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Pigeons from Hell — Draft 3

Part of Pigeons from Hell

StateDraft 3Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units30
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

BucknerBuckner — county sheriff investigating Blassenville ManorOn Page63 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: First Passage p. 86Miss CeliaCelia Blassenville — Blassenville sister transformed into the zuvembie haunting the manorOn Page8 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: First Passage p. 97Miss ElizabethElizabeth Blassenville — youngest Blassenville sister and final resident of the manorOn Page9 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: First Passage p. 87GriswellGriswell — traveler/protagonist in Pigeons from HellOn Page95 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: First Passage p. 79JacobJacob — elderly local informant who explains the zuvembie traditionOn Page9 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: First Passage p. 100JoanJoan — Blassenville maid who takes revenge on Celia and then disappears; she is not the zuvembieOn Page2 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: First Passage p. 101John BrannerJohn Branner — Griswell’s traveling companion and first victimOn Page33 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: First Passage p. 79

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 3 — surviving Howard typescriptHoward typescript
Extent30 pagesCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 30 pages / 30 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 26074, 64217–64223, 65871, 64224–64235, 20959, 64237–64240, 20954, 64242–64243, 20951

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 · Pigeons from Hell (d3) · TSS 26074, 64217–64223, 65871, 64224–64235, 20959, 64237–64240, 20954, 64242–64243, 20951 · spreadsheet rows 11714–11743