Skelos Volume 1 Number 1

Introduction

Notes

Edition and production details

1 linked Howard work

• The Nameless Tribe Drafts story Publications

92 contents entries

1. "The Nameless Tribe Drafts" Illustrated by Mark Schultz
2. Skull Session (Skelos, #1, Summer 2016) • essay by Mark Finn 4 · essay
3. Non-REH Contents
4. Skull Session (Skelos, #1, Summer 2016) • interior artwork by Gustave Doré 5 · artwork
5. Short Fiction
6. The Dead Unicorn • short story by Scott A. Cupp [as by Scott Cupp] 7 · story
7. "The Dead Unicorn" by Scott Cupp
8. The Dead Unicorn • interior artwork by Mike Hunter 9 · artwork
9. "Hungry" by Charles Gramlich
10. The Drowned Dead Shape • short story by Keith Taylor 10 · story
11. "The Night Maere" by Scott Hannan
12. The Drowned Dead Shape • interior artwork by Tomás Giorello 11 · artwork
13. "The Yellow Death" by David Hardy
14. Skelos #1, Summer 2016 • interior artwork by Mike Hunter 25 · artwork
15. "The Burning Messenger" by Matt Sullivan
16. Diary of a Sorceress • interior artwork by Georges Merle 26 · artwork
17. "Dangerous Pearl" by Ethen Nahté
18. Diary of a Sorceress • poem by Ashley Dioses 27 · poem
19. Novelettes
20. The Night Maere • short story by Scott Hannan 28 · story
21. "The Drowned Dead Shape" by Keith Taylor
22. Skelos #1, Summer 2016 • interior artwork by Mike Hunter 33 · artwork
23. "One Less Hand for the Shaping of Things" by Jason Ray Carney
24. Nameless Tribes: Robert E. Howard's Anthropological World-Building in "Men of the Shadows" • essay by Jeffrey Shanks 34 · essay
25. Poetry
26. Book cover for "The Prehistoric World or Vanished Races" • interior artwork by uncredited 35 · artwork
27. "Sorceress" by Ashley Dioses
28. The Nameless Tribe Drafts • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 45 · story
29. "Midnight in the Ebon Rose Bower" by K. A. Opperman
30. The Nameless Tribe Drafts • interior artwork by Mark Schultz 45 · artwork
31. "The Casualty of the Somme" by Frank Coffman
32. Robert E. Howard • interior artwork by uncredited 47 · artwork
33. "The Writer" by Jason Hardy
34. Midnight in the Ebon Rose Bower • interior artwork by Vasily Kotarbinsky 48 · artwork
35. "Totem" by Pat Calhoun
36. Midnight in the Ebon Rose Bower • poem by K. A. Opperman 49 · poem
37. "Surtur" by James McNew
38. One Less Hand for the Shaping of Things • novelette by Jason Ray Carney 50 · novelette
39. "A Revelation Dream" by Kenneth Bykerk (2016 Howard Days edition only)
40. One Less Hand for the Shaping of Things • interior artwork by Arthur Rackham 51 · artwork
41. Essays
42. The Writer • poem by Jason Hardy 75 · poem
43. "Nameles Tribes: Robert E. Howard's Anthropological World-Building in Men of the Shadows " by Jeffrey Shanks
44. The Writer • interior artwork by uncredited 75 · artwork
45. "From the Cosmos to the Test-Tube: Lovecraft, Machen, and the Sublime" by Karen Joan Kohoutek
46. The Casualty of the Somme • poem by Frank Coffman 76 · poem
47. "A Sword-Edge Beauty as Keen as Blades: C. L. Moore and the Gender Dynamics of Sword-and-Sorcery" by Nicole Emmelhainz
48. The Casualty of the Somme • interior artwork by Pieter Claesz 76 · artwork
49. Special Features
50. Grettir and the Draugr • short story by Jeffrey Shanks 78 · story
51. "Skull Session" by Mark Finn (Editorial)
52. Grettir and the Draugr • interior artwork by Samuel Dillon 78 · artwork
53. "Grettir and the Draugr" by Samuel Dillon and Jeffrey Shanks (Illustrated story)
54. From the Cosmos to the Test-Tube: Lovecraft, Machen, and the Sublime • essay by Karen Joan Koboutck 90 · essay
55. "About the Contributors"
56. H. P. Lovecraft • interior artwork by Mike Hunter 91 · artwork
57. |
58. Arthur Machen • interior artwork by uncredited 93 · artwork
59. The Bone Yard Reviews by Josh Akins, Bobbie Derie, Charles Hoffman, Paul McNamee, Brian Murphy, Deuce Richardson, Todd Vick, and Keith West
60. By Crom! (Skelos #1, Summer 2016) • interior artwork by Rachel Kahn 100 · artwork
61. Contributors
62. The Yellow Death • short story by David Hardy (III) 101 · story
63. Skelos Founding Patrons, Benefactors, and Supporters
64. The Yellow Death • interior artwork by Edward Matthew Ward 102 · artwork
65. Totem • poem by Pat Calhoun 108 · poem
66. Totem • interior artwork by Jeffrey Shanks 108 · artwork
67. The Burning Messenger • (2015) • short story by Matt Sullivan 109 · story
68. The Burning Messenger • interior artwork by David Cullen 115 · artwork
69. A Sword-Edge Beauty as Keen as Blades: C. L. Moore and the Gender Dynamics of Sword and Sorcery • essay by Nicole Emmelhainz 118 · essay
70. Cover for "Weird Tales, October 1934 • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, October 1934 1934) 119 · artwork
71. The Black God's Kiss • [Jirel of Joiry] • (1934) • novelette by C. L. Moore (variant of Black God's Kiss) 122 · novelette
72. The Black God's Kiss • (1934) • interior artwork by H. R. Hammond 122 · artwork
73. Dangerous Pearl • short story by Ethan Nahté? 126 · story
74. Dangerous Pearl • interior artwork by Gustave Doré [as by Gustav Doré] 127 · artwork
75. Surtur • poem by James McNew 136 · poem
76. Surtur • interior artwork by John Charles Dollman 136 · artwork
77. Review: Atomic-Age Cthulhu: Tales of Mythos Horror in the 1950s by Glynn Owen Barrass and Brian M. Sammons • review by Paul R. McNamee [as by Paul McNamee] 138 · review
78. Cover of "Atomic-Age Cthulhu: Tales of Mythos Horror in the 1950s" • (2015) • interior artwork by Victor Manuel Leza Moreno (variant of cover art for Atomic-Age Cthulhu: Tales of Mythos Horror in the 1950s) [as by Victor Leza] 138 · artwork
79. Review: Swords Against Cthulhu by Gavin Chappell • review by Deuce Richardson 139 · review
80. Cover of "Swords Against Cthulhu" • (2015) • interior artwork by Stephen Cooney (variant of cover art for Swords Against Cthulhu) 140 · artwork
81. Review: Hunting Monsters Is My Business: The Mordecai Slate Stories by John M. Whalen • review by Keith West 141 · review
82. Cover of "Hunting Monsters Is My Business: The Mordecai Slate Stories" • interior artwork by uncredited 141 · artwork
83. Review: Sex and the Cthulhu Mythos by Bobby Derie • review by Charles Hoffman 143 · review
84. Cover of "Sex and the Cthulhu Mythos" • (2014) • interior artwork by Gahan Wilson (variant of cover art for Sex and the Cthulhu Mythos) 143 · artwork
85. Review: J. R. R. Tolkien, Robert E. Howard and the Birth of Modern Fantasy by Deke Parsons • review by Josh Adkins 145 · review
86. J. R. R. Tolkien, Robert E. Howard and the Birth of Modern Fantasy • interior artwork by Shutterstock (variant of cover art for J. R. R. Tolkien, Robert E. Howard and the Birth of Modern Fantasy 2014) 145 · artwork
87. Review: J. R. R. Tolkien, Robert E. Howard and the Birth of Modern Fantasy by Deke Parsons • review by Brian Murphy (I) 147 · review
88. Review: A Look Behind the Derleth Mythos: Origins of the "Cthulhu Mythos" by John D. Haefele • review by Robert Derie [as by Bobbie Derie] 150 · review
89. Cover for "A Look Behind the Derleth Mythos: Origins of the "Cthulhu Mythos"" • (2014) • interior artwork by Leo Grin (variant of cover art for A Look Behind the Derleth Mythos: Origins of the "Cthulhu Mythos") 150 · artwork
90. Review of "The Pulp Western: A Popular History of the Western Fiction Magazine in America" • essay by Todd Vick 151 · review
91. Cover of "The Pulp Western: A Popular History of the Western Fiction Magazine in America" • interior artwork by uncredited 152 · artwork
92. Skelos #1, Summer 2016 • interior artwork by Samuel Dillon bc · artwork

Contributors

Front: Gustave Doré Back: Samuel Dillon

Cover artist

Samuel Dillon, John Charles, Dollman, Gustave Doré, Tomás Giorello, H. R. Hamond, Vasily Kotarbinsky, George Merle, Arthur Rackham, Mark Schultz, Edward Matthew Ward

Illustrator

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