Cover image unavailableRisque Stories no. 3
Publication date: March 1987
Introduction
This chapbook is from 1985 and contains the poem 'The Harlot' by Howard. It also contains the story 'Jungle Curse' by Marc A. Cerasini and Charles Hoffman featuring REH's character John Gorman.
Sam Walser and Justin Case was pseudonyms Howard used when writing for Spicy Adventure Stories.
Notes
Saddle stapled, wraps. Page numbers do not include covers.
Cover artist credited on p. 52.
"Foreplay" is an editorial.
"Readers' Rendezvous" is letters to the editor.
"Julie de Grandin, Psychic Sleuth" is a comic strip.
John Gorman was created by Robert E. Howard in an untitled synopsis for a "spicy" adventure story.
Marc A. Cerasini and Charles Hoffman took this synopsis and used it as a basis for a short story, "She-Cats of Samarkand." The story was published under the byline of Sam Walser, a pseudonym REH used when he wrote for the "spicy" pulps.
Four additional John Gorman adventures were published under the author's real names. All of these stories appeared in Robert M. Price’s Cryptic Publications.
By Robert E. Howard:
"Untitled Synopsis," Risque Stories #1
By "Sam Walser"
(pseudonym of Marc A. Cerasini and Charles Hoffman):
"She-Cats of Samarkand," Risque Stories #1
By Marc A. Cerasini and Charles Hoffman:
"The Temple of Forbidden Fruit," Risque Stories #2
"Jungle Curse," Risque Stories #3
"Drums of the Bizango," Pulse-Pounding Adventure Stories #1
"Hell Cat of Hong Kong," Risque Stories #5
Edition and production details
- Format
- Booklet
- Publication date
- March 1987
- Pages
- 52
- Publisher / imprint
- Cryptic Publications
- Cover art
- Stephen E. Fabian
- Illustrations
- RHK
1 linked Howard work
- The Harlot verse Publications
27 contents entries
- "Foreplay" by Robert M. Price
- Foreplay (Risque Stories #3) • essay by Robert M. Price 2 · essay
- "The Harlot" (poem)
- Woman of the Witch-Flowers • short story by Carl Jacobi 3 · story
- Non-REH Content
- Woman of the Witch-Flowers • interior artwork by Barbara LaPlaca 3 · artwork
- "Woman of the Witch-Flowers" by Carl Jacobi
- House of Dark Desire • short story by Hugh B. Cave [as by Justin Case] 10 · story
- "House of Dark Desire" by Justin Case
- House of Dark Desire • interior artwork by Barbara LaPlaca 10 · artwork
- "Pale Shadow" by Lin Carter
- Pale Shadow • [Tara of the Twilight] • short story by Lin Carter 22 · story
- "Jungle Curse" by Marc A. Cerasini and Charles Hoffman (See Notes)
- Pale Shadow • interior artwork by Barbara LaPlaca 22 · artwork
- "The Gift" by Duane Rimel
- Jungle Curse • [John Gorman] • short story by Marc Cerasini and Charles Hoffman [as by Marc A. Cerasini and Charles Hoffman] 25 · story
- Julie de Grandin, Psychic Sleuth in "Paris Nite-Life" by Will Murray and Mike Harris (comic strip)
- Jungle Curse • interior artwork by Barbara LaPlaca 25 · artwork
- "The Spicy Scribes" by Will Murray
- The Gift • short story by Duane W. Rimel [as by Duane Rimel] 37 · story
- Readers' Rendezvous
- The Harlot • poem by Robert E. Howard 39 · poem
- Julie de Grandin, Psychic Sleuth in "Paris Nitelife" • [Julie de Grandin] • short fiction by Will Murray 40 · story
- Julie de Grandin, Phychic Sleuth in "Paris Nitelife" • interior artwork by Mike Harris 40 · artwork
- The Spicy Scribes • essay by Will Murray 46 · essay
- Readers' Rendezvous • essay by uncredited 51 · essay
- Letter (Risque Stories #3) • essay by Dixon Smith 51 · essay
Contributors
- Stephen E. Fabian
- Cover artist
- Barbara LaPlaca
- Illustrator
- RHK
- Illustrator
Additional related terms
Preserved from the former REH World tagging system; these terms have not yet been assigned as contributors, characters or subjects.
Bibliographic and editorial layers
Howard Works source layer
- Title
- Risque Stories #3
- Publisher
- Cryptic Publications
- Date
- July 1985
- Source file
- risquestories3.html
REH World editorial layer
- Title
- Risque Stories no. 3
- Publisher
- Cryptic Publications
- Date
- March 1987