The Adventures of Breckinridge Elkins Volume 1: Ultimate Edition
This volume collects the riotous, over-the-top adventures of Breckinridge Elkins of Bear Creek—Howard’s unique brand of humorous Western fiction. Presented in restored, corrected form, the book includes the original stories as well as drafts, synopses, and unfinished fragments. With an introduction by Mark Finn and cover art by Mark Wheatley, this updated 424-page edition supersedes the original print run and is no longer limited in quantity. Edited by Rob Roehm and Paul Herman.

Contents

• iii • Acknowledgments
• vii • Tickled Ribs and Slapped Knees: Robert E. Howard and Breckinridge Elkins • essay by Mark Finn (Introduction)

The Adventures of Breckinridge Elkins

• 3 • Mountain Man • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1934) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 19 • Guns of the Mountain • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1934) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 35 • A Gent from Bear Creek • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1934) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 55 • A Stranger in Grizzly Claw • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1934) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 73 • The Road to Bear Creek • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1934) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 89 • A Elkins Never Surrenders • non-genre • (1979) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 109 • War on Bear Creek • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1935) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 129 • The Haunted Mountain • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1935) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 145 • The Feud Buster • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1935) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 161 • Cupid from Bear Creek • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1935) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 177 • The Riot at Cougar Paw • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1935) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 195 • The Apache Mountain War • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1935) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 215 • Pilgrims to the Pecos • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1936) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 235 • Pistol Politics • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1936) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 253 • Evil Deeds at Red Cougar • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1936) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 273 • Gents on the Rampage • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1936) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 293 • Gents in Buckskin • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1936) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 313 • Politics at Lonesome Lizard • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1936) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 331 • Sharp’s Gun Serenade • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1937) • short story by Robert E. Howard

Miscellanea

• 351 • Six-Gun Interview • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (2009) • unfinished story by Robert E. Howard
• 363 • A Gent from Bear Creek (earliest known draft) • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1934) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 387 • The Road to Bear Creek (untitled synopsis) • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
• 389 • Evil Deeds at Red Cougar (untitled synopsis) • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
• 391 • Gents on the Rampage (untitled synopsis) • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
• 393 • The Apache Mountain War (untitled synopsis) • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
• 395 • Cupid from Bear Creek (untitled synopsis) • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
• 397 • The Road to Cougar Paw (untitled synopsis) • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
• 399 • Pistol Politics (notes) • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • by Robert E. Howard

Just a placeholder cover – mockup – not the real cover!

Notes

Edited by Paul Herman and Rob Roehm.