphere Books in 1974, and was reprinted in 1976 and 1987. The book has also been translated into German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish and Italian. It was gathered together with Conan and Conan the Freebooter into the omnibus collection The Conan Chronicles (Sphere Books, August 1989).

Edited by L. Sprague de Camp

Conan the Freebooter is a 1968 collection of five fantasy short stories by American writers Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp, featuring Howard’s sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. Most of the stories originally appeared in the fantasy magazine Weird Tales in the 1930s. The book has been reprinted a number of times by various publishers, and has also been translated into German, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Italian, and Japanese. It was later gathered together with Conan and Conan of Cimmeria into the omnibus collection The Conan Chronicles (1989).

Edited by L. Sprague de Camp

Conan is a 1967 collection of seven fantasy short stories and associated pieces written by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter featuring Howard’s seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. Most of the stories were originally published in various pulp magazines. The book was first published in paperback by Lancer Books in 1967, and was reprinted in 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 (twice) and 1973. After the bankruptcy of Lancer, publication was taken over by Ace Books. Its first edition appeared in May 1977, and was reprinted in 1979, 1982 (twice), 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1990. The first British edition was issued by Sphere Books in 1974, and was reprinted in 1977. The book has also been translated into German, Japanese, French, Spanish, Italian, Swedish and Dutch. It was gathered together with Conan of Cimmeria and Conan the Freebooter into the omnibus collection The Conan Chronicles (Sphere Books, August 1989).

Contains non-Howard material – edited by L. Sprague de Camp

Conan is a 1967 collection of seven fantasy short stories and associated pieces written by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter featuring Howard’s seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. Most of the stories were originally published in various pulp magazines. The book was first published in paperback by Lancer Books in 1967, and was reprinted in 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 (twice), and 1973.[1][2] After the bankruptcy of Lancer, the publication was taken over by Ace Books. Its first edition appeared in May 1977, and was reprinted in 1979, 1982 (twice), 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1990. The first British edition was issued by Sphere Books in 1974, and was reprinted in 1977. The book has also been translated into German, Japanese, French, Spanish, Italian, Swedish and Dutch. It was gathered together with Conan of Cimmeria and Conan the Freebooter into the omnibus collection The Conan Chronicles (Sphere Books, August 1989).

Edited by L. Sprague de Camp

Conan the Warrior is a 1967 collection of three fantasy short stories by American writer Robert E. Howard, featuring his sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. The collection is introduced and edited by L. Sprague de Camp. The stories originally appeared in the fantasy magazine Weird Tales in the 1930s. The book has been reprinted a number of times since by various publishers and has also been translated into Japanese, German, French, Polish, Spanish, Swedish and Italian.

Contains non-Howard material – edited by L. Sprague de Camp

Conan the Adventurer is a 1966 collection of four fantasy short stories by American writers Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp, featuring Howard’s sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. Most of the stories originally appeared in the fantasy magazine Weird Tales in the 1930s. The book has been reprinted a number of times by various publishers and has also been translated into German, French, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, Swedish and Dutch. It was later gathered together with Conan the Wanderer and Conan the Buccaneer into the omnibus collection The Conan Chronicles 2 (1990).

Drums of Tombalku was finished by de Camp.

Non-Howard material.

Conan the Rebel is a fantasy novel by American writer Poul Anderson, featuring Robert E. Howard’s sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Bantam Books in July 1980. It was reprinted once by Bantam (1981) and twice by Ace Books (1988, 1991). The first hardcover edition was published by Tor Books in 2001; a trade paperback followed from the same publisher in 2003. The first British edition was published by Sphere Books in 1988.

Non-Howard material.

Conan and the Spider God is a fantasy novel by American writer L. Sprague de Camp featuring Robert E. Howard’s sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Bantam Books in December 1980; later paperback editions were issued by Ace Books (April 1989, reprinted August 1991) and Tor Books (June 2003). The first hardcover edition was issued by Robert Hale in 1984, and the second by Tor Books in 2002. It was later gathered together with Conan the Swordsman and Conan the Liberator into the omnibus trade paperback collection Sagas of Conan (Tor Books, 2004).

Non-Howard material.

The Road of Kings is a fantasy novel by Karl Edward Wagner, featuring Robert E. Howard’s sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Bantam Books in October 1979. Later paperback editions were issued by Ace Books (1987) and Tor Books 2001. The first trade paperback edition was published by Warner Books in 1989. The first British edition was published by Sphere Books (1986, reissued 1989). Aside from the Bantam and Tor editions, all other editions were issued under the variant title Conan: The Road of Kings.

Non-Howard material.

The Sword of Skelos is a fantasy novel written by Andrew J. Offutt featuring Robert E. Howard’s sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian, the third and final volume in a trilogy beginning with Conan and the Sorcerer and continuing with Conan the Mercenary (which was actually published after The Sword of Skelos, though relating events prior to it). It was first published in paperback in May 1979 by Bantam Books, and reprinted in August 1981. Later editions were issued by Ace Books (September 1987, reprinted May 1991) and Tor Books (February 2002). The first British edition was published by Sphere Books in 1989.

Non-Howard material.

Conan the Liberator is a fantasy novel by American writers L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter, featuring Robert E. Howard’s sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Bantam Books in February 1979, and reprinted in 1982; later paperback editions were issued by Ace Books (July 1987 and April 1991). The first hardcover edition was published by Tor Books in June 2002; a trade paperback followed from the same publisher in 2003. The first British edition was from Sphere Books (July 1987). The novel was later gathered together with Conan the Swordsman and Conan and the Spider God into the omnibus collection Sagas of Conan (Tor Books, 2004).

Non-Howard material. Conan the Swordsman is a collection of seven fantasy short stories and associated pieces written by L. Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter, and Björn Nyberg featuring Robert E. Howard’s sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Bantam Books in August 1978 and reprinted in 1981. Later paperback editions were issued by Ace Books (April 1987 and March 1991). The first hardcover edition was published by Tor Books in December 2002. The first British edition was issued by Sphere Books in 1978.[1] The book has also been translated into Italian and French. It was later gathered together with Conan the Liberator and Conan and the Spider God into the omnibus collection Sagas of Conan (Tor Books, January 2004).

“Three-Bladed Doom” is an adventure short story by American writer Robert E. Howard, featuring his character El Borak. It was not published within Howard’s lifetime.

There are two different versions of this story. The first is shorter (24,000 words) than the second (42,000) words. The short version was printed first, in issue #4 of the magazine REH Lone Star Fictioneer (Spring 1976). The long version was printed the following year in the Zebra paperback Three-Bladed Doom (July 1977). Both of these versions, however, had their beginning and ending substantially re-written by Byron Roark, editor of REH Lone Star Fictioneer. The restored version was printed in issue #10 of the fanzine REH: Two-Gun Raconteur (Winter 2006).

Robert E. Howard created the character Terence Vulmea or Black Vulmea. This is a pastiche by David C. Smith. 

She was a recklessly attractive woman, this Katherine O’Donnell. Fully rigged in the outlaw fashion of her crew, her wild red hair falling away loosely down her shoulders, and with eyes like chips of green flame, she looked worthy of the name that followed her about: THE WITCH OF THE INDIES.

He was a giant of a man, with beard and hair that flowed like black flame, a brace of pistols about his waist and dagger in his hand. There was no match for him on any of the seas; he knew no superstition. But he knew fear when he was challenged by the red-haired wench, he whom they called BLACK VULMEA.

Robert E. Howard created the character Bran Mak Morn. This is a pastiche by David C. Smith and Richard L. Tierney. The story centers around Bran being captured by Roman soldiers, fighting in the arena, his escape, and recovery and protection of the Witch of the Mists, a powerful demi-god reborn as a human girl.

Robert E. Howard created the character Bran Mak Morn. Karl Edward Wagner wrote this pastiche, continuing the adventures of the Pictish king, Bran Mak Morn. Called Legion from the Shadows (1976), it starts with the destruction of the Roman IX Legion in second century Caledonia under the blades of the savage Picts. 

Wagner’s novel is a direct sequel to Howard’s own Bran Mak Morn story, “Worms of the Earth.”. To avenge his tribesman, crucified at the behest of the sadistic Roman governor, Bran secures the aid of the titular Worms of the Earth, a monstrous race of degenerate subterranean semi-human creatures. It all ends in bloody death and horror, and Bran realizes some forces are too hideous to use even against one’s most hated enemy.

The Mists of Doom was the third Cormac novel that Andrew H. Offutt wrote about Robert E. Howard’s character. It’s a prequel to the rest of the series, explaining how Cormac got banished from his homeland and detailing what’s known of his early life.

Robert E. Howard created the character Cormac Mac Art. The author Andrew J. Offutt continued the adventures of Cormac by writing his own stories. As far as I know, he wrote 6 novels about Howard’s hero.

This is the Zebra book from 1976. Cormac Mac Art, the son of an Irish king, forced to live the life of an outlaw after he is unjustly accused of a crime, is finally vindicated and then pursued by an evil wizard who has waited centuries to seek revenge

Robert E. Howard created the character Cormac Mac Art. The author Andrew J. Offutt continued the adventures of Cormac by writing his own stories. As far as I know, he wrote 6 novels about Howard’s hero.

In this Zebra book from 1975, Cormac and his faithful comrade Wulfhere Skull-splitter, are hurled through a swirling maelstrom to a faraway shore. There, Cormac joins up with Princess Samaire and sets out to regain a throne.

Zebra Books, 1976; Volume 2 of 2. Mass market paperback, 1st edition. Introduction by the book’s editor Glenn Lord. Includes a mixture of poems and short stories.

Zebra Books, 1976; Volume 1 of 2. Mass market paperback, 1st edition. Introduction by the book’s editor Glenn Lord. Includes sixteen poems, and several of Howard’s stories.

The Zebra book of Tigers of the Sea is a collection of fantasy short stories by Robert E. Howard about the pirate Cormac Mac Art, a Gael who joins a band of Danish Vikings during the reign of King Arthur. (Historically, Cormac Mac Art is the name of a famous High King of Ireland, but among the many legends told of him there is no reference to him having been a pirate.)

Tigers of the Sea was first published in 1973 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 3,400 copies. The stories feature Howard’s character Cormac Mac Art; the volume was edited by Richard L. Tierney.

Except for one, the stories are pure historical fiction, dealing with struggles between various groups of human beings waged by mundane human weapons. The exception is “The Temple of Abomination”, in which Cormac Mac Art and his Viking fellows defeat the last of the monstrous Serpent Men, whom King Kull fought in the much earlier Howardian cycle.

The Zebra paperback edition. Black Vulmea’s vengeance is a collection of three adventure short stories about pirates by Robert E. Howard. It was first published in 1976 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 2,750 copies. The title story first appeared in the magazine Golden Fleece in 1938. This book is based on the Grant 1976 hardcover edition.

The Zebra collection with three El Borak tales. “The Lost Valley of Iskander” is an El Borak short story by Robert E. Howard. It was not published within Howard’s lifetime, the first publication was in the FAX Collector’s Editions hardback The Lost Valley of Iskander in 1974.[1] Its original title was “Swords of the Hills”.

In this story, El Borak discovers a legendary valley in which live Greek descendants of Alexander the Great invading army. Meanwhile, the vital package he carries must be carried to British India before the Hungarian, Hunyadi, can stop him or thousands will die.

A Gent from Bear Creek was first published by Herberg Jenkins in England, 1937 after Howard’s death. This version is published by Zebra and is basically the same as the Donald M. Grant also from 1975 and unfortunately has a few errors and editorial changes, including removal of all italics.

The title of both an original short story, as well as a novel was created by combining several previous short stories with some new material; the previously published short stories were altered a little to create chapters with a continuous storyline, and new material was added as additional chapters.

The Zebra collection contains many well-known stories by Howard. Pigeons from Hell, The Gods of Bal-Sagoth, and many more. 

The Zebra edition. The Sowers of the Thunder is a historical fiction short story by American writer Robert E. Howard, originally published in Oriental Stories, Winter 1932. It takes place in Outremer (the Crusader states) in the time of General Baibars and deals with the General’s friendly/adversarial relationship with Cahal Ruadh O’Donnell, an Irish Crusader with a troubled past cut in the Howardian mold. Both the Siege of Jerusalem (1244) and the Battle of La Forbie feature in the plot.

‘Worms of the Earth’ is a short story by American fantasy fiction writer Robert E. Howard. It was originally published in the magazine Weird Tales in November 1932, then again in this collection of Howard’s short stories. The story features one of Howard’s recurring protagonists, Bran Mak Morn, a legendary king of the Picts. 

Also contains the Dark Man with Turlogh O’Brien and several other Bran Mak Morn stories.

The Iron Man & Other Tales of the Ring is a collection of short stories about boxing by Robert E. Howard. It was first published in 1976 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 1,600 copies.

Contains boxing stories by Howard. One of these tales was first published in The Magic Carpet Magazine in January 1934, two others were printed posthumously in ‘The Howard Collector’. Brief introduction by Darrell C. Richardson.

The Vultures of Waheton was originally published with two different endings in the December 1936 issue of Smashing Novels Magazine under the title “The Vultures of Whapeton”. This is a collection of four of Howard’s serious (as opposed to the Breckenridge Elkins humorous tall-tales series that were modeled after Pecos Bill or Paul Bunyan) Western stories. The title story appeared in a 1936 issue of Smashing Novels Magazine. None of the others were printed during his lifetime.

This book is a collection of articles about the early history of the art and the illustrators who made the works of Robert E. Howard come to life. Contents include: A heavily illustrated article on some of the best artists who worked for Weird Tales by Frank Coffman. A look at Roy G. Krenkel’s work for Donald M. Grant by Dennis McHaney. A reference guide to Roy G. Krenkel’s work for Amra by Dennis McHaney. A look at Frank Frazetta’s work on The Ultimate Triumph by Robert E. Howard. A Tribute to Jeffrey Catherine Jones by Bill Cavalier. An overview of Stephen E. Fabian’s work for the works of Robert E. Howard by Damon Sasser.

An overview of Stephen E. Fabian’s work for the works of Robert E. Howard by Damon Sasser.

Sleep No More is an anthology of fantasy and horror stories edited by August Derleth and illustrated by Lee Brown Coye, the first of three similar books in the 1940s. It was first published by Rinehart & Company in 1944. Featuring short stories by H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith and other noted authors of the macabre genre, many of the stories made their initial appearance in Weird Tales magazine. The anthology is considered to be a classic of the genre, and is the initial foray by Coye into the field of horror illustration.

Tigers of the Sea is a collection of fantasy short stories by Robert E. Howard about the pirate Cormac Mac Art, a Gael who joins a band of Danish Vikings during the reign of King Arthur. (Historically, Cormac Mac Art is the name of a famous High King of Ireland, but among the many legends told of him there is no reference to him having been a pirate.)

Tigers of the Sea was first published in 1973 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 3,400 copies. The stories feature Howard’s character Cormac Mac Art; the volume was edited by Richard L. Tierney.

The Vultures of Waheton was originally published with two different endings in the December 1936 issue of Smashing Novels Magazine under the title “The Vultures of Whapeton”. This is a collection of four of Howard’s serious (as opposed to the Breckenridge Elkins humorous tall-tales series that were modeled after Pecos Bill or Paul Bunyan) Western stories. The title story appeared in a 1936 issue of Smashing Novels Magazine.

The Berkley collection with three El Borak tales. “The Lost Valley of Iskander” is an El Borak short story by Robert E. Howard. It was not published within Howard’s lifetime, the first publication was in the FAX Collector’s Editions hardback The Lost Valley of Iskander in 1974.[1] Its original title was “Swords of the Hills”.

In this story, El Borak discovers a legendary valley in which live Greek descendants of Alexander the Great invading army. Meanwhile, the vital package he carries must be carried to British India before the Hungarian, Hunyadi, can stop him or thousands will die.

Shipwrecked on a mysterious island, two sailors find traces of a lost civilization – and memories of their own impossible part in it! …The „last words” of an operatic tenor bring the music of hell to the man who destroyed him….Turlogh O’Brien, mighty Gaelic warrior who serves no master but gold and blood, battles for a kingdom against the fearful ancient gods of Bal-Sagoth. All together for the first time in The Gods of Bal-Sagoth.

The Ace edition. The Sowers of the Thunder is a historical fiction short story by American writer Robert E. Howard, originally published in Oriental Stories, Winter 1932. It takes place in Outremer (the Crusader states) in the time of General Baibars and deals with the General’s friendly/adversarial relationship with Cahal Ruadh O’Donnell, an Irish Crusader with a troubled past cut in the Howardian mold. Both the Siege of Jerusalem (1244) and the Battle of La Forbie feature in the plot.

The Berkley paperback edition. Black Vulmea’s vengeance is a collection of three adventure short stories about pirates by Robert E. Howard. It was first published in 1976 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 2,750 copies. The title story first appeared in the magazine Golden Fleece in 1938. This book is based on the Grant 1976 hardcover edition.

Blond Barbarians and Noble Savages is a 1975 collection of essays on the fantasy writers Robert E. Howard and H. P. Lovecraft by science-fiction writer L. Sprague de Camp, first published by T-K Graphics.

Glenn Lord published some REH collections on his own, such as the periodical The Howard Collector #1–19. In The Howard Collector, from 1961 to 1973, Lord featured previously unpublished (or very rare) pieces by Howard, letters by REH and those who knew him, indices of poems and stories, reprints of articles related to Howard, and news about upcoming publications and other events.

This is the very first issue containing four poems a letter from Roberts father to Frank Torbett after his sons death and more.

Glenn Lord published some REH collections on his own, such as the periodical The Howard Collector #1–19. In The Howard Collector, from 1961 to 1973, Lord featured previously unpublished (or very rare) pieces by Howard, letters by REH and those who knew him, indices of poems and stories, reprints of articles related to Howard, and news about upcoming publications and other events.

This is the number 13 from autumn 1970.

Glenn Lord published some REH collections on his own, such as the periodical The Howard Collector #1–19. In The Howard Collector, from 1961 to 1973, Lord featured previously unpublished (or very rare) pieces by Howard, letters by REH and those who knew him, indices of poems and stories, reprints of articles related to Howard, and news about upcoming publications and other events.

This is the number 17 from autumn 1972.

Glenn Lord published some REH collections on his own, such as the periodical The Howard Collector #1–19. In The Howard Collector, from 1961 to 1973, Lord featured previously unpublished (or very rare) pieces by Howard, letters by REH and those who knew him, indices of poems and stories, reprints of articles related to Howard, and news about upcoming publications and other events.

This is the number 18 from autumn 1973.

This issue contains ‘Black Canaan’ in Howard’s original version of the story. The original script was sent to Otis Adelbert Kline in Chicago who forwarded it to Jessica Miller in New York. No records survive to indicate what magazines the story was submitted to or what editorial requirements, if any, were made on the story. REH withdrew the script, rewrote it, and resubmitted it to Kline. Kline sent it to WEIRD TALES and it was accepted.

Contains poems and stories and also cover artwork from McHaney publications throughout, as well as other cover and interior artwork from magazines containing Howard stories. 

A collection by Dennis McHaney from 2005. Black and white cover reproduction from the original publication source or other reprint sources for each story is included.
“The Caldron” contains letters to the editor from the last three issues of Strange Tales about Howard’s stories, including one from August Derleth and one from Clark Ashton Smith.

Collection of all the Howard verse published in Weird Tales. This was given to the attendees of the first annual Halloween gathering of Robert E. Howard. 

This printing was done especially for the Pictorial Cancellation in Cross Plains, TX 1994. It contains the story ‘A Man-Eating Jeopard’ and is photocopied from the magazine ‘Cowboy Stories’, June 1936.

In celebration of Howards 102nd birthday at the Robert E. Howard Museum. Contains illustrations by Bill Cavalier and the poem ‘Recompense’ by Howard.

Contains a poem by Howard and a small excerpt from ‘Beyond the Black River’. This was created for the 100th birthday celebration of Robert E. Howard, held at The Torch in Forth Worth, Texas on January 21st of 2006. As the title says, it was originally scheduled to be held at the Black Dog Tavern, but was moved at the last minute.

Text was read aloud by Bill Cavalier at the party for Robert E. Howard’s 100th birthday.

A collection of poems published by Dennis McHaney and illustrated by Tom Foster.

Prepared and presented by David Genzel from the first draft. Contains ‘Ring-Tailed Tornado’ which is presented here in its original form for the first time. Every other appearance before this has been of a version rewritten by someone at the Kline agency, rewritten into a Breckinridge Elkins story. 

According to Patrice Louinet, three drafts of this story were prepared. No typescript of the second draft seems to have survived. The third draft i almost certainly the source for the rewritten Breckinridge version. 

A tiny pocket sized chapbook created by Dennis McHaney and Glenn Lord in 1975.

The Raven is a fanzine created and published by Thomas Kovacs. The sort of prequel was Wolfshead.

Raven has a lot of Howard stuff and contains most of my Kovacs early translations and self made illustrations from 40 years ago. Thomas Kovacs was 21 at the time and at the beginning of his Howard “career”. He had intense  correspondence with Glenn Lord which lasted decades until Glenn’s death. Raven has even the very first Hungarian translation of a Howard poem in it. The heading tho „The Thing on the Roof“ was translated by my older brother at that time.

Wolfshead is a fanzine created and published by Thomas Kovacs and is sort of a forerunner to Raven. The subtitle is The Demon of the Full Moon. It contains several poems by Robert E. Howard and part 1 of an article written by Kovacs. Most of the content is in German.

Raven’s Special Folio Poem Edition No. 1: The Rhyme of the Three Slavers. Contains the poem ‘The Rhyme of the Three Slavers’ by Robert E. Howard.

The second issue of ‘The “New” Howard Reader, from 1998. Filled with Howard content. Published by Joe & Mona Marek. Cover art by Steven R. Trout.

The third issue of ‘The “New” Howard Reader, from November 1998. Filled with Howard content. Published by Joe & Mona Marek. Cover art by Bill Cavalier.

The fifth issue of ‘The “New” Howard Reader, from March 1999. Filled with Howard content. Published by Joe & Mona Marek. Cover art by James B. Zimmerman.

The seventh issue of ‘The “New” Howard Reader, from 2000. Filled with Howard content. Published by Joe & Mona Marek. Cover art by Steven R. Trout.

The seventh issue of ‘The “New” Howard Reader, from 2000. Filled with Howard content. Published by Joe & Mona Marek. Cover art by Steven R. Trout.

The very first issue of REH: Two-Gun Raconteur from 1976. Contains several articles by Damon Sasser, artwork by James Bozarth. Even an article about an astrological look at Howard.

In the mid-1970s, when the Robert E. Howard Boom was just beginning, REH: Two-Gun Raconteur was on the cutting edge of Howard Fandom. During those heady days there was a continuous stream of hardback books, paperbacks, magazines, comics, chapbooks, fanzines, art portfolios and one-shot publications all devoted to the gifted author and poet from Cross Plains, Texas. When the Boom eventually faded out in the late eighties, the fans and admirers of Robert E. Howard still carried the torch, waiting for a time when Howard would return and that time has come. While not on as grand a scale as the earlier boom, it is nonetheless a great time to be a Howard fan.

The second issue of REH: Two-Gun Raconteur, from 1976. Contains several articles and a letter from Howard to Clark Ashton Smith, part two of the article about an astrological look at Howard.

In the mid-1970s, when the Robert E. Howard Boom was just beginning, REH: Two-Gun Raconteur was on the cutting edge of Howard Fandom. During those heady days there was a continuous stream of hardback books, paperbacks, magazines, comics, chapbooks, fanzines, art portfolios and one-shot publications all devoted to the gifted author and poet from Cross Plains, Texas. When the Boom eventually faded out in the late eighties, the fans and admirers of Robert E. Howard still carried the torch, waiting for a time when Howard would return and that time has come. While not on as grand a scale as the earlier boom, it is nonetheless a great time to be a Howard fan.

The third issue of REH: Two-Gun Raconteur, from 1976. Contains ‘Conan vs. Conantics’ by Don Herron and ‘The Devil’s Joker’ by Howard. Also several articles and an art portfolio by Gene Day.

In the mid-1970s, when the Robert E. Howard Boom was just beginning, REH: Two-Gun Raconteur was on the cutting edge of Howard Fandom. During those heady days there was a continuous stream of hardback books, paperbacks, magazines, comics, chapbooks, fanzines, art portfolios and one-shot publications all devoted to the gifted author and poet from Cross Plains, Texas. When the Boom eventually faded out in the late eighties, the fans and admirers of Robert E. Howard still carried the torch, waiting for a time when Howard would return and that time has come. While not on as grand a scale as the earlier boom, it is nonetheless a great time to be a Howard fan.

The third issue of REH: Two-Gun Raconteur, from 1976. Contains ‘Conan vs. Conantics’ by Don Herron and ‘The Devil’s Joker’ by Howard. Also several articles and an art portfolio by Gene Day.

In the mid-1970s, when the Robert E. Howard Boom was just beginning, REH: Two-Gun Raconteur was on the cutting edge of Howard Fandom. During those heady days there was a continuous stream of hardback books, paperbacks, magazines, comics, chapbooks, fanzines, art portfolios and one-shot publications all devoted to the gifted author and poet from Cross Plains, Texas. When the Boom eventually faded out in the late eighties, the fans and admirers of Robert E. Howard still carried the torch, waiting for a time when Howard would return and that time has come. While not on as grand a scale as the earlier boom, it is nonetheless a great time to be a Howard fan.

After 26 years without any published issues, Damon Sasser returned with issue #5 of REH: Two-Gun Raconteur in 2003. Contains the story ‘A Horror in the Night’ by Robert E. Howard, an art folio by Stephen Fabian and several articles.

In the mid-1970s, when the Robert E. Howard Boom was just beginning, REH: Two-Gun Raconteur was on the cutting edge of Howard Fandom. During those heady days there was a continuous stream of hardback books, paperbacks, magazines, comics, chapbooks, fanzines, art portfolios and one-shot publications all devoted to the gifted author and poet from Cross Plains, Texas. When the Boom eventually faded out in the late eighties, the fans and admirers of Robert E. Howard still carried the torch, waiting for a time when Howard would return and that time has come. While not on as grand a scale as the earlier boom, it is nonetheless a great time to be a Howard fan.

Damon Sasser’s REH: Two-Gun Raconteur i#6 from 2004. Contains the story ‘Under the Baobab Tree’ by Howard. Also a Red Nails art portfolio by Gene Day and several articles.

In the mid-1970s, when the Robert E. Howard Boom was just beginning, REH: Two-Gun Raconteur was on the cutting edge of Howard Fandom. During those heady days there was a continuous stream of hardback books, paperbacks, magazines, comics, chapbooks, fanzines, art portfolios and one-shot publications all devoted to the gifted author and poet from Cross Plains, Texas. When the Boom eventually faded out in the late eighties, the fans and admirers of Robert E. Howard still carried the torch, waiting for a time when Howard would return and that time has come. While not on as grand a scale as the earlier boom, it is nonetheless a great time to be a Howard fan.

Damon Sasser’s REH: Two-Gun Raconteur i#7 from 2005. Contains the story ‘The Haunted Hut’ by Howard. Cover art by Charles Keegan and back cover art by Bill Cavalier.

Damon Sasser’s REH: Two-Gun Raconteur i#8 from 2005. Contains the story ‘Black Country’ by Howard. Articles by Danny Street, Glenn Lord, Damon Sasser and Morgan Holmes.

Special 30 year anniversary issue of REH: Two-Gun Raconteur with articles written by women about Robert E. Howards female characters. Nice article about Howard, Novalyne and the Whole Wide World movie.

REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #10 from 2006. First cover in color. Contains ‘The Voice of Death’ by Howard also the opening and the ending of the short version of “Three-Bladed Doom” are printed for the first time here. Also an art portfolio by Bill Cavalier.

REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #11 from the summer of 2007. Contains the story ‘The Touch of Color’ by Howard. Also a Conan art portfolio by Michael L. Peters.

REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #12 from the 2008. Contains the story ‘Fists of the Revolution’ by Howard, illustrated by Jim & Ruth Keegan. An article from Mark Finn, illustrated by Bill Cavalier. Also an Robert E. Howard art portfolio by Jim Ordolis. Several articles and a review of the Girasol Facsimile books.

REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #13 from 2009. Contains ‘The Black Moon’ by Howard, illustrated by Robert Sankner.

REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #14 from 2010. Contains ‘The Curly Wolf of Sawtooth’ by Howard, illustrated by Richard Pace. Also an excerpt from ‘Sailor Costigan and the Destiny Gorilla’.

REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #15 from 2011. Contains ‘Sailor Costigan and the Yellow Cobra’ by Howard, illustrated by Clayton Hinkle. Also the poem ‘Miser’s Gold’. An portfolio of Howard’s heroes of the historicals by Nathan Furman and several articles.

REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #16 from 2012. Contains ‘The Diablos Trails’ by Howard, illustrated by Jim Ordolis. Also included is ‘Miss High-Hat’ by Howard, illustrated by David Burton. Lots of articles and illustrations.

REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #17 from 2014. Contains ‘The Stones of Destiny’ by Howard, illustrated by Nathan Furman. Portfolio of Howard’s Heroes of the Desert by Bob Covington. Also ‘Earnest Hemingway, Robert E. Howard, and Battling Siki: Typewriters and Fists’ by Brian Leno, illustrated by Bill Cavalier and much more.

REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #18 from 2015. Contains ‘The Cobra in the Dream’ by Howard, illustrated by Charles Fetherolf. A Worms of the Earth portfolio by Michael L. Peters and lots of articles and illustrations.

Chacal was a US slick-format small-press Magazine. 2 issues was published (Winter 1976, Spring 1977) . The title is French for jackal.

Among the first quality Small-Press magazines, Chacal grew from REH: Lone Star Fictioneer, a fanzine devoted to Robert E Howard. The focus remained mostly on Sword and Sorcery, with stories by David C Smith and Karl Edward Wagner. 

Chacal #2 contains ‘Daughter of Evil’ and ‘Palace of Bast’, two poems by Howard. Chacal was a US slick-format small-press Magazine. 2 issues was published (Winter 1976, Spring 1977) . The title is French for jackal.Among the first quality Small-Press magazines, Chacal grew from REH: Lone Star Fictioneer, a fanzine devoted to Robert E Howard. The focus remained mostly on Sword and Sorcery, with stories by David C Smith and Karl Edward Wagner. 

This is Damon Sassers magazine from 1978. He had then put out 4 issues of REH: Two-Gun Raconteur, just got married and with this issue opening up a broader scope of REH and articles of other Weird Talers. The next issue came several years later, in 2006.

This is Damon Sassers second issue of ‘The Chronicler from Cross Plains’. The first magazine came in 1978. Contains ‘Desert Blood’ by Howard, illustrated by David Burton.

A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon from 1974. This first issue contains some of Howards poems and the short short story ‘Delanda Est’. Most of it is non-Howard content.

The second issue of a fanzine/periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon. From February 1975. This first issue contains several poems and two letters to Harold Preece. It also contains the stories THE CURSE OF THE GOLDEN SKULL and DRUMS OF THE SUNSET.

The third issue of a fanzine/periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon. From May 1975. This first issue contains two poems, a letter to Harold Preece and a letter to Novalyne Price. It also contains the story THE GOOD KNIGHT.

Both of the letters can be found in THE COLLECTED LETTERS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD. They are Letter #093 in Volume 1 (Preece’s) and Letter #320 (Novalyne’s) in Volume 3.

A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon from 1975. Issue 4 and 5 contains the story ‘Man with the Mystery Mitts’, ‘War to the Blind’ (poem), ‘The Abbey’ (fragment) and ‘The Day Breaks Over Simla’ (poem)

A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon from 1975. Issue 6 contains ‘The Gondarian Man’ by Howard. The poem ‘Hope Empty of Meaning’ and a letter to Harold Preece, circa February 1930 is also included along with articles and poems by other writers.

A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon. This special edition from January 1976 contains the poem VISIONS, the first apperance of the story FISTS OF THE REVOLUTION and MORE EVIDENCE OF THE INNATE DIVINITY OF A MAN. Also an interesting review by Harold Preece about L. Sprague de Camps “The Miscast Barbarian”.

A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon from February 1976. Issue 7 contains the first appearance of the poem “Madame Goose’s Rhymes”, the untitled story (“The night was damp, misty, …”), a letter to Harold Preece from August 1928 and the story College Socks (featuring Kid Allison).

A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon from May 1976. Issue 8 Contains the first appearance of both DAUGHTERS OF FEUD and MISER’S GOLD. Cover illustration by Richard Corben (from an illustration of Night Images featuring REH poems).

A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon from August 1976. Issue 9 Contains the first appearance of THE LAST LAUGH by Howard. It also contains a review of the album record “From the Hells beneath the Hells” by Dennis McHaney and a Red Nails portfolio by Gene Day. It also contains a short story by Tevis Clyde Smith.

A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon from March 1977. Issue 10/11 Contains the first apperance of GENSERIC’S FIFT BORN SON (see notes).. Front cover by Jim Fitzpatrick, back cover by Frank Frazetta.

A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon from 1977. Issue 12 contains nothing directly by Howard but a round-robin tale based upon a Robert E. Howard fragment. The cover pictures Conan even though it looks more like Tarzan.

A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon from June 1978. This issue contains the first appearance of the poem “The Feud”. There is also a poem by Tevis Clyde Smith titled “What Robert E. Howard Said One Wednesday Night”.

A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon. This is issue 14, from 1978, and contains the poem OH BABYLON, LOST BABYLON.

A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon. This is issue 15, from 1979. It has nothing directly by Robert E. Howard, but has chapter XI and XII of Ghor, Kin-Slayer. The back cover is wrongly credited Frank Frazetta, when it is Stephen Fabian’s illustration from Garden of Death. 

Last issue of this publication, although the editor expected to publish in March, 1979 and had enough material for multiple additional issues.

The very first issue of REH: Two-Gun Raconteur from 1976. Contains several articles by Damon Sasser, artwork by James Bozarth. Even an article about an astrological look at Howard.

In the mid-1970s, when the Robert E. Howard Boom was just beginning, REH: Two-Gun Raconteur was on the cutting edge of Howard Fandom. During those heady days there was a continuous stream of hardback books, paperbacks, magazines, comics, chapbooks, fanzines, art portfolios and one-shot publications all devoted to the gifted author and poet from Cross Plains, Texas. When the Boom eventually faded out in the late eighties, the fans and admirers of Robert E. Howard still carried the torch, waiting for a time when Howard would return and that time has come. While not on as grand a scale as the earlier boom, it is nonetheless a great time to be a Howard fan.

The fourth issue of REH: Lone Star Fictioneer. Contains a short version of ‘Three Bladed Doom’.

A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon from January 1977. Issue 1 contains the story THE CURSE OF GREED and the two poems “The Outcast” and “The Kiowa’s Tale”.

A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon from January 1977. Issue 2 contains the story THE DOOR TO THE GARDEN.

A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon from 1977. Issue 3 contains the poem ‘Roar, Silver Trumpets’.

The book is a history of Brown County, Texas, much of it personal history related by Tevis Clyde Smith.
Pages 44 through 47 are about REH, titled “Adventurer in Pulp”, with two photos, one of Bob in his boxing pose and one of Bob with Patch, his dog.

Edited by Peter Ruber
A collection of essays, memoirs, and introductions of the earliest years of fantasy writing and its best known practitioners.
4000 copies printed

First of three volumes comprising “The Authorized Edition” of Conan edited, with “foreword” by Karl Edward Wagner. Follows the text of the five-part serial published in WEIRD TALES, December 1935 through April 1936.

The story was first published as a five-part serial in Weird Tales between the months of December 1935, January 1936, February 1936, March 1936 and April 1936 (with chapter 20 being misprinted as chapter 21). It was first published in book form in hardcover by Gnome Press in 1950 under the title Conan the Conqueror, a title retained by all later editions until 1977. The first paperback edition was published by Ace Books in 1954. The novel has been reissued a number of times since by various publishers, notably Lancer Books in 1967 and Berkley/Putnam in 1977; the latter, reedited by Karl Edward Wagner, was the first edition to restore the original magazine text and title, under which most subsequent editions have been issued. Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. published an edition in 1989, with illustrations by Ezra Tucker, as volume XI of their deluxe Conan set.

The People of the Black Circle is a 1977 collection of four Conan short stories. This is the second of the three volumes comprising “The Authorized Edition”. Edited by Karl Edward Wagner. The illustrations by Hugh Rankin are from the original pulp publications. There was also a 1977 Science Fiction Book Club edition, which was retypeset and introduced numerous errors.

The pieces in The People of the Black Circle, in common with those in the other Conan volumes produced by Karl Edward Wagner for Berkley, are virtual reproductions (other than typo correction) of the originally published form of the texts as they appeared in Weird Tales, in contrast to the edited versions appearing in the earlier Gnome Press and Lancer editions of the Conan stories. In contrast to the earlier editions, which included Conan tales by authors other than Howard, Wagner took a purist approach, including only stories by Howard, and only those thought to be in the public domain. His prefaces and afterwords dismiss editorial revisions made in the earlier editions.

A simple collection of Solomon Kane tales published by Benediction Press. 

Red Shadows is a collection of Fantasy short stories and poems by Robert E. Howard. It was first published in 1968 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 896 copies. The stories and poems feature Howard’s character, Solomon Kane. Many of the stories first appeared in the magazine Weird Tales.

Print on demain book by Fiction House Press.

One of the strangest stories ever written—the tale of a barbarian adventurer, a woman pirate, and a weird roofed city inhabited by the most peculiar race of men ever spawned! VALERIA, a woman pirate forced to join a mercenary army, killed an officer and fled into the wilderness. Conan, a Cimmerian, followed her, and caught up with her in a forest after a long pursuit. And that was just the beginning of this great yarn. This book contains the original text as it first appeared in WEIRD TALES pulp magazine as well as all of the original illustrations which accompanied this serial. This was the last Conan story written by Robert E. Howard and was published posthumously.

Red Nails is a 1977 collection of three Conan short stories. This is the last of the three volumes comprising “The Authorized Edition”. Edited by Karl Edward Wagner. 

The collection was edited by Karl Edward Wagner. It was first published in hardcover by Berkley/Putnam in 1977, and in paperback by Berkley Books the same year. It was reprinted in hardcover for the Science Fiction Book Club, also in 1977, and combined with the Wagner-edited The Hour of the Dragon and The People of the Black Circle in the book club’s omnibus edition The Essential Conan in 1998. The stories originally appeared in the fantasy magazine Weird Tales in the 1930s.

The Essential Conan is a collection of Conan short stories written by Robert E. Howard. The book was published in 1998 by the Science Fiction Book Club. It collects the editions of the Conan books, edited by Karl Edward Wagner and published by Berkley Books in 1977. Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazines Weird Tales, The Phantagraph and The Howard Collector. The Wagner editions were the first to virtually reproduce Howard’s original stories without any editorial changes other than typo fixes.

The book was published in January 2011 by Gollancz and is an omnibus called Conan’s Brethren. It contains tales of Solomon Kane, King Kull, Bran Mak Morn and others. It’s a thick book, but very lightweight. 

This is one thick book, but very lightweight. The Complete Chronicles of Conan: Centenary Edition is a collection of fantasy short stories written by Robert E. Howard featuring his sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian.

The book was published in 2006 by Gollancz and is an omnibus of their earlier collections The Conan Chronicles, Volume 1: The People of the Black Circle and The Conan Chronicles, Volume 2: The Hour of the Dragon, though the stories are rearranged. The collection is edited by Stephen Jones and was issued to celebrate the centenary of Howard’s birth. Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazines The Phantagraph, Weird Tales, Super-Science Fiction, Magazine of Horror, Fantasy Fiction, Fantasy Magazine and The Howard Collector.

Skull-Face Omnibus is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by American writer Robert E. Howard. It was the author’s third book and was published by Nville Spearman 1974,

Most of the stories had originally appeared in the magazine Weird Tales.

Skull-Face and Others is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by American writer Robert E. Howard. It was the author’s third book and was published by Arkham House in 1946 in an edition of 3,004 copies.

Most of the stories had originally appeared in the magazine Weird Tales.

Contains essays, short stories, letters and poems.

Combines all-new features with a collection of Conan-related material from past issues of Spectrum (spruced up with different artwork and photos)! The all-star interview line-up includes Barry Windsor-Smith, Kurt Busiek, Mark Schultz, Gary Gianni, Joseph Michael Linsner, and Cary Nord! The discussions cover a wide range of Conan in print, from the classic Marvel comics of three decades ago, to the recent book collections, to the hot new Dark Horse series. This issue also includes a lengthy analysis of all of the Robert E. Howard-based films (the two Conan movies, Red Sonja, Kull the Conqueror, and The Whole Wide World), and a new essay by Charles Hoffman. No Conan fan will want to be without it!

King Conan is the fourth published and contains several Howard stories (see notes and contents).

The Gnome Press edition of Conan was the first hardcover collection of Howard’s Conan stories, including all the original Howard material known to exist at the time, some left unpublished in his lifetime. Not published in order of previous publication, Gnome’s volumes were organized to present the stories in order of their internal chronology, the sole exception being Tales of Conan, which skipped around to present random episodes from various points in the protagonist’s career. Some stories in two of the later volumes (The Coming of Conan and King Conan) were completed or revised by L. Sprague de Camp; another (Tales of Conan) consisted of non-Conan Howard stories that de Camp rewrote as Conan yarns. The last published volume of the Gnome edition was the first Conan story by an author other than Howard, namely Björn Nyberg, and was revised by de Camp.

This 860-page collection contains all of Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Cimmerian stories published during his lifetime, contextualized with biographical details of their author. The hardcover, a Multimedia Bundle Edition, includes the e-book and audiobook editions as downloadable bonus content.

With its premium blue leather binding, a “hubbed” spine accented with true 22kt gold, and gilded page ends, this luxurious volume is the state-of-the-art in fine bookmaking. This is a hysterically expensive version of Pulp-Lit productions book.

Conan the barbarian the FIFTH published, but the second book in the series, published and contains five Conan stories. Black Colossus, Shadows in the Moonlight, A Which Shall Be Born, Shadows in Zamboula and The Devil in Iron.

The Sword of Conan is the second published and contains four Howard stories.

The Gnome Press edition of Conan was the first hardcover collection of Howard’s Conan stories, including all the original Howard material known to exist at the time, some left unpublished in his lifetime. Not published in order of previous publication, Gnome’s volumes were organized to present the stories in order of their internal chronology, the sole exception being Tales of Conan, which skipped around to present random episodes from various points in the protagonist’s career. Some stories in two of the later volumes (The Coming of Conan and King Conan) were completed or revised by L. Sprague de Camp; another (Tales of Conan) consisted of non-Conan Howard stories that de Camp rewrote as Conan yarns. The last published volume of the Gnome edition was the first Conan story by an author other than Howard, namely Björn Nyberg, and was revised by de Camp.

King Conan is the THIRD published and contains five Howard stories.

The Gnome Press edition of Conan was the first hardcover collection of Howard’s Conan stories, including all the original Howard material known to exist at the time, some left unpublished in his lifetime. Not published in order of previous publication, Gnome’s volumes were organized to present the stories in order of their internal chronology, the sole exception being Tales of Conan, which skipped around to present random episodes from various points in the protagonist’s career. Some stories in two of the later volumes (The Coming of Conan and King Conan) were completed or revised by L. Sprague de Camp; another (Tales of Conan) consisted of non-Conan Howard stories that de Camp rewrote as Conan yarns. The last published volume of the Gnome edition was the first Conan story by an author other than Howard, namely Björn Nyberg, and was revised by de Camp.

Conan the Conqueror (also known as the Hour of the Dragon) is Howards only Conan novel.

The first British edition of Conan the Conqueror published by T.V. Boardman. T.V. Boardman, Ltd. (Boardman Books) was a London publishing houses that turned out both paperback and hardcover books, pulp magazines, and comic books. Boardman quickly learnt the value of republishing and repackaging original American material for the British market, and one of their earliest deals was with the US publisher Gnome Press, itself a small publisher specializing in science fiction and fantasy works. It was through Gnome Press that Boardman was able to published the first British hardcover edition of Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Conqueror.

Conan the Conqueror (also known as the Hour of the Dragon) is Howards only Conan novel.

The Gnome Press edition of Conan was the first hardcover collection of Howard’s Conan stories, including all the original Howard material known to exist at the time, some left unpublished in his lifetime. Not published in order of previous publication, Gnome’s volumes were organized to present the stories in order of their internal chronology, the sole exception being Tales of Conan, which skipped around to present random episodes from various points in the protagonist’s career. Some stories in two of the later volumes (The Coming of Conan and King Conan) were completed or revised by L. Sprague de Camp; another (Tales of Conan) consisted of non-Conan Howard stories that de Camp rewrote as Conan yarns. The last published volume of the Gnome edition was the first Conan story by an author other than Howard, namely Björn Nyberg, and was revised by de Camp.

The Return of Conan is the sixth book published by Gnome, but for some reason considered the last in the series. It contains four stories originally written by Howard, but changed into Conan stories by L. Spraque de Camp. Since de Camp was interested in placing the stories chronologically, the four short stories collected as Tales of Conan represent an add-on to Gnome’s Conan series, coming between stories published in the remaining volumes. The first “tale” would fall within the collection The Coming of Conan, the second between that volume and the collection Conan the Barbarian, the third within Conan the Barbarian, and the fourth between that volume and the collection The Sword of Conan.

The Return of Conan is the seventh and last published and contains NO Howard stories (see notes and contents).

The Gnome Press edition of Conan was the first hardcover collection of Howard’s Conan stories, including all the original Howard material known to exist at the time, some left unpublished in his lifetime. Not published in order of previous publication, Gnome’s volumes were organized to present the stories in order of their internal chronology, the sole exception being Tales of Conan, which skipped around to present random episodes from various points in the protagonist’s career. Some stories in two of the later volumes (The Coming of Conan and King Conan) were completed or revised by L. Sprague de Camp; another (Tales of Conan) consisted of non-Conan Howard stories that de Camp rewrote as Conan yarns. The last published volume of the Gnome edition was the first Conan story by an author other than Howard, namely Björn Nyberg, and was revised by de Camp.

Herbert C. Klatt was a primary figure of the Lone Scouts of America movement in Texas. Not only did he contribute to Lone Scout, the organization’s official organ, he also wrote articles for a plethora of “tribe papers” and edited Lone Scout columns for regional and community newspapers. Despite all this, Klatt is probably best known as a friend and correspondent of Texas author Robert E. Howard. Klatt’s importance in Howard’s biography has not been fully explored, but he was instrumental in the introduction of his more famous friend to the group of writers that eventually produced The Junto, including Harold Preece and Booth Mooney. Upon his death in 1928, Klatt’s friends attempted to garner support for a memorial collection of his writings. Plans were made and printers contacted, but the attempt was never realized—-until today. This anthology collects Klatt’s letters to Tevis Clyde Smith and a sampling of his Lone Scout material. It also includes material by Robert E. Howard, Truett Vinson, and Smith.

This is a print on demand book. The Robert E. Howard Reader Volume One is a collection of many of Robert E. Howard’s great adventure stories. None of these stories in The Robert E. Howard Reader are found in the two Del Rey “best of” collections, making it a great companion piece to those volumes.

This was the first REH Foundation Press publication. Edited by Paul Herman. Contains a collection of Howard’s poems. Limited to 300 numbered copies.

The best horror stories and poems by Robert E. Howard is collected in this beautiful book by Subterranean Press.

The UK based small press Wandering Star issued glorious editions of Robert E. Howard’s work, including The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn, The Ultimate Triumph, as well as two volumes of Howard’s Conan tales. Subterranean Press followed this when Wandering Star folded. It’s basically a beautiful reprint of Del Reys book.

The UK based small press Wandering Star issued glorious editions of Robert E. Howard’s work, including The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn, The Ultimate Triumph, as well as two volumes of Howard’s Conan tales.

Subterranean Press is proud to continue this series of limited editions, Crimson Shadows, The Best of Robert E. Howard, volume one. 

The only hardcover version of this book available, a special edition of the Science Fiction Book Club.

Collected in this volume, lavishly illustrated by award-winning artist Gary Gianni, are all of the stories and poems that make up the thrilling saga of the dour and deadly Puritan, Solomon Kane. Together they constitute a sprawling epic of weird fantasy adventure that stretches from sixteenth-century England to remote African jungles where no white man has set foot. Here are shudder-inducing tales of vengeful ghosts and bloodthirsty demons, of dark sorceries wielded by evil men and women, all opposed by a grim avenger armed with a fanatic’s faith and a warrior’s savage heart.

This edition also features exclusive story fragments, a biography of Howard by scholar Rusty Burke, and “In Memoriam,” H. P. Lovecraft’s moving tribute to his friend and fellow literary genius.

Donald M. Grant produced this deluxe limited hardcover with DJ and slipcase of only 400 numbered copies SIGNED by artist Ned Dameron. Perhaps the most spectacular book of Howard’s work ever published. Red leatherette (leather?) book and matching slipcase and wrap-around DJ by Ned Dameron, who also contributes both black & white and full color interior art, including 7 remarkable double-page spreads.

The UK based small press Wandering Star issued glorious editions of Robert E. Howard s work, including The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn, The Ultimate Triumph, as well as two volumes of Howard’s Conan tales. Subterranean Press is continued this series of limited editions, beginning with Kull: Exile of Atlantis, exquisitely illustrated with color plates.

Collected in this volume, lavishly illustrated by award-winning artist Gary Gianni, are all of the stories and poems that make up the thrilling saga of the dour and deadly Puritan, Solomon Kane. Together they constitute a sprawling epic of weird fantasy adventure that stretches from sixteenth-century England to remote African jungles where no white man has set foot. Here are shudder-inducing tales of vengeful ghosts and bloodthirsty demons, of dark sorceries wielded by evil men and women, all opposed by a grim avenger armed with a fanatic’s faith and a warrior’s savage heart.

Collected in this volume, lavishly illustrated by award-winning artist Gary Gianni, are all of the stories and poems that make up the thrilling saga of the dour and deadly Puritan, Solomon Kane. Together they constitute a sprawling epic of weird fantasy adventure that stretches from sixteenth-century England to remote African jungles where no white man has set foot. Here are shudder-inducing tales of vengeful ghosts and bloodthirsty demons, of dark sorceries wielded by evil men and women, all opposed by a grim avenger armed with a fanatic’s faith and a warrior’s savage heart.

Lavishly illustrated by award-winning artist Gary Gianni, this collection gathers together all of Howard’s published stories and poems featuring Bran Mak Morn–including the eerie masterpiece “Worms of the Earth” and “Kings of the Night,” in which sorcery summons Kull the conqueror from out of the depths of time to stand with Bran against the Roman invaders.

Also included are previously unpublished stories and fragments, reproductions of manuscripts bearing Howard’s handwritten revisions, and much, much more.

The texts for this edition were based on Howard’s original typescripts or the first published appearance if a typescript was unavailable.

The Ultimate Triumph: The Heroic Fantasy of Robert E. Howard is a collection of Robert E. Howard’s heroic fantasy stories, including one Conan story. The texts for this edition were based on Howard’s original typescripts or the first published appearance if a typescript was unavailable.

The most beauiful Conan books there is! The first volume was published in 2002, first in the United Kingdom by Wandering Star Books under the title Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One (1932–1933), and the following year in the United States by Ballantine/Del Rey under the present title. The Science Fiction Book Club subsequently reprinted the complete set in hardcover; the set is noted for presenting the original, unedited versions of Howard’s Conan tales. This volume includes thirteen short stories as well as miscellanea for Howard fans and enthusiasts (e.g., drafts, notes, maps, etc.), and is illustrated by noted comic book artist Mark Schultz.

The texts for this edition were based on Howard’s original typescripts or the first published appearance if a typescript was unavailable.

Typescript facsimile from Wandering Star. This is the original version featuring Conan. Cover artwork by: Gary Gianni 

The most beautiful Conan books there is! The second volume was published in 2032, first in the United Kingdom by Wandering Star Books under the title Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One (1932–1933), and the following year in the United States by Ballantine/Del Rey under the title ‘The Bloody Crown of Conan’. The Science Fiction Book Club subsequently reprinted the complete set in hardcover; the set is noted for presenting the original, unedited versions of Howard’s Conan tales. This volume includes the only Conan novel and three short stories as well as miscellanea for Howard fans and enthusiasts and is illustrated by noted artist Gary Gianni.

The texts for this edition were based on Howard’s original typescripts or the first published appearance if a typescript was unavailable.

The most beautiful Conan books there is! The third and last volume was published in 2009 by Book Palace Books for Wandering Star, under the title Conan of Cimmeria: Volume Three (1935), and the following year in the United States by Ballantine/Del Rey under the title ‘The Bloody Crown of Conan’. The Science Fiction Book Club subsequently reprinted the complete set in hardcover; the set is noted for presenting the original, unedited versions of Howard’s Conan tales. This volume includes the only Conan novel and three short stories as well as miscellanea for Howard fans and enthusiasts and is illustrated by noted artist Gregory Manchess.

The texts for this edition were based on Howard’s original typescripts or the first published appearance if a typescript was unavailable.

Bloodstar is an American fantasy comic book. Possibly the first graphic novel to call itself a “graphic novel” in print (in its introduction and dust jacket), it was based on a short story by Robert E. Howard, the creator of Conan the Barbarian, and illustrated by fantasy artist Richard Corben. The book was published by The Morning Star Press in a limited signed and numbered edition.

The story is a black and white graphic novel adaptation of “The Valley of the Worm”.

The Black Stranger and Other American Tales. Part of a 5-book series by University of Nebraska Press – Bison Books. All published in 2005.

Boxing Stories. Part of a 5-book series by University of Nebraska Press – Bison Books. All published in 2005.

The End of the Trail: Western Stories. Part of a 5-book series by University of Nebraska Press – Bison Books. All published in 2005.

Lord of Samarcand and Other Adventure Tales of the Old Orient. Part of a 5-book series by University of Nebraska Press – Bison Books. All published in 2005.

The Riot at Bucksnort and Other Western Tales. Part of a 5-book series by University of Nebraska Press – Bison Books. All published in 2005.

The People of the Black Circle, published by Donald M. Grant. This was part of an 11-book series. These where published from 1974 to 1989 containing one or two stories per volume.

On the right is a picture of 10 of the books with the publisher’s quarter red cloth over gray boards. In dust jackets. Housed in clamshell cases. These volumes accompanied by their cases are a rare find.

The series lapsed before publishing the last five of the stories and three of the fragments. Sadly several unnecessary editorial alterations to the text have been made in these book. Most of the changes were done to make the text more “politically correct.” Racial slurs, names, and other “potentially offensive” remarks and phrases were edited, as well as some tampering with adjectives, deletions or words, and some punctuation changes.

Collection of 20 poems, assembled by Howard, submitted for publication early in 1928 to Albert & Charles Boni, who rejected it because they were not publishing verse at that time.

The Singer in the Mist & Others is a collection of poems by Robert E. Howard, edited by Stephen Jones. All poems from Weird Tales.

‘Worms of the Earth’ is a short story by American fantasy fiction writer Robert E. Howard. It was originally published in the magazine Weird Tales in November 1932, then again in this collection of Howard’s short stories. The story features one of Howard’s recurring protagonists, Bran Mak Morn, a legendary king of the Picts. 

Tigers of the Sea is a collection of fantasy short stories by Robert E. Howard about the pirate Cormac Mac Art, a Gael who joins a band of Danish Vikings during the reign of King Arthur. (Historically, Cormac Mac Art is the name of a famous High King of Ireland, but among the many legends told of him there is no reference to him having been a pirate.)

Tigers of the Sea was first published in 1973 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 3,400 copies. The stories feature Howard’s character Cormac Mac Art; the volume was edited by Richard L. Tierney.

Shadows of Dreams is a collection of poems by Robert E. Howard. It was published in 1989 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 850 copies. Most of the poems are original to this collection. Others originally appeared in the magazines The Poets’ Scroll, Fantasy Book, Witchcraft & Sorcery and The Howard Collector.

Black Vulmea’s vengeance is a collection of three adventure short stories about pirates by Robert E. Howard. It was first published in 1976 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 2,750 copies. The title story first appeared in the magazine Golden Fleece in 1938. This book is based on the Grant 1976 hardcover edition.

Black Vulmea’s vengeance & Other Tales of Pirates is a collection of adventure short stories about pirates by Robert E. Howard. It was first published in 1976 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 2,750 copies. The title story first appeared in the magazine Golden Fleece in 1938.

A Witch Shall Be Born, published by Donald M. Grant. This was part of an 11-book series. These where published from 1974 to 1989 containing one or two stories per volume.

On the right is a picture of 10 of the books with the publisher’s quarter red cloth over gray boards. In dust jackets. Housed in clamshell cases. These volumes accompanied by their cases are a rare find.

The series lapsed before publishing the last five of the stories and three of the fragments. Sadly several unnecessary editorial alterations to the text have been made in these book. Most of the changes were done to make the text more “politically correct.” Racial slurs, names, and other “potentially offensive” remarks and phrases were edited, as well as some tampering with adjectives, deletions or words, and some punctuation changes.

The Tower of the Elephant, published by Donald M. Grant. This was part of an 11-book series. These where published from 1974 to 1989 containing one or two stories per volume.

On the right is a picture of 10 of the books with the publisher’s quarter red cloth over gray boards. In dust jackets. Housed in clamshell cases. These volumes accompanied by their cases are a rare find.

The series lapsed before publishing the last five of the stories and three of the fragments. Sadly several unnecessary editorial alterations to the text have been made in these book. Most of the changes were done to make the text more “politically correct.” Racial slurs, names, and other “potentially offensive” remarks and phrases were edited, as well as some tampering with adjectives, deletions or words, and some punctuation changes.

Red Nails, published by Donald M. Grant. This was part of an 11-book series. These where published from 1974 to 1989 containing one or two stories per volume.

On the right is a picture of 10 of the books with the publisher’s quarter red cloth over gray boards. In dust jackets. Housed in clamshell cases. These volumes accompanied by their cases are a rare find.

The series lapsed before publishing the last five of the stories and three of the fragments. Sadly several unnecessary editorial alterations to the text have been made in these book. Most of the changes were done to make the text more “politically correct.” Racial slurs, names, and other “potentially offensive” remarks and phrases were edited, as well as some tampering with adjectives, deletions or words, and some punctuation changes.

The Devil in Iron, published by Donald M. Grant. This was part of an 11-book series. These where published from 1974 to 1989 containing one or two stories per volume.

On the right is a picture of 10 of the books with the publisher’s quarter red cloth over gray boards. In dust jackets. Housed in clamshell cases. These volumes accompanied by their cases are a rare find.

The series lapsed before publishing the last five of the stories and three of the fragments. Sadly several unnecessary editorial alterations to the text have been made in these book. Most of the changes were done to make the text more “politically correct.” Racial slurs, names, and other “potentially offensive” remarks and phrases were edited, as well as some tampering with adjectives, deletions or words, and some punctuation changes.

Rogues in the House, published by Donald M. Grant. This was part of an 11-book series. These where published from 1974 to 1989 containing one or two stories per volume.

On the right is a picture of 10 of the books with the publisher’s quarter red cloth over gray boards. In dust jackets. Housed in clamshell cases. These volumes accompanied by their cases are a rare find.

The series lapsed before publishing the last five of the stories and three of the fragments. Sadly several unnecessary editorial alterations to the text have been made in these book. Most of the changes were done to make the text more “politically correct.” Racial slurs, names, and other “potentially offensive” remarks and phrases were edited, as well as some tampering with adjectives, deletions or words, and some punctuation changes.

Queen of the Black Coast, published by Donald M. Grant. This was part of an 11-book series. These where published from 1974 to 1989 containing one or two stories per volume.

On the right is a picture of 10 of the books with the publisher’s quarter red cloth over gray boards. In dust jackets. Housed in clamshell cases. These volumes accompanied by their cases are a rare find.

The series lapsed before publishing the last five of the stories and three of the fragments. Sadly several unnecessary editorial alterations to the text have been made in these book. Most of the changes were done to make the text more “politically correct.” Racial slurs, names, and other “potentially offensive” remarks and phrases were edited, as well as some tampering with adjectives, deletions or words, and some punctuation changes.

Jewels of Gwahlur, published by Donald M. Grant. This was part of an 11-book series. These where published from 1974 to 1989 containing one or two stories per volume.

On the right is a picture of 10 of the books with the publisher’s quarter red cloth over gray boards. In dust jackets. Housed in clamshell cases. These volumes accompanied by their cases are a rare find.

The series lapsed before publishing the last five of the stories and three of the fragments. Sadly several unnecessary editorial alterations to the text have been made in these book. Most of the changes were done to make the text more “politically correct.” Racial slurs, names, and other “potentially offensive” remarks and phrases were edited, as well as some tampering with adjectives, deletions or words, and some punctuation changes.

Black Colossus, published by Donald M. Grant. This was part of an 11-book series. These where published from 1974 to 1989 containing one or two stories per volume.

On the right is a picture of 10 of the books with the publisher’s quarter red cloth over gray boards. In dust jackets. Housed in clamshell cases. These volumes accompanied by their cases are a rare find.

The Pool of the Black One, published by Donald M. Grant. This was part of an 11-book series. These where published from 1974 to 1989 containing one or two stories per volume.

On the right is a picture of 10 of the books with the publisher’s quarter red cloth over gray boards. In dust jackets. Housed in clamshell cases. These volumes accompanied by their cases are a rare find.

The series lapsed before publishing the last five of the stories and three of the fragments. Sadly several unnecessary editorial alterations to the text have been made in these book. Most of the changes were done to make the text more “politically correct.” Racial slurs, names, and other “potentially offensive” remarks and phrases were edited, as well as some tampering with adjectives, deletions or words, and some punctuation changes.

The Hour of the Dragon, published by Donald M. Grant. This was part of an 11-book series. These where published from 1974 to 1989 containing one or two stories per volume.

On the right is a picture of 10 of the books with the publisher’s quarter red cloth over gray boards. In dust jackets. Housed in clamshell cases (not this one). These volumes accompanied by their cases are a rare find.

The series lapsed before publishing the last five of the stories and three of the fragments. Sadly several unnecessary editorial alterations to the text have been made in these book. Most of the changes were done to make the text more “politically correct.” Racial slurs, names, and other “potentially offensive” remarks and phrases were edited, as well as some tampering with adjectives, deletions or words, and some punctuation changes.

The novel features a muscular hero known on earth as Esau Cairn, a complete misfit in modern America who “belongs in a simpler age”. Exploited by a corrupt political boss whom he finally kills with his bare hands, Cairn must flee. A sympathetic scientist helps him get through space to a world known as Almuric, by unspecified scientific methods. There he finds a life to which he is more fitted, encountering both frightening monsters as well as beautiful women. Cairn becomes known as Iron Hand due to his powerful punches and boxing skills. The novel shares similar elements with the John Carter of Mars series by Edgar Rice Burroughs

The novel features a muscular hero known on earth as Esau Cairn, a complete misfit in modern America who “belongs in a simpler age”. Exploited by a corrupt political boss whom he finally kills with his bare hands, Cairn must flee. A sympathetic scientist helps him get through space to a world known as Almuric, by unspecified scientific methods. There he finds a life to which he is more fitted, encountering both frightening monsters as well as beautiful women. Cairn becomes known as Iron Hand due to his powerful punches and boxing skills. The novel shares similar elements with the John Carter of Mars series by Edgar Rice Burroughs

The novel features a muscular hero known on earth as Esau Cairn, a complete misfit in modern America who “belongs in a simpler age”. Exploited by a corrupt political boss whom he finally kills with his bare hands, Cairn must flee. A sympathetic scientist helps him get through space to a world known as Almuric, by unspecified scientific methods. There he finds a life to which he is more fitted, encountering both frightening monsters as well as beautiful women. Cairn becomes known as Iron Hand due to his powerful punches and boxing skills. The novel shares similar elements with the John Carter of Mars series by Edgar Rice Burroughs

The Dark Man and Others is a posthumously-published anthology of fifteen short stories by American author Robert E. Howard, named after his short story “The Dark Man”, and covering the genres of adventure fiction, horror, historical fiction, fantasy, sword and sorcery, weird fiction and the weird West. It was first published in 1963 by Arkham House, and was edited by August Derleth.

Eleven of the stories had previously been published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales, and one each in Argosy, Oriental Stories and Strange Tales.

Edited by Glenn Lord, and financed by him.
Limited edition of 636 copies. 100 of these copies do not have the title or author’s name on the spine.
Subtitled “The Collected Poems of Robert E. Howard”.
At the time of publication, this publication contained all of the known poetry by Howard.
“The Voices Waken Memory” and “Babel” are grouped under the heading “Voices of the Night”.
“The Scarlet Citadel” contains four short poems.
“Queen of the Black Coast” contains five parts, each from “The Song of Belit”.

Always Comes Evening is a collection of poems by Robert E. Howard. It was first released in 1957 and was the author’s second book to be published by Arkham House. It was released in an edition of 636 copies. The publication was subsidized by Howard’s literary executor, Glenn Lord who compiled the poems. This edition is from Underwood-Miller and published in 1977.

Subtitled: Queen of the Black Coast & Others by Robert E. Howard. Contains several Conan stories and some poems. Beautiful book with illustrations by Brom, Frank Frazetta and George Barr.

This is L. Sprague de Camp and his wife Catherines biography of Robert E. Howard. Considered by many to be full of gossip, psychoanalysis, rumors and tall-tales about Howard. There is a lot of Howard’s family history and upbringing including a family tree and all the places that Bob and his parents have lived over the years of his life before settling in Cross Plains, TX.

If you read this, be sure to read many of the more serious and great biographies that have since been written.

H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard are two of the titans of weird fiction of their era. Dominating the pages of Weird Tales in the 1920s and 1930s, they have gained worldwide followings for their compelling writings and also for the very different lives they led. The two writers came in touch in 1930, when Howard wrote to Lovecraft via Weird Tales. A rich and vibrant correspondence immediately ensued. Both writers were fascinated with the past, especially the history of Roman and Celtic Britain, and their letters are full of intriguing discussions of contemporary theories on this subject.

Gradually, a new discussion came to the fore-a complex dispute over the respective virtues of barbarism and civilisation, the frontier and settled life, and the physical and the mental. Lovecraft, a scion of centuries-old New England, and Howard, a product of recently settled Texas, were diametrically opposed on these and other issues, and each writes compellingly of his beliefs, attitudes, and theories. The result is a dramatic debate-livened by wit, learning, and personal revelation-that is as enthralling as the fiction they were writing at the time. All the letters have been exhaustively annotated by the editors.

In 1987, Charles Hoffman and Marc A. Cerasini published a volume on Robert E. Howard for the acclaimed Starmont Reader’s Guides series. Even then, the book was a pioneering study of Howard’s life and work. In the decades that have followed, a great deal of additional research has been done on the life and times of the inventor of Conan, and the authors have now prepared a radically expanded and updated version of their monograph, taking account of these new discoveries.

David C. Smith looks at all the major and/or significant tales from Howard’s Underwood. Starting with “Spear and Fang” and on up through Bob’s last yarns written in 1936. While every Howard fan has his own list of favorites and his own interpretations thereof, Smith does a solid job of identifying and explicating the standout stories from REH’s career.

This anthology of essays offers a centenary tribute to Howard and his literary achievement. He was regarded as the founder of Sword & Sorcery, and his tales for the pulp magazines of his day included oriental and historical adventures, fantasy, horror, boxing stories, tall-tale Westerns, detection, and science fiction, as well as the stories of Conan the Cimmerian for which he is most widely known. He was also a gifted poet.

H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard are two of the titans of weird fiction of their era. Dominating the pages of Weird Tales in the 1920s and 1930s, they have gained worldwide followings for their compelling writings and also for the very different lives they led. The two writers came in touch in 1930, when Howard wrote to Lovecraft via Weird Tales. A rich and vibrant correspondence immediately ensued. Both writers were fascinated with the past, especially the history of Roman and Celtic Britain, and their letters are full of intriguing discussions of contemporary theories on this subject.

Gradually, a new discussion came to the fore-a complex dispute over the respective virtues of barbarism and civilisation, the frontier and settled life, and the physical and the mental. Lovecraft, a scion of centuries-old New England, and Howard, a product of recently settled Texas, were diametrically opposed on these and other issues, and each writes compellingly of his beliefs, attitudes, and theories. The result is a dramatic debate-livened by wit, learning, and personal revelation-that is as enthralling as the fiction they were writing at the time. All the letters have been exhaustively annotated by the editors.

The Conan Grimoire is a 1972 collection of essays, poetry and fiction edited by L. Sprague de Camp and George H. Scithers, published in hardcover by Mirage Press. The essays were originally published as articles in Scithers’ fanzine Amra. The book is a companion to Mirage’s previous two volumes of material from Amra, The Conan Reader (1968) and The Conan Swordbook (1969). Most of the material in the three volumes, together with some additional material, was later reprinted in two de Camp-edited paperback anthologies from Ace Books; The Blade of Conan (1979) and The Spell of Conan (1980).

The Conan Swordbook is a 1969 collection of essays edited by L. Sprague de Camp and George H. Scithers, published in hardcover by Mirage Press. The essays were originally published as articles in Scithers’ fanzine Amra. The book is a companion to Mirage’s other two volumes of material from Amra, The Conan Reader (1968) and The Conan Grimoire (1972). Most of the material in the three volumes, together with some additional material, was later reprinted in two de Camp-edited paperback anthologies from Ace Books; The Blade of Conan (1979) and The Spell of Conan (1980).

The Conan Reader is a 1968 essay collection by L. Sprague de Camp, published in hardcover by Mirage Press. The essays were originally published as articles in George H. Scithers’ fanzine Amra. Mirage subsequently published two companion volumes of essays from The Conan Swordbook (1969) and The Conan Grimoire (1972). Most of the material in the three volumes, together with some additional material, was later reprinted in two de Camp-edited paperback anthologies from Ace Books; The Blade of Conan (1979) and The Spell of Conan (1980).[1][2]

The Spell of Conan is a 1980 collection of essays, poems and fiction edited by L. Sprague de Camp, published in paperback by Ace Books. The material was originally published as articles in George H. Scithers’ fanzine Amra.

The book is a companion to Ace’s earlier volume of material from Amra, The Blade of Conan (1979). Most of the material in the two volumes, together with some additional material, was reprinted from three previous books issued in hardcover by Mirage Press; de Camp’s collection The Conan Reader (1968), and the de Camp and Scithers-edited anthologies The Conan Swordbook (1969). and The Conan Grimoire (1972).

The Blade of Conan is a 1979 collection of essays edited by L. Sprague de Camp, published in paperback by Ace Books.

The material was originally published as articles in George H. Scithers’ fanzine Amra. The book is a companion to Ace’s later volume of material from Amra, The Spell of Conan (1980). Most of the material in the two volumes, together with some additional material, was reprinted from three previous books issued in hardcover by Mirage Press; de Camp’s collection The Conan Reader (1968), and the de Camp and Scithers-edited anthologies The Conan Swordbook (1969). and The Conan Grimoire (1972).

The Barbaric Triumph: A Critical Anthology on the Writings of Robert E. Howard. The Barbaric Triumph examines all aspects of the life and work of Robert E. Howard — the originator of the sword-&-sorcery fantasy genre and the creator of Conan the Barbarian. Featured are essays by Leo Grin, Edwrad A. Waterman, Charles Hoffman, Paul Spencer, Mark Finn, Steven R. Trout, Lauric Guillaud, Scott Connors, George Knight, Don Herron, and more.

Robert E. Howard’s correspondence with H.P. Lovecraft inspired the two-fisted creator of Conan the Barbarian to pit his square-jawed modern heroes against cosmic horrors, colossal beasts, and cannibalistic children of the night, in a short-lived effort to open new markets for his fiction.

In this book, the first in the “Informal Guide to Robert E. Howard” series, Howard scholar Fred Blosser analyzes each of REH’s Cthulhu Mythos stories, unpacking their plots, their themes, and their unexpected linkages to Howard’s other works.

Silken Swords: An Informal Guide to the Women in the Fiction of Robert E. Howard.

REH scholar Fred Blosser provides an A-Z encyclopedia of every female character in Robert E. Howard’s fiction, from Conan’s Belit, Valeria, and Yasmela, to dozens of hags, harlots, and hussies, as well as the occasional demure damsel and distaff destroyer.

This book contains over 60 black and white photos. It also contains over 60 black and white cover reproductions of publications by and featuring REH. ‘The Ghost with the Silk Hat’ was originally published in ‘Writer of the Dark’ by Dark Carneval Press. Nearly three dozen changes were made to the text. The text included in ‘The Man from Cross Plains’ was taken from the typescript and a few corrections are noted at the back of the book. ~ ~ The book is divided into six sections. The first is a rare piece of Howard fiction, the 16,500 word story, “The Ghost in the Silk Hat.” This story appeared in 1985 in Switzerland and there were many changes made to the script. The text of this story was taken directly from the manuscript. The other sections are non-fiction and contain a wide variety of topics from personal travelogs of folks who have visited Cross Plains; a look at Howard’s fictional creations, including Conan.

Lord of the Dead is a collection of crime short stories by Robert E. Howard. It was first published in 1981 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 1,250 copies. The stories are inspired by Sax Rohmer. ‘The Mystery of Tannernoe Logde’ was completed by Fred Blosser from an unfinished story.

The Vultures of Waheton was originally published with two different endings in the December 1936 issue of Smashing Novels Magazine under the title “The Vultures of Whapeton”. This is a collection of four of Howard’s serious (as opposed to the Breckenridge Elkins humorous tall-tales series that were modeled after Pecos Bill or Paul Bunyan) Western stories. The title story appeared in a 1936 issue of Smashing Novels Magazine. None of the others were printed during his lifetime.

The Iron Man & Other Tales of the Ring is a collection of short stories about boxing by Robert E. Howard. It was first published in 1976 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 1,600 copies.

More boxing stories by Howard. One of these tales was first published in The Magic Carpet Magazine in January 1934, two others were printed posthumously in ‘The Howard Collector’, the remainder appear in print here for the first time. Brief introduction by Darrell C. Richardson.

The Holy Gent or the Holy Grail of Howard collecting. ‘A Gent from Bear Creek’ was first published by Herbert Jenkins in England, 1937 after Howards death. The title of both an original short story, as well as a novel created by combining several previous short stories with some new material; the previously published short stories were altered a little to create chapters with a continuous story line, and new material was added as additional chapters.

A Gent from Bear Creek was first published by Herberg Jenkins in England, 1937 after Howards death. This version is published by Donald M. Grant in 1965 and is a photo-offset from the Jenkins edition. The title of both an original short story, as well as a novel created by combining several previous short stories with some new material; the previously published short stories were altered a little to create chapters with a continuous story line, and new material was added as additional chapters.

A Gent from Bear Creek was first published by Herberg Jenkins in England, 1937 after Howards death. This version is published by Donald M. Grant in 1975 and unfortunately introduces a few errors and editorial changes, including removal of all italics.

The title of both an original short story, as well as a novel created by combining several previous short stories with some new material; the previously published short stories were altered a little to create chapters with a continuous story line, and new material was added as additional chapters.

This version is published by Wildside Press in 2005. A Gent from Bear Creek was first published by Herberg Jenkins in England, 1937 after Howards death. 

The title of both an original short story, as well as a novel created by combining several previous short stories with some new material; the previously published short stories were altered a little to create chapters with a continuous story line, and new material was added as additional chapters.

This book also includes one Pike Bearfield story and one Buckner J. Grimes story that was rewritten by someone at the Kline agency into Breckinridge stories.

The reprint of the Holy Gent or the Holy Grail of Howard collecting, published by Dennis McHaney. ‘A Gent from Bear Creek’ was first published by Herbert Jenkins in England, 1937 after Howards death. The title of both an original short story, as well as a novel created by combining several previous short stories with some new material; the previously published short stories were altered a little to create chapters with a continuous story line, and new material was added as additional chapters.

‘A Gent from Bear Creek’ by Fiction House Press. This edition contains the first ten Breckinridge Elkins stories in order of publications in Action Stories.

The Pride of Bear Creek is a collection of Western short stories by Robert E. Howard. It was first published in 1966 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. Grant also published an edition in 1977 with illustrations by Tim Kirk.

The Pride of Bear Creek is a collection of Western short stories by Robert E. Howard. It was first published in 1966 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. Grant also published an edition in 1977 with illustrations by Tim Kirk.

Mayhem on Bear Creek is a collection of Western short stories by Robert E. Howard. It was first published in 1979 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 1,900 copies. The stories had not previously been collected.

Limited printing of 50 numbered copies. Contains facsimile copies of Breckinridge Elkins tales from Action Stories. Published by Dennis McHaney in 2007. Also contains articles and illustrations.

Robert E Howard / Jim & Ruth Keegan – Robert E. Howard and Two-Gun Bob. Keegans (2007). 

“The Adventures of Two-Gun Bob”
Originally appeared in Dark Horse Comics CONAN #23
“Introduction” by Jim & Ruth Keegan

This chapbook (softcover compilation) contains finished illustrations and the pencil (or, in some cases it appears, ink and wash) sketches that represent various stages in their development.

SONGS OF GIANTS is a collection of some of the very best poetry written by three giants of pulp literature; Robert E. Howard, Edgar Rice Burroughs and H. P. Lovecraft. In March 2019 Mark Wheatley launched a Kickstarter and it was a giant success. In a short period of time it was funded by 293 backers which pledged $13,415 to bring the project to life.

Wheatley has brought the poems to life with illustrations inspired by the early, classic, golden age of pulp illustrators.

Contains numerous short quotes from REH letters about his travels around Texas. If taken literally, Cimmeria is plainly showing as overlapping some of Norway on his original map, very far from Texas, but of course the climate and landscape can be similar with shifting temperatures and hills and valleys.

Poetry collection. Edited by Glenn Lord. These poems are reprinted in THE BOOK OF ROBERT E HOWARD (Berkley & Zebra).

Prose poetry collection. Edited by Wayne Warfield. These poems are reprinted in THE BOOK OF ROBERT E HOWARD (Berkley & Zebra).

Wildside Press has published Robert E. Howard’s ten book series called Weird Works, which comprises Howard’s entire body of collected work published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales, and restored to the original magazine texts. Shadow Kingdoms: The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard is the first volume in this series.

A 10-volume series published by Wildside Press that reprints all of Robert E. Howard’s stories that appeared in the classic pulp magazine Weird Tales. Edited by Paul Herman.

A 10-volume series published by Wildside Press that reprints all of Robert E. Howard’s stories that appeared in the classic pulp magazine Weird Tales. Edited by Paul Herman.

A 10-volume series published by Wildside Press that reprints all of Robert E. Howard’s stories that appeared in the classic pulp magazine Weird Tales. Edited by Paul Herman.

A 10-volume series published by Wildside Press that reprints all of Robert E. Howard’s stories that appeared in the classic pulp magazine Weird Tales. Edited by Paul Herman.

Contains the contents of the original chapbook “The Hyborian Age” produced by the LANY Cooperative, and subtitled “Facsimile Edition”. Edited by Jeffrey Shanks.

This is the Graphic Novel of Howard’s ‘Worms of the Earth’, featuring the Bran Mak Morn.
Adapted by Roy Thomas with art by Tim Conrad and Bary Windsor-Smith. Also included are an interview and articles.

A biography of Robert E. Howard by Rusty Burke. Introduction by Roy Thomas. 

A 10-volume series published by Wildside Press that reprints all of Robert E. Howard’s stories that appeared in the classic pulp magazine Weird Tales. Edited by Paul Herman.

A 10-volume series published by Wildside Press that reprints all of Robert E. Howard’s stories that appeared in the classic pulp magazine Weird Tales. Edited by Paul Herman.

A 10-volume series published by Wildside Press that reprints all of Robert E. Howard’s stories that appeared in the classic pulp magazine Weird Tales. Edited by Paul Herman.

A 10-volume series published by Wildside Press that reprints all of Robert E. Howard’s stories that appeared in the classic pulp magazine Weird Tales. Edited by Paul Herman.

Prepared by the renowned Howard scholar, Paul Herman, this bibliography of Robert E Howard lists various stories, poems, letters and publications in which a Howard work has appeared.

Gates of Empire presents eight of Robert E. Howard’s classic adventure stories, all of which are set during the Crusades. Stories include “Red Blades of Black Cathay,” “Hawks of Outremer,” “Blood of Belshazzar,” “The Sowers of the Thunder,” “The Lion of Tiberias,” “The Shadow of the Vulture” and “Gates of Empire”.

A collection of very different stories. From the introduction: 

One situation which Howard liked to use was the American hero in the Middle East. In the opening paragraph of “Treasures of Tartary,” it is Kirby O’Donnell who finds himself plunging into the middle of a battle in a dark alley in Shahrazar. Though O’Donnell is an American, he dresses like an Arab, is fluent in their languages, and is burned so dark by the sun that he can pass for a native, which he does in this story. None of the other characters are aware of his true identity. Yet Howard frequently refers to O’Donnell as “the American,” reminding the reader that O’Donnell is an outsider, someone who despite his appearance will always be a Westerner and not truly a part of the surroundings in which he finds himself.

A collection of Howards detective stories. All edited back to their original pulp appearance. With an introduction by Don Herron. Edited by Paul Herman.

A collection of boxing stories. All edited back to their original pulp appearance. Includes original artwork from stories.

Contains 24 stories, many of which are rarely seen action, western, and boxing tales featuring characters such as Breckinridge Elkins. “Blow the Chinks Down!” and “Dark Shanghai” are being presented here in English for the first time since their original pulp appearances.

A 10-volume series published by Wildside Press that reprints all of Robert E. Howard’s stories that appeared in the classic pulp magazine Weird Tales. Edited by Paul Herman.

Poetry collection, compiled by Vernon Clark and Russell E. Burke.
Limited to 360 numbered copies, the first 50 being hardcover.

Periodical or fanzine from 1974 containing Robert E. Howards Golden Hope Christmas. Editor Wayne Warfield.

Periodical or fanzine from march 1974 containing Robert E. Howards ‘The Sign of the Snake’. Editor Wayne Warfield.

Periodical or fanzine from march 1974 containing Robert E. Howards ‘A Horror in the Night’. Editor Wayne Warfield.

Periodical or fanzine from july/august 1974 containing Robert E. Howards ‘Law Shooters of Cowtown’. Editor Wayne Warfield.

Periodical or fanzine from fall 1974 containing Robert E. Howards ‘Under the Boabab Tree’ and ‘The Vultures’ with the alterative ending. Editor Wayne Warfield. This is the first appearance of ‘Under the Boabab Tree’.

Periodical or fanzine from early 1975 containing Robert E. Howards ‘The Devil’s Joker’ and several letters. This is the first appearance of ‘The Devil’s Joker’.

Chapbook from 1976 with a novelette by Robert E. Howard. With the character Donn Othna. Vikings and Celts.With an introduction by Richard L. Tierney.

Long before the Robert E. Howard Foundations newsletters, there was a series of newsletters published by Dennis McHaney. My copy is in color.

Long before the Robert E. Howard Foundations newsletters, there was a series of newsletters published by Dennis McHaney. These were distributed to the subscribers of The Howard Review.
Here is the contents of issue #5 with 6 pages.

After completing the seven page first draft of “Rattle of Bones,” REH decided that the story needed another ending and he rewrote the last two pages of the typescript. The seven carbon copy pages of the first draft and the originals to the first version of pages 6 and 7 were archived.

This newsletter version appears as a text version accompanied by scans of the seven carbon copy first draft pages.

Contains several untitled typescripts. The untitled synopses and the note about Hernando de Guzman are copies of Howard typescripts. “The Silver Heel” synopsis is missing the first two pages.
“A Boy, a Beehive, and a Chinaman” is a copy of Howard’s handwritten school theme paper. The untitled poem on page 15 is incomplete. The fragment on the back cover is a color copy of Howard’s typed draft, p. 15, that ends in a synopsis of the remainder of the story.

“While Smoke Rolled” is a facsimile of the Howard typescript of a draft of the story. This story has never been published in this, its original version. This version has Pike Bearfield as the hero; the published version has Breckinridge Elkins in his place. The back cover is a color copy of one of Howard’s onionskin carbons, with the text on the reverse side showing through (typed on both sides to save on paper costs).

The “Pigeons from Hell” draft is a facsimile of the Howard typescript. It is significantly shorter than the final story and does not have the element of revenge that is in the final version.
The list of ruler’s titles covers countries in the Near and Middle East.
The synopsis on the back cover is a color facsimile of the Howard typescript.

“The Cairn on the Headland” draft is a facsimile of Howard’s typescript, free of modifications made to the published story by Strange Tales editor Harry Bates.
The untitled story is a facsimile of a Howard typescript describing an imaginary boxing match.
The two poems on the back cover are a facsimile copy of a handwritten single sheet of paper.

“The Dwellers under the Tombs, Draft A” is a facsimile of Howard’s typescript, the earlier and shorter of two drafts that survive.
The map is imbedded in a facsimile of a typed page (p. 156) of “The Hour of the Dragon”.
The letter to Smith is a facsimile of the handwritten letter, with drawings imbedded.

“The Black Stone (Early Draft)” is a facsimile of a Howard typescript, with a pair of handwritten comments by the author.

“The Ballad of King Geraint” and “Zukala’s Mating Song” are slightly different from the version published in The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard.
The remainder of the content items are facsimile copies of Howard typescripts.
“The Guise of Youth” and “Roads” were originally published as two separate poems, but are likely a single poem.
As a young man, Howard contributed to The Junto, a circulating publication written by a group of his friends and himself. During circulation, the group would write comments about the content, which was then typed up and distributed with the following issue of The Junto. “The Commentary” collects such comments made by Howard, edited by Rob Roehm.

The synopsis of “The Silver Heel” here is longer (more complete) than the one published in the Fall 2007 issue. It is a facsimile of a Howard typescript from the Otis Adelbert Kline Agency files. An incomplete untitled synopsis also exists.

“Scotchogram” is an incomplete list.

The “Alleys of Peril” synopsis features “Sailor Steve O’Brien”, whereas the story features Sailor Steve Costigan.
The untitled poem is a color facsimile copy of a Howard typescript.

“Sailor Costigan / Dorgan and the Jade Monkey” is a facsimile copy of a Howard typescript, written originally featuring Steve Costigan, but with the name changed to Dennis Dorgan by Howard’s agency.
“A South Sea Storm” is a facsimile of an incomplete handwritten story Howard wrote in high school.
“Stories Written Complete” is a facsimile of a Howard typescript that lists stories Howard submitted between April or May 1929 and December of that year.

“Age”, “Your Money or Your Life” and “Hate’s Dawn” are facsimile copies of pages from The Junto, the circulating journal written by Howard and his friends.
The letter to Emil Petaja and “The Voice of Doom” are copies of Howard typescripts.
The Larry D. Thomas essay was the speech he presented as guest-of-honor at the 2009 Howard Days banquet, June 13 in Cross Plains, TX.
“West Is West” is a facsimile of Howard’s handwritten high school paper.

“Untitled ‘Knute Hansen'” is a list of boxers and their best punches.
“The Coming of El Borak” is unfinished.
Each of the Howard pieces are facsimile copies of his typescripts.

Robert E. Howard Foundation Holiday Special 2009.

It contains the first publication of an incomplete and untitled REH story that was tentatively titled “Six Gun Interview” by Glenn Lord. The story is estimated to be half to two-thirds complete based on other stories aimed at similar markets, and the remaining pages are missing. The story was likely written in 1931 and appears to be an attempt to adapt Sailor Steve Costigan’s stories to a western format. The tale appears to be a precursor to the Breckinridge Elkins series.

“Six-Gun Interview” is presented first as a facsimile copy of Howard’s typescript (p. 3), then as a clean, modern copy of the same fragment (p. 15). The Christmas cards on the front and back covers are commercial cards signed by Howard.

The Howard materials (except for the back cover) are facsimiles of Howard typescripts.
The date on the Howard letter to H. P. Lovecraft is handwritten by Lovecraft.
The fragment on the back cover is a facsimile of a handwritten sheet; the top of the page was a school quiz, but Howard didn’t waste paper and used the bottom for a story fragment.

The Howard materials are facsimile copies of Howard typescripts.
The C. L. Moore letter to Howard is also a facsimile copy of a typescript.
“The Flavor of the Dance” is a photo of C. L. Moore taken in the 1930’s.
The check on the back cover is payment for “Vulture’s Sanctuary” and is endorsed by I. M. Howard.

“Letter of a Chinese Student” (1) and (2) are facsimile and retyped copies of articles from The Yellow Jacket, the newspaper of Howard Payne College. “Private Magrath of the A. E. F.” is a facsimile copy from the same newspaper.
“The Shadow in the Well”, “The Ghost in the Doorway” and “The Adventurer” are facsimile copies of Howard typescripts.
The cover for “Sailor Dorgan and the Jade Cobra” is from the Kline agency used in marketing the Howard story.

The Howard materials are facsimile copies of his typescripts.
The letter from Novalyne Price is from the “Cross Plains Review”, a local newspaper.

“The Castle of the Devil” is a facsimile of a Howard typescript. First apperance here.
The facsimile on the back cover is from a Howard textbook with notes written on it by him.

The letter to Clyde Smith was a gag summons sent by Howard.
The view of Main Street in Cross Plains, Texas is on a post card.
“Nekht Semerkeht” is a facsimile of a Howard typescript. First apperance here.
The book inscription shown on the back cover is from a book that is part of the Robert E. Howard Memorial Collection, Howard Payne University, Brownwood, TX.

Images out of the Sky is an anthology of poetry prepared by Tevis Clyde Smith, Robert E. Howard, and Lenore Preece. The Christopher Publishing House was interested in publishing the anthology, but wanted the authors to help pay the costs of production. The offer was declined. This issue contains the typescripts of the REH portion of the anthology.

The poems that follow the title page are facsimile copies of Howard’s contributed typescripts.
The letter to Clyde Smith accompanied the return of the Images Out of the Sky poetry from the publisher.
Images on the covers are facsimiles of the front and back of the envelope that the letter to Clyde Smith and the pages from Images Out of the Sky were shipped in.

The letter on p. 3 is a facsimile of a typescript; the letters on pp. 4, 10 and 16 are facsimiles of hand-written documents followed by transcripts of those documents.
The obituary on the back cover is a facsimile from The Ranger Daily Times, Ranger, TX.

“The Door to the Garden” and “A Rattlesnake Sings in the Grass” are facsimiles of Howard typescripts.
The illustrations in “Howard the Pirate” are photographs of Howard and his neighbor Leroy Butler sword fighting while Leroy’s sister Faustine referees (a third photo is on the front cover).

“Brachan the Kelt” and “Typing Practice” are facsimiles of Howard typescripts.
“The Stralsund” is a facsimile of a handwritten sheet, including doodles.
“The Value of Athletics to the School” is a facsimile of a handwritten Howard ninth grade essay, with teacher comments.

“Brachan the Kelt” and “Typing Practice” are facsimiles of Howard typescripts.
“The Stralsund” is a facsimile of a handwritten sheet, including doodles.
“The Value of Athletics to the School” is a facsimile of a handwritten Howard ninth grade essay, with teacher comments.

Howard’s items are facsimile copies of typescripts, except for the postcard.
“The Lion of Tiberias” fragment contains the initial pages of Howard’s first submission to Oriental Stories, which he later rewrote at the behest of Farnsworth Wright in the letter on p. 4.

Howard’s items are facsimile copies of typescripts, except for the First appearance:
Untitled draft (“The Haunted Mountain”)
Undated letter (unfinished, unsent)
“Baal” (Complete version)postcard.
“The Lion of Tiberias” fragment contains the initial pages of Howard’s first submission to Oriental Stories, which he later rewrote at the behest of Farnsworth Wright in the letter on p. 4.

Howard’s items are facsimile copies of typescripts, except for the First appearance:
Untitled draft (“The Haunted Mountain”)
Undated letter (unfinished, unsent)
“Baal” (Complete version)postcard.
“The Lion of Tiberias” fragment contains the initial pages of Howard’s first submission to Oriental Stories, which he later rewrote at the behest of Farnsworth Wright in the letter on p. 4.

First appearance:
“The Man on the Ground” (draft)
Untitled Synopsis: “The Black Hound of Death”
To an unknown recipient, unmailed, “Salaam: I’m writing mainly to find out about . . .”
Notes: “The House of Arabu”

First appearance:
Untitled ” ‘You,’ said Shifty Griddle . . .”
Aphorism” “The girl that is a beauty”
“A Thunder of Trumpets” (Draft A)
“Library”

Cover is a photo of Robert E. Howard from the papers of August Derleth. It also appeared in the 1944 Arkham House collection Marginalia by H. P. Lovecraft.
The back cover drawing is from the back of a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, circa July 1928 (“Salaam: A Warning to Orthodoxy…”). It also appears in The Howard Collector #19.
“Old Man Jacobson” is a fragment, never before published.

Cover is facsimile of a postcard from Robert E. Howard to Thurston Torbett dated April 28, 1936.
Items authored by Robert E. Howard are facsimiles of typescripts.
“The Fangs of the Yellow Cobra” is the earliest complete draft of the story “The Yellow Cobra”.

Cover photo is Harold Preece, a close friend of Howard, from the scrapbook of Lenore Preece.
Items authored by Robert E. Howard are facsimiles of typescripts.
Howard did not waste paper; the two pages of poems have text typed in the margins.

Howard items are facsimiles of typescripts, except for “The Nut’s Shell”, which is a facsimile of a hand-written manuscript, plus a typed copy.
The two poetry variants are typing practice by Howard.

Front cover illustration is the cover of The Poet’s Scroll for April 1929. This was a very limited circulation poetry magazine, published by Estil Alexander Townsend in Howe, OK, that featured a poem by Howard.
Items authored by Howard are typescripts, except for “Adventure in Arabia” and “Far in Gloomy Northland” which are hand-written.

Published to be available at Robert E. Howard Days in Cross Plains, TX.
Cover shows the front and back of an index card from the files at Greenleaf Cemetery pertaining to the Howard family grave plots.
Howard stories and poems are facsimiles of typescripts.

Howard stories and poems, except of “What I Did in Vacation”, are facsimiles of typescripts. “What I Did in Vacation” is a facsimile of a hand-written school report.
Cover is a photo of Leroy and Faustine Butler with REH.

The Howard story, poem and essay are facsimiles of typescripts.
Cover photo shows the Butler house, with the Howard house in the background.

The Howard stories and poem are facsimiles of typescripts. The essay is a facsimile of a hand-written paper.
Cover photo shows Leroy Butler with REH.

Cover photo is part of a photo shown on p. 2.
Howard stories and poems are copies of typescripts.

The Garden of Fear, a James Allison story. Essay of the ‘Holy Gent’, Howards novel published shortly after his death and so hard to find copies of.

A great example of one of the perks of being a member of the Robert E. Howard Foundation. This is published for the REH Foundation Legacy Circle members.

Howard stories and poems are copies of typescripts.
Cover photo is uncredited photo of Hester Howard and an unidentified cousin.
The letters between Glenn Lord and Alla Ray Kuykendall deal with finding a copy of A Gent from Bear Creek published by Herbert Jenkins so that Donald M. Grant can photocopy it for publication.

Howard stories and letters are copies of typescripts.
Cover photo is of Truett Vinson and Tevis Clyde Smith, Jr. mock-boxing.
Page 3 is a single page from an otherwise missing undated letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, Jr.
“News and Events” discusses the 2017 World Fantasy Convention in San Antonio, TX, the upcoming 2018

Cover photo shows Robert E. Howard and his friends Lindsey Tyson and Tevis Clyde Smith, property of the Tyson family.
The Howard story is a copy of a typescript.
The poster on the back cover is not credited, but is signed.

Part 2 of The Road of Eagles. The Howard story is a copy of a typescript.
“News and Events” discusses Howard Days 2018.

Cover is a photo of Hester Jane Ervin Howard (Robert E. Howard’s mother) and Patch, Howard’s dog.
Gates of Empire part 1 of 2.

Cover is a photo of young Robert Howard in the snow.
The Howard material are copies of typescripts.
Untitled (“500 Torguts”) are notes on the battle waged by the Mongol khan Galdan Boshugtu against the Turkestanis.

The Man-Eaters of Zamboula. Typescript. Part 1 of 2.
Cover is a photo of the Howard House in the late 1960s or early 1970s, before it was acquired and repaired by Project Pride.

The Man-Eaters of Zamboula. Typescript. Part 2 of 2. Recompense, poem by Howard.
Map from ‘Beyond the Black River’.

Black Colossus part 1 of 2. Including a synopsis.

Black Colossus part 2 of 2. Including a synopsis.
The poem ‘All Hallows Eve’, both published and unpublished versions.

Contains several poems by Robert E. Howard and a short story about sailor Costigan (Dennis Dorgan). The story is the ‘Jade Monkey’.

By this Axe I Rule! Kull of Valusia.
Front cover, back cover and inside back cover are photos of the refurbished Howard House in Cross Plains, TX.

Several poems by Howard and ‘The Devil in Iron’ part 1 of 2. Map of the Hoodoo Room by Howard.

Several poems by Howard and ‘The Devil in Iron’ part 1 of 2. Map of the Hoodoo Room by Howard.

Number 1, volume 15 – spring 2021. Contains several synopsis and what appears to be the carbon copy of Howard’s final typescript ‘Cupid from Bear Creek’, first published in Action Stories, August 1935.

Number 2, volume 15 – summer 2021. Contains ‘The Peaceful Pilgrim’, a supposedly earlier version of ‘Cupid from from Bear Creek’, a Breckinridge Elkins story. The typescript is a carbon of the second draft of “Pilgrim”. Also news and a report from the 2021 Howard Days by Bill Cavalier.

Number 3, volume 15 – fall 2021. Contains two typescripts of ‘The Fire of Asshurbanipal’, the non-fantastic version and the version with the fantastic ending. Also a letter from the board and the 2022 REH Foundation awards. The Fire of Asshurbanipal was published in Weird Tales January 1936.

Number 4, volume 15 – winter 2021/2022. Contains the typescript ‘Hawks of Outremer’ featuring the Irish crusader Cormac FitzGeoffrey. Also a handwritten manuscript of the play ‘Bran Mak Morn’, and the verse ‘The Road to Yesterday.

The cover is from Oriental Stories, spring, 1931. The artist was Donald von Gelb.

The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter Number 1, volume 16 – Spring 2022. Contains the synopsis of The Vultures of Whapeton and part 1 of 3 of The Vultures of Wahpeton typescript..

The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter Number 2, volume 16 – Summer 2022. Contains The Vultures of Whapeton part 2 of 3 of The Vultures of Wahpeton typescript. It also contains a letter to H.P. Lovecraft marked as received November 9, 1931.

The cover is from Smashing Novels Magazine for December 1936 with artwork by Howard Sherman.

The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter Number 3, volume 16 – Fall 2022. Contains The Vultures of Whapeton part 3 of 3 of The Vultures of Wahpeton typescript. Also included is a copy of the handwritten verse ‘The Sword of Lal Singh’, the usual News & Events and a typescript of a letter to Emil Petaja from February 15, 1936. Rob Roehm explains how The Robert E. Howard Foundation got hold of it.

The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter Number 4, volume 16 – Winter 2022/23. Contains the typescript of The Iron Shadows in the Moon (part 1 of 2). It also contains the draft A and draft B of The Hyborian Age. The cover is of another Jenkins Gent which was sold to Jason Germany, and two letters to Wilfred B. Talman that recently appeared. One of the letters can be viewed here. 

It also has a first appearance of “List of Hyborian Names, Places, and Locations”.

The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter Number 1, volume 17 – Spring 2023. Contains the typescript of The Iron Shadows in the Moon (part 2 of 2). It also contains a typescript of a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, circa March 1930. The letter contains 4 poems (‘The Autumn of the World’, ‘A Tribute to the Sportsmanship of the Fans’, ‘Aw Come On and Fight’ and ‘The Songe of the Sage’.

In the news and event section, we get a report from the 2023 Robert E. Howard Foundation Awards. And finally Paul Herman’s story about Howard’s writing desk and how he acquired it.

After years of rejection slips Howard finally sold a short caveman tale titled “Spear and Fang”, which netted him the sum of $16 and introduced him to the readers of a struggling pulp called Weird Tales. Spear and Fang is a story of conflict between Cro-Magnons and Neanderthals.

“In the Forest of Villefere”, is a very short story, barely 4 pages long. But, the story is tight in that it; introduces the main character de Montour of Normandy, puts him on a dark road at night that is known for strange happenings, and strange creatures. de Montour meets a mysterious traveler along the way, who tells him a legend about werewolves.

Contains Robert E. Howard’s very first letter to Weird Tales.

This monumental issue contains the full length cover story Wolfshead by Robert E. Howard, plus the story “The Outsider” by H.P. Lovecraft, “The Vengence of India” by Seabury Quinn and much more!

Contains an extract from a letter from Robert E. Howard to Weird Tales, ca. March 1926,
“. . . while told in plain, almost homely language, . . .”. No Howard stories in this one.

‘The Lost Race’ is a story in the Bran Mak Morn series and is set during the Roman invasion of Britain. Related to, but does not feature, Bran; Sold for $30;

Contains the poem ‘The Song of the Bats’ by Howard.

Contains an extract from a letter from Robert E. Howard to Weird Tales, ca. March 1926,
“Your last three issues . . .”. No Howard stories in this one.

Contains the verse ‘The Ride of Falume’ by Howard.

Contains the verse ‘Riders from Babylon’ by Howard.

The Dream Snake is a terrifying tale of a man who has had a recurring dream about being pursued by a sinister, unseen giant snake which gets nearer and nearer to him every night….

In this story, first published in the March 1928 edition of Weird Tales Magazine, a fetish-man, on the grasslands of South Africa, conceals an unusual ability.

Contains the poem ‘Rememberance’ by Robert E. Howard. Not illustrated. Editor: Farnsworth Wright.

Contains the story Sea Curse, a tale which starts with a village tragedy. A local girl who lives with her elderly aunt has been seduced and deflowered by a swaggering, drunk sailor.

In despair she drowns herself in the ocean. The sailor mocks her aunt over the girl’s washed-up body on the beach. The old aunt retaliates by putting an awful, terrible curse upon the sailor and his mate…and from that moment, the wheels of awful destiny are put into motion.

Contains the poem ‘The Gates of Nineveh’.

“Red Shadows” was REH’s first published Solomon Kane story (Howard’s original title was “Solomon Kane”). It tells a tale of wide scope, one which takes place over many years and many countries. It’s a tale of unrelenting dogged persistence as Kane spends years of his life seeking to avenge the death of a complete stranger.

Contains the poem ‘The Harp of Alfred’ by Robert E. Howard. Illustrated by Hugh Rankin.. Editor: Farnsworth Wright.

Contains the poem ‘Easter Island’ by Robert E. Howard. The poem is not illustrated. Editor: Farnsworth Wright.

First published in Weird Tales, January 1929. In England, Kane is on his way to the hamlet of Torkertown, and must choose one of two paths, a route that leads through a moor or one that leads through a swamp. He is warned that the moor route is haunted and all travelers who take that road die, so he decides to investigate.

Contains the poem ‘Crete’ by Robert E. Howard. The poem is not illustrated. Editor: Farnsworth Wright.

Contains the poem ‘Moon Mockery’ by Robert E. Howard. The poem is not illustrated. Editor: Farnsworth Wright.

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.

Contains the poem ‘Forbidden Magic’ by Robert E. Howard. The poem is not illustrated. Editor: Farnsworth Wright.

“The Shadow Kingdom” is a fantasy short story by American writer Robert E. Howard, the first of his Kull stories, set in his fictional Thurian Age. It was first published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales in August 1929.

The story introduces Kull himself, the setting of Valusia, Brule the Spear-Slayer (a supporting character), and the Serpent Men (who don’t appear in any other work by Howard, but were adopted by later authors for derivative works and inclusion in the Cthulhu Mythos).

“The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune” is a fantasy short story by American author Robert E. Howard, one of his original short stories about Kull of Atlantis, first published in Weird Tales magazine c. 1929. It is one of only three Kull stories to be published in Howard’s lifetime.

Skull-Face is a fantasy novella by American writer Robert E. Howard, which appeared as a serial in Weird Tales, beginning in October 1929, and ending in December, 1929. The story stars a character called Steve Costigan but this is not Howard’s recurring character, Sailor Steve Costigan. The story is clearly influenced by Sax Rohmer’s opus Fu Manchu but substitutes the main Asian villain with a resuscitated Atlantean necromancer (similar to Kull’s bit character Thulsa Doom) sitting at the center of a web of crime and intrigue meant to end White/Western world domination with the help of Asian/semite/African peoples and to re-instate surviving Atlanteans (said to lie dormant in submerged sarcophagi) as the new ruling elite.

Skull-Face is a fantasy novella by American writer Robert E. Howard, which appeared as a serial in Weird Tales, beginning in October 1929, and ending in December, 1929. The story stars a character called Steve Costigan but this is not Howard’s recurring character, Sailor Steve Costigan. The story is clearly influenced by Sax Rohmer’s opus Fu Manchu but substitutes the main Asian villain with a resuscitated Atlantean necromancer (similar to Kull’s bit character Thulsa Doom) sitting at the center of a web of crime and intrigue meant to end White/Western world domination with the help of Asian/semite/African peoples and to re-instate surviving Atlanteans (said to lie dormant in submerged sarcophagi) as the new ruling elite.

Skull-Face is a fantasy novella by American writer Robert E. Howard, which appeared as a serial in Weird Tales, beginning in October 1929, and ending in December, 1929. The story stars a character called Steve Costigan but this is not Howard’s recurring character, Sailor Steve Costigan. The story is clearly influenced by Sax Rohmer’s opus Fu Manchu but substitutes the main Asian villain with a resuscitated Atlantean necromancer (similar to Kull’s bit character Thulsa Doom) sitting at the center of a web of crime and intrigue meant to end White/Western world domination with the help of Asian/semite/African peoples and to re-instate surviving Atlanteans (said to lie dormant in submerged sarcophagi) as the new ruling elite.

Contains the poem “Dead Man’s Hate”. 

Old Adam Farrel lay dead in the house wherein he had lived alone for the last twenty years. A silent, churlish recluse, in his life he had known no friends, and only two men had watched his passing… little did they know the Fearsome Touch of Death has not left the house…

Contains the verse “A Song out of Midian”.

Contains Howard’s poem “Shadows on the Road”.

Part 1 of “The Moon of Skulls”, June 1930; Kane goes to Africa on the trail of an English girl named Marylin Taferal, kidnapped from her home and sold to Barbary pirates by her cousin. When he finds the hidden city of Negari, he encounters Nakari, “the vampire queen of Negari”.

First published in Weird Tales, Part 1, June 1930; Part 2, July 1930. Kane goes to Africa on the trail of an English girl named Marylin Taferal, kidnapped from her home and sold to Barbary pirates by her cousin. When he finds the hidden city of Negari, he encounters Nakari, “the vampire queen of Negari”.

First published in Weird Tales, August 1930. In Africa again, Kane’s old friend N’Longa (the witch doctor from “Red Shadows”) gives the Puritan a magic wooden staff, the Staff of Solomon, which will protect him in his travels. Kane enters the jungle and finds a city of vampires.

Contains Howard’s poem “Black Chant Imperial”.

Bran Mak Morn is struggling, his people are demanding a king! He consults Gonar, and is able to summon Kull, great King of Valusia! Meanwhile the Romans are coming and intent on conquering.

Contains a letter To Weird Tales, ca. December 1930, starting with “I was particularly fascinated . . .”.

Contains the poem ‘The Song of a Mad Minstrel’ by Howard.

The Children of the Night” is a 1931 short story by Robert E. Howard, belonging to the Cthulhu Mythos. It was first published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales in the April/May 1931 issue. Howard earned $60 for this publication.

The story starts with six people sitting in John Conrad’s study: Conrad himself, Clemants, Professor Kirowan, Taverel, Ketrick and the narrator John O’Donnel. O’Donnel describes them all as Anglo-Saxon with the exception of Ketrick. Ketrick, although he possesses a documented pure Anglo-Saxon lineage, appears to have slightly Mongolian-looking eyes and an odd lisp that O’Donnel finds distasteful.

Contains the Solomon Kane story ‘The Footfalls Within”.  It seems to take place after the previous tale, ‘Wings in the Night’

The story opens with Kane coming across the body of a young black woman.  The corpse is fresh, and there are marks where whips and shackles have torn her flesh.  It doesn’t take long for Kane to catch up with the slavers who killed her.  He sees a train of blacks being led away by a group of armed Arabs and other blacks who have allied with them.  They’re taking their captives to a slave market.  They’re also driving them hard, neither giving them rest breaks nor providing them with ample water.

The Gods of Bal-Sagoth (first published in Weird Tales, October 1931) – Also known as The Blond Goddess of Bal-Sagoth, this is a sequel to The Dark Man despite seeing print before that story. This story can be found on Wikisource. It was adapted as a Conan story by Marvel Comics in Conan the Barbarian #17 (Aug 1972). Turlogh Dubh O’Brien or Black Turlogh, is a fictional 11th Century Irishman created by Robert E. Howard.

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The Dark Man (first published in Weird Tales, December 1931) – Turlogh Dubh O’Brien. This story features kind of a cameo of another Howard character, Bran Mak Morn.

The Thing on the Roof first appeared in the February 1932 issue of Weird Tales. Howard sold it to Weird Tales for $40.00, but later said he would have let it go for free, just to see it in print. He was quite fond of it. The story is set in the early 1930’s, and focuses on the legend surrounding the Temple of the Toad God. Howard’s occult tome, Nameless Cults plays a big part of the story.

Contains Robert E. Howards poem “The Last Day”.

This early work by Robert E. Howard was originally published in the 1932 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. ‘The Horror from the Mound’ is one of Howard’s stories in the weird west genre, a combination of a western and a horror or fantasy.

Contains “Wings in the Night” with Solomon Kane. Kane comes across an entire village wiped out, and all of the roofs have been ripped off, as if by something attempting to get inside from above.

Contains the poem ‘Arkham’ by Robert E. Howard.

Contains the poem ‘An Open Windows’ by Robert E. Howard.

Bran Mak Morn, King of the Picts, vows vengeance on Titus Sulla, a Roman governor, after witnessing the crucifixion of a fellow Pict. He seeks forbidden aid from the Worms of the Earth, a race of creatures who Bran Mak Morn’s ancestors banished from their kingdom centuries ago. They were once men, but millennia of living underground caused them to become monstrous and semi-reptilian.

Searching for a contact with these creatures, Bran Mak Morn encounters a witch who lives in a secluded hut, shunned by her neighbors, who was born from a sexual encounter between one of the “Worms” and a human woman. The witch’s price for helping him is “one night of love” which her human-half craves – as men in general are repelled by her reptilian traits. Bran Mak Morn, though also himself repelled, agrees to pay the price. In exchange, she tells him of a barrow where “The Black Stone”, a religious artifact of great importance to the “Worms”, is hidden.

Weird Tales from December 1932 was the first issue with a Conan story. It featured ‘The Phoenix on the Sword’ where Conan is King.It is actually a rewritten King Kull story.

Weird Tales from January 1933 contains the first publication of Howard’s ‘The Scarlet Citadel’, a Conan story. I haven’t found any replica so I made my own from a downloaded PDF-file.

“The Tower of the Elephant” is one of the original short stories starring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard. It is set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan infiltrating a perilous tower in order to steal a fabled gem from an evil sorcerer named Yara. Due to its unique insights into the Hyborian world and atypical science fiction elements, the story is considered a classic of Conan lore and is often cited by Howard scholars as one of his best tales.[1]

Contains the poem “Autumn” by Howard.

Contains the poem “Moonlight on a Skull” by Howard.

Weird Tales from June 1933 contains Robert E. Howards ‘Black Colossus’ which is one of the original short stories starring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian. Howard earned $130 for the sale of this story.

“The Man on the Ground” is a short story by Robert Ervin Howard where two men are fighting a final duel.

“The Slithering Shadow” is one of the original short stories starring Conan the Cimmerian. First published in the September 1933 issue of Weird Tales magazine. “The Slithering Shadow” is the original title, but the story is also known as “Xuthal of the Dusk” in further publications. It’s set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age, and concerns Conan discovering a lost city in a remote desert while encountering a Lovecraftian demon known as Thog.

Weird Tales from October 1933 has an iconic image by Margaret Brundage. It contains the story ‘The Pool of the Black One’ by Howard.

Old Garfield’s Heart was first published in Weird Tales in December of 1933 and is generally labelled as a “Horror Story”. It takes place shortly after the end of the Wild West, but perhaps it falls squarely into the “Weird West” genre. The story is about an frontiersman, Old Garfield, that has lived as long as anyone can remember. The story is told through the eyes of an unnamed narrator who believes the tales told by Old Garfield are nothing more than whims of fancy or tall tales. 

“Rogues in the House” is one of the original short stories starring Conan the Cimmerian. Conan inadvertently becoming involved in the struggle between two powerful men fighting for control of a city-state. It was the seventh Conan story Howard had published. It is famous for the fight scene between Conan and an ape, often known as the cover by artist Frank Frazetta.

Prior to the story’s beginning, Conan kills a corrupt priest of Anu, who was both a fence and police informer. However, Conan was arrested after he became intoxicated and a prostitute turned him in. Languishing in a jail cell while awaiting his execution, Conan receives Murilo’s visit and is proposed a bargain: in exchange for setting him free and getting him out of Corinthia with a bag of gold, Conan will assassinate Nabonidus.

Howard touches on some powerful concepts in his James Allison series. Although this story (which appeared in the February 1934 issue of WEIRD TALES) was the only one of the series sold during his lifetime, he wrote a total of eight in which a sickly man lies dying and vividly remembers his earlier incarnations.

Weird Tales from April 1934 contains the first publication of Howard’s ‘Shadows in the Moonlight’, a Conan story. Girasol Collectables did a great replica of the original with scanned text and interior art right from the original pulp pages. No editing. No reset text. I haven’t found that so I made my own from a downloaded PDF-file.

“Queen of the Black Coast” is one of the original short stories about Conan the Cimmerian. First published in Weird Tales magazine May 1934. Conan becomes a notorious pirate and plunder the coastal villages of Kush alongside Bêlit, a head-strong femme fatale.

Due to its epic scope and atypical romance, the story is considered an undisputed classic of Conan lore and is often cited by Howard scholars as one of his most famous tales.

Howard earned $115 for the sale of this story to Weird Tales and it is now in the public domain.

“The Haunter of the Ring” is a 1934 short story Howard, belonging to the Cthulhu Mythos. It was first published in Weird Tales in the June 1934 issue. Howard earned $60 for this publication. This story is set in the modern age but includes a relic from the Hyborian Age of the Conan stories, the ring of Thoth-Amon.

“The Devil in Iron” is one of the original stories by Robert E. Howard about Conan the Cimmerian, first published here in Weird Tales in August 1934. Howard earned $115 for the publication of this story.

The plot concerns the resurrection of a mythical demon due to the theft of a sacred dagger, and an unrelated trap that lures Conan to the island fortress roamed by the demon. Due to its plot loopholes and borrowed elements from “Iron Shadows in the Moon”.

“The People of the Black Circle” is one of the original novellas about Conan the Cimmerian, by Robert E. Howard and first published in Weird Tales magazine in three parts over the September, October and November 1934 issues. Howard earned $250 for the publication of this story.

It’s set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan kidnapping an exotic princess from Vendhya (prehistoric India), while foiling a nefarious plot of world conquest by the Black Seers of Yimsha. Due to its epic scope and atypical Hindustan flavor, the story is considered an undisputed classic of Conan lore and is often cited by Howard scholars as one of his best tales. It is also one of the few Howard stories where the reader is treated a deeper insight on magic and magicians beyond the stereotypical Hyborian depiction as demon conjurer-illusionist-priests.

“The People of the Black Circle” part 2 – is one of the original novellas about Conan the Cimmerian, by Robert E. Howard and first published in Weird Tales magazine in three parts over the September, October and November 1934 issues. Howard earned $250 for the publication of this story.

It’s set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan kidnapping an exotic princess from Vendhya (prehistoric India), while foiling a nefarious plot of world conquest by the Black Seers of Yimsha. Due to its epic scope and atypical Hindustan flavor, the story is considered an undisputed classic of Conan lore and is often cited by Howard scholars as one of his best tales. It is also one of the few Howard stories where the reader is treated a deeper insight on magic and magicians beyond the stereotypical Hyborian depiction as demon conjurer-illusionist-priests.

“The People of the Black Circle” is one of the original novellas about Conan the Cimmerian, by Robert E. Howard and first published in Weird Tales magazine in three parts over the September, October and November 1934 issues. Howard earned $250 for the publication of this story. This issue contains the third and last part.

“A Witch Shall Be Born” is one of the original sword and sorcery novellas by Howard about Conan the Cimmerian. It was written in only a few days in spring of 1934 and first published in Weird Tales in December 1934. A book edition was published in 1975 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher with illustrations by Alicia Austin.

The story concerns a witch replacing her twin sister as queen of a city state, which brings her into conflict with Conan who had been the captain of the queen’s guard. Themes of paranoia, and the duality of the twin sisters, are paramount in this story but it also includes elements of the conflict between barbarism and civilization that is common to the entire Conan series. One scene stands out. Conan’s crucifixion early in the story during the second chapter (“The Tree of Death”) is considered one of the most memorable scenes in the entire series.

Originally published in Weird Tales, February 1935. Alternate title: “Moon of Zambebwei.”

The silence of the pine woods lay like a brooding cloak about the soul of Bristol McGrath. The black shadows seemed fixed, immovable as the weight of superstition that overhung this forgotten back-country. Vague ancestral dreads stirred at the back of McGrath’s mind; for he was born in the pine woods, and sixteen years of roaming about the world had not erased their shadows.

Robert E. Howard set his story in Hyborian Age’s equivalent Africa. The Teeth of Gwahlur are legendary jewels, kept within the ancient city of Alkmeenon, in the country of Keshan “which in itself was considered mythical by many northern and western nations”.

Conan, following rumors of this treasure, journeys into Keshan and offers his services in training the local army against their rival, Punt. However, Thutmekri, a Stygian thief with similar intentions, and his Shemitish partner, Zargheba, also arrive in the country with an offer for a military alliance with another of Punt’s neighbors, Zembabwei, with some of the Teeth to seal their pact. The high priest of Keshan, Gorulga, announces that a decision on the matter can only be made after consulting with Yelaya, the mummified oracle of Alkmeenon. This is all the treasure hunters require. Conan and Zargheba (independently of each other) travel to the city ahead of Gorulga’s expedition.

“Beyond the Black River” is one of the original short stories about Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard and first published in Weird Tales magazine, v. 25, nos. 5-6, May-June 1935. The story was republished in the collections King Conan (Gnome Press, 1953) and Conan the Warrior (Lancer Books, 1967). It has more recently been published in the anthology The Mighty Swordsmen (Lancer Books, 1970), and the collections The Conan Chronicles Volume 2: The Hour of the Dragon (Gollancz, 2001) and Conan of Cimmeria: Volume Three (1935-1936) (Del Rey, 2005). It’s set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan’s battle against a savage tribe of Picts in the unsettled lands beyond the infamous Black River.

The story takes place in Conajohara, a newly established Aquilonian province recently annexed by King Numedides from the Picts. Balthus, a young settler on his way to Fort Tuscelan at the Black River, the province’s border to the Pict Lands, encounters Conan in the forest slaying a Pict. Accompanying the young man back to the fort, Conan finds the corpse of a merchant left by a Pictish wizard named Zogar Sag and slain by a swamp demon. The fort’s commander, Valannus, desperately asks Conan to slay Zogar Sag before he raises the Picts against the whole borderlands, especially since Tuscelan is vastly undermanned after Numedides foolishly decided to withdraw most of its garrison. Taking a hand-picked team of scouts and Balthus, Conan sets off stealthily in his canoe.

Contains part 2 of “Beyond the Black River” is one of the original short stories about Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard and first published in Weird Tales magazine, v. 25, nos. 5-6, May-June 1935. The story was republished in the collections King Conan (Gnome Press, 1953) and Conan the Warrior (Lancer Books, 1967). It has more recently been published in the anthology The Mighty Swordsmen (Lancer Books, 1970), and the collections The Conan Chronicles Volume 2: The Hour of the Dragon (Gollancz, 2001) and Conan of Cimmeria: Volume Three (1935-1936) (Del Rey, 2005). It’s set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan’s battle against a savage tribe of Picts in the unsettled lands beyond the infamous Black River.

The story takes place in Conajohara, a newly established Aquilonian province recently annexed by King Numedides from the Picts. Balthus, a young settler on his way to Fort Tuscelan at the Black River, the province’s border to the Pict Lands, encounters Conan in the forest slaying a Pict. Accompanying the young man back to the fort, Conan finds the corpse of a merchant left by a Pictish wizard named Zogar Sag and slain by a swamp demon. The fort’s commander, Valannus, desperately asks Conan to slay Zogar Sag before he raises the Picts against the whole borderlands, especially since Tuscelan is vastly undermanned after Numedides foolishly decided to withdraw most of its garrison. Taking a hand-picked team of scouts and Balthus, Conan sets off stealthily in his canoe.

Weird Tales from November 1935 contains the first publication of Howard’s ‘Shadows in Zamboula’, a Conan story. I haven’t found Girasols replica so I made my own from a downloaded PDF-file.

The Hour of the Dragon, also known as Conan the Conqueror, is a fantasy novel by American writer Robert E. Howard featuring his sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian. It was one of the last Conan stories published before Howard’s suicide, although not the last to be written. The novel was first published in serial form in the December 1935 through April 1936 issues of the pulp magazine Weird Tales. The first book edition was published by Gnome Press in hardcover in 1950. The Gnome Press edition retitled the story Conan the Conqueror, a title retained by all subsequent editions until 1977, when the original title was restored in an edition issued published by Berkley/Putnam in 1977. The Berkley edition also reverted the text to that of its original Weird Tales publication, discarding later edits. Later editions have generally followed Berkley and published under the original title. The 1997 film Kull the Conqueror is loosely based on The Hour of the Dragon, replacing Conan with Kull but otherwise keeping the same basic plot.

The Hour of the Dragon, also known as Conan the Conqueror, is a fantasy novel by American writer Robert E. Howard featuring his sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian. It was one of the last Conan stories published before Howard’s suicide, although not the last to be written. The novel was first published in serial form in the December 1935 through April 1936 issues of the pulp magazine Weird Tales. The first book edition was published by Gnome Press in hardcover in 1950. The Gnome Press edition retitled the story Conan the Conqueror, a title retained by all subsequent editions until 1977, when the original title was restored in an edition issued published by Berkley/Putnam in 1977. The Berkley edition also reverted the text to that of its original Weird Tales publication, discarding later edits. Later editions have generally followed Berkley and published under the original title. The 1997 film Kull the Conqueror is loosely based on The Hour of the Dragon, replacing Conan with Kull but otherwise keeping the same basic plot.

Part 3 of 5. The Hour of the Dragon, also known as Conan the Conqueror, is a fantasy novel by