Startling Mystery Stories #11 (volume 2 number 5).

Contains THE HAUNTER OF THE RING. This is a 1934 short story Howard, belonging to the Cthulhu Mythos. It was first published in Weird Tales in the June 1934 issue. Howard earned $60 for this publication. This story is set in the modern age but includes a relic from the Hyborian Age of the Conan stories, the ring of Thoth-Amon.

Contents

• 4 • The Editor’s Page (Startling Mystery Stories, Winter 1968/1969) • [Editorial (Startling Mystery Stories)] • essay by Robert A. W. Lowndes
• 6 • Wolf Hollow Bubbles • short story by David H. Keller, M.D.
• 23 • Mrs. Kaye • short story by Beverly Haaf
• 31 • The Reckoning (Startling Mystery Stories, Winter 1968/1969) • essay by uncredited
• 32 • The Haunter of the Ring • (1934) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 43 • The Haunter of the Ring • (1934) • interior artwork by H. R. Hammond
• 47 • The Vengeance of India • [Jules de Grandin] • (1926) • short story by Seabury Quinn
• 62 • After Sunset • (1931) • short story by Philip Hazleton
• 63 •  After Sunset • (1931) • interior artwork by Rafael DeSoto [as by Rafael de Soto]
• 79 • The Ship of Silent Men • (1920) • novelette by Philip M. Fisher
• 112 • The Whisperer • [Annals of Arkya • 11] • (1945) • poem by Robert A. W. Lowndes
• 113 • Inquisitions (Startling Mystery Stories, Winter 1968/1969) • essay by uncredited
• 113 •   Review: The Multi-Man by Philip Harbottle • review by Robert A. W. Lowndes
• 113 •   Review: The Necronomicon, A Study by Mark Owings • review by Robert A. W. Lowndes
• 113 •   Review: The Arkham Collector, Summer 1968 by August Derleth • review by Robert A. W. Lowndes
• 114 •   Review: Weirdbook One by W. Paul Ganley • review by Robert A. W. Lowndes
• 116 •   Review: Deeper Than You Think …, July 1968 by Joel Frieman and Robert Weinberg • review by Robert A. W. Lowndes
• 116 • Review of “The Count Dracula Society Quarterly” edited by Gordon Guy • essay by Robert A. W. Lowndes
• 117 • The Cauldron (Startling Mystery Stories, Winter 1968/1969) • essay by Robert A. W. Lowndes
• 117 •  Letter (Startling Mystery Stories, Winter 1968/1969) • essay by Joe Siclari [as by Joseph D. Siclari]
• 122 •  Letter (Startling Mystery Stories, Winter 1968/1969) • essay by Mike Ashley

Notes

Edited by Robert A. W. Lowndes

Number 11.
Perfect bound, wraps. Page numbers do not include covers.
“Inquisitions” contains reviews of publications, and is authored by Lowndes, but not credited to him. Publications reviewed in this issue are all amateur or semi-professional.
“The Cauldron” is letters to the editor and Lowndes’ comments on them.