Bran Mak Morn is a hero of five pulp fiction short stories by Robert E. Howard. In the stories, most of which were first published in Weird Tales, Bran is the last king of Howard’s romanticized version of the tribal race of Picts.
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This spring I sent the busy couple Jim & Ruth Keegan a lot of questions about who they are, what they do and their relation to Robert E. Howard. Finally I have all the answers presented here.
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Short biography – written by Rusty Burke.
Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) ranks among the greatest writers of action and adventure stories. The creator of Conan the Cimmerian, Kull of Atlantis, Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn, ‘El Borak,’ Sailor Steve Costigan and many other memorable characters, Howard (known as REH to his millions of fans), in a career that spanned barely 12 years, wrote well over a hundred stories for the pulp magazines of his day.
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‘Worms of the Earth’ is a short story by American fantasy fiction writer Robert E. Howard. It was originally published in the magazine Weird Tales in November 1932, then again in this collection of Howard’s short stories. The story features one of Howard’s recurring protagonists, Bran Mak Morn, a legendary king of the Picts.
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This is the Graphic Novel of Howard’s ‘Worms of the Earth’, featuring the Bran Mak Morn.
Adapted by Roy Thomas with art by Tim Conrad and Bary Windsor-Smith. Also included are an interview and articles.
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The newsletter contains the first known typescript of Worms of the Earth. It also has a letter (typescript) from Howard to H.P. Lovecraft from circa January 1931. At the end, there is a summary of the Robert E. Howard Days 2024 with a list of all the winners of the REH Awards.
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Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first issues of Weird Tales Magazine – 100 Years of Weird is a masterful compendium of new and classic stories, flash fiction, essays, and poems from giants of speculative fiction, including R.L. Stine, Laurell K. Hamilton, Victor LaValle, Ray Bradbury, H. P. Lovecraft, Blake Northcott, Hailey Piper, Scott Sigler, James Aquilone, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Tennessee Williams, and Isaac Asimov.
Only Howard’s THE WORMS OF THE EARTH is included from his stories, including the first illustration.