REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #16 from 2012. Contains ‘The Diablos Trails’ by Howard, illustrated by Jim Ordolis. Also included is ‘Miss High-Hat’ by Howard, illustrated by David Burton. Lots of articles and illustrations.

In the mid-1970s, when the Robert E. Howard Boom was just beginning, REH: Two-Gun Raconteur was on the cutting edge of Howard Fandom. During those heady days there was a continuous stream of hardback books, paperbacks, magazines, comics, chapbooks, fanzines, art portfolios and one-shot publications all devoted to the gifted author and poet from Cross Plains, Texas. When the Boom eventually faded out in the late eighties, the fans and admirers of Robert E. Howard still carried the torch, waiting for a time when Howard would return and that time has come. While not on as grand a scale as the earlier boom, it is nonetheless a great time to be a Howard fan.

Each issue features an outstanding line-up of obscure Robert E. Howard fiction, insightful essays and in-depth articles by award winning Howard scholars, plus first-rate artwork by up and coming young artists as well as established favorites.

So, if you are an aficionado of the works of the world’s greatest fantasy and adventure writer, you will find the spirit of Robert E. Howard lives on, bringing fire and thunder to the pages of REH: Two-Gun Raconteur.

Contents

• ifc •  REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #16 (Scene from “The Footfalls Within”) [1] • interior artwork by Bob Covington
• ibc •  REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #16 (Scene from “The Footfalls Within”) [2] • interior artwork by Bob Covington
• 2 • The Junto (REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #16) • essay by uncredited
• 3 • The Dark Lines: Better Late Than Never • essay by Damon C. Sasser
• 4 • The Diablos Trail • non-genre • [Pike Bearfield] • (1983) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
• 4 •  The Diablos Trail • interior artwork by Jim Ordolis
• 9 • When the Dam Breaks: Violence and Wild Water • essay by Dave Hardy
• 13 •  When the Dam Breaks: Violence and Wild Water • interior artwork by Nathan Furman
• 14 • Introducing…in this Corner…Kid Socko • essay by Brian Leno
• 14 •  Introducing…in this Corner…Kid Socko • interior artwork by Clayton Hinkle
• 20 • Ace Jessel and the Ghost of Tom Molineaux • essay by Jeffrey Shanks
• 20 •  Ace Jessel and the Ghost of Tom Molineaux • interior artwork by Nathan Furman
• 26 •  Rogues in the House: A Conan Portfolio • interior artwork by Michael L. Peters
• 31 • Victory • (1976) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 31 • Victory Revisited • poem by Barbara A. Barrett [as by Barbara Barrett]
• 31 •  Victory Revisited • interior artwork by uncredited
• 34 • Robert E. Howard and the Lone Scouts: The Birth of “The Junto” • essay by Rob Roehm
• 34 •  Robert E. Howard and the Lone Scouts: The Birth of “The Junto” • interior artwork by Bill Cavalier
• 41 • All the Crowd • (2009) • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of Untitled poem (“All the crowd meek and proud…”) 2007)
• 41 •  All the Crowd • interior artwork by David Houston
• 42 • One Gent Too Many on Bear Creek • essay by Patrice Louinet
• 42 •  One Gent Too Many on Bear Creek • interior artwork by Joe Wehrle, Jr. [as by Joe Wehrle]
• 50 •  REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #16 • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian
• 53 •  Cover Art – Griots: A Sword and Soul Anthology • interior artwork by Natiq Jalil (variant of cover art for Griots: A Sword and Soul Anthology 2011)
• 53 •   Review: Griots: A Sword and Soul Anthology by Milton J. Davis and Charles R. Saunders • review by Morgan Holmes
• 55 • Miss High-Hat • (1986) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 55 •  Miss High-Hat • interior artwork by David Burton
• 56 •  REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #16 • (1990) • interior artwork by uncredited
• bc •  REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #16 (The Sonora Kid) • interior artwork by Richard Pace

Notes

Volume 1, number 16.
Saddle stapled, wraps. Page numbers do not include covers.
200 numbered copies, signed by Sasser.
Front cover shows Cormac Mac Art and Wulfhere.
“The Junto” gives brief information on the contributors.
“The Dark Lines” is an editorial.

Editor and publisher: Damon C. Sasser