This is L. Sprague de Camp and his wife Catherines biography of Robert E. Howard. Considered by many to be full of gossip, psychoanalysis, rumors and tall-tales about Howard. There is a lot of Howard’s family history and upbringing including a family tree and all the places that Bob and his parents have lived over the years of his life before settling in Cross Plains, TX.
If you read this, be sure to read many of the more serious and great biographies that have since been written.
‘The Valley of the Golden Web’ is a very short story that is lost. Howard submitted it to Weird Tales in 1927 but it was never published.
Second in a series of 5 books. Meticulously restored text by renowned Howard scholar Paul Herman. This book includes material from the Wildside Press volumes “People of the Dark,” “Valley of the Worm,” “Gardens of Fear,” and “Wings in the Night.”
The story begins with James Allison, lying on his deathbed, reminiscing about his past lives. He believes he has lived through many incarnations, always as a member of the Aryan or Nordheimer race. Allison recalls a specific life as Niord, a powerful warrior, and his encounter with a horrific, demonic entity known as the Worm.
The Valley of the Lost (2).
Alternate title: SECRET OF LOST VALLEY. The story begins with “As a wolf spies…”.
Glenn Lord had erroneously titled this story “The Valley of the Lost,” as he thought it was the story that had been announced for the last issue of STRANGE TALES that never got published; as it turns out, he was wrong, and when the proper story showed up, Glenn Lord titled it “The Secret of Lost Valley.”
“The Lost Valley of Iskander” is an El Borak short story by Robert E. Howard. It was not published within Howard’s lifetime, the first publication was in the FAX Collector’s Editions hardback The Lost Valley of Iskander in 1974. Its original title was “Swords of the Hills”.
In this story, El Borak discovers a legendary valley in which live Greek descendants of Alexander the Great invading army. Meanwhile, the vital package he carries must be carried to British India before the Hungarian, Hunyadi, can stop him or thousands will die.
Trails in Darkness. Published by Baen, 1996. Cover by Ken Kelly. Introduction by S. M. Stirling. Collection of Horror stories by Howard.
The Robert E. Howard Library Volume 6.
A selection of poems sold exclusively at the Howard House in Cross Plains, Texas.
