The Robert E. Howard Photo Album

06
Jan

Dennis McHaney meticulously compiled ‘The Robert E. Howard Photo Album,’ a remarkable collection that brings together both familiar and previously unseen photographs of Robert E. Howard, along with images of his family and friends.

This comprehensive volume assembles every known photograph of Robert E. Howard, enriched with visuals of his close acquaintances, family members, and various intriguing artifacts. Dennis McHaney expertly prepared this collection for publication and contributed an insightful introduction, while Bill Cavalier provided the foreword. A truly captivating photo album for enthusiasts and admirers of Howard’s life and work.

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Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird

06
Jan

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first issues of Weird Tales Magazine – 100 Years of Weird is a masterful compendium of new and classic stories, flash fiction, essays, and poems from giants of speculative fiction, including R.L. Stine, Laurell K. Hamilton, Victor LaValle, Ray Bradbury, H. P. Lovecraft, Blake Northcott, Hailey Piper, Scott Sigler, James Aquilone, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Tennessee Williams, and Isaac Asimov.

Only Howard’s THE WORMS OF THE EARTH is included from his stories, including the first illustration.

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Dark Fantasy #11

05
Jan

Dark Fantasy #11 is a fanzine by Shadow Press, January 1977. Contains the REH poem “Visions”.

Dark Fantasy was a literary fantasy and horror fanzine by Howard Eugene (Gene) Day (1951-1982).

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Dark Fantasy #9

05
Jan

Dark Fantasy #9, by Shadow Press, September 1976. Contains the REH poem “The Road to Yesterday”.

Dark Fantasy was a literary fantasy and horror fanzine by Howard Eugene (Gene) Day (1951-1982).

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Worms of the Earth

05
Jan

The 2nd, edition Ace book. ‘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.

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Worms of the Earth

05
Jan

The 1st edition Ace book. ‘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. 

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The West

05
Jan

The West Magazine from Maverick Publications, September 1967 contains “Apparition of Josiah Wilbarger”. This is the first appearance of this essay by Howard. The magazine has several photographs and unsigned illustrations (most before the 1900s). 

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Tigers of the Sea

04
Jan

The UK Sphere book of Tigers of the Sea is a collection of fantasy short stories by Robert E. Howard is 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.)

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The Last of the Trunk Och Brev i Urval

02
Jan

This publication was created to safeguard the copyright of Robert E. Howard’s previously unpublished works. A limited run of 12 copies was produced, with two exclusive editions bound in leather and the remainder as comb-bound paperbacks. The content includes non-Howard material in Swedish, except for Patrice Louinet’s introduction and the “Notes” section, which offers insights into the stories.

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Echoes of Valor II

20
Dec

The book collects nine classic fantasy short stories by various authors, along with associated commentary by the editor and personages associated with the stories. It is notable for issuing the two original versions of Howard’s Conan story “The Frost-Giant’s Daughter”, one for the first time since its original publication, and the other for the first time in print.

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