Fanciful Tales of Time and Space contained a mixture of weird, science fiction and fantasy stories, including work by August Derleth, David H Keller and H P Lovecraft, as well as the first publication of Robert E Howard’s poem “Solomon Kane’s Homecoming”.
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Jun
Jun
The sixth issue of ‘The “New” Howard Reader, from the autumn of 1999. Another issue filled with Howard-content. Published by Joe & Mona Marek. Cover art by Robert P. Barger. “The Vultures of Wahpeton” includes a facsimile of the artwork originally used in Smashing Novels Magazine, both alternative endings Howard wrote, and the editor’s notes that were included in the magazine version of the story.
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Dec
Dec
Lovecraft Mythos is an anthology of Cthulhu Mythos fiction edited by Robert M. Price and published by Fedogan & Bremer in 1992.
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Jan
Jan
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.
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Dec
Dec
Weird Tales Volume 47 Number 3, 1973 Fall. Contains SEA CURSE. Published earlier in Weird Tales May 1928.
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Dec
Dec
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.
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Dec
Dec
The Magic Carpet Magazine Volume 3 Number 2. There was no Howard story in this one, but it contains a letter he wrote, circa March 1933. The letter starts like this: “Congratulations on the quality and appearance…”
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Dec
Dec
This collection of various stories is called Weird Tales #1 and was edited by Lin Carter, the first in his paperback revival of the classic fantasy and horror magazine Weird Tales. It is also numbered vol. 48, no. 1 (Spring 1981) in continuation of the numbering of the original magazine. The anthology was first published in paperback by American publisher Zebra Books in December 1980, and reprinted in 1983.
It contains SCARLET TEARS and the poem RED THUNDER by Robert E. Howard.
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Nov
Nov
A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon from January 1977. Issue 2 contains the story THE DOOR TO THE GARDEN.
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Oct
Oct
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).