Tales of Weird Menace
Publication date: TBA 2025
Introduction
Tales of Weird Menace: Ultimate Edition presents Robert E. Howard’s Weird Menace and Yellow Peril stories, restored from his original typescripts, manuscripts, and carbons. Most texts come from the Glenn Lord Collection, Texas A&M, and the Cross Plains Library. “Skull-Face” is primarily sourced from its original typescript, while “The Story Thus Far” follows its first publication.
This edition features revised texts for “Moon of Zambebwei” and “The Noseless Horror,” restores the original typescripts for “The Night Was Damp” and “Yellow Laughter,” expands “Taverel Manor” from 15 to 24 pages, and adds new synopses for “Sons of Hate,” “Black Hound of Death,” and “Moon of Zambebwei.”
With over 500 pages, a new cover by Mark Wheatley, an introduction by Don Herron, and editing by Paul Herman and Rob Roehm, this volume is the definitive collection of Howard’s dark and thrilling tales.
Notes
Edited by Rob Roehm and Paul Herman
Built and prepared for publication by Ståle Gismervik - Savage Studios.
The first edition printing was limited to 150 copies. Subsequent printings of 50 copies each up to a total of 300 copies.
The new Ultimate Edition is available as print-on-demand.
"The Story Thus Far" consists of the short paragraphs that appeared at the start of the second and third portions of “Skull-Face” as it appeared in WEIRD TALES. It is not known if REH wrote these or Farnsworth Wright.
Edition and production details
- Format details
- Hardcover; Trade paperback
- Format
- hardcover
- Publication date
- TBA 2025
- Pages
- xiv plus 522
- Publisher / imprint
- Robert E. Howard Foundation Press
- Cover art
- Mark Wheatley
- Illustrations
- None
- Format
- paperback
- Publication date
- TBA 2025
- Pages
- xiv plus 522
- Publisher / imprint
- Robert E. Howard Foundation Press
- Cover art
- Mark Wheatley
- Illustrations
- None
34 linked Howard works
- Black Hound of Deathstory
- Black John’s Vengeancestory
- Black Talonsstory
- Black Wind Blowingstory
- Guests of the Hoodoo Roomstory
- Hand of the Black Goddessstory
- Moon of Zambebweistory
- Skull-Facestory
- Sons of Hatestory
- Sons of Hate (partial synopsis 1)story
- Sons of Hate (partial synopsis 2)story
- Sons of Hate (partial synopsis 3)story
- Spectres in the Darkstory
- Talons in the Darkstory
- Taveral Manorstory
- The Black Bear Bitesstory
- The Brazen Peacockstory
- The Devils of Dark Lakestory
- The Grisly Horrorstory
- The House of Omstory
- The Ivory Camelstory
- The Jade Godstory
- The Noseless Horrorstory
- The Red Stonestory
- The Return of the Sorcererstory
- The Spell of Damballahstory
- The Story Thus Far . . .story
- Untitled ( The Devils of Dark Lake [synopsis])story
- Untitled (Black Hound of Death [synopsis])story
- Untitled (From the black, bandit-haunted mountains of Kang …)story
- Untitled (James Norris [synopsis])story
- Untitled (Moon of Zambebwei [synopsis])story
- Untitled (The night was damp, misty, the air possessing a certain …)story
- Yellow Laughterstory
44 contents entries
- Acknowledgements
- Acknowledgments iii
- "Lines of Succession" by Don Herron (Introduction)
- Lines of Succession vii
- "Skull-Face"
- introduction by Don Herron introduction
- "The Noseless Horror"
- "The Brazen Peacock"
- "Black John’s Vengeance"
- "Talons in the Dark"
- "The Hand of the Black Goddess"
- "Sons of Hate"
- "Moon of Zambebwei"
- "Black Hound of Death"
- "The Devils of Dark Lake"
- "Guests of the Hoodoo Room"
- "Black Wind Blowing"
- Miscellanea
- "Taverel Manor" (unfinished)
- "The Return of the Sorcerer" (unfinished)
- Untitled (From the black, bandit-haunted mountains … ) ( unfinished)
- “From the black, bandit-haunted mountains . . .” (untitled and unfinished) 441
- "The Red Stone" (unfinished)
- Untitled (The night was damp …) ( unfinished)
- “The night was damp...” (untitled and unfinished) 445
- "The Ivory Camel" (unfinished)
- "Yellow Laughter" (fragment)
- "The Jade God" (unfinished)
- "Spectres in the Dark" (unfinished)
- "The Spell of Damballah" (unfinished)
- Untitled (James Norris) (synopsis)
- “James Norris...” (untitled synopsis) 485
- "Sons of Hate" (partial synopsis 1)
- "Sons of Hate" (partial synopsis 2)
- "Sons of Hate" (partial synopsis 3)
- Untitled (The Devils of Dark Lake) (synopsis)
- The Devils of Dark Lake (untitled synopsis) 493
- "The House of Om" (synopsis)
- "Black Hound of Death" (synopsis)
- The Black Hound of Death (synopsis) 511
- Untitled (Moon of Zambebwei) (synopsis)
- Moon of Zambebwei (untitled synopsis) 513
- "The Story Thus Far …" (Skull-Face) (See Notes)
- “The Story Thus Far...” (Skull-Face) 517 · story
Contributors
- Mark Wheatley
- Cover artist
Additional related terms
Preserved from the former REH World tagging system; these terms have not yet been assigned as contributors, characters or subjects.
Bibliographic and editorial layers
Howard Works source layer
- Title
- Tales of Weird Menace
- Publisher
- REH Foundation Press
- Date
- March 2025
- Source file
- TalesofWeirdMenace-2nd-REHFPress.html
REH World editorial layer
- Title
- Tales of Weird Menace
- Publisher
- REH Foundation Press
- Date
- TBA 2025