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.
Anthology from Berkley Medallion containing THE CHALLENGE FROM BEYOND.
Weird Tales Volume 47 Number 3, 1973 Fall. Contains SEA CURSE. Published earlier in Weird Tales May 1928.
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.
Weird Tales Summer, 1973. 50th Anniversary Issue. Contains SPEAR AND FANG, a reprint of Howard’s first published story in Weird Tales.
Weird Tales 1973 Fall. Contains THE MAN ON THE GROUND. is a short story by Robert Ervin Howard where two men are fighting a final duel. First published in Weird Tales 1933 July. It is a brief short story (under 2200 words) set in Texas about two men (Cal Reynolds & Esau Brill) who have been feuding for so long that no one really knows how their feud began.
Magazine of Horror #19 (volume 4 number 1).
Contains the poem THE YEARS ARE AS A KNIFE.
Sword & Sorcery Annual 1975 #1. Contains QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST, starring Conan and Belit.
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.
Features include an in-depth 50 page article by Rick McCollum on the classic writers of fantasy in the early 20th century. “The Most Popular Stories in Weird Tales 1924-1940”, a 1969 article on Robert E. Howard by Bob Weinberg, an author index to FANTASTIC NOVELS and FAMOUS FANTASTIC MYSTERIES. Art by Eduardo Barreto, Allen Koszowski, Berni Wrightson and more. Front cover art from an unpublished 1971 issue of SATELLITE SCIENCE FICTION.
