This is the definitive critical anthology on the writings of Texan Robert Howard, the originator of Sword & Sorcery fantasy and also of Conan The Barbarian. The essays survey Howard’s work in fantasy, westerns, poetry and supernatural horror tales.
“The Black Stone” (Reprint)
“A Thunder of Trumpets” by Robert E. Howard and Thurston Torbett appeared in the September 1938 issue of Weird Tales.
Contains the poem “The Last Hour” by Howard.
“Pigeons from Hell” is a horror short story by American writer Robert E. Howard, written in late 1934 and published posthumously by Weird Tales in 1938. The story title derives from an image present in many of Howard’s grandmother’s ghost stories, that of an old deserted plantation mansion haunted by ghostly pigeons.
Contains the poem ‘The Poets’ by Howard.
Contains the poem ‘Fragment’ by Howard.
Contains the poem ‘Futility’ by Howard.
Contains the poem ‘Which Will Scarcely Be Understood’ by Howard.
Contains the poem ‘The Dream and the Shadow’ by Howard.