Contents
- xi • Introduction (The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume One: 1923-1929) • essay by Rusty Burke
- xix • Notes on the Text (The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume One: 1923-1929) • essay by Rob Roehm
- 3 • Untitled poem (“When Napoleon down in Africa…”) • (1999) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 3 • To Tevis Clyde Smith — handwritten. June 8, 1923 (“Hello Clyde, / May the blessings…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, June 8, 1923 (“Hello Clyde, / May the blessings of Allah rest upon you…”) 1999)
- 4 • Love Affair in the Old Stone Age • interior artwork by Robert E. Howard
- 4 • Neolithic Love Song • (1987) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 5 • The Flapper Long Live the Queen • (1999) • interior artwork by Robert E. Howard
- 6 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, June 22, 1923 (“Clyde sahib, greeting: / I found your first letter…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, June 22, 1923 (“Clyde sahib, greeting: / I found your first letter…”))
- 7 • Untitled poem (“Now bright, now red, the sabers sped…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 7 • Untitled poem (“The helmsman gaily, rode down the rickerboo…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 8 • The Dook of Stork • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
- 8 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, July 7, 1923 (“To Clyde bahadur-sahib, greeting: / I got your letter…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, July 7, 1923 (“To Clyde bahadur-sahib, greeting: / I got your letter…”))
- 11 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, July 30, 1923 (“Clyde sahib, bohut salaam, bahadur; / The picnic has come…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, July 30, 1923 (“Clyde sahib, bohut salaam, bahadur: / The picnic has come and went…”))
- 12 • Untitled poem (“Bill Boozy was a pirate bold…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 14 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, August 4, 1923 (“Clyde sahib; / You say I’ll be in…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, August 4, 1923 (“Clyde Sahib; / You say I’ll be in Kabul…”))
- 17 • Untitled poem (“A clash of steel, a thud of hoofs…:) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 17 • Untitled poem (“A hundred years the great war raged…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 18 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, August 24, 1923 (“Bohut salaam, Clyde sahib; / I was all ready to come over to…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, August 24, 1923 (“Bohut Salaam, Clyde sahib: / I was all ready to come over…”) 1989)
- 21 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, September 9, 1923 (“Clyde sahib; / First off I must apologize for not…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, September 9, 1923 (“Clyde Sahib: / First off I must apologize for not …”) 1989)
- 23 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, October 5, 1923 (“Salaam, Clyde; / Maybe you think I’ve moved…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, October 5, 1923 (“Salaam Clyde; / Maybe you think I’ve moved…”))
- 25 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, November 4, 1923 (“Bohut salaam, Clyde bahadur; / It’s been quite a while…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, November 4, 1923 (“Bohut salaam, Clyde bahadur; / It’s been quite a while…”))
- 31 • To “Adventure”, ca. February 1924 (“I am writing for information…”) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to “Adventure” Magazine (“Question: ‘I am writing for information in regard to…'”) 1924)
- 31 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, April 21, 1924 (“Salaam, Clyde sahib; / I should have written…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, April 21, 1924 (“Salaam, Clyde sahib; / I should have written you sooner…”))
- 33 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, June 19, 1924 (“Salaam, Clyde sahib; / I suppose you think I’m rather slow…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, June 19, 1924 (“Salaam, Clyde sahib; / I suppose you think I’m rather slow…”))
- 34 • To “Adventure”, ca. July 1924 (“1. At what period did the feudal…”) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to “Adventure” Magazine (“1. At what period did the feudal system…:) 1924)
- 35 • Mexican Soldiers, the Pride of the Nation • (1999) • interior artwork by Robert E. Howard
- 35 • Untitled poem (“Palm-trees are waving in the gulf-breeze…”) • (1999) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 35 • To Tevis Clyde Smith — handwritten. September 7, 1924 (“Salaam, Clyde; / You ought to be here…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, September 7, 1924 (“Salaam, Clyde, / You ought to be here. / Palm-trees are waving…”) 1999)
- 36 • Spig Acting Smart • (1999) • interior artwork by Robert E. Howard
- 37 • To “Western Story”, ca. fall 1924 (“— And I am not one of those…”) • essay by Robert E. Howard
- 41 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, January 7, 1925 (“Salaam, Clyde sahib; / I was in Brownwood the…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, January 7, 1925 (“Salaam, Clyde sahib; / I was in Brownwood the other day…”))
- 43 • Untitled poem (“Hills of the North! Lavender hills…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 43 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, January 30, 1925 (“Salaam, sahib; / I’m sending you a lot of junk…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, January 30, 1925 (“Salaam, Sahib; / I’m sending you a lot of junk…”))
- 44 • Untitled poem (“Dark are your eyes…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 44 • Untitled poem (“How your right thudded…”) • (1996) • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of Slugger’s Vow)
- 44 • Untitled poem (“I am the Spirit of War!…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 44 • Untitled poem (“I lay in Yen’s opium joint…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 45 • To Robert W. Gordon, February 4, 1925 (“Dear Sir; / I am sending you a few songs…”) • [Letters to Robert W. Gordon] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Robert W. Gordon, February 4, 1925 (“Dear Sir: / I am sending you a few songs…”) 1999)
- 50 • The Bombing of Gon Fanfew • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 50 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, February 25, 1925 (“Salaam,sahib; / Chapter XIX / Writers of the Bunkorian Age…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, February 25, 1925 (“Salaam, Sahib; / Chapter XIX / Writers of the Bunkorian Age…”))
- 52 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, March 17, 1925 (“The top o’ the marnin’ O’Clydo; / Faith and bejabbers!…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, March 17, 1925 (“The top o’ the marnin’, O’Clydo; / Faith and bejabbers!…”))
- 53 • The Sappious Few Menchew • short story by Robert E. Howard
- 55 • The Post of the Sappy Skipper • short story by Robert E. Howard
- 55 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, April 6, 1925 (“Salaam, sahib; / What ho! I have never read…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, April 6, 1925 (“Salaam, sahib; / What ho! I have never read…”))
- 57 • An interview With James J. Bunkus / The Bore of the Cowed • short story by Robert E. Howard
- 57 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, May 24, 1925 (“Salaam; / Hot zowie, old topper…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, May 24, 1925 (“Salaam; / Hot zowie, old topper…”))
- 58 • Untitled poem (“When you were a set-up and I was a ham…”) • (1990) • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of When You Were a Set-up and I Was a Ham)
- 59 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, July 7, 1925 (“Salaam, Sahib; / I believe you owe me a letter…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, July 7, 1925 (“Salaam, Sahib; / I believe you owe me a letter…”))
- 60 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, July 16, 1925 (“Salaam, sahib; / What ho, milord!…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, July 16, 1925 (Salaam, sahib: / What ho, milord!…”) 1989)
- 60 • Untitled poem (“And Dempsey climbed into the ring and the crowd sneered…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 61 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, July, 1925 (“Salaam, Clyde; / Old boy, I got your letter…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, July 1925 (“Salaam, Clyde; / Old boy, I got your letter…”))
- 64 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. July 1925 (“Salaam, Clyde sahib, / I haven’t got any answer…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. July 1925 (“Salaam, Clyde sahib, / I haven’t got any answer…”))
- 64 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, August 6, 1925 (“Salaam; / I’m glad you passed the exams…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, August 6, 1925 (“Salaam; / I’m glad you passed the exams…”))
- 66 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, August 26, 1925 (“Salaam; / I’ve been thinking. What is reality…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, August 26, 1925 (“Salaam: / I’ve been thinking. What is reality…”) 1989)
- 66 • Untitled poem (“I tell you this, my friend…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 68 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, August 28, 1925 (“Salaam; / I’ve been thinking. Did you ever stop…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Trevis Clyde Smith, August 28, 1925 (“Salaam: / I’ve been thinking. Did you ever stop…”) 1989)
- 69 • Untitled poem (“Mingle my dust with the burning brand…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 69 • Untitled poem (“Roses laughed in her pretty hair…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 70 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, October 9, 1925 (“Salaam, sahib; / Say, bo, you’re developing into a real poet…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, October 9, 1925 (“Salaam, sahib; / Say, bo, you’re developing into a real poet…”))
- 71 • Untitled poem (“All the crowd meek and proud…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 72 • To Herbert Klatt, ca. fall 1925 (“Bohut salaam, bahader; / Again I write you, being…”) • essay by Robert E. Howard
- 75 • To “Weird Tales”, ca. January 1926 (“…These are sheer masterpieces…”) • [Letters to Weird Tales] • essay by Robert E. Howard
- 75 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, January 14, 1926 (“Salaam, bahadur, bohut salaam; / By Baal I am joyed…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, January 14, 1926 (“Salaam, bahadur, bohut salaam; / By Baal I am joyed…”))
- 77 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, January 14, 1926 (“Salaam; / This is a habit of mine…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, January 14, 1926 (“Salaam; / This is a habit of mine, always was…”))
- 80 • Letter to Farnsworth Wright, January 23, 1926 (“Dear Sir; / I have no carbon copy…”) • [Letters to Farnsworth Wright] • essay by Robert E. Howard
- 81 • To Robert W. Gordon, February 15, 1926 (“Dear Mr. Gordon; / I was delighted to receive your letter…”) • [Letters to Robert W. Gordon] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Robert W. Gordon, February 15, 1926 (“Dear Mr. Gordon; / I was delighted to receive your letter…”) 1998)
- 86 • To “The Ring”, ca. early 1926 (“Here is my opinion on the greatest…”) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to “The Ring” Magazine (“Here is my opinion on the greatest heavyweights…”) 1926)
- 87 • To Robert W. Gordon, April 9, 1926 (“Dear Sir; / I must really ask your pardon…”) • [Letters to Robert W. Gordon] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Robert W. Gordon, April 9, 1926 (“Dear Sir: / I must really ask your pardon…”) 1998)
- 93 • The Dancer • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 93 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, April 14, 1926 (“Salaam; / Being in an (un)poetical mood…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, April 14, 1926 (“Salaam; / Being in an (un)poetical mood…”))
- 94 • Destiny (“What is there real, my girl… “) • (1989) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 94 • Laughter • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 96 • Untitled poem (“The shades of night were falling faster…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 96 • Untitled poem (“We are the duckers of crosses…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 97 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, May 7, 1926 (“Salaam; / I’m sending you a flock of poetry…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, May 7, 1926 (“Salaam; / I’m sending you a flock of poetry…”))
- 97 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926 (“Salaam; / I’m trying to write again…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926 (“Salaam; / I’m trying to write again…”))
- 98 • Eternity • (1991) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 98 • Untitled poem (“Early in the morning I gazed at the eastern skies…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 98 • Untitled poem (“Give ye of my best though the dole be meager…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 99 • Serpent • (2007) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 100 • Adventure (“I am the spur that rides men’s souls…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 100 • Destiny (“I am a white trail…”) • (2006) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 100 • Shadows (“I am that which was, was never…”) • (2006) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 101 • Adventurer • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 101 • Dancer • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 101 • Dreamer • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 101 • Libertine • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 101 • Nun • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 101 • Poet • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 101 • Prude • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 102 • Cowboy • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 102 • Deeps • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 102 • Girl • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 102 • Sailor • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 102 • Toper • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 103 • Mystic • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 103 • Orientia • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 103 • The Mountains of California • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 103 • Thor • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 104 • Lust • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 104 • Monarchs • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 105 • Romance (“Shouting I come, flouting I come…”) • (2006) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 105 • San Jacinto (“Flowers bloom on San Jacinto…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 105 • The Alamo • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 106 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, August 6, 1926 (“Salaam, sahib; / In the first place, pardon…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, August 6, 1926 (“Salaam, sahib; / In the first place, pardon…”))
- 107 • Arcadian Days • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 110 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, August 21, 1926 (“Bohut salaam, sahib; / I think you owe me one, two…) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, August 21, 1926 (“Bohut salaam, sahib; / I think you owe me one, two, three…”))
- 112 • Twilight on Stonehenge • (1989) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 113 • Ocean-Thoughts • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 114 • The Campus at Midnight • (1976) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 114 • To Edna Mann, October 30, 1926 (“Dear Friend; / As usual I have to start my letter with an apology…”) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Edna Mann, October 30, 1926 (“Dear Friend; / As usual I have to start my letter…”))
- 119 • To Robert W. Gordon — handwritten. January 2, 1926 (“My dear Mr. Gordon; / Upon seeing a request…”) • [Letters to Robert W. Gordon] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Robert W. Gordon, January 2, 1926 (“My dear Mr. Gordon; / Upon seeing a request of yours in a late copy…”) 1999)
- 121 • To Robert W. Gordon, March 17, 1927 (“Dear Mr. Gordon; / This time I have an excuse…”) • [Letters to Robert W. Gordon] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Robert W. Gordon, March 17, 1927 (“Dear Mr. Gordon, / This time I have an excuse for not having answered…”) 1999)
- 126 • To “Weird Tales”, ca. May 1927 (“Your last three issues…”) • [Letters to Weird Tales] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter (Weird Tales, June 1927) 1927)
- 126 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. late August / early September 1927 (“ARE YOU THE YOUNG MAN…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. late August / early September 1927 (“Are you the young man to whom…”))
- 127 • Where Strange Gods Squall (“Yes, I might have learned…”) • short story by Robert E. Howard
- 127 • Untitled poem (“Take some honey from a cat…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 128 • Revenge • (1990) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
- 130 • Legend • short story by Robert E. Howard
- 130 • The Mottoes of the Boy Scouts • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 131 • Untitled poem (“Against the blood red moon a tower stands…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 131 • Untitled poem (“Toast to the British! Damn their souls to Hell…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 132 • Where Strange Gods Squall II (“There it was…”) • short story by Robert E. Howard
- 132 • Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. fall 1927 (“Salaam: / Then the little boy said to…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. fall 1927 (“Salaam: / Then the little boy said to Goofus Gorilla…”))
- 133 • Untitled poem (“What’s become of Waring…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 134 • The Robes of the Righteous • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 135 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. September 1927 (“Salaam: / Having just got your letter…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. September 1927 (“Salaam: / Having just got your letter I’ll write now…”) 1989)
- 135 • Untitled poem (“After the trumps are sounded…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 137 • Untitled poem fragment (“Along the road that leads to Hell…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 137 • Untitled poem fragment (“A jackal laughed from a thicket…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 138 • Untitled poem (“The baron of Fenland sat at east…”) • (1986) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 139 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca.October 1927 (“Salaam: / Seeking cognizance of things looked…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. October 1927 (“Salaam: / Seeking cognizance of things looked…”) 1989)
- 139 • The Fastidious Fooey Mancucu • short story by Robert E. Howard
- 140 • Untitled poem (“Tell me not in coocoo numbers…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 145 • Lilith • (1982) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 145 • The Gods Remember (“Lost wonders of the ages lie…”) • (1986) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 146 • The Dreams of Men • (1989) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 146 • The Builders (“We reared Bab-ilu’s towers…”) • (2007) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 147 • The Road to Babel • (1989) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 150 • Memories (“Shall we remember, friend of the morning…”) • (1988) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 155 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. January 1928 (“Salaam: / Listen, you crumb, I think you already…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. January 1928 (“Salaam: / Listen, you crumb, I think…”) 1989)
- 155 • Wolfsdung • (1988) • short story by Robert E. Howard
- 157 • Untitled poem (“Keep women, thrones and kingly lands…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 158 • Untitled poem (“Mother Eve, Mother Eve, I name you a fool…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 158 • Untitled poem (“The east is red and I am dead…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 158 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. January 1928 (“I wasn’t lying to you Saturday…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. January 1928 (“I wasn’t lying to you Saturday…”) 1989)
- 158 • Untitled poem (“The world goes back to the primitive, yea…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 158 • Untitled poem (“I do not sing of a paradise…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 159 • Symbols • (1989) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 160 • Romany Road • (1989) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 160 • Love • (1989) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 161 • The Chant Demoniac • (1989) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 161 • A Man • (1998) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 162 • The Grey Lover • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 162 • Life (“About me rise the primal mists…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 162 • King Hootus • short story by Robert E. Howard
- 165 • To Harold Preece, ca. January-February 1928 (“Salaam; / Say, listen, tramp, you owe me…”) • [Letters to Harold Preece] • essay by Robert E. Howard
- 168 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, week of February 20, 1928 (“The fellow who wrote ‘The Kasidah’ strung…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, week of February 20, 1928 (“The fellow who wrote ‘The Kasidah’ strung a lot…”) 1989)
- 172 • Untitled play (“A typical small town drugstore…”) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
- 180 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. March 1928 (“The only reason for writing this letter is…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. March 1928 (“The only reason for writing this letter…”) 1989)
- 182 • Untitled poem (“Keresa, Keresita, an echo shivers…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of Keresa, Keresita 1989)
- 183 • How to Select a Successful Evangelist • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 183 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. March 1928 (“Salaam: / Not having much of anything specially…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. March 1928 (“Salaam: / Not having much of anything specially to say…”))
- 184 • A Song of Cheer • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 184 • The Choir Girl • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 185 • Repentance • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 186 • Untitled story (“Thoid round de Kid…”) • short story by Robert E. Howard
- 189 • Untitled poem (“I am Man from the primal, I…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 190 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. March 1928 (“Salaam: / Glad you’re writing these days…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. March 1928 (“Salaam: / Glad you’re writing these days…”) 1989)
- 190 • Untitled poem (“The spiders of weariness come on me…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 190 • Untitle poem (“Follow me, oh grim Elijah…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Dust Dance (“Follow me, oh, grim Elijah…”) 1989)
- 191 • Untitled poem (“Moses was our leader and Moses knew his Hebrews…”) • (1989) • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Odyssey of Israel)
- 194 • Secrets • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 195 • Untitled poem (“Grim, grim, grim the elephants were…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 196 • The Chinese Gong • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 197 • To Harold Preece, ca. early 1928 (“Salaam: / You’ll have to pardon me for not having…”) • [Letters to Harold Preece] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Harold Preece, ca. early 1928 (“Salaam: / You’ll have to pardon me for not having…”))
- 199 • To “Weird Tales”, ca. April 1928 (“Mr. Lovecraft’s latest story…”) • [Letters to Weird Tales] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter (Weird Tales, May 1928) 1928)
- 200 • To Robert W. Gordon, postmarked May 14, 1928 (“Dear Mr. Gordon: / Many thanks for the letter…”) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Robert W. Gordon, postmarked May 14, 1928 (“Dear Mr. Gordon: / Many thanks for the letter, also the paper…”) 1998)
- 202 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. May 1928 (“Salaam: / So Klatt has gone West…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. May 1928 (“Salaam: / So Klatt has gone West…”) 1989)
- 204 • The Rump of Swift • short story by Robert E. Howard
- 204 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. June 1928 (“Salaam; / Ho, ho, the long lights lift…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. June 1928 (“Salaam; / Ho, ho, the long lights lift amain…”))
- 206 • A Young Wife’s Tale • (1987) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 207 • Lesbia • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 208 • A Roman Lady • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 209 • Untitled poem (“They matched me up that night with a bird that was a fright…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 210 • Song of a Fugitive Bard • (1989) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 211 • Untitled poem (“A cringing woman’s lot is hard…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 212 • Nights to Both of Us Known • (1989) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 213 • To Harold Preece, ca. June 1928 (“Salaam: / No, I was not trying to catch flies…”) • [Letters to Harold Preece] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Harold Preece, ca. June 1928 (“Salaam: / No, I was not trying to catch flies…”))
- 215 • Postcard to Harold Preece, postmarked June 4, 1928 • interior artwork by Robert E. Howard
- 215 • Postcard to Harold Preece, postmarked June 4, 1928 (drawing) • [Letters to Harold Preece] • (1971) • essay by Robert E. Howard
- 216 • To “The Fort Worth Record”, ca. July 1928 (“Tunney can’t win. After the fight…”) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Ft. Worth Star Telegram Newspaper (“Tunney can’t win. After the fight…”) 1928)
- 216 • To “The Brownwood Bulletin”, July 18, 1928 (“Arthur ‘Kid’ Dula is due to be…”) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Dula Due to Be Champion 1928)
- 218 • A Warning to Orthodoxy • (1989) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 218 • Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. July 1928 (“Salaam: / A Warning to Orthodoxy…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. July 1928 (“Salaam: / A Warning to Orthodoxy / Frozen crust that a hoof…”))
- 219 • To Harold Preece, ca. August 1928 (“Salaam: / Glad you enjoyed our reunion…”) • [Letters to Harold Preece] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Harold Preece, circa September 1928 (“Salaam: / Glad you enjoyed our reunion…”) 1976)
- 223 • To Harold Preece, postmarked September 5, 1928 (“Salaam: / Yes, I like the idea of Eldorado…”) • [Letters to Harold Preece] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Harold Preece, postmarked September 5, 1928 (“Salaam: / Yes, I Iike the idea of Eldorado…”) 1967)
- 226 • To Harold Preece, ca. September 1928 (“Salaam: / Tunney sure gave Heeney a tough beating…”) • [Letters to Harold Preece] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Harold Preece, ca. September 1928 (“Salaam: / Tunney sure gave Heeney a tough…”))
- 229 • To Harold Preece, postmarked September 23, 1928 (“Salaam: / The tang of winter is in the air…”) • [Letters to Harold Preece] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Harold Preece, postmarked September 23, 1928 (“Salaam: / The tang of winter is in the air…”) 1989)
- 233 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. October 1928 (“Salaam: / I could have gone with you…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. October 1928 (“Salaam: / I could have gone with you for dinner…”) 1989)
- 235 • Untitled poem (“Long were the years, life-long…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Ecstasy of Desolation 1989)
- 236 • To Harold Preece, received October 20, 1928 (“Salaam: / Your stationery is alright…”) • [Letters to Harold Preece] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Harold Preece, received October 20, 1928 (“Salaam: / Your stationery is alright…”) 1976)
- 239 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. October 1928 (“Salaam: / The reason I’m sending ‘The Junto’ to you…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. October 1928 (“Salaam; / The reason I’m sending ‘The Junto’ to you…”))
- 240 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. November 1928 (“Salaam: / Listen you goddamn so forth and so on…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. November 1928 (“Salaam: / Listen you goddamn so forth…”))
- 241 • A Song of the Anchor Chain • (1989) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 243 • The Ballad of Abe Slickemmore • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 243 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. November 1928 (“Salaam: / I’ll swear you’re the only galoot…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. November 1928 (“Salaam: / I’ll swear you’re the only galoot…”) 1989)
- 244 • Song from an Ebony Heart • (1989) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 245 • Untitled Poem (“Swords glimmered up the pass…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 248 • Rebellion • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 248 • A Great Man Speaks • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 250 • Yodels of Good Sneer to the Pipple, Damn Them • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 251 • Untitled poem (“He clutched his penis tight…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 252 • Untitled poem (“Noah was my applesauce…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 253 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. November 1928 (“Salaam: / THIS IS A LETTER I STARTED…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard
- 253 • Untitled poem (“Let me live as I was born to live…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 254 • Untitled poem (“Adam’s loins were mountains…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 255 • The Ballad of Monk Kickawhore • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 257 • A Ballad of Insanity • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 258 • Untitled poem (“I hate the man who tells me that I lied…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 258 • A Far Country • (1989) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 259 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. November 1928 (“Salaam: / I got such a laugh out of your parody…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. November 1928 (“Salaam: / I got such a laugh out of your parody…”))
- 260 • Nancy Hawk – A Legend of Virginity • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 265 • Untitled poem (“Drawers that a girl strips down her thighs…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 265 • Untitled story (“Tumba Hooey was an ordinary…”) • short story by Robert E. Howard
- 267 • To a Nameless Woman • (1989) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 268 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. November 1928 (“Heh heh! At last I’ve sold…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. November 1928 (“Heh heh! At last I’ve sold a story to…”) 1989)
- 268 • Untitled poem (“Scarlet and gold are the stars…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 269 • Untitled poem (“Old Faro Bill was a man of might…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 269 • Untitled poem (“Rebel souls from the falling dark…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 270 • Untitled poem (“My heart is a silver drum tonight…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 270 • Untitled poem (“A Sappe ther wos and that a crumbe manne…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 271 • Untitled poem (“Now come the days of high…”) • (1989) • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of A Fable for Critics)
- 271 • Untitled poem (“Romona! Romona!…”) • (2002) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 271 • Untitled poem (“Sappho, the Grecian hills are gold…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 271 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. November-December 1928 (“Salaam: / Heh heh! / Sappho, the Grecian hills…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. November-December 1928 (“Salaam: / Heh heh! / Sappho, the Grecian hills…”))
- 274 • Untitled poem (“My brother he was an auctioneer…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 276 • Untitled poem (“I carved a woman…”) • (1989) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 276 • Untitled poem (“Out in front of Goldstein’s, over by the Loop…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 276 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. December 1928 (“Salaam: / Out in front of Goldstein’s…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. December 1928 (“Salaam: / Out in front of Goldstein’s, over by the loop…”))
- 278 • An American • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 278 • The Deed beyond the Deed • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 279 • Untitled poem (“There’s an isle far away on the breast of the sea…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 280 • Untitled poem (“Stay not from me, that veil of dreams…”) • (1989) • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of Shadow of Dreams 1929)
- 281 • My Children • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 284 • Untitled poem (“The women come and…”) • (2002) • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Slayer)
- 285 • Untitled poem (“Silence falls on Mecca’s walls…”) • (1987) • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of Silence Falls on Mecca’s Walls)
- 285 • Untitled poem (“The chariots were chanting in the gloom…”) • (1989) • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Last Words He Heard)
- 286 • Untitled poem (“Flappers flicker and flap and flirt …”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 286 • Untitled poem (“Love is singing soft and low…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 286 • Untitled poem (“I hold all women are a gang of tramps… “) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 287 • To Harold Preece, ca. December 1928 (“Salaam: / You’re right; women are great actors…”) • [Letters to Harold Preece] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Harold Preece, no date (“Salaam: / You’re right; women are great actors…”) 1976)
- 292 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. late 1928 (“Salaam: / I’ll swear, if I’d laughed much more…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. late 1928 (“Salaam: / I’ll swear, if I’d laughed much more…”))
- 293 • The People of the Winged Skulls • short story by Robert E. Howard
- 301 • Untitled poem (“Moonlight and shadows barred the land…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 305 • To “Weird Tales”, unmailed, ca. January 1929 (“…whatever to do with beetles…”) • [Letters to Weird Tales] • essay by Robert E. Howard
- 306 • Ancient English Balladel • (1987) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 306 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. February 1929 (“Salaam: / Ancient English Balladel…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. February 1929 (“Salaam: / Ancient English Balladel by Redbriht Howarde…”))
- 307 • Untitled poem (“At the Inn of the Gory Dagger, with nothing to win or lose…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 312 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. February 1929 (“Salaam: / Last night the Sunday School…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. February 1929 (“Salaam: / Last night the Sunday School class has a party…”) 1989)
- 313 • The Case of the College Toilet • short story by Robert E. Howard
- 319 • Untitled poem (“And there were lethal women, flaming ice and fire…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 320 • Untitled poem (“The scent of cooking meat…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 320 • Untitled poem (“A haunting cadence fills the night with fierce longing…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 321 • Untitled poem (“Through the mists of silence there came…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 321 • The Mysteries • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 322 • Shadows (“A black moon nailed against a sullen dawn…”) • [The Black Dawn Sequence • 1] • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 322 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. March 1929 (“Salaam: / Black Dawn…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. March 1929 (“Salaam: / Black Dawn / 1. Shadows / A black moon…”))
- 323 • Clouds • [The Black Dawn Sequence • 2] • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 323 • Shrines • [The Black Dawn Sequence • 3] • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 324 • Invocation • [The Black Dawn Sequence • 5] • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 324 • The Iron Harp (“They sell brown men for gold in Zanzibar…”) • [The Black Dawn Sequence • 4] • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 325 • The Path of the Strange Wanderers • (1989) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 326 • At the Bazaar • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 326 • Untitled story (“‘Hatrack!’ a voice came to me…”) • short story by Robert E. Howard
- 327 • Untitled poem (“There was an old Dick whose name was Stiff…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 328 • Untitled poem (“By old Abie Goldstein’s pawnshop…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 329 • Bastards All! • (1987) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
- 340 • Songs of Bastards • (1987) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
- 352 • To a Roman Woman • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 352 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. early to mid 1929 (“Salaam: / Life is a yellow mist among…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. early to mid 1929 (“Salaam: / Life is a yellow mist among the stars…”))
- 353 • Ivory in the Night • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 354 • To Harold Preece, c. March 1929 (“Salaam: / I’ve been very neglectful…”) • [Letters to Harold Preece] • essay by Robert E. Howard
- 357 • To “Argosy All-Story Weekly”, ca. Spring 1929 (“I was born in Texas about…”) • essay by Robert E. Howard
- 357 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. April 1929 (“Salaam: / The iron harp that Adam…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard
- 357 • Untitled poem (“The iron harp that Adam christened…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 359 • To the Contented • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 359 • High Blue Halls • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 360 • An American Epic • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 361 • To “Thrills of the Jungle Magazine”, ca. June to late 1929 (“Editor Thrills of the Jungle Magazine…”) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to “Thrills of the Jungle” Magazine, no date (“Dear Sir: / I enclose herewith a short story manuscript Black Country…”) 1998)
- 361 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. June 1929 (“Salaam: / I received an announcement from Chicago…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca June 1929 (“Salaam: / I received an announcement from Chicago…”) 1989)
- 362 • Black Seas • (1987) • poem by Robert E. Howard
- 362 • A Drammer: “Damn Yuh, Suh!” • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
- 364 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. July 1929 (“Salaam: / The main reason I’m writing this letter…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. July 1929 (“Salaam: / The main reason I’m writing this letter…”) 1989)
- 365 • Irony • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
- 370 • To Harold Preece, ca. September 1929 (“Salaam: / I’ve been reading ‘Destiny Bay’…”) • [Letters to Harold Preece] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Harold Preece, ca. September 1929 (“Salaam: / I’ve been reading ‘Destiny Bay’ and…”) 1989)
- 373 • To Harold Preece, postmarked September 18, 1929 (“I don’t remember saying anything…”) • [Letters to Harold Preece] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Harold Preece, postmarked September 18, 1929 (“I don’t remember saying anything…”) 1976)
- 375 • To “Weird Tales”, ca. October 1929 (“I have just been reading the September…”) • [Letters to Weird Tales] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter (Weird Tales, November 1929) 1929)
- 376 • To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca.late December 1929 (“Well: / Here I am doing business at the old stand…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. late December 1929 (“Well: / Here I am doing business at the old stand…”) 1989)