The Weird Writings of Robert E. Howard volume 1

Introduction

Notes

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60 linked Howard works

• A Song Out of Midianverse
• An Open Windowverse
• Arkhamverse
• Autumnverse
• Black Chant Imperialverse
• Black Colossusstory
• Creteverse
• Dead Man's Hateverse
• Easter Islandverse
• Forbidden Magicverse
• In the Forest of Villeferestory
• Kings of the Nightstory
• Moon Mockeryverse
• Moonlight on a Skullverse
• Old Garfield's Heartstory
• Queen of the Black Coaststory
• Rattle of Bonesstory
• Red Shadowsstory
• Remembranceverse
• Rogues in the Housestory
• Sea Cursestory
• Shadows in the Moonlightstory
• Shadows on the Roadverse
• Skull-Facestory
• Skulls in the Starsstory
• Spear and Fangstory
• The Black Stonestory
• The Children of the Nightstory
• The Dark Manstory
• The Dream Snakestory
• The Fearsome Touch of Deathstory
• The Footfalls Withinstory
• The Gates of Ninevehverse
• The Gods of Bal-Sagothstory
• The Harp of Alfredverse
• The Haunter of the Ringstory
• The Hills of the Deadstory
• The Horror from the Moundstory
• The Hyenastory
• The Last Dayverse
• The Lost Racestory
• The Man on the Groundstory
• The Mirrors of Tuzun Thunestory
• The Moon of Skullsstory
• The Moor Ghostverse
• The Phoenix on the Swordstory
• The Pool of the Black Onestory
• The Ride of Falumeverse
• The Riders of Babylonverse
• The Scarlet Citadelstory
• The Shadow Kingdomstory
• The Slithering Shadowstory
• The Song of a Mad Minstrelverse
• The Song of the Batsverse
• The Thing on the Roofstory
• The Tower of the Elephantstory
• The Valley of the Wormstory
• Wings in the Nightstory
• Wolfsheadstory
• Worms of the Earthstory

140 contents entries

1. "Introduction" by Neil and Leigh Mechem
2. Introduction (The Weird Writings of Robert E. Howard) • essay by Leigh Mechem and Neil Mechem iv · introduction
3. "Spear and Fang"
4. Spear and Fang • (1925) • short story by Robert E. Howard 1 · story
5. "In the Forest of Villefè re"
6. In the Forest of Villefère • [De Montour] • (1925) • short story by Robert E. Howard 6 · story
7. "Wolfshead"
8. Wolfshead • [De Montour] • (1926) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 9 · novelette
9. "The Lost Race" [Olnick]
10. The Lost Race • [Bran Mak Morn] • (1927) • short story by Robert E. Howard 24 · story
11. "The Song of the Bats" (poem)
12. The Song of the Bats • (1927) • poem by Robert E. Howard 33 · poem
13. Letter to WEIRD TALES, ca. May 1927, "Your last three issues …"
14. Letter to the Editor (Weird Tales, June 1927) • [Letters to Weird Tales] • (1927) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter (Weird Tales, June 1927)) 33 · essay
15. "The Ride of the Falume" (poem)
16. The Ride of Falume • (1927) • poem by Robert E. Howard 34 · poem
17. "The Riders of Babylon" (poem)
18. The Riders of Babylon • (1928) • poem by Robert E. Howard 35 · poem
19. "The Dream Snake"
20. The Dream Snake • (1928) • short story by Robert E. Howard 36 · story
21. "The Hyena" [Rankin]
22. The Hyena • (1928) • short story by Robert E. Howard 41 · story
23. "Remembrance" (poem)
24. Remembrance • (1928) • poem by Robert E. Howard 49 · poem
25. "Sea Curse"
26. Sea Curse • [Faring Town] • (1928) • short story by Robert E. Howard 50 · story
27. Letter to WEIRD TALES, ca. April 1928, "Mr. Lovecraft’s latest story …"
28. Letter to the Editor (Weird Tales, May 1928) • [Letters to Weird Tales] • (1928) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter (Weird Tales, May 1928)) 54 · essay
29. "The Gates of Nineveh" (poem)
30. The Gates of Nineveh • (1928) • poem by Robert E. Howard 55 · poem
31. "Red Shadows" (Soloman Kane) [Rankin]
32. Red Shadows • [Solomon Kane] • (1928) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 56 · novelette
33. "The Harp of Alfred" (poem) [Rankin]
34. The Harp of Alfred • (1928) • poem by Robert E. Howard 75 · poem
35. "Easter Island" (poem)
36. Easter Island • (1928) • poem by Robert E. Howard 76 · poem
37. "Skulls in the Stars" (Soloman Kane) [Rankin]
38. Skulls in the Stars • [Solomon Kane] • (1929) • short story by Robert E. Howard 77 · story
39. "Crete" (poem)
40. Crete • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard 84 · poem
41. "Moon Mockery" (poem)
42. Moon Mockery • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard 85 · poem
43. "Rattle of Bones" (Soloman Kane) [Doak]
44. Rattle of Bones • [Solomon Kane] • (1929) • short story by Robert E. Howard 86 · story
45. "Forbidden Magic" (poem)
46. Forbidden Magic • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard 91 · poem
47. "The Shadow Kingdom" (King Kull) [Rankin]
48. The Shadow Kingdom • [Kull of Valusia] • (1929) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 92 · novelette
49. "The Moor Ghost" (poem)
50. The Moor Ghost • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard 112 · poem
51. "The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune" (King Kull) [Doak]
52. The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune • [Kull of Valusia] • (1929) • short story by Robert E. Howard 113 · story
53. "Skull-Face" (Part 1 of 3) [Rankin]
54. Skull-Face (Part 1 of 3) • (1929) • serial by Robert E. Howard 120
55. Letter to WEIRD TALES, ca. October 1929, "I have just been reading …"
56. Letter to the Editor (Weird Tales, November 1929) • [Letters to Weird Tales] • (1929) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter (Weird Tales, November 1929)) 145 · essay
57. " Skull-Face" (Part 2 of 3) [Doak]
58. Skull-Face (Part 2 of 3) • (1929) • serial by Robert E. Howard 146
59. " Skull-Face" (Part 3 of 3) [Doak]
60. Skull-Face (Part 3 of 3) • (1929) • serial by Robert E. Howard 161
61. "Dead Man's Hate" (poem)
62. Dead Man's Hate • (1930) • poem by Robert E. Howard 178 · poem
63. "The Fearsome Touch of Death"
64. The Fearsome Touch of Death • (1930) • short story by Robert E. Howard 179 · story
65. "A Song out of Midian" (poem)
66. A Song out of Midian • (1930) • poem by Robert E. Howard 183 · poem
67. Letter to WEIRD TALES, ca. March 1930, " Thirsty Blades is fine …"
68. Letter to the Editor (Weird Tales, April 1930) • [Letters to Weird Tales] • (1930) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter (Weird Tales, April 1930)) 184 · essay
69. "Shadows on the Road" (poem)
70. Shadows on the Road • (1930) • poem by Robert E. Howard 185 · poem
71. "The Moon of Skulls" (Part 1 of 2) (Soloman Kane) [Doak]
72. The Moon of Skulls (Part 1 of 2) • [Solomon Kane] • (1930) • serial by Robert E. Howard 186
73. " The Moon of Skulls" (Part 2 of 2) (Soloman Kane) [Doak]
74. The Moon of Skulls (Part 2 of 2) • [Solomon Kane] • (1930) • serial by Robert E. Howard 206
75. "The Hills of the Dead" (Soloman Kane) [Rankin]
76. The Hills of the Dead • [Solomon Kane] • (1930) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 220 · novelette
77. "Black Chant Imperial" (poem)
78. Black Chant Imperial • (1930) • poem by Robert E. Howard 235 · poem
79. "Kings of the Night" (Bran Mak Morn & King Kull) [Rankin]
80. Kings of the Night • [Bran Mak Morn] • (1930) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 236 · novelette
81. "The Song of a Mad Minstrel" (poem)
82. The Song of a Mad Minstrel • (1931) • poem by Robert E. Howard 258 · poem
83. "The Children of the Night" [Senf]
84. The Children of the Night • [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] • (1931) • short story by Robert E. Howard 259 · story
85. Letter to WEIRD TALES, ca. December 1930, "I was particularly fascinated …"
86. Letter to the Editor (Weird Tales, January 1931) • [Letters to Weird Tales] • (1931) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to "The Eyrie" in Weird Tales Magazine ("I was particularly fascinated by the poem...")) 269 · essay
87. "The Footfalls Within" (Soloman Kane) [Senf]
88. The Footfalls Within • [Solomon Kane] • (1931) • short story by Robert E. Howard 270 · story
89. "The Gods of Bal-Sagoth" [Doolin]
90. The Gods of Bal-Sagoth • [Turlogh O'Brien] • (1931) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 282 · novelette
91. "The Black Stone" [Doolin]
92. The Black Stone • [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] • (1931) • short story by Robert E. Howard 308 · story
93. "The Dark Man" (Bran Mak Morn) [Senf]
94. The Dark Man • [Turlogh O'Brien] • (1931) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 320 · novelette
95. "The Thing on the Roof" [Doolin]
96. The Thing on the Roof • [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] • (1932) • short story by Robert E. Howard 339 · story
97. "The Last Day" (poem)
98. The Last Day • (1932) • poem by Robert E. Howard 346 · poem
99. Letter to WEIRD TALES, ca. February 1932, "Congratulations on the appearance …"
100. Letter to the Editor (Weird Tales, March 1932) • [Letters to Weird Tales] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter (Weird Tales, March 1932) 1932) 346 · essay
101. "The Horror from the Mound" [Nelson]
102. The Horror from the Mound • (1932) • short story by Robert E. Howard 347 · story
103. "Wings in the Night" (Soloman Kane) [Nelson]
104. Wings in the Night • [Solomon Kane] • (1932) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 359 · novelette
105. "Arkham" (poem)
106. Arkham • (1932) • poem by Robert E. Howard 379 · poem
107. "An Open Window" (poem)
108. An Open Window • (1932) • poem by Robert E. Howard 379 · poem
109. "Worms of the Earth" (Bran Mak Morn) [Wilcox]
110. Worms of the Earth • [Bran Mak Morn] • (1932) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 380 · novelette
111. "The Phoenix on the Sword" (Conan) [Wilcox]
112. The Phoenix on the Sword • [Conan] • (1932) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 401 · novelette
113. "The Scarlet Citadel" (Conan) [Wilcox]
114. The Scarlet Citadel • [Conan] • (1933) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 417 · novelette
115. "The Tower of the Elephant" (Conan) [Wilcox]
116. The Tower of the Elephant • [Conan] • (1933) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 444 · novelette
117. "Autumn" (poem)
118. Autumn • (1933) • poem by Robert E. Howard 461 · poem
119. "Moonlight on a Skull" (poem)
120. Moonlight on a Skull • (1933) • poem by Robert E. Howard 462 · poem
121. "Black Colossus" (Conan) [Wilcox]
122. Black Colossus • [Conan] • (1933) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 463 · novelette
123. "The Man on the Ground"
124. The Man on the Ground • (1933) • short story by Robert E. Howard 488 · story
125. "The Slithering Shadow" (Conan) [Wilcox]
126. The Slithering Shadow • [Conan] • (1933) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 492 · novelette
127. "The Pool of the Black One" (Conan) [Wilcox]
128. The Pool of the Black One • [Conan] • (1933) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 515 · novelette
129. "Old Garfield's Heart"
130. Old Garfield's Heart • (1933) • short story by Robert E. Howard 534 · story
131. "Rogues in the House" (Conan) [Rankin]
132. Rogues in the House • [Conan] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 541 · novelette
133. "The Valley of the Worm" [Rankin]
134. The Valley of the Worm • [James Allison] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 558 · novelette
135. "Shadows in the Moonlight" (Conan) [Rankin]
136. Shadows in the Moonlight • [Conan] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 573 · novelette
137. "Queen of the Black Coast" (Conan) [Rankin]
138. Queen of the Black Coast • [Conan] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 595 · novelette
139. "The Haunter of the Ring" [Hammond]
140. The Haunter of the Ring • (1934) • short story by Robert E. Howard 615 · story

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