The Singer in the Mist & Others

Introduction

Notes

Edition and production details

37 linked Howard works

• A Song Out of Midianverse
• An Open Windowverse
• Arkhamverse
• Autumnverse
• Black Chant Imperialverse
• Creteverse
• Dead Man's Hateverse
• Desert Dawnverse
• Easter Islandverse
• Forbidden Magicverse
• Fragmentverse
• Futility (1, "Golden goats . . .")verse
• Haunting Columnsverse
• Lines Written In theRealization That I Must Dieverse
• Moon Mockeryverse
• Moonlight on a Skullverse
• Recompenseverse
• Remembranceverse
• Shadows on the Roadverse
• Shipsverse
• The Dream and the Shadowverse
• The Gates of Ninevehverse
• The Ghost Kingsverse
• The Harp of Alfredverse
• The Hills of Kandaharverse
• The King and the Oakverse
• The Last Dayverse
• The Last Hourverse
• The Moor Ghostverse
• The Poetsverse
• The Ride of Falumeverse
• The Riders of Babylonverse
• The Singer in the Mist (1)verse
• The Song of a Mad Minstrelverse
• The Song of the Batsverse
• The Soul-Eaterverse
• Which Will Scarcely Be Understoodverse

77 contents entries

1. "Introduction" by Stephen Jones
2. The Singer in the Mist & Others: The Complete Poems from Weird Tales • interior artwork by Gary Gianni artwork
3. "The Song of the Bats"
4. Introduction (The Singer in the Mist & Others: The Complete Poems from Weird Tales) • essay by Stephen Jones ix · introduction
5. "The Ride of Falume"
6. The Song of the Bats • (1927) • poem by Robert E. Howard 3 · poem
7. "The Riders of Babylon"
8. The Ride of Falume • (1927) • poem by Robert E. Howard 4 · poem
9. "Remembrance"
10. The Riders of Babylon • (1928) • poem by Robert E. Howard 5 · poem
11. "The Gates of Nineveh"
12. Remembrance • (1928) • poem by Robert E. Howard 6 · poem
13. "The Harp of Alfred"
14. The Gates of Nineveh • (1928) • poem by Robert E. Howard 6 · poem
15. "Easter Island"
16. The Harp of Alfred • (1928) • poem by Robert E. Howard 7 · poem
17. "Crete"
18. Easter Island • (1928) • poem by Robert E. Howard 7 · poem
19. "Moon Mockery"
20. Crete • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard 8 · poem
21. "Forbidden Magic"
22. Moon Mockery • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard 8 · poem
23. "The Moor Ghost"
24. Forbidden Magic • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard 9 · poem
25. "Dead Man's Hate"
26. The Moor Ghost • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard 9 · poem
27. "A Song Out of Midian"
28. Dead Man's Hate • (1930) • poem by Robert E. Howard 10 · poem
29. "Shadows on the Road"
30. A Song out of Midian • (1930) • poem by Robert E. Howard 11 · poem
31. "Black Chant Imperial"
32. Shadows on the Road • (1930) • poem by Robert E. Howard 12 · poem
33. "The Song of a Mad Minstrel"
34. Black Chant Imperial • (1930) • poem by Robert E. Howard 14 · poem
35. "The Last Day"
36. The Song of a Mad Minstrel • (1931) • poem by Robert E. Howard 15 · poem
37. "Arkham"
38. The Last Day • (1932) • poem by Robert E. Howard 16 · poem
39. "An Open Window"
40. Arkham • (1932) • poem by Robert E. Howard 17 · poem
41. "Autumn"
42. An Open Window • (1932) • poem by Robert E. Howard 17 · poem
43. "Moonlight on a Skull"
44. Autumn • (1933) • poem by Robert E. Howard 17 · poem
45. "The Soul-Eater"
46. Moonlight on a Skull • (1933) • poem by Robert E. Howard 18 · poem
47. "The Dream and the Shadow "
48. The Soul-Eater • [Sonnets Out of Bedlam • 1] • (1937) • poem by Robert E. Howard 18 · poem
49. "Which Will Scarcely Be Understood"
50. The Dream and the Shadow • [Sonnets Out of Bedlam • 2] • (1937) • poem by Robert E. Howard 19 · poem
51. "Futility"
52. Which Will Scarcely Be Understood • (1937) • poem by Robert E. Howard 20 · poem
53. "Fragment"
54. Futility ("Golden goats on a hillside black ...") • (1937) • poem by Robert E. Howard 22 · poem
55. "Haunting Columns"
56. Fragment ("And so his boyhood wandered into youth...") • (1937) • poem by Robert E. Howard 23 · poem
57. "The Poets"
58. Haunting Columns • [Sonnets Out of Bedlam • 4] • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard 24 · poem
59. "The Singer in the Mist"
60. The Poets • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard 25 · poem
61. "The Last Hour"
62. The Singer in the Mist • [Sonnets Out of Bedlam • 5] • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard 26 · poem
63. "Ships"
64. The Last Hour • [Sonnets Out of Bedlam • 3] • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard 26 · poem
65. "Lines Written in the Realization That I Must Die"
66. Ships • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard 27 · poem
67. "Recompense"
68. Lines Written in the Realization That I Must Die • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard 28 · poem
69. "The Ghost Kings"
70. Recompense • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard 29 · poem
71. "The King and the Oak"
72. The Ghost Kings • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard 30 · poem
73. "Desert Dawn"
74. The King and the Oak • [Kull of Valusia] • (1939) • poem by Robert E. Howard 31 · poem
75. "The Hills of Kandahar"
76. Desert Dawn • (1939) • poem by Robert E. Howard 32 · poem
77. The Hills of Kandahar • (1939) • poem by Robert E. Howard 33 · poem

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Gary Gianni

Cover artist, Illustrator

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