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The Black Bear Bites — Draft 1

Part of The Black Bear Bites

StateDraft 1Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units14
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Characters in this exact text

Bill LannonBill Lannon — O’Donnell’s companionOn Pagefirst: Tales of Weird Menace UE pp. 135-148Black John O’DonnellBlack John O'Donnell — Irish adventurer targeted by Yotai YunOn Pagefirst: Tales of Weird Menace UE pp. 135-148CthulhuCthulhu — the great Cthulhu invoked by the Hooded Lama's false cultMentionedfirst: Tales of Weird Menace UE pp. 135-148Eric BrandEric Brand — Englishman revealed behind the Black Lama disguiseOn Pagefirst: Tales of Weird Menace UE pp. 135-148Kang YaoKang Yao — associate in Yotai Yun’s organizationOn Pagefirst: Tales of Weird Menace UE pp. 135-148Yog-SothothYog-Sothoth — deity named as the focus of a real Mongolian devil-worshipping priesthoodMentionedfirst: Tales of Weird Menace UE pp. 135-148Yotai YunYotai Yun — Chinese antagonistOn Pagefirst: Tales of Weird Menace UE pp. 135-148

Surviving manuscript evidence

The records below describe surviving physical typescripts, carbons, manuscript material and documentary catalogue evidence for this exact textual state. TSS numbers identify physical catalogue units; they are not story or draft IDs.

Draft 1 — surviving Howard typescriptHoward typescript
Extent14 pagesCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 14 pages / 14 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 20025, 61845, 20027–20032, 61846, 20034–20038

Original typescript (OT).

Manuscript details

Source / manuscript titleBlack John's Vengeance

Additional documentary notes

  • Title present on typescript: The spreadsheet records a title on the surviving witness. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Black John's Vengeance (d1) · TSS 20025, 61845, 20027–20032, 61846, 20034–20038 · spreadsheet rows 875–888

Textual witnesses & editorial mediation

These records describe how this textual state is known or represented. A witness may be authorial, editorially mediated, restored, transcribed or otherwise derived without becoming a new Howard-authored textual state.

Tales of Weird Menace - Ultimate EditionRestored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

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