This is a collection of four of Howard’s serious (as opposed to the Breckenridge Elkins humorous tall-tales series that were modeled after Pecos Bill or Paul Bunyan) Western stories. The title story appeared in a 1936 issue of Smashing Novels Magazine. None of the others were printed during his lifetime.

Contents

• 1 • The Vultures of Whapeton • non-genre • (1936) • novella by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Vultures of Wahpeton)
• 99 • Showdown at Hell’s Canyon • non-genre • (1973) • novelette by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Judgment of the Desert)
• 141 • Drums of the Sunset • non-genre • (1928) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 185 • Wild Water • non-genre • (1975) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 211 • Afterword (The Vultures of Wahpeton) • non-genre • (1973) • essay by Glenn Lord

Notes

Assumed 1st printing of the 1980 edition.