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“The Shadow of the Beast” is one of Robert E. Howard’s early forays into pure horror, written around 1929. Submitted, but never sold.

The Shadow of Doom. The name “John Taverel” was used.

‘Sea Curse’. A tale that starts with a village tragedy. A local girl who lives with her elderly aunt has been seduced and deflowered by a swaggering, drunk sailor.

“A Power Among the Islands” is an unfinished short story by Robert E. Howard, set in the vivid backdrop of the South Seas. The tale opens aboard the schooner Marquesas, weaving a narrative of adventure, confrontation, and the influence of a single individual over a small, contained society.

A Power Among the Islands. A team-up of different Howard characters. Today we would probably call them crossovers. El Borak teams up with the Sonora Kid. Never published in Howard’s lifetime.

From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, April 6, 1925 (“Salaam, sahib: / What ho! I have never . . .”).
As this is a parody of Sax Rohmer’s “The Quest for the Sacred Slipper”, the title was likely a typo, and should have been “The Post of the Sappy Slipper”.

Alternate title: THE POST OF THE SAPPY SLIPPER

OUT OF THE DEEP is a sequel of sorts to SEA CURSE (Weird Tales, May 1928). It was submitted to Weird Tales in 1928 but got rejected.

Nekht Semerkeht. Unfinished. Supposedly the last story REH ever worked on.

Originally there was a complete first draft, though the later portions of it were in synopsis form and a second draft which was started but didn’t go very far. Glenn Lord gave Offutt the second draft beginning with the remaining portion of the first draft, and Offutt worked from that. 

“The Mystery of Tannernoe Lodge” is an unfinished short story by Robert E. Howard, featuring his detective character Steve Harrison. Set in a secluded lodge, the narrative delves into the enigmatic circumstances surrounding a series of mysterious events and the involvement of various characters in a web of deceit and danger.

First published in Lord of the Dead, by Grant in 1981. It was then completed by Fred Blosser, based on a fragment by Howard.

“The Jade God” is an unfinished, originally untitled story by Robert E. Howard, set against a backdrop typical of his dark and mysterious narratives. Written in the 1930s, the story remains a fascinating example of Howard’s ability to blend elements of horror and suspense with vividly rendered settings. The narrative plunges the reader into an eerie night of murder and mystery involving a small group of characters and a peculiar artifact—the titular jade god.