Skull-Face and Others
Publication date: 1946
Introduction
Skull-Face and Others is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by American writer Robert E. Howard. It was the author's third book and was published by Arkham House in 1946 in an edition of 3,004 copies.
Most of the stories had originally appeared in the magazine Weird Tales.
Notes
No statement of printing or edition.
Colophon states that 3000 copies were printed. Actual number is 3004 copies per S.T. Joshi's Sixty Years of Arkham House.
Derleth Thirty Years of Arkham House: 17.
Joshi Sixty Years of Arkham House: 17.
Jaffery The Arkham House Companion: 19.
Nielsen Arkham House Books: 17.
Edition and production details
- Edition
- 1st
- Format
- Hardcover
- Publication date
- 1946
- Pages
- 476
- Publisher / imprint
- Arkham House
- Cover art
- Hannes Bok
- Illustrations
- None
25 linked Howard works
- A Man-Eating Jeopardstory
- Black Canaanstory
- Kings of the Nightstory
- Lines Written In theRealization That I Must Dieverse
- Rattle of Bonesstory
- Rogues in the Housestory
- Shadows in Zamboulastory
- Skull-Facestory
- Skulls in the Starsstory
- The Black Stonestory
- The Cairn on the Headlandstory
- The Fire of Asshurbanipal (1)story
- The Hills of the Deadstory
- The Horror from the Moundstory
- The Hyborian Agestory
- The Mirrors of Tuzun Thunestory
- The Phoenix on the Swordstory
- The Scarlet Citadelstory
- The Shadow Kingdomstory
- The Tower of the Elephantstory
- The Valley of the Wormstory
- Which Will Scarcely Be Understoodverse
- Wings in the Nightstory
- Wolfsheadstory
- Worms of the Earthstory
55 contents entries
- "Foreward" by August Derleth
- Foreword (Skull-Face and Others) • essay by August Derleth vii · introduction
- "Which Will Scarcely Be Understood" (poem)
- Which Will Scarcely Be Understood • (1937) • poem by Robert E. Howard ix · poem
- "Robert E. Howard: A Memorium" by H.P. Lovecraft
- Robert Ervin Howard: A Memoriam • essay by H. P. Lovecraft (variant of In Memoriam: Robert Ervin Howard 1936) xiii · essay
- "A Memory of Robert E. Howard" by E. Hoffman Price
- A Memory of R. E. Howard • (1945) • essay by E. Hoffmann Price xvii · essay
- "Wolfshead"
- Wolfshead • [De Montour] • (1926) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 3 · novelette
- "The Black Stone"
- The Black Stone • [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] • (1931) • short story by Robert E. Howard 21 · story
- "The Horror from the Mound"
- The Horror from the Mound • (1932) • short story by Robert E. Howard 35 · story
- "The Cairn on the Headland"
- The Cairn on the Headland • (1933) • short story by Robert E. Howard 49 · story
- "Black Canaan"
- Black Canaan • (1936) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 64 · novelette
- "The Fire of Asshurbanipal" (1)
- The Fire of Asshurbanipal • [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] • (1936) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 90 · novelette
- "A Man-Eating Jeopard"
- A Man-Eating Jeopard • non-genre • [Buckner J. Grimes] • (1936) • short story by Robert E. Howard 109 · story
- "Skull-Face"
- Skull-Face • (1929) • novella by Robert E. Howard 122 · novelette
- "The Hyborian Age"
- The Hyborian Age • [Conan] • (1938) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 190 · story
- "Worms of the Earth"
- Worms of the Earth • [Bran Mak Morn] • (1932) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 208 · novelette
- "The Valley of the Worm"
- The Valley of the Worm • [James Allison] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 232 · novelette
- "Skulls in the Stars"
- Skulls in the Stars • [Solomon Kane] • (1929) • short story by Robert E. Howard 249 · story
- "The Rattle of Bones"
- Rattle of Bones • [Solomon Kane] • (1929) • short story by Robert E. Howard 257 · story
- "The Hills of the Dead"
- The Hills of the Dead • [Solomon Kane] • (1930) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 263 · novelette
- "Wings in the Night"
- Wings in the Night • [Solomon Kane] • (1932) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 279 · novelette
- "The Shadow Kingdom"
- The Shadow Kingdom • [Kull of Valusia] • (1929) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 303 · novelette
- "Mirrors of Tuzun Thune"
- The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune • [Kull of Valusia] • (1929) • short story by Robert E. Howard 327 · story
- "The Phoenix on the Sword"
- Kings of the Night • [Bran Mak Morn] • (1930) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 334 · novelette
- "The Scarlet Citadel"
- The Phoenix on the Sword • [Conan] • (1932) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 360 · novelette
- "The Tower of the Elephant"
- The Scarlet Citadel • [Conan] • (1931) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 379 · novelette
- "Rogues in the House"
- The Tower of the Elephant • [Conan] • (1933) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 410 · novelette
- "Shadows in Zamboula"
- Rogues in the House • [Conan] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 430 · novelette
- "Lines Written in Realization That I Must Die" (poem)
- Shadows in Zamboula • [Conan] • (1935) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 451 · novelette
- Lines Written in the Realization That I Must Die • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard 475 · poem
Contributors
- Hannes Bok
- Cover artist
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Bibliographic and editorial layers
Howard Works source layer
- Title
- Skull-Face and Others
- Publisher
- Arkham House
- Date
- 1946
- Source file
- skullh.htm
REH World editorial layer
- Title
- Skull-Face and Others
- Publisher
- Arkham House
- Date
- 1946