Crimson Shadows: The Best of Robert E. Howard Volume 1

Edition and production details

Language

English

29 linked Howard works

• A Warning (partial verse, "You have built a world of paper and wood") verse Publications
• A Word from the Outer Dark verse Publications
• An Echo from the Iron Harp verse Publications
• Beyond the Black River story Howard writing Publications
• Breed of Battle story Howard writing Publications
• For the Love of Barbara Allen story Howard writing Publications
• Hawk of the Hills story Howard writing Publications
• Kings of the Night story Howard writing Publications
• Lines Written In theRealization That I Must Die verse Publications
• Lord of the Dead story Howard writing Publications
• Marching Song of Connacht verse Publications
• Recompense verse Publications
• Red Shadows story Howard writing Publications
• Sharp's Gun Serenade story Howard writing Publications
• The Black Stone story Howard writing Publications
• The Curse of the Golden Skull story Howard writing Publications
• The Dark Man story Howard writing Publications
• The Dust Dance (1, "For I, with the . . .") verse Publications
• The Fightin'est Pair story Howard writing Publications
• The Ghost Kings verse Publications
• The Grey God Passes story Howard writing Publications
• The OneBlack Stain verse Publications
• The People of the Black Circle story Howard writing Publications
• The Shadow Kingdom story Howard writing Publications
• The Song of a Mad Minstrel verse Publications
• The Song of the Last Briton verse Publications
• The Tide verse Publications
• The Valley of the Worm story Howard writing Publications
• Worms of the Earth story Howard writing Publications

34 contents entries

1. "Artist's Forward" by Jim & Ruth Keegan
2. "Introduction" by Rusty Burke
3. "The Shadow Kingdom"
4. "The Ghost Kings" (poem)
5. "The Curse of the Golden Skull"
6. "Red Shadows"
7. "The One Black Stain" (poem)
8. "The Dark Man"
9. "The Marching Song of Connacht" (poem)
10. "Kings of the Night"
11. "Recompense" (poem)
12. "The Black Stone"
13. "The Song of a Mad Minstrel" (poem)
14. "The Fightin’est Pair"
15. "The Grey God Passes"
16. "The Song of the Last Briton" (poem)
17. "Worms of the Earth"
18. "An Echo from the Iron Harp" (poem)
19. "Lord of the Dead"
20. Untitled "You have built a world of paper and wood" (poem)
21. "For the Love of Barbara Allen"
22. "The Tide" (poem)
23. "The Valley of the Worm"
24. "The Dust Dance: Selections, Version II" (poem, lines 1 thru 80)
25. "The People of the Black Circle"
26. "Beyond the Black River"
27. "A Word from the Outer Dark" (poem)
28. "Hawk of the Hills"
29. "Sharp’s Gun Serenade"
30. "Lines Written in the Realization That I Must Die" (poem)
31. Appendices
32. "Robert E. Howard: Twentieth-Century Mythmaker" by Charles Hoffman
33. "A Short Biography of Robert E. Howard" by Rusty Burke
34. "Notes on the Original Howard Texts"

Contributors

Rusty Burke

Introduction author

Jim Keegan

Cover artist, Illustrator

Ruth Keegan

Cover artist, Illustrator