REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #8
Publication date: Fall 2005
Introduction
Damon Sasser's REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #8 from 2005. Contains the story 'Black Country' by Howard. Articles by Danny Street, Glenn Lord, Damon Sasser and Morgan Holmes.
In the mid-1970s, when the Robert E. Howard Boom was just beginning, REH: Two-Gun Raconteur was on the cutting edge of Howard Fandom. During those heady days there was a continuous stream of hardback books, paperbacks, magazines, comics, chapbooks, fanzines, art portfolios and one-shot publications all devoted to the gifted author and poet from Cross Plains, Texas. When the Boom eventually faded out in the late eighties, the fans and admirers of Robert E. Howard still carried the torch, waiting for a time when Howard would return and that time has come. While not on as grand a scale as the earlier boom, it is nonetheless a great time to be a Howard fan.
As a result of this renewed interest in Howard, REH: Two-Gun Raconteur resumed publication in 2003. Issues 5 through 4have been published with the current schedule having The Definitive Robert E. Howard Journal appearing annually. REH: Two-Gun Raconteur is a classic Howard journal that keeps its roots intact. The journal is geared toward the reader who enjoys escaping into the fantastic worlds and characters created by Robert E. Howard.
Each issue features an outstanding line-up of obscure Robert E. Howard fiction, insightful essays and in-depth articles by award winning Howard scholars, plus first-rate artwork by up and coming young artists as well as established favorites.
So, if you are an aficionado of the works of the world’s greatest fantasy and adventure writer, you will find the spirit of Robert E. Howard lives on, bringing fire and thunder to the pages of REH: Two-Gun Raconteur.
Notes
Volume 1, number 8.
Saddle stapled, wraps. Page numbers do not include covers.
The front cover illustration is titled, "...there began a whirl and thrash of limbs, the tearing and rending of a fiendish battle."
"The Junto" is a list of contributors.
"The Dark Lines" is an editorial.
"The Dark Gray Heritage" contains many quotes from Howard's prose.
Editor and publisher: Damon C. Sasser
Limited to 250 copies
"Black Country" is illustrated by Greg Ruth
Edition and production details
- Edition
- 1st
- Format
- Magazine
- Publication date
- Fall 2005
- Pages
- 44
- Publisher / imprint
- The Black Coast Press
- Cover art
- Gene Day
- Illustrations
- Greg Ruth, Esteban Maroto, David Burton, Stephen Fabian, Bill Cavalier
1 linked Howard work
- Black Countrystory
23 contents entries
- "Black Country " Illustrated by Greg Ruth
- REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #8 (Steve Costigan) • interior artwork by Bill Cavalier ifc · artwork
- The Junto (Contributor's page)
- REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #8 (Breckenridge Elkins) • interior artwork by Bill Cavalier ibc · artwork
- "The Dark Lines" (Editorial) by Damon Sasser
- The Junto (REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #8) • essay by uncredited 2 · essay
- "Herbert Klatt: The Fourth Muskateer" by Glenn Lord
- The Junto (REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #8) • interior artwork by uncredited 2 · artwork
- Robert E. Howard's Heroes & Heroines: Art Portfolio by Stephen Fabian
- The Dark Lines: Reflections on Centennial Eve • essay by Damon C. Sasser 3 · essay
- "A Dark Gray Heritage" Part 2 by Danny Street
- Black Country • (1973) • short story by Robert E. Howard 5 · story
- "Restless Hercules, Wild Planet" by Morgan Holmes
- Black Country • interior artwork by Greg Ruth 5 · artwork
- Nemedian Dispatches (Recommended Products)
- REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #8 • interior artwork by Gene Day 12 · artwork
- Herbert Klatt: The Fourth Musketeer • essay by Glenn Lord 13 · essay
- REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #8 • interior artwork by Alan Guilan 16 · artwork
- Robert E. Howard's Heroes & Heroines: A Portfolio • (2004) • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian 17 · artwork
- A Dark Gray Heritage (Part 2 of 2) • essay by Danny Street 23 · essay
- Restless Hercules, Wild Planet • essay by Morgan Holmes 32 · essay
- Restless Hercules, Wild Planet • interior artwork by David Burton 32 · artwork
- REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #8 (King Kull) • interior artwork by Esteban Maroto bc · artwork
Contributors
- Gene Day
- 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
- REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #8
- Publisher
- The Black Coast Press
- Date
- Fall 2005
- Source file
- reh-twogunraconteur8.html
REH World editorial layer
- Title
- REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #8
- Publisher
- The Black Coast Press
- Date
- Fall 2005