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The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane

Wandering Star

1998
Material type
Hardcover

Publication date: 1998

Introduction

Collected in this volume, lavishly illustrated by award-winning artist Gary Gianni, are all of the stories and poems that make up the thrilling saga of the dour and deadly Puritan, Solomon Kane. Together they constitute a sprawling epic of weird fantasy adventure that stretches from sixteenth-century England to remote African jungles where no white man has set foot. Here are shudder-inducing tales of vengeful ghosts and bloodthirsty demons, of dark sorceries wielded by evil men and women, all opposed by a grim avenger armed with a fanatic’s faith and a warrior’s savage heart.

This edition also features exclusive story fragments, a biography of Howard by scholar Rusty Burke, and “In Memoriam,” H. P. Lovecraft’s moving tribute to his friend and fellow literary genius.

Read my article about Wandering Star.

Notes

Edited by Rusty Burke
Design by Marcelo Anciano
Typography by Stuart Williams
Top page edges gilded.
Four color plates, color endpapers, wrap-around dust jacket.
Wrap-around dust jacket illustration covers the entire front flap and half of the back one.
This edition comes with an extra set of six color plates, and a CD of the poems set to music.
Appendix pages are numbered separately, A1-A22.

The stories that appeared in WEIRD TALES were checked against their original magazine appearance.
The whereabouts of the typescripts for these stories is unknown and they were presumed lost.
Other stories were checked against Howard's original typescripts or the first published appearance if a typescript was unavailable.

Limited Edition: Signed and numbered with an extra set of full color plates and a CD of Howard's poetry set to dramatic music. Limited to 1050 copies.

Publisher's Edition: Not for sale. Limited to 100 copies. The dust jacket art (without the text) is bound into the book itself as a fold-out.

Ultra Limited Edition: Bound in Goatskin with an extra set of full color plates and a CD of Howard's poetry set to dramatic music. Limited to 50 copies. The dust jacket art (without the text) is bound into the book itself as a fold-out.

Edition and production details

Edition
1st
Format
Hardcover with dust jacket
Publication date
1998
Identifiers
0953425304 (Limited Edition) | 0953425304 (Publisher's Edition) | 0953425304 (Ultra Limited Edition)
Pages
436
Publisher / imprint
Wandering Star
Cover art
Gary Gianni
Illustrations
Gary Gianni

17 linked Howard works

46 contents entries

  1. "Artist's Forward" by Gary Gianni
  2. The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane • (1998) • interior artwork by Gary Gianni artwork
  3. "In Memorium: Robert Ervin Howard" by H.P. Lovecraft
  4. A1 • A Short Biography of Robert E. Howard • (1998) • essay by Rusty Burke essay
  5. "Skulls in the Stars"
  6. A15 • Gary Gianni • essay by uncredited essay
  7. "The Right Hand of Doom"
  8. A17 • Notes on the Original Howard Text (The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane) • essay by uncredited essay
  9. "Red Shadows"
  10. Foreword (The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane) • (1998) • essay by Gary Gianni i · introduction
  11. "Rattle of Bones"
  12. In Memoriam: Robert Ervin Howard • (1936) • essay by H. P. Lovecraft iii · essay
  13. "The Castle of the Devil"
  14. Skulls in the Stars • [Solomon Kane] • (1929) • short story by Robert E. Howard 1 · story
  15. "Death's Black Riders" (fragment)
  16. The Right Hand of Doom • [Solomon Kane] • (1968) • short story by Robert E. Howard 19 · story
  17. "The Moon of Skulls"
  18. Red Shadows • [Solomon Kane] • (1928) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 29 · novelette
  19. "The One Black Stain" (poem)
  20. Rattle of Bones • [Solomon Kane] • (1929) • short story by Robert E. Howard 73 · story
  21. "The Blue Flame of Vengeance"
  22. The Castle of the Devil • [Solomon Kane] • (1968) • short story by Robert E. Howard 85 · story
  23. "The Hills of the Dead"
  24. Death's Black Riders • [Solomon Kane] • (1968) • short story by Robert E. Howard 93 · story
  25. "Hawk of Basti"
  26. The Moon of Skulls • [Solomon Kane] • (1930) • novella by Robert E. Howard 97 · novelette
  27. "The Return of Sir Richard Grenville" (poem)
  28. The One Black Stain • [Solomon Kane] • (1962) • poem by Robert E. Howard 171 · poem
  29. "Wings in the Night"
  30. The Blue Flame of Vengeance • [Solomon Kane] • (1968) • novelette by Robert E. Howard (variant of Blades of the Brotherhood) 177 · novelette
  31. "The Footfalls Within"
  32. The Hills of the Dead • [Solomon Kane] • (1930) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 223 · novelette
  33. "The Children of Asshur"
  34. Hawk of Basti • [Solomon Kane] • (1968) • short story by Robert E. Howard 254 · story
  35. "Solomon Kane's Homecoming" (1, poem)
  36. The Return of Sir Richard Grenville • (1968) • poem by Robert E. Howard 269 · poem
  37. "Solomon Kane's Homecoming" (2, poem)
  38. Wings in the Night • [Solomon Kane] • (1932) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 273 · novelette
  39. Appendices
  40. The Footfalls Within • [Solomon Kane] • (1931) • short story by Robert E. Howard 323 · story
  41. "A Short Biography of Robert E. Howard" by Rusty Burke
  42. The Children of Asshur • [Solomon Kane] • (1968) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 347 · novelette
  43. "Gary Gianni" by uncredited (article)
  44. Solomon Kane's Homecoming • [Solomon Kane] • (1936) • poem by Robert E. Howard 379 · poem
  45. Notes on the original Howard text
  46. Solomon Kane's Homecoming (Variant) • [Solomon Kane] • (1971) • poem by Robert E. Howard 385 · poem

Contributors

Gary Gianni
Cover artist, Illustrator

Additional related terms

Preserved from the former REH World tagging system; these terms have not yet been assigned as contributors, characters or subjects.

H. P. LovecraftMarcelo AncianoRobert E. HowardRusty BurkeSolomon Kane

Bibliographic and editorial layers

Howard Works source layer

Title
The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane
Publisher
Wandering Star
Date
1998
Source file
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REH World editorial layer

Title
The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane
Publisher
Wandering Star
Date
1998
Source provenance

This record combines the preserved Howard Works bibliography with a reviewed REH World editorial overlay. Editorial values are displayed when present; Howard Works remains the source and fallback.