Steel Swords & Iron Harps

Introduction

Notes

Edition and production details

5 linked Howard works

• A Visionverse
• Black Massverse
• The Heart of the Sea's Desireverse
• The OneBlack Stainverse
• The Tower of Zukalaverse

20 contents entries

1. "The One Black Stain" (poem, first draft, untitled)
2. The One Black Stain, first draft, untitled • poem by Robert E. Howard 1 · poem
3. "The One Black Stain" (poem, second draft)
4. The One Black Stain, second draft • poem by Robert E. Howard 5 · poem
5. "The One Black Stain" (poem, final draft)
6. The One Black Stain, final draft • [Solomon Kane] • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of The One Black Stain 1962) 9 · poem
7. Untitled ("The stars beat up .…") "The Mate of the Sea" (poem, early untitled draft)
8. The Mate of the Sea, early untitled draft • poem by Robert E. Howard 13 · poem
9. "The Mate of the Sea" (poem, later titled draft)
10. The Mate of the Sea, later titled draft • poem by Robert E. Howard 14 · poem
11. "Black Mass" (poem, titled final draft)
12. Black Mass, titled final draft • poem by Robert E. Howard 15 · poem
13. "Black Mass" (poem, 1st published version, no draft)
14. Black Mass, 1st published version, no draft • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of Black Mass 2013) 16 · poem
15. "The Tower of Zukala" (poem, titled final draft)
16. The Tower of Zukala, titled final draft • poem by Robert E. Howard 17 · poem
17. "The Tower of Zukala" (poem , 1st published version, no draft )
18. The Tower of Zukala, 1st published version, no draft • [The Zukala Poems: A Narrative Cycle • 1] • (2002) • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Tower of Zukala) 19 · poem
19. Notes on the Texts
20. Notes on the Texts • essay by Paul Herman 21 · essay

Contributors

Bill Cavalier

Cover artist

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