Windy City Pulp Stories No. 24 honors two giants of fantasy and pulp literature. The volume places strong focus on Robert E. Howard—featuring letters, rare family documents, photos, and several early stories, including Spear and Fang, The Hyena, and the De Montour tales. The issue also includes material related to Edgar Rice Burroughs, scholarly essays, art features, and archival treasures from the pulp era. A must-have for fans of both authors and pulp history alike.

Table of Contents

About Robert E. Howard

• 5 – One Hundred Years of Robert E. Howard in Print – Morgan Holmes

Robert E. Howard’s Letters to Adventure

• 14 – Editor’s Note
• 15 – 1923 – December 30
• 18 – 1924 – March 29
• 20 – 1924 – August 20

Howard Family Photos, Documents, and Clippings

• 23 – Editor’s Note
• 23 – Howard Family Photo Gallery
• 24 – Birth Certificate – Robert E. Howard
• 31 – Dr. I.M. Howard Letter to Frank Torbett (June 1936)
• 32 – Obituary no. 01 – Young Author Shoots Self
• 33 – Obituary no. 02 – Writer is Shot at Cross Plains
• 33 – Obituary – Mother, Son to be Buried
• 34 – Death Certificate – Robert Ervin Howard (1936)
• 35 – Death Certificate – Hester Jane Howard (1936)
• 36 – Funeral Notice
• 37 – A Brief Biography of Dr. I.M. Howard (1935)
• 38 – Death Certificate – Dr. Isaac M. Howard (1944)
• 39 – Texas State Journal of Medicine Death Notice – Dr. Isaac M. Howard

Robert E. Howard Fiction and Verse

• 40 – Editor’s Note
• 41 – The Sea (verse, 1923)
• 43 – Spear and Fang (written 1924, published 1925)
• 53 – The Hyena (written 1924, published 1928)
• 68 – The Lost Race (written 1924, published 1928)
• 84 – De Montour 01 – In the Forest of Villefère (1925)
• 89 – De Montour 02 – Wolfshead (1926)

Artist Gary Gianni

• 114 – A Brief Biography of Gary Gianni – Tom Roberts
• 116 – A Gallery of Works by Gary Gianni (representing Solomon Kane, Conan, Bran Mak Morn, Tarzan, and other characters, with commentary)

Edgar Rice Burroughs

• 132 – Tarzan on Mars! – Will Murray
• 142 – The Rarest Burroughs Collectible? – Tom Roberts

From the Vault

• 144 – Editor’s Note
• 145 – The Successful Writer (1925 letter) – Edgar Rice Burroughs
• 147 – The Story Behind Burroughs’ Personal Bookplate (1922) – Edgar Rice Burroughs
• 149 – Press Man Visits Creator of Tarzan (1921) – Anonymous
• 152 – When I Was Twenty-One (1924) – Edgar Rice Burroughs
• 153 – Woman’s First Duty Is in the Home (1928) – Edgar Rice Burroughs
• 156 – He Failed at 18 Jobs Before He Wrote Tarzan (1929) – Edgar Rice Burroughs
• 162 – Why is Tarzan Named Tarzan? (1916) – Fanny Butcher

Film Focus

• 164 – From Pulp to the Silver Screen, 2025 – Ed Hulse
• 180 – Index of Advertisers