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The Early Adventures of El Borak

REH Foundation Press

2010
Edition format
Hardcover

Publication date: March 2010

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Introduction

The REH Foundation Press is proud to present The Early Adventures of El Borak. This volume contains those hard-to-find stories from the Cryptic publications of the 1980s, as well as several other related items, including the first publication of a synopsis for “Blood of the Gods.” The vast majority of the pieces in this collection are fragments and juvenilia.This volume checks in at 350 pages, and will be printed in hardback with dust jacket, in a limited quantity of 150 copies, each individually numbered. Cover design and painting by Jim & Ruth Keegan; introduction by David Hardy; and edited by Rob Roehm.Contents

Notes

Edited by Rob Roehm

 

Edition and production details

Language
English
Edition
1st
Edition format
Hardcover with dust jacket
Publication date
March 2010
Pages
xiv plus 350
Publisher / imprint
The REH Foundation Press
Cover art
Jim & Ruth Keegan
Illustrations
None

41 linked Howard works

99 contents entries

  1. Acknowledgments
  2. Introduction: "The Making of El Borak" by David Hardy
  3. The Coming of El Borak
  4. "The Iron Terror"
  5. Untitled "Gordon, the American"
  6. "The Coming of El Borak"
  7. "Khoda Khan’s Tale"
  8. "El Borak" (2, "Were you ever stranded …" )
  9. Untitled "I emptied my revolver …"
  10. "The Land of Mystery"
  11. "The Shunned Castle"
  12. "The White Jade Ring"
  13. "A Power Among the Islands"
  14. "North of Khyber"
  15. "Intrigue in Kurdistan"
  16. Lal Singh, Oriental Gentleman
  17. "The Sword of Lal Singh" (poem)
  18. "The Tale of the Rajah’s Ring"
  19. "The Further Adventures of Lal Singh"
  20. "Lal Singh, Oriental Gentleman"
  21. The Adventures of Yar Ali Khan
  22. "The Song of Yar Ali Khan" (poem)
  23. "The Lion Gate"
  24. Untitled "When Yar Ali Khan crept"
  25. Untitled "Two men were standing"
  26. Untitled "Now bright, now red" (poem)
  27. Steve Allison: The Sonora Kid
  28. "The Sonora Kid—Cowhand"
  29. "The Sonora Kid’s Winning Hand"
  30. "Red Curls and Bobbed Hair"
  31. Untitled "Madge Meraldson set her …"
  32. Untitled "The Hades Saloon and gambling hall, …"
  33. Untitled "A blazing sun in a blazing sky …"
  34. Untitled "The way it came about that Steve Allison …"
  35. Untitled "The hot Arizona sun had not risen …"
  36. Untitled "Steve Allison settled himself down …"
  37. "Brotherly Advice"
  38. "Desert Rendezvous"
  39. "The West Tower"
  40. Miscellanea
  41. "Under the Great Tiger" by REH & Tevis Clyde Smith
  42. Untitled "A Cossack and a Turk"
  43. "Spears of the East"
  44. Untitled "… that is, the artistry"
  45. Untitled "Thure Khan gazed out"
  46. Untitled Synopsis: "Blood of the Gods"
  47. Maps, Sketches and Lists
  48. Possibly for "Blood of the Gods" (map)
  49. For an unidentified story (map)
  50. Found on the back of typescript pages for "Three-Bladed Doom) (drawing)
  51. "Thoughts of an Afghan on a Raid" (drawing)
  52. "Where East and West shall meet" (drawing)
  53. List of names found in El Borak stories (manuscript)
  54. List of Middle Eastern Rulers (typescript)
  55. "A Biographical Sketch of Robert E. Howard" by Alvin Earl Perry - Contains the following REH letter: Letter to Alvin Earl Perry, ca. early 1935, "The first character I ever created …"
  56. Acknowledgments (The Early Adventures of El Borak) • essay by uncredited vii · essay
  57. The Making of El Borak • essay by David A. Hardy (I) ix · essay
  58. The Iron Terror • [El Borak] • (1987) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 3 · story
  59. Untitled fragment ("Gordon, the American...") • [El Borak] • (1987) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 18 · story
  60. The Coming of El Borak • [El Borak] • (1987) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 21 · story
  61. Khoda Khan's Tale • [El Borak] • (1987) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 32 · story
  62. El Borak • [El Borak] • (1987) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 111 · story
  63. Untitled fragment ("I emptied my revolver...") • [El Borak] • (1987) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 146 · story
  64. The Land of Mystery • [El Borak] • (1987) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 148 · story
  65. The Shunned Castle • [El Borak] • (1987) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 168 · story
  66. The White Jade Ring • [The Sonora Kid] • (2007) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 175 · story
  67. A Power among the Islands • [El Borak] • (1987) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 179 · story
  68. North of Khyber • [El Borak] • (1987) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 182 · story
  69. Intrigue in Kurdistan • [El Borak] • (1986) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 197 · story
  70. The Sword of Lal Singh • (2002) • poem by Robert E. Howard 215 · poem
  71. The Tale of the Rajah's Ring • [Lal Singh] • (1985) • short story by Robert E. Howard 216 · story
  72. The Further Adventures of Lal Singh • [Lal Singh] • (1985) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 225 · story
  73. Lal Singh, Oriental Gentleman • [Lal Singh] • (1985) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 228 · story
  74. The Song of Yar Ali Khan • (1977) • poem by Robert E. Howard 247 · poem
  75. The Lion Gate • (2007) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 248 · story
  76. Untitled fragment ("When Yar Ali Khan crept...") • (2007) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 254 · story
  77. Untitled fragment ("Two men were standing in the bazaar...") • (2007) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 255 · story
  78. Untitled poem ("Now bright, now red, the sabers sped...") • (2007) • poem by Robert E. Howard 256 · poem
  79. The Sonora Kid—Cowhand • [The Sonora Kid] • (1988) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 259 · story
  80. The Sonora Kid's Winning Hand • [The Sonora Kid] • (1988) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 265 · story
  81. Red Curls and Bobbed Hair • [The Sonora Kid] • (1988) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 267 · story
  82. Untitled fragment ("Madge Meraldson...") • [The Sonora Kid] • (1988) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 278 · story
  83. Untitled fragment ("The Hades Saloon...") • [The Sonora Kid] • (1988) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 279 · story
  84. Untitled fragment ("A blazing sun...") • [The Sonora Kid] • (1988) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard (variant of "A Blazing Sun in a Blazing Sky") 281 · story
  85. Untitled fragment ("The way it came about...") • [The Sonora Kid] • (1988) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard (variant of ..The Mountains of Thibet) 286 · story
  86. Untitled fragment ("The hot Arizona sun...") • [The Sonora Kid] • (1988) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 290 · story
  87. Untitled fragment ("Steve Allison...") • [The Sonora Kid] • (1988) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 294 · story
  88. Brotherly Advice • [The Sonora Kid] • (1988) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 299 · story
  89. Desert Rendezvous • [The Sonora Kid] • (1988) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 306 · story
  90. The West Tower • [The Sonora Kid] • (1988) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 313 · story
  91. Under the Great Tiger • (1923) • short story by Robert E. Howard and Tevis Clyde Smith 333 · story
  92. Untitled fragment ("A Cossack and a Turk...") • (1976) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 334 · story
  93. Spears of the East • (1976) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 335 · story
  94. Untitled fragment ("...that is, the artistry...") • (2007) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 336 · story
  95. Untitled fragment ("Thure Khan gazed out across...") • (2007) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 338 · story
  96. Blood of the Gods (synopsis) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 339 · story
  97. Maps and Sketches • interior artwork by Robert E. Howard 342 · artwork
  98. Lists • essay by Robert E. Howard 346 · essay
  99. A Biographical Sketch of Robert E. Howard • (1935) • essay by Alvin Earl Perry 348 · essay

Contributors

Rob Roehm
Editor
David Hardy
Introduction author
Jim Keegan
Cover artist
Ruth Keegan
Cover artist

Characters / Featuring

El BorakThe Sonora KidSteve AllisonLal SinghYar Ali Khan

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Tevis Clyde Smith
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