Introduction
This short story was altered slightly to become Chapter 9 of the novel, A Gent From Bear Creek. Featuring Breckinridge Elkins. Originally the story was titled “The Peaceful Pilgrim”. Featuring Breckinridge Elkins. Howard did an extensive rewrite of this story and before it appeared in the August 1935 Action Stories under the title “Cupid from Bear Creek”.
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Published in:
- ACTION STORIES Volume 13 Number 3, Fiction House, Inc., August 1935
- THE SUMMIT COUNTY JOURNAL, February 16, 23; March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 1968 (as “The Peaceful Pilgrim,” 7-part serial, an earlier, somewhat different version of “Cupid from Bear Creek”)
- THE SUMMIT COUNTY JOURNAL, March 26, April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14, 21, 28, June 4, 11, 18, 26, 1970 (14 part serial, same as book version)
- MAYHEM ON BEAR CREEK, Grant, 1979 (as “The Peaceful Pilgrim“)
- HEROES OF BEAR CREEK, Ace, November 1983 (as “The Peaceful Pilgrim“)
- THE COMPLETE ACTION STORIES, Hermanthis, November 2001
- THE COMPLETE ACTION STORIES, Wildside Press, November 2003
- THE COMPLETE ACTION STORIES, Wildside Press, January 2005
- RIOT AT BUCKSNORT AND OTHER WESTERN TALES, Bison Books, April 2005 (as “The Peaceful Pilgrim“)
- THE ROBERT E. HOWARD READER VOLUME 1, Wildshade Books, 2007
- A GENT FROM BEAR CREEK AND OTHER WESTERNS, Halcyon Press, Ltd., January 2010
- THE ROBERT E. HOWARD OMNIBUS: 99 COLLECTED STORIES, Halcyon Press, Ltd., May 2010
- COLLECTED WESTERN STORIES OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, Halcyon Press, Ltd., October 2010
- THE BRECKENRIDGE ELKINS STORIES, Jame-Books, August 2012
- THE MISADVENTURES OF BRECKINRIDGE ELKINS, Nuelow Games, August 2012
- ROBERT E. HOWARD’S COLLECTED WORKS, Jame-Books, February 2013
- A GENT FROM BEAR CREEK, Fiction House Press, February 2015
- THE ADVENTURES OF BRECKINRIDGE ELKINS VOLUME 1, REH Foundation Press, August 2016
- CUPID FROM BEAR CREEK, Raging Bull Publishing, April 2017
- CUPID FROM BEAR CREEK, Raging Bull Publishing, June 2017
- CUPID FROM BEAR CREEK, Audible Audio, June 2017
- ROBERT E. HOWARD FOUNDATION NEWSLETTER V15N1, Robert E. Howard Foundation, Spring 2021 (Story and synopsis)
