Skulls in the Stars

Skulls in the Stars. First published in Weird Tales, January 1929. Howard got $30 for this story. It was also submitted to Argosy-Allstory.

In England, Kane is on his way to the hamlet of Torkertown, and must choose one of two paths, a route that leads through a moor or one that leads through a swamp. He is warned that the moor route is haunted and all travelers who take that road die, so he decides to investigate.

• WEIRD TALES VOLUME 13 NUMBER 1, Popular Fiction Publishing Company, January 1929
• SKULL-FACE AND OTHERS, Arkham House, 1946
• MAGAZINE OF HORROR #9, Health Knowledge, Inc., June 1965
• RED SHADOWS, Grant, 1968 (red binding)
• THE MOON OF SKULLS, Centaur, 1st, November 1969 (60c)
• RED SHADOWS, Grant, 1971 (gray binding)
• THE MOON OF SKULLS, Haddock, 1972 (n.d., unauthorized)
• ‘THE MOON OF SKULLS, Centaur, 2nd, 1974 (nd, $1.25)
• SKULL-FACE OMNIBUS, Neville Spearman, 1974
• TERRA FANTASY 11: DEGEN DER GERECHTIGKEIT, Erich Pabel Verlag KG, August 1975 (German)
• SKULL-FACE OMNIBUS, Neville Spearman, 1975
• SKULL-FACE OMNIBUS, Volume 2, Panther, 1976
• THE MOON OF SKULLS, Centaur, 3rd, 1976 (nd, “The Illustrated Edition”)
• WEIRD LEGACIES, Star, 1977
• IL MEGLIO DI WEIRD TALES, Editrice Il Picchio, March 1978 (Italian)  
• RED SHADOWS, Grant, 1978
• TERRA FANTASY 11: DEGEN DER GERECHTIGKEIT, Erich Pabel Verlag KG, April 1978 2nd printing (German)
• SOLOMON KANE: SKULLS IN THE STARS, Bantam, December 1978
• SOLOMON KANE, Fanucci Editore, September 1979 (Italian)      
• IL MEGLIO DI WEIRD TALES – ULTIMO APRODO STELLARE, Editrice Il Picchio, June 1980 (Italian)  
• SOLOMON KANE, NeO, March 1981 (French)
• SOLOMON KANE, NeO, July 1983 (French, 2nd printing)
• SOLOMON KANE, NeO, July 1985 (French, 3rd printing)
• ROSTRO DE CALAVERA, ST, 1987 (Spanish)
• SOLOMON KANE, NeO, May 1988 (French, 4th printing)
• WEIRD TALES: THE MAGAZINE THAT NEVER DIES, Science Fiction Book Club/Doubleday, October 1988
• IL MEGLIO DI WEIRD TALES 20: IL CANE DEL DIAVOLO, Fanucci Editore, February 1989 (Italian)
• SOLOMON KANE, Fleuve Noir, September 1991 (French)
• DELIRIUM TREMENS Nº 3, Club Alpino Guadarrama, 1992 (Spanish)  
• KSIĘŻYC CZASZEK, Wydawnictwo PiK, 1992 (Polish)  
• CYBER FANTASY 2, Alberto Santos, June 1993 (Spanish)  
• GLI INDAGATORI DELL’INCUBO, Newton Compton Editori, September 1993 (Italian)  
• A KOPONYAK HOLDJA, Cherubion Könyvkiadó, 1993 (Hungarian)
• PURITÁN, Leonardo, 1993 (Czech)  
• STORIE DI VAMPIRI, Newton Compton Editori, May 1994 (Italian)  
• LAS AVENTURAS DE SOLOMON KANE, Anaya, November 1994 (Spanish)  
• A SOLOMON KANE CHRONOLOGY, PART 2, Richard Toogood, February 1995 (brief excerpt) [Distributed in REHUPA #131]  
• TUTTI I CICLI FANTASTICI – I CICLI DI SOLOMON KANE E DI KIRBY BUCHNER, Newton Compton Editori, April 1995 (Italian)    
• LE ALI NOTTURNE, Newton Compton Editori, June 1995 (Italian)  
• SOLOMON KANE, Baen, November 1995 (restored text)
• WEIRD TALES: THE MAGAZINE THAT NEVER DIES, Barnes & Noble, 1996
• СOЛOMOH КEЙH (SOLOMON KEJN / SOLOMON KANE), Азбука-Терра (Azbuka-Terra / ABC-Terra), 1997 (Russian)
• LE AVVENTURE DI SOLOMON KANE, Editrice Nord, November 1998 (Italian)   
• THE SAVAGE TALES OF SOLOMON KANE, Wandering Star, 1998
• THE BLADE OF FATE, North-West, 1998 (Russian)
• SOLOMON KANE, Laser Books, 2001 (Czech)
• SOLOMON KANE IL GIUSTIZIERE, Editrice Nord, May 2002 (Italian)  
• SAVAGE ADVENTURES, Wild Cat Books, 2004
• THE SAVAGE TALES OF SOLOMON KANE, Del Rey, July 2004
• SHADOW KINGDOMS, Wildside Press, December 2004
• THE SAVAGE TALES OF SOLOMON KANE, Science Fiction Book Club, February 2005
• STORIE DI VAMPIRI, Newton Compton Editori, June 2005 (Italian)  
• SHADOW KINGDOMS, Wildside Press, November 2005
• I PIÙ RACCAPRICCIANTI RACCONTI DELL’ORRORE, Newton Compton Editori, January 2006    
• THE WEIRD WRITINGS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 1, Girasol Collectables, January 2006
• SHADOW KINGDOMS, Wildside Press, November 2006  (2nd printing)
• AS FABULOSAS AVENTURAS DE SALOMÃO KANE, Saída de Emergência, 2006 (Portuguese)
• THE ‘SOLOMAN CRANE’ STORIES, Echo Library, March 2007
• SHADOW KINGDOMS: THE WEIRD WORKS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 1, Audio Realms, April 2007, (audio)
• THE RIGHT HAND OF DOOM AND OTHER TALES OF SOLOMON KANE, Wordsworth Editions, April 2007
• SHADOW KINGDOMS, Cosmos Books, July 2007
• THE ROBERT E. HOWARD READER VOLUME 1, Wildshade Books, 2007
• SOLOMON KANE, L’INTÉGRALE, Bragelonne, August 2008 (French)   
• SOLOMON KANE DEHŞETENGIZ SERÜVENLER, Minima Yayınları, October 2008 (Turkish)  
• THE COLLECTED STORIES OF SOLOMON KANE, Ignacio Hills Press, December 2008 
• SOLOMON KANE’I LOOD, Fantaasia, 2008 (Estonian)  
• SOLOMON KANE TÖRTÉNETEI, Tuan Kiadó, 2008 (Hungarian)  
• THE SAGA OF SOLOMON KANE, Dark Horse Books, July 2009  (graphic adaptation) 
• STORIE DI VAMPIRI, Newton Compton Editori, October 2009 (Italian, One chapter only)  
• СОЛОМОН КЕЙН. КЛИНОК СУДЬБЫ (SOLOMON KANE. BLADE OF DOOM), Eksmo, Domino, December 2009 (Russian)  
• THE SAVAGE TALES OF SOLOMON KANE, Tantor Media Inc., January 2010 (audio) 
• THE SOLOMON KANE SERIES: SKULLS IN THE STARS, Paradox Entertainment, Inc., January 2010  
• THE ROBERT E. HOWARD OMNIBUS: 99 COLLECTED STORIES, Halcyon Press, Ltd., May 2010  
• SOLOMON KANE, Astiberri Ediciones, May 2010 (Spanish)  
• THE SOLOMON KANE OMNIBUS, Benediction Classics, May 2010 
• SOLOMON KANE. CICLO COMPLETO, Coniglio Editore, June 2010 (Italian)  
• SOLOMON KANE, Newton Compton Editori, July 2010 (Italian)   
• SOLOMON KANE, Newton Compton Editori, August 2010 (Italian)   
• SOLOMON KANE, Urco Editora, November 2010 (Galician)  
• SOLOMON KANE, L’INTÉGRALE, Bragelonne, 2010 (French, 2nd printing)
• SOLOMON KANE, Zagrebačka naklada, 2010 (Croatian)
• CONAN’S BRETHREN, Gollancz, January 2011
• STORIE DI VAMPIRI, Newton Compton Editori, July 2011 (Italian, One chapter only)  
• THE SOLOMON KANE SERIES: SKULLS IN THE STARS, Paradox Entertainment, Inc., September 2011  
• SOLOMON KANE’I LOOD, Fantaasia, 2011 (Estonian)  
• SOLOMON KANE AND OTHER STORIES, Jame-Books, August 2012 
• TOTE ERINNERN SICH, Festa Verlag, September 2012 (German) 
• LE ALI NOTTURNE, Newton Compton Editori, October 2012 (Italian)
• ROBERT E. HOWARD’S COLLECTED WORKS, Jame-Books, February 2013
• WEIRD TALES: 101 WEIRD, STRANGE, AND SUPERNATURAL STORIES VOLUME 9, Civitas Media, June 2013  
• SOLOMON KANE. LES COLLINES DES MORTS, Bragelonne, July 2013 (French)  
• SKULLS IN THE STARS, eStar Books, September 2013  
• SKULLS IN THE STARS, eStar Books, April 2014  
• ROBERT E. HOWARD SHORT STORIES & NOVELLAS, Business and Leadership Publishing, July 2014  
• SOLOMON KANE: OKRUTNE PRZYGODY, Rebis, September 2014 (Polish)    
• THE RIGHT HAND OF DOOM, Wordsworth Editions, October 2014
• THE GHOST SHORT STORIES, Oldiees Publishing, June 2015  
• THE FANTASY MEGAPACK: 20 MODERN AND CLASSIC TALES, Wildside Press, October 2015 
• THE SHADOW KINGDOM AND OTHER WEIRD TALES, Ulwencreutz Media, October 2015
• SOLOMON KANE: A SAGA COMPLETA, Generale, 2015 (Portuguese) 
• THE SOLOMON KANE MYTHOS, Ozymandias Press, July 2016   
• SWORDS & STEAM SHORT STORIES, Flame Tree Publishing, September 2016    
• SOLOMON KANE, Jovian Press, November 2016   
• SOLOMON KANE, L’INTÉGRALE, Bragelonne, June 2017 (French)
• STORIE DI VAMPIRI, Newton Compton Editori, January 2018 (Italian, One chapter only)  
• LE ALI NOTTURNE, Newton Compton Editori, May 2018 (Italian)  
• A VOLTE RITORNANO. STORIE DI FANTASMI, Orecchio Acerbo Editore, September 2019 (Italian)  
• SOLOMON KANE , Le Livre de Poche, October 2019 (French)  
• SOLOMON KANE, L’INTÉGRALE (COLLECTOR), Bragelonne, September 2020 (French)
• ROBERT E. HOWARD AND WEIRD TALES, Dennis McHaney, November 2021 (excerpt only)