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.
Contains the famous story Skull-Face (Steve Costigan), Lord of the Dead and Names in the Black Book (Steve Harrison). It also contains Taverel Manor which is a sort of follow-up no Skull-Face. This was never finished by Howard. Richard A. Lupoff wrote the rest of the story.
Contains Marches of Valhalla, a James Allison story and The Grey God Passes, a Turlogh O’Brian story and several other tales. There is a fold out poster of the cover as well.
Almuric is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert E. Howard. It was originally serialized in three parts in the magazine Weird Tales beginning in May 1939. The novel was first published in book form in 1964 by Ace Books.
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 People of the Black Circle is a 1977 collection of four Conan short stories. Based on the second of the three hardcover 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.
Based on the Berkley/Putnam hardover edition. “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.
An Ace Jessel story. First published in Ghost Stories, April 1929. Another title for this is ‘The Spirit of Tom Molyneaux’. Howard used the pseudonym John Taverel for this story. Introduction by Glenn Lord.
Firsts: The Book Collector’s Magazine. March 2006. Volume 16, Number 3. An update to collecting Robert E. Howard and Robert E. Howard Checklist by Don Herron.
Contains the short story ‘Vulture’s Sanctuary’. It was first published in Argosy, November 28, 1936.
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.
