A Gent from Bear Creek (1975)

05
Dec

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.

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Mayhem on Bear Creek

23
Oct

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.

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The Howard Collector 19

23
Oct

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.

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The Robert E. Howard Reader Volume One

13
Jun

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.

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