This compilation of Robert E. Howard’s most famous and well-received stories spans all of the characters and genres he scribed in – all restored to the earliest, most definitive versions available today. Beautiful illustrations by Jim & Ruth Keegan.

Contents

• xiii • Foreword (The Best of Robert E. Howard, Volume 2: Grim Lands) • (2007) • essay by Jim Keegan and Ruth Keegan
• xv • Introduction (The Best of Robert E. Howard, Volume 2: Grim Lands) • (2007) • essay by Rusty Burke
• 1 • By This Axe I Rule! • [Kull of Valusia] • (1976) • short story by Robert E. Howard (variant of By This Ax I Rule! 1967)
• 19 • The King and the Oak • [Kull of Valusia] • (1939) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 21 • The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune • [Kull of Valusia] • (1929) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 29 • The Tower of the Elephant • [Conan] • (1933) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 51 • Which Will Scarcely Be Understood • (1937) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 53 • Wings in the Night • [Solomon Kane] • (1932) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 79 • Solomon Kane’s Homecoming • [Solomon Kane] • (1936) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 83 • Lord of Samarcand • non-genre • (1932) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 117 • Timur-Lang • (1964) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 119 • A Song of the Naked Lands • (1973) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 123 • The Shadow of the Vulture • non-genre • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 159 • Echoes from an Anvil • (1975) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 161 • The Bull Dog Breed • non-genre • [Sailor Steve Costigan] • (1930) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 177 • Black Harps in the Hills • (1976) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 179 • The Man on the Ground • (1933) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 185 • Old Garfield’s Heart • (1933) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 195 • Vultures of Wahpeton • non-genre • (1936) • novella by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Vultures of Wahpeton)
• 263 • Gents on the Lynch • non-genre • [Pike Bearfield] • (1936) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 279 • The Grim Land • (1976) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 281 • Pigeons from Hell • (1938) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 309 • Never beyond the Beast • (1982) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 311 • Wild Water • non-genre • (1975) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 329 • Musings (“The little poets sing of little things …”) • (1968) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 331 • Son of the White Wolf • [El Borak] • (1936) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 357 • Black Vulmea’s Vengeance • [Terence Vulmea] • (1938) • novella by Robert E. Howard
• 397 • Flint’s Passing • (1975) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 399 • Red Nails • [Conan] • (1936) • novella by Robert E. Howard
• 471 • Cimmeria • (1965) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 475 • Barbarians at the Pantheon-Gates (The Best of Robert E. Howard, Volume 2: Grim Lands) • (2007) • essay by Steve Tompkins [as by Steven Tompkins]
• 503 • Notes on the Original Howard Texts (The Best of Robert E. Howard, Volume 2: Grim Lands) • (2007) • essay by uncredited
• [513] •  Sketchbook (The Best of Robert E. Howard, Volume 2: Grim Lands) • (2007) • interior artwork by Jim Keegan and Ruth Keegan

Notes

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.

“A Del Rey Trade Paperback Original.”