The "New" Howard Reader #3

Introduction

Notes

Edition and production details

Language

English

28 linked Howard works

• Bran Mak Morn story Howard writing Publications
• Dagon Manor story Howard writing Publications
• Dance Macabre verse Poetry Publications
• Drowned verse Poetry Publications
• Empire's Destiny verse Poetry Publications
• Etched in Ebony story Howard writing Publications
• Girls verse Poetry Publications
• Guns of the Mountains story Howard writing Publications
• L'envoi (1, "Live like a wolf then") verse Poetry Publications
• Miser's Gold verse Poetry Publications
• Serpent Vines story Howard writing Publications
• Seven Kings verse Poetry Publications
• The Chant Demoniac verse Poetry Publications
• The Devil in His Brain story Howard writing Publications
• The Galveston Affair story Howard writing Publications
• The Ghost of Camp Colorado story Howard writing Publications
• The Hand of Obeah story Howard writing Publications
• The Hashish Land story Howard writing Publications
• The Jade God story Howard writing Publications
• The Return of the Sorcerer story Howard writing Publications
• The Rhyme of the Three Slavers verse Poetry Publications
• These Things Are Gods verse Poetry Publications
• Untitled ("Ho merry bark, . . .") verse Publications
• Untitled ("Now the stars are all gleaming") verse Publications
• Untitled (The Dane came in with a rush, hurtling his huge body forward …) story Howard writing Publications
• Up John Kane! verse Poetry Publications
• War to the Blind verse Poetry Publications
• Zukala's Jest verse Poetry Publications

79 contents entries

1. "The Rhyme of the Three Slavers" (poem)
2. The Rhyme of the Three Slavers • (1983) • poem by Robert E. Howard 1 · poem
3. Untitled ("The Dane came in with a rush …") (incomplete)
4. Untitled fragment ("The Dane came in with a rush...") • (1975) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 1 · story
5. "Serpent Vines"
6. Serpent Vines • (1974) • short story by Robert E. Howard 2 · story
7. Letter to WEIRD TALES, ca. April 1928, "Mr. Lovecraft’s latest story …"
8. Letter to "The Eyrie" in Weird Tales Magazine ("Mr. Lovecraft's latest story, 'The Call of Cthulhu'...") • [Letters to Weird Tales] • (1928) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter (Weird Tales, May 1928)) 3 · essay
9. Letter to Clark Ashton Smith, postmarked 22 July 1933, "I can hardly find words …"
10. Zukala's Jest • [The Zukala Poems: A Narrative Cycle • 3] • (1974) • poem by Robert E. Howard 3 · poem
11. "Dance Macabre" (poem)
12. Letter to Clark Ashton Smith, postmarked July 22, 1933 ("Dear Mr. Smith: / I can hardly find words to express the pleasure...") • [Letters to Clark Ashton Smith] • (1966) • essay by Robert E. Howard 3 · essay
13. "The Chant Demoniac" (poem)
14. Dance Macabre • (1977) • poem by Robert E. Howard 4 · poem
15. "Etched in Ebony"
16. Bran Mak Morn (synopsis) • [Bran Mak Morn] • (1988) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 4 · story
17. Letter to THE FORT WORTH RECORD, ca. July 1928, "Tunney can’t win."
18. The Chant Demoniac • (1989) • poem by Robert E. Howard 4 · poem
19. "The Jade God" (incomplete)
20. Etched in Ebony • (1968) • short story by Robert E. Howard 4 · story
21. "Miser's Gold" (poem)
22. Letter to Ft. Worth Star Telegram Newspaper ("Tunney can't win. After the fight...") • (1928) • essay by Robert E. Howard 4 · essay
23. "These Things Are Gods" (poem)
24. The Jade God • (1992) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 5 · story
25. Letter to August Derleth , ca. January 1933, "I was much interested …"
26. Miser's Gold • (1976) • poem by Robert E. Howard 6 · poem
27. "War to the Blind" (poem)
28. These Things Are Gods • (1992) • poem by Robert E. Howard 6 · poem
29. "The Return of the Sorcerer"(incomplete)
30. Letter to August Derleth, ca. January 1933 ("Dear Mr. Derleth: / I was much interested in your accounts...") • [Letters to August Derleth] • (1964) • essay by Robert E. Howard 6 · essay
31. "Seven Kings" (poem)
32. War to the Blind • (1975) • poem by Robert E. Howard 8 · poem
33. "Empire's Destiny" (poem)
34. The Return of the Sorcerer • (1976) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 8 · story
35. "The Devil in His Brain"
36. Seven Kings • (1982) • poem by Robert E. Howard 11 · poem
37. Letter to Emil Petaja, 6 September 1935, "Yes, I did like ‘Witch’s Berceuse’ …"
38. Empire's Destiny • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard 11 · poem
39. "The Hand of Obeah"
40. The Devil in His Brain • (1986) • short story by Robert E. Howard 11 · story
41. "L'Envoi" (1, poem)
42. Letter to Emil Petaja, September 6, 1935 ("Dear Mr. Petaja: / Yes, I did like "Witch's Berceuse' very much...") • essay by Robert E. Howard 13 · essay
43. Letter to R.H. Barlow , ca. 14 February 1936, "This is to express …"
44. The Hand of Obeah • (1983) • short story by Robert E. Howard 13 · story
45. "Drowned" (poem)
46. L'envoi ("Live like a wolf then...") • poem by Robert E. Howard 22 · poem
47. Handwritten postcard to Novalyne Price , postmarked 19 June 1935, "The weather is good …"
48. Letter to R. H. Barlow, February 14, 1936 ("Dear Mr. Barlow: / This is to express, somewhat belatedly...") • [Letters to R. H. Barlow] • (1933) • essay by Robert E. Howard 23 · essay
49. "The Hashish Land"
50. Drowned • (1975) • poem by Robert E. Howard 23 · poem
51. "Girls" (poem)
52. Postcard to Novalyne Price, no date ("Dear Novalyne, / The weather is good but the beer is lousy...") • [Letters to Novalyne Price] • (1986) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Postcard to Novalyne Price, postmarked June 19, 1935 ("Dear Novalyne; / Roswell / The weather is good...") 2008) 23 · essay
53. Letter to August Lenniger, 20 February, 1933, "Here are the copies of …"
54. Hashish Land • (1978) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Hashish Land) 23 · essay
55. "Dagon Manor" (incomplete)
56. Girls • (1925) • poem by Robert E. Howard 24 · poem
57. "The Galveston Affair"
58. Letter to August Lenniger, February 20, 1933 ("Dear Mr. Lenniger: / Here are the copies of 'The Shadow Kingdom'...") • essay by Robert E. Howard 24 · essay
59. Letter to Robert W. Gordon, postmarked 14 May 1928, "Many thanks for the letter …"
60. Dagon Manor • (1986) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 24 · story
61. Untitled ("Ho, merry bark, let's go") (poem)
62. The Galveston Affair • (1968) • essay by Robert E. Howard 24 · essay
63. Letter to Harold Preece, postmarked 4 January 1930, "Yes, we fade from youth …"
64. Letter to Robert W. Gordon, postmarked May 14, 1928 ("Dear Mr. Gordon: / Many thanks for the letter, also the paper...") • essay by Robert E. Howard 25 · essay
65. "Up, John Kane!" (poem)
66. Untitled poem ("Ho, merry bark, let's go...") • poem by Robert E. Howard 25 · poem
67. "Guns of the Mountains" (magazine version)
68. Letter to Harold Preece, postmarked January 4, 1930 ("Yes, we fade from youth swiftly... ") • [Letters to Harold Preece] • (1975) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of To Harold Preece, postmarked January 4, 1930 ("Yes, we fade from youth swiftly...")) 25 · essay
69. "The Ghost of Camp Colorado" Facsimile format from the original publication in the THE TEXACO STAR including photos taken by REH.
70. Up, John Kane! • (1977) • poem by Robert E. Howard 27 · poem
71. Letters of Comment by Our Readers
72. Guns of the Mountains • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1934) • short story by Robert E. Howard 28 · story
73. "Afterword" by Joe Marek
74. The Ghost of Camp Colorado (facsimile) • (1931) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Ghost of Camp Colorado) 31 · essay
75. Letters of Comment (The "New" Howard Reader #3) • essay by uncredited 31 · essay
76. Letter (The "New" Howard Reader #3) • essay by Paul Herman 31 · essay
77. Letter (The "New" Howard Reader #3) • essay by Thomas Kovacs 31 · essay
78. Letter (The "New" Howard Reader #3) • essay by Dennis McHaney 31 · essay
79. Afterword (The "New" Howard Reader #1) • (1998) • essay by Joe Marek 36 · essay

Contributors

Bill Cavalier

Cover artist

Rusty Burke

Editor

Joe Marek

Compiler, Afterword author

Dave Gentzel

Assistant editor

Glenn Lord

Assistant editor

Steve Trout

Assistant editor

Paul Herman

Assistant editor, Essayist

Patrice Louinet

Assistant editor

Robert E. Howard

Essayist

Thomas Kovacs

Essayist

Dennis McHaney

Essayist

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