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The Dark Man and Others

Arkham House

Material type
Hardcover

Publication date: Arkham House

Introduction

The Dark Man and Others is a posthumously-published anthology of fifteen short stories by American author Robert E. Howard, named after his short story "The Dark Man", and covering the genres of adventure fiction, horror, historical fiction, fantasy, sword and sorcery, weird fiction and the weird West. It was first published in 1963 by Arkham House, and was edited by August Derleth.

Eleven of the stories had previously been published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales, and one each in Argosy, Oriental Stories and Strange Tales.

Notes

Introduction by August Derleth

No statement of printing or edition.
Colophon states that 2000 copies were printed. Actual number is 2029 copies per S.T. Joshi's Sixty Years of Arkham House.
Derleth Thirty Years of Arkham House: 71.
Joshi Sixty Years of Arkham House: 71.
Jaffery The Arkham House Companion: 75.
Nielsen Arkham House Books: 75.

 

Edition and production details

Edition
1st
Format
Hardcover with dust jacket
Publication date
Arkham House
Pages
284
Cover art
Frank Utpatel
Illustrations
None

15 linked Howard works

31 contents entries

  1. "The Voice of El-Lil"
  2. Introduction (The Dark Man and Others) • essay by August Derleth vii · introduction
  3. "Pigeons From Hell"
  4. The Voice of El-Lil • (1930) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 3 · novelette
  5. "The Dark Man"
  6. Pigeons from Hell • (1938) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 32 · novelette
  7. "The Gods of Bal-Sagoth"
  8. The Dark Man • [Turlogh O'Brien] • (1931) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 68 · novelette
  9. "People of the Dark"
  10. The Gods of Bal-Sagoth • [Turlogh O'Brien] • (1931) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 99 · novelette
  11. "The Children of the Night"
  12. People of the Dark • (1932) • short story by Robert E. Howard 144 · story
  13. "The Dead Remember"
  14. The Children of the Night • [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] • (1931) • short story by Robert E. Howard 167 · story
  15. "The Man on the Ground"
  16. The Dead Remember • (1936) • short story by Robert E. Howard 185 · story
  17. "The Hyena"
  18. The Man on the Ground • (1933) • short story by Robert E. Howard 191 · story
  19. "The Garden of Fear"
  20. The Garden of Fear • [James Allison] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 198 · novelette
  21. "The Thing on the Roof"
  22. The Thing on the Roof • [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] • (1932) • short story by Robert E. Howard 217 · story
  23. "Dig Me No Grave"
  24. The Hyena • (1928) • short story by Robert E. Howard 229 · story
  25. "The Dream Snake"
  26. Dig Me No Grave • [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] • (1937) • short story by Robert E. Howard 244 · story
  27. "In the Forest of Villefere"
  28. The Dream Snake • (1928) • short story by Robert E. Howard 260 · story
  29. "Old Garfield's Heart"
  30. In the Forest of Villefère • [De Montour] • (1925) • short story by Robert E. Howard 268 · story
  31. Old Garfield's Heart • (1933) • short story by Robert E. Howard 273 · story

Contributors

Frank Utpatel
Cover artist

Additional related terms

Preserved from the former REH World tagging system; these terms have not yet been assigned as contributors, characters or subjects.

August DerlethBran Mak MornJames AllisonRobert E. HowardTurlogh O'Brien

Bibliographic and editorial layers

Howard Works source layer

Title
The Dark Man and Others
Publisher
Arkham House
Date
1 963
Source file
darkmank.htm

REH World editorial layer

Title
The Dark Man and Others
Publisher
Arkham House
Date
Arkham House
Source provenance

This record combines the preserved Howard Works bibliography with a reviewed REH World editorial overlay. Editorial values are displayed when present; Howard Works remains the source and fallback.