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The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard

Subterranean Press

2010
Edition format
Hardcover
Contains
PoetryStories

Publication date: 2010

Introduction

The best horror stories and poems by Robert E. Howard is collected in this beautiful book by Subterranean Press.

The UK based small press Wandering Star issued glorious editions of Robert E. Howard’s work, including The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn, The Ultimate Triumph, as well as two volumes of Howard’s Conan tales. Subterranean Press followed this when Wandering Star folded. It's basically a beautiful reprint of Del Reys book.

Notes

Limited Edition:
750 numbered copies signed by Greg Staples

Deluxe Edition:
50 numbered copies signed by the artist, bound in leather, housed in a leather slipcase.
Contains all of the black and white artwork from the Del Rey edition. In addition, the seven full page black and white illustrations are reproduced as full color plates.

Edited by Rusty Burke
Art Director: Marcelo Anciano
Typographer: Stuart Williams
The texts for this edition were based on Howard's original typescripts or the first published appearance if a typescript was unavailable.

Edition and production details

Language
English
Edition
1st
Edition format
Hardcover with dustjacket
Publication date
2010
Identifiers
ISBN-13: 978-159606-332-7
Pages
560
Publisher / imprint
Subterranean Press
Cover art
Greg Staples
Illustrations
Greg Staples

63 linked Howard works

129 contents entries

  1. "Artist's Forward" by Greg Staples
  2. The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard • interior artwork by Greg Staples artwork
  3. "Introduction" by Rusty Burke
  4. Foreword (The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard) • (2008) • essay by Greg Staples xv · introduction
  5. "In the Forest of Villefère"
  6. Introduction (The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard) • essay by Rusty Burke xvii · introduction
  7. "A Song of the Werewolf Folk" (poem)
  8. In the Forest of Villefère • [De Montour] • (1925) • short story by Robert E. Howard 1 · story
  9. "Wolfshead"
  10. A Song of the Werewolf Folk • (1987) • poem by Robert E. Howard 5 · poem
  11. "Up, John Kane!" (poem)
  12. Wolfshead • [De Montour] • (1926) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 6 · novelette
  13. "Remembrance" (poem)
  14. Up, John Kane! • (1977) • poem by Robert E. Howard 27 · poem
  15. "The Dream Snake"
  16. Remembrance • (1928) • poem by Robert E. Howard 28 · poem
  17. "Sea Curse"
  18. The Dream Snake • (1928) • short story by Robert E. Howard 29 · story
  19. "The Moor Ghost" (poem)
  20. Sea Curse • [Faring Town] • (1928) • short story by Robert E. Howard 35 · story
  21. "Moon Mockery" (poem)
  22. The Moor Ghost • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard 41 · poem
  23. "The Little People"
  24. Moon Mockery • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard 42 · poem
  25. "Dead Man’s Hate" (poem)
  26. The Little People • (1970) • short story by Robert E. Howard 43 · story
  27. "The Tavern" (poem)
  28. Dead Man's Hate • (1930) • poem by Robert E. Howard 49 · poem
  29. "Rattle of Bones"
  30. The Tavern • (1970) • poem by Robert E. Howard 50 · poem
  31. "The Fear that Follows" (poem)
  32. Rattle of Bones • [Solomon Kane] • (1929) • short story by Robert E. Howard 51 · story
  33. "The Spirit of Tom Molyneaux"
  34. The Fear That Follows • (1970) • poem by Robert E. Howard 57 · poem
  35. "Casonetto’s Last Song"
  36. The Spirit of Tom Molyneaux • (2008) • short story by Robert E. Howard 58 · story
  37. "The Touch of Death"
  38. Casonetto's Last Song • (1973) • short story by Robert E. Howard 71 · story
  39. "Out of the Deep"
  40. The Touch of Death • (1930) • short story by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Fearsome Touch of Death) 75 · story
  41. "A Legend of Faring Town" (poem)
  42. Out of the Deep • [Faring Town] • (1967) • short story by Robert E. Howard 80 · story
  43. "Restless Waters"
  44. A Legend of Faring Town • [Faring Town] • (1975) • poem by Robert E. Howard 88 · poem
  45. "The Shadow of the Beast"
  46. Restless Waters • (1974) • short story by Robert E. Howard 89 · story
  47. "The Dead Slaver’s Tale" (poem)
  48. The Shadow of the Beast • non-genre • (1977) • short story by Robert E. Howard 95 · story
  49. "Dermod’s Bane"
  50. The Dead Slaver's Tale • (1974) • poem by Robert E. Howard 104 · poem
  51. "The Hills of the Dead"
  52. Dermod's Bane • (1967) • short story by Robert E. Howard 105 · story
  53. "Dig Me No Grave"
  54. The Hills of the Dead • [Solomon Kane] • (1930) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 110 · novelette
  55. "The Song of a Mad Minstrel" (poem)
  56. Dig Me No Grave • [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] • (1937) • short story by Robert E. Howard 131 · story
  57. "The Children of the Night"
  58. The Song of a Mad Minstrel • (1931) • poem by Robert E. Howard 142 · poem
  59. "Musings" (1, poem)
  60. The Children of the Night • [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] • (1931) • short story by Robert E. Howard 143 · story
  61. "The Black Stone"
  62. Musings ("The little poets sing of little things ...") • (1968) • poem by Robert E. Howard 158 · poem
  63. "The Thing on the Roof"
  64. The Black Stone • [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] • (1931) • short story by Robert E. Howard 159 · story
  65. "The Dweller in Dark Valley" (poem)
  66. The Thing on the Roof • [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] • (1932) • short story by Robert E. Howard 176 · story
  67. "The Horror from the Mound"
  68. The Dweller in Dark Valley • (1965) • poem by Robert E. Howard 184 · poem
  69. "A Dull Sound as of Knocking" (poem)
  70. The Horror from the Mound • (1932) • short story by Robert E. Howard 185 · story
  71. "People of the Dark"
  72. A Dull Sound as of Knocking • (2002) • poem by Robert E. Howard 200 · poem
  73. "Delenda Est"
  74. People of the Dark • (1932) • short story by Robert E. Howard 201 · story
  75. "The Cairn on the Headland"
  76. Delenda Est • (1968) • short story by Robert E. Howard 217 · story
  77. "Worms of the Earth"
  78. The Cairn on the Headland • (1933) • short story by Robert E. Howard 223 · story
  79. "The Symbol" (poem)
  80. Worms of the Earth • [Bran Mak Morn] • (1932) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 240 · novelette
  81. "The Valley of the Lost" (2)
  82. The Symbol • (1976) • poem by Robert E. Howard 268 · poem
  83. "The Hoofed Thing"
  84. The Valley of the Lost • (1975) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 269 · novelette
  85. "The Noseless Horror"
  86. The Hoofed Thing • [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] • (1970) • novelette by Robert E. Howard (variant of Usurp the Night) 289 · novelette
  87. "The Dwellers Under the Tomb"
  88. The Noseless Horror • (1970) • short story by Robert E. Howard 305 · story
  89. "An Open Window" (poem)
  90. The Dwellers Under the Tomb • (1976) • short story by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Dwellers Under the Tombs) 318 · story
  91. "The House of Arabu"
  92. An Open Window • (1932) • poem by Robert E. Howard 337 · poem
  93. "The Man on the Ground"
  94. The House of Arabu • (1952) • novelette by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Witch from Hell's Kitchen) 338 · novelette
  95. "Old Garfield’s Heart"
  96. The Man on the Ground • (1933) • short story by Robert E. Howard 360 · story
  97. "Kelly the Conjure Man"
  98. Old Garfield's Heart • (1933) • short story by Robert E. Howard 365 · story
  99. "Black Canaan"
  100. Kelly the Conjure-Man • (1964) • essay by Robert E. Howard 376 · essay
  101. "To A Woman" (2, poem)
  102. Black Canaan • (1936) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 379 · novelette
  103. "One Who Comes at Eventide" (poem)
  104. To a Woman ("Though fathoms deep you sink me in the mold...") • (1933) • poem by Robert E. Howard 409 · poem
  105. "The Haunter of the Ring"
  106. One Who Comes at Eventide • (1933) • poem by Robert E. Howard 409 · poem
  107. "Pigeons From Hell"
  108. The Haunter of the Ring • (1934) • short story by Robert E. Howard 410 · story
  109. "The Dead Remember"
  110. Pigeons from Hell • (1938) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 424 · novelette
  111. "The Fire of Asshurbanipal" (1, Supernatural ending)
  112. The Dead Remember • (1936) • short story by Robert E. Howard 449 · story
  113. "Fragment" (poem)
  114. The Fire of Asshurbanipal • [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] • (1936) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 456 · novelette
  115. "Which Will Scarcely Be Understood" (poem)
  116. Untitled fragment ("A grey sky arched over...") • [Bran Mak Morn] • (1969) • short story by Robert E. Howard 478 · story
  117. Miscellanea
  118. Which Will Scarcely Be Understood • (1937) • poem by Robert E. Howard 479 · poem
  119. "Golnar the Ape"
  120. Golnor the Ape • (1985) • short story by Robert E. Howard 483 · story
  121. "Spectres in the Dark"
  122. Spectres in the Dark • (1985) • short story by Robert E. Howard 487 · story
  123. "The House"
  124. The House • (2003) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 498 · story
  125. Untitled fragment ["Beneath the glare of the sun …"]
  126. Untitled Fragment ("Beneath the glare of the sun...") • (1967) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 505 · story
  127. Appendix
  128. Notes on the Original Howard Texts (The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard) • essay by uncredited 509 · essay
  129. "Notes on the Original Howard Texts"

Contributors

Greg Staples
Cover artist, Illustrator

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Bran Mak MornCthulhu MythosMarcelo AncianoRobert E. HowardRusty BurkeSolomon Kane

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Title
The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard
Publisher
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Date
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Title
The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Date
2010
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