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.

Contents

• ifc •  Ghost Stories (Cover of “Ghost Stories”, December 1928) • (1928) • interior artwork by Doris Stanley
• ibc •  Ghost Stories (Cover of “Ghost Stories”, September 1928) • (1928) • interior artwork by Doris Stanley
• [3] • Stories of Ghosts • essay by Camille Cazedessus, Jr. [as by C. E. Cazedessus, Jr.]
• [3] • Ghost Stories – A Complete Checklist • essay by uncredited
• [4] • Neglected Repository of Supernatural Fiction • essay by Sam Moskowitz
• [6] • Ghost Stories Index by Author • essay by James Sieger
• [13] •  Ghost Stories • interior artwork by Carleton Palmer
• [16] •  Ghost Stories [2] • interior artwork by Carleton Palmer
• [22] • This World and the Next • (1931) • essay by Harold Hersey
• [24] • Robert E. Howard is John Taveral • essay by Glenn Lord
• [25] • The Apparition in the Prize Ring • [Ace Jessel] • (1929) • short story by Robert E. Howard [as by John Taverel]
• [25] •  The Apparition in the Prize Ring • (1929) • interior artwork by uncredited
• [29] • The Ghost of the Clergyman’s Wife • (1929) • short story by Noble Forrest
• bc •  Ghost Stories (Cover “Ghost Stories”, July 1931) • (1931) • interior artwork by George Wren

Notes

Edited by Camille E. Cazedessus, Jr.
“The Apparition in the Prize Ring” was originally published in GHOST STORIES, April 1929.