Introduction
“Wings in the Night”. After being accepted in July 1930 by Weird Tales, the story was published two years later, in July 1932. Featuring Solomon Kane.
Kane comes across an entire village wiped out, and all of the roofs have been ripped off, as if by something attempting to get inside from above.
In a letter (#136) to Tevis Clyde Smith, circa July 1930, we learn:
I quote from a letter from Farnsworth: “I am very well pleased with ‘Red Blades of Black Cathay,’ and may use this as the cover design story for our third issue of Oriental Stories. We can offer you $118 on publication for it; and also $118 for “Wings in the Night” for Weird Tales. This is at our regular rate of 1c a word.”
And in a letter (#211) written circa July 1932, to Wilfred Blanch Talman who had read the story Howard says:
Glad you liked the Solomon Kane story. It’s been on ice some time; that is to say, I believe it’s been in the editorial office for some two years. Maybe since I wrote it I’ve rubbed some of the kinks out of my style. And again, maybe not.
Published in:
- WEIRD TALES VOLUME 20 NUMBER 1, Popular Fiction Publishing Company, July 1932
- SKULL-FACE AND OTHERS, Arkham House, 1946
- RED SHADOWS, Grant, 1968 (red binding)
- DE ZWARTE STEEN (THE BLACK STONE), Zwarte Beertjes, 1969 (Dutch)
- THE HAND OF KANE, Centaur, October 1970 (unfinished fragment)
- RED SHADOWS, Grant, 1971 (gray binding)
- THE HAND OF KANE, Haddock, 1972 (n.d.)
- SKULL-FACE OMNIBUS, Neville Spearman, 1974
- SKULL-FACE OMNIBUS, Neville Spearman, 1975
- TERRA FANTASY 17: RÄCHER DER VERDAMMTEN, Erich Pabel Verlag KG, January 1976 (German)
- SKULL-FACE OMNIBUS, Volume 2, Panther, 1976
- THE HAND OF KANE, Centaur, 2nd, 1976 (“The Illustrated Edition”)
- RED SHADOWS, Grant, 1978
- TERRA FANTASY 17: RÄCHER DER VERDAMMTEN, Erich Pabel Verlag KG, Fall 1978 2nd printing (German)
- SOLOMON KANE: HILLS OF THE DEAD, Bantam, December 1978
- SOLOMON KANE, Fanucci Editore, September 1979 (Italian)
- THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN VOLUME 1 NUMBER 53, Marvel Comics, June 1980 (Part 1 of 2, graphic adaptation)
- THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN VOLUME 1 NUMBER 54, Marvel Comics, July 1980 (Part 2 of 2, graphic adaptation)
- LE RETOUR DE KANE, NeO, March 1982 (French)
- LE RETOUR DE KANE, NeO, August 1983 (French, 2nd printing)
- ウィアード・テールズ3 ( WIĀDO TĒRUZU 3) (WEIRD TALES 3 [1930-1934]), Kokusho Kankohkai, November 1984 (Japanese)
- THE SWORD OF SOLOMON KANE #6, Marvel Comics, July 1986 (graphic adaptation)
- PŁOMIEŃ ASSURBANIPALA, Wydawnictwo Iskry, 1986 (Polish)
- ROSTRO DE CALAVERA, ST, 1987 (Spanish)
- LE RETOUR DE KANE, NeO, June 1988 (French, 3rd printing)
- ROBERT E. HOWARD’S WORLD OF HEROES, Robinson, 1989
- SVATYNĔ ODPORNOSTI A JINÉ POVÍDKY, Laser Books, 1990 (Czech)
- LE RETOUR DE KANE, Fleuve Noir, October 1991 (French)
- CZERWONE CIENIE, Wydawnictwo PiK, 1992 (Polish)
- YÖN KUNINKAAT, WSOY, 1992 (Finnish)
- CYBER FANTASY 2, Alberto Santos, June 1993 (Spanish)
- LAS AVENTURAS DE SOLOMON KANE, Anaya, November 1994 (Spanish)
- 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)
- PÄRNU POSTIMEES NR. 150 THRU NR. 161, AS Postimees Grupp, August 6, 1996 – August 21, 1996 (Estonian)
- HŐSÖK KORA, Valhalla Páholy Könyvklub, 1997 (Hungarian)
- LE AVVENTURE DI SOLOMON KANE, Editrice Nord, November 1998 (Italian)
- THE BLADE OF FATE, North-West, 1998 (Russian)
- NE ASSATOK NEKEM SIRT, Cherubion Könyvkiadó, 1998 (Hungarian)
- THE SAVAGE TALES OF SOLOMON KANE, Wandering Star, 1998
- SVATYNĔ ODPORNOSTI, Laser Books, 1999 (Czech)
- 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
- THE SAVAGE TALES OF SOLOMON KANE, Science Fiction Book Club, February 2005
- WINGS IN THE NIGHT, Wildside Press, November 2005
- THE WEIRD WRITINGS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 1, Girasol Collectables, January 2006
- AS FABULOSAS AVENTURAS DE SALOMÃO KANE, Saída de Emergência, 2006 (Portuguese)
- WINGS IN THE NIGHT, Wildside Press, January 2007
- THE ‘SOLOMAN CRANE’ STORIES, Echo Library, March 2007
- THE RIGHT HAND OF DOOM AND OTHER TALES OF SOLOMON KANE, Wordsworth Editions, April 2007
- THE BEST OF ROBERT E. HOWARD VOLUME 2: GRIM LANDS, Del Rey, November 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)
- THE CHRONICLES OF SOLOMON KANE, Dark Horse Books, December 2009 (graphic adaptation)
- 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)
- MASTERS OF ADVENTURE #1, Dark Worlds Club, April 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, L’INTÉGRALE, Bragelonne, 2010 (French, 2nd printing)
- SOLOMON KANE, Zagrebačka naklada, 2010 (Croatian)
- 50 CLASSIC FANTASY BOOKS VOLUME 1, Golgotha Press, January 2011
- CONAN’S BRETHREN, Gollancz, January 2011
- SOLOMON KANE’I LOOD, Fantaasia, 2011 (Estonian)
- SKULLCRUSHER: SELECTED WEIRD FICTION VOLUME 1, Creation Oneiros, September 2012
- LE ALI NOTTURNE, Newton Compton Editori, October 2012 (Italian)
- WEIRD TALES: 101 WEIRD, STRANGE, AND SUPERNATURAL STORIES VOLUME 6, Civitas Media, January 2013
- WEIRD TALES: 101 WEIRD, STRANGE, AND SUPERNATURAL STORIES VOLUME 6, Civitas Media, May 2013
- DER SCHWARZE HUND DES TODES, Festa Verlag, June 2013 (German)
- SOLOMON KANE. DES AILES DANS LA NUIT, Bragelonne, July 2013 (French)
- WINGS IN THE NIGHT, eStar Books, July 2013
- 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
- SOLOMON KANE: A SAGA COMPLETA, Generale, 2015 (Portuguese)
- THE SOLOMON KANE MYTHOS, Ozymandias Press, July 2016
- БЕЗЫМЯННЫЕ КУЛЬТЫ: МИФЫ КТУЛХУ И ДРУГИЕ ИСТОРИИ УЖАСА (NAMELESS CULTS: CTHULHU MYTHOS AND
- THER HORROR STORIES), AST, August 2016 (Russian)
- SOLOMON KANE, Jovian Press, November 2016
- WINGS IN THE NIGHT, Sir Angels, April 2017
- SOLOMON KANE, L’INTÉGRALE, Bragelonne, June 2017 (French)
- LE ALI NOTTURNE, Newton Compton Editori, May 2018 (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)