The Second Book of Robert E. Howard

Introduction

Notes

Edition and production details

Language

English

21 linked Howard works

• A Word from the Outer Dark verse Poetry Publications
• Black Canaan story Howard writing Publications
• For the Love of Barbara Allen story Howard writing Publications
• Guns of Khartum story Howard writing Publications
• Kelly the Conjure-Man story Howard writing Publications
• Knife-River Prodigal story Howard writing Publications
• Life (2, "They bruised my soul . . .") verse Poetry Publications
• Lines Written In theRealization That I Must Die verse Poetry Publications
• Musings (1, "The little poets . . .") verse Poetry Publications
• Reuben's Brethren verse Poetry Publications
• Surrender (1, "I will rise . . .") verse Poetry Publications
• Sword Woman story Howard writing Publications
• The Footfalls Within story Howard writing Publications
• The Good Knight story Howard writing Publications
• The Guise of Youth verse Poetry Publications
• The House of Suspicion story Howard writing Publications
• The Song of a Mad Minstrel verse Poetry Publications
• The Song of Horsa's Galley verse Poetry Publications
• The Striking of the Gong story Howard writing Publications
• Two Against Tyre story Howard writing Publications
• Which Will Scarcely Be Understood verse Poetry Publications

47 contents entries

1. "Introduction" by Glenn Lord
2. The Second Book of Robert E. Howard • interior artwork by Jeff Jones artwork
3. To Wilfred Blanch Talman, ca. September 1931, "Thank you very much for the letter you wrote …"
4. Introduction (The Second Book of Robert E. Howard) • essay by Glenn Lord 10 · introduction
5. "Sword Woman"
6. Letter: Robert E. Howard to Wilfred B. Talman, circa September 1931 • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to William Blanch Talman, circa September 1931 ("Dear Mr. Talman: / Thank you very much for the letter...") 1975) 13 · essay
7. "Which Will Scarcely Be Understood" (poem)
8. Sword Woman • [Agnes de Chastillon] • (1975) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 21 · novelette
9. "The Striking of the Gong" (See Notes)
10. Which Will Scarcely Be Understood • (1937) • poem by Robert E. Howard 81 · poem
11. "The Song of Horsa's Galley" (poem)
12. The Striking of the Gong • [Kull of Valusia] • (1967) • short story by Robert E. Howard 85 · story
13. "The Good Knight"
14. The Song of Horsa's Galley • (1970) • poem by Robert E. Howard 95 · poem
15. "A Word From the Outer Dark" (poem)
16. The Good Knight • [Kid Allison] • (1931) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 97 · novelette
17. "Black Canaan"
18. A Word from the Outer Dark • (1974) • poem by Robert E. Howard 131 · poem
19. "The Song of a Mad Minstrel" (poem)
20. Black Canaan • (1936) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 135 · novelette
21. "Kelly the Conjure Man"
22. The Song of a Mad Minstrel • (1931) • poem by Robert E. Howard 191 · poem
23. "Surrender" (1, poem)
24. Kelly the Conjure-Man • (1964) • essay by Robert E. Howard 195 · essay
25. "The Footfalls Within"
26. Surrender ("I will rise someday when the day is done...") • (1962) • poem by Robert E. Howard 201 · poem
27. "Knife-River Prodigal"
28. The Footfalls Within • [Solomon Kane] • (1931) • short story by Robert E. Howard 204 · story
29. "Musings" (1, poem)
30. Knife-River Prodigal • non-genre • [Buckner J. Grimes] • (1937) • short story by Robert E. Howard 231 · story
31. "Life" (2, poem)
32. Musings ("The little poets sing of little things ...") • (1968) • poem by Robert E. Howard 257 · poem
33. "The House of Suspicion"
34. Life ("They bruised my soul with a proverb...") • (1973) • poem by Robert E. Howard 258 · poem
35. "Rueben's Brethren" (poem)
36. The House of Suspicion • [Steve Harrison] • novelette by Robert E. Howard 260 · novelette
37. "Two Against Tyre"
38. Reuben's Brethren • (1969) • poem by Robert E. Howard 301 · poem
39. "The Guise of Youth" (poem)
40. Two Against Tyre • (1970) • short story by Robert E. Howard 302 · story
41. "For the Love of Barbara Allen"
42. The Guise of Youth • (1975) • poem by Robert E. Howard 327 · poem
43. "Guns of Khartum"
44. "For the Love of Barbara Allen" • (1966) • short story by Robert E. Howard (variant of For the Love of Barbara Allen) 328 · story
45. "Lines Written in the Realization That I Must Die" (poem)
46. Guns of Khartum • (1975) • short story by Robert E. Howard 341 · story
47. Lines Written in the Realization That I Must Die • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard 368 · poem

Contributors

Glenn Lord

Introduction author

Jeff Jones

Cover artist, Illustrator

Robert E. Howard

Essayist

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