REH completed the first version of “Iron Men” (draft a) in March or April 1929. That version was sent to FIGHT STORIES and apparently considered too long. Two successive drafts (drafts b & c) condensed the story. Draft c was eventually submitted to FIGHT STORIES, but the published version was heavily edited. . Alternate titles: “Fall Guy” and “The Iron Man”.
Published in Fight Stories, June 1930. Alternate titles: “Fall Guy” and “Iron Men”.
‘Cultured Cauliflowers’ is an unpublished manuscript by Patrick Ervin found after Howard’s death. ‘Cultured Cauliflowers’ was edited and retitled ‘In High Society’. Cross Plains Library has one original draft of this story and a retyped draft by the Otis Adelbert Kline Agency.
An article Howard wrote called “The Great Munney Ring”, offers a critical view of the wrestling scene, focusing on the manipulation and staging behind wrestling matches to draw crowds and generate publicity.
The Good Knight. Accepted by Street & Smith circa mid-May 1931 and published in December. Howard got $90 for this story.
The Ghost Behind the Gloves. Incomplete, 700 words.
The draft for “A Gent from Bear Creek”.
225 words. In “The Funniest Bout,” Robert E. Howard recounts a humorous and chaotic amateur boxing match he witnessed, involving two inexperienced, tall, gangling youths engaging in their first fight.
Originally written by REH as a Conan story “The Frost-Giant’s Daughter”(REH1). The story was not accepted, so REH rewrote it with a different hero (Amra), and changed the title to “The Frost King’s Daughter” (REH2).
When published by The Fantasy Fan, they changed the title to “Gods of the North”. L. Sprague de Camp found the original manuscript, but extensively rewrote it, and called it “The Frost Giant’s Daughter” (REH/LSDC).
