Verse collection
Singers in the Shadows
Material type
Publication date: 1970
Introduction
Collection of 20 poems, assembled by Howard, submitted for publication early in 1928 to Albert & Charles Boni, who rejected it because they were not publishing verse at that time.
Notes
549 copies printed
Eight interior full page black & white illustrations.
SINGERS IN THE SHADOWS was compiled and titled by Howard himself in 1928: in that year it was submitted to a New York publishing house, who returned the manuscript with the statement that they were not at that time publishing verse.
Edition and production details
- Edition
- 1st
- Format
- Hardcover with dust jacket (5 x 6.5 inches)
- Publication date
- 1970
- Pages
- 55
- Publisher / imprint
- Donald M. Grant
- Cover art
- David Karbonik
- Illustrations
- Robert Bruce Acheson
20 linked Howard works
- Attila Rides No Moreverse
- Destinationverse
- Hadrian's Wallverse
- Night Moodverse
- Rebelverse
- Sacrificeverse
- Shadows (2, "Grey ghost, . . .")verse
- The Bride of Cuchulainverse
- The Fear That Followsverse
- The Lost Galleyverse
- The Men That Walk With Satanverse
- The Road to Hellverse
- The Sea-Womanverse
- The Strangerverse
- The Tavernverse
- The Twin Gatesverse
- The Witchverse
- Thus Spake Sven the Foolverse
- White Thunderverse
- Zukala's Hourverse
43 contents entries
- "Introduction" by Glenn Lord
- Singers in the Shadows • interior artwork by Robert Bruce Acheson artwork
- "Zukala's Hour" (poem)
- Introduction (Singers in the Shadows) • essay by Glenn Lord 7 · introduction
- "The Sea-Woman" (poem)
- Zukala's Hour • [The Zukala Poems: A Narrative Cycle • 2] • poem by Robert E. Howard 13 · poem
- "The Bride of Cuchulain" (poem)
- Night Mood • poem by Robert E. Howard 16 · poem
- "The Stranger" (poem)
- The Sea-Woman • poem by Robert E. Howard 17 · poem
- "Rebel" (poem)
- The Bride of Cuchulain • poem by Robert E. Howard 19 · poem
- "White Thunder" (poem)
- The Stranger • poem by Robert E. Howard 22 · poem
- "The Men That Walk With Satan" (poem)
- Shadows ("Grey ghost, dim ghost...") • poem by Robert E. Howard 25 · poem
- "Thus Spake Sven the Fool" (poem)
- Rebel • poem by Robert E. Howard 26 · poem
- "The Witch" (poem)
- White Thunder • poem by Robert E. Howard 32 · poem
- "Sacrifice" (poem)
- The Men That Walk with Satan • poem by Robert E. Howard 34 · poem
- "Hadrian's Wall" (poem)
- Thus Spake Sven the Fool • poem by Robert E. Howard 37 · poem
- "Night Mood" (poem)
- Sacrifice • poem by Robert E. Howard 38 · poem
- "Shadows" (2, poem)
- The Witch • poem by Robert E. Howard 41 · poem
- "The Lost Galley" (poem)
- The Lost Galley • poem by Robert E. Howard 43 · poem
- "The Fear That Follows" (poem)
- Hadrian's Wall • poem by Robert E. Howard 46 · poem
- "The Tavern" (poem)
- Attila Rides No More • poem by Robert E. Howard 47 · poem
- "Destination" (poem)
- The Fear That Follows • poem by Robert E. Howard 48 · poem
- "The Road to Hell" (poem)
- Destination • (1965) • poem by Robert E. Howard 50 · poem
- "Attila Rides No More" (poem)
- The Tavern • poem by Robert E. Howard 52 · poem
- "The Twin Gates" (poem)
- The Road to Hell • poem by Robert E. Howard 53 · poem
- The Twin Gates • poem by Robert E. Howard 55 · poem
Contributors
- David Karbonik
- Cover artist
- Robert Bruce Acheson
- Illustrator
Additional related terms
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Bibliographic and editorial layers
Howard Works source layer
- Title
- Singers in the Shadows
- Publisher
- Donald M. Grant
- Date
- 1970
- Source file
- singersg.htm
REH World editorial layer
- Title
- Singers in the Shadows
- Publisher
- Donald M. Grant
- Date
- 1970