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A Horror in the Night — Draft 1

Part of A Horror in the Night

StateDraft 1Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units4
Textual identity is not textual authority. “Catalogue primary/default” selects the default catalogue representation; it does not mean that this wording is automatically Howard’s most authoritative text.

Characters in this exact text

Bit FlynnBit Flynn — The narrator’s opponent, who helps him confront an unexpected attacker.On Pagefirst: Sentiment, printed p. 459 / PDF p. 477Bit Flynn’s horseBit Flynn’s horse — Flynn’s mount, brought to the secluded fighting ground.On Pagefirst: Sentiment, printed p. 459 / PDF p. 477Escaped prisoner who confronts the two fightersEscaped prisoner who confronts the two fighters — An escaped prisoner who attacks the two fighters beside a river.On Pagefirst: Sentiment, printed p. 461 / PDF p. 479Horse ridden by the narrator who fights Bit FlynnHorse ridden by the narrator who fights Bit Flynn — The narrator’s horse, left near the secluded fighting ground.On Pagefirst: Sentiment, printed p. 459 / PDF p. 477Rattlesnake encountered during the fightRattlesnake encountered during the fight — A rattlesnake that bites the attacker during the struggle.On Pagefirst: Sentiment, printed p. 461 / PDF p. 479Unnamed narrator who fights Bit FlynnUnnamed narrator who fights Bit Flynn — A narrator whose secluded fight is interrupted by an escaped prisoner.On Pagefirst: Sentiment, printed p. 459 / PDF p. 477

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
Extent4 pagesCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 4 pages / 4 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 11237–11240

Original Robert E. Howard typescript.

Additional documentary notes

  • Untitled Witness: The spreadsheet records this surviving Howard manuscript as untitled. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Horror in the Night, A (d1) · TSS 11237–11240 · spreadsheet rows 7260–7263

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.

Sentiment (2009 first printing), pp. 459–462.Later publication / editionAuthority basis: Editorially mediated witness · Treatment: Unknown / not yet reviewed

Sentiment (2009 first printing), pp. 459–462.