The "New" Howard Reader #4

Edition and production details

Language

English

32 linked Howard works

• A Dying Pirate Speaks of Treasure verse Publications
• A Gent from Bear Creek story Howard writing Publications
• A Pledge verse Publications
• Drum Gods verse Publications
• Golden Hope" Christmas story Howard writing Publications
• Guests of the Hoodoo Room story Howard writing Publications
• L'envoi (3, "Twilight striding o'er the mountain") verse Publications
• Mad Meg Gill verse Publications
• Miss High-Hat story Howard writing Publications
• My Sentiments Set To Jazz verse Publications
• Neolithic Love Song verse Publications
• She-Cats of Samarcand story Howard writing Publications
• The Celtica Notes of Robert E. Howard story Howard writing Publications
• The Coming of Bast verse Publications
• The Gods Remember (2, "The glories of the ages") verse Publications
• The Gondarian Man story Howard writing Publications
• The Haunted Hut story Howard writing Publications
• The Phases of Life verse Publications
• The Return of the Sea-Farer verse Publications
• The Road to Freedom verse Publications
• The Song of Yar Ali Khan verse Publications
• The Spell of Damballah story Howard writing Publications
• The Stones of Destiny story Howard writing Publications
• The Thessalians story Howard writing Publications
• The Voice of the Mob story Howard writing Publications
• The Weakling verse Publications
• The Zulu Lord verse Publications
• Under the Baobab Tree story Howard writing Publications
• Untitled ("The Baron of Fenland . . .") verse Publications
• Untitled ("When Napoleon down in Africa") verse Publications
• Untitled (John Gorman found himself in Samarkand, … [synopsis]) story Howard writing Publications
• With a Set of Rattlesnake Rattles story Howard writing Publications

41 contents entries

1. "The Return of the Sea-Farer" (poem)
2. "Under the Baobab Tree"
3. "The Gondarian Man" (incomplete)
4. Letter to WEIRD TALES, ca. October 1929, "I have just been reading …"
5. "Drum Gods" (poem)
6. Letter to August Derleth , ca. February 1933, "After so long a time …"
7. "The Coming of Bast" (poem)
8. "Guests of the Hoodoo Room"
9. "The Gods Remember" (2, poem)
10. "The Voice of the Mob"
11. Letter to E. Hoffmann Price, 21 April 1936, "Glad you-all liked ‘She-Devil’."
12. "She-Cats of Samarcand" (synopsis)
13. "A Pledge" (poem)
14. "The Road to Freedom" (poem)
15. Letter to R.H. Barlow, ca. 2 April 1933, "Here are some notes …"
16. "Mad Meg Gill" (poem)
17. "Stones of Destiny"
18. "The Phases of Life" (poem)
19. "The Haunted Hut"
20. "A Dying Pirate Speaks of Treasure" (poem)
21. "The Thessalians"
22. Letter to August Lenniger, 8 March 1933, "This is to inform you …"
23. "The Spell of Damballah" (incomplete)
24. "The Weakling" (poem)
25. Letter to Robert W. Gordon, 17 March 1927, "This time I have an excuse …"
26. "L'Envoi" (3, poem)
27. Postcard to Novalyne Price, postmarked 20 June 1935, There is no message on this postcard. It contained the handwritten "Dear Novalyne," and "Cordially, Bob". The front of the postcard is a picture of a rattlesnake swallowing a rabbit.
28. "With a Set of Rattlesnake Rattles"
29. Letter to Harold Preece , postmarked 24 March 1930, "Thanks for the picture."
30. " Golden Hope Christmas"
31. "My Sentiments, Set to Jazz" (poem)
32. "The Celtica Notes of Robert E. Howard"
33. "The Zulu Lord" (poem)
34. Handwritten letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, 8 June 1923, "May the blessings of Allah …"
35. Untitled ("When Napoleon down in Africa …") (poem)
36. "Neolithic Love Song" (poem)
37. "Untitled ("The baron of Feniand sat at ease") (poem)
38. "The Song of Yar Ali Khan" (poem)
39. "A Gent from Bear Creek" (magazine version)
40. Letters of Comment by Our Readers
41. "Afterword" by Joe Marek

Contributors

Joe Marek

Afterword author

Joseph W. Marek

Cover artist