PoemPermanent catalogue Work
Solomon Kane’s Homecoming
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Opening lines
The white gulls wheeled above the cliffs,the air was slashed with foam,The long tides moaned along the strandwhen Solomon Kane came home.…
Textual states
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Characters in this Work
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Amyas Leighfictional Elizabethan sea-dog of Charles Kingsley’s Westward Ho!, invoked among Kane’s old companions1 textual stateBess, Kane’s old lovewoman Kane left behind in Devon, now dead and buried by the sea2 textual statesDrakehistorical seafarer invoked in the pirate-era backstory1 textual stateHawkinshistorical seafarer invoked with Drake in Jacob Trant’s backstory; distinct from the fictional old sailor Hawkins in The Treasure of Henry Morgan1 textual stateJohn Oxenhamhistorical Elizabethan seafarer remembered by Solomon Kane1 textual stateLilithancient legendary woman invoked by Kane as a comparison for Nakari2 textual statesNakariqueen of Negari2 textual statesRichard Grenvillehistorical figure invoked in the final revelation/backstory2 textual statesSalvation Yeofictional sailor of Charles Kingsley’s Westward Ho!, invoked among Kane’s old companions1 textual stateSolomon KaneEnglish Puritan wanderer, swordsman and avenger2 textual statesthe black king in Solomon Kane’s Homecomingindividual black king preyed upon by the vampire shape1 textual statethe tattered corpsewalking corpse Kane recalls from his wanderings1 textual statethe vampire shapeindividual vampire slain by Solomon Kane during his wanderings1 textual statethe winged fiendwinged supernatural creature Kane recalls seeing by moonlight1 textual state
Publication appearances
Fanciful Tales Volume 1 Number 1Shepherd & WollheimFall 1936↗
Always Comes Evening (Arkham)Arkham House1957↗
Red ShadowsDonald M. Grant1968 (first edition) 1978 (second edition)↗
Solomon KaneCentaur PressFebruary 1971↗
Night ImagesThe Morning Star Press1976↗
The Hills of the DeadBantamMarch 1979↗
The Howard CollectorAceApril 1979↗
Solomon KaneBaen BooksNovember 1995↗
The Savage Tales of Solomon KaneWandering Star1998↗
The Savage Tales of Solomon KaneBallantine Books - Del ReyJuly 2004↗The Savage Tales of Solomon KaneBallantine Books - Del Rey / Science Fiction Book ClubFebruary 2005↗
Odes at the Black DogHermanthis PressJanuary 2006↗
Grim Lands: The Best of Robert E. Howard Volume 2Ballantine Books - Del Rey2007↗
Winds of TimeThomas Kovacs2007↗
Black Hounds of Death: The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard Volume FiveCosmos BooksNovember 2008↗
The Collected Poetry of Robert E. HowardREH Foundation PressJanuary 2009↗
A Word from the Outer DarkProject PrideFebruary 2009↗
Black Hounds of Death: The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard, Volume 9Wildside PressDecember 2009↗
Conan's BrethrenGollanczJanuary 2011↗
Songs of Giants: The Poetry of PulpInsight StudiosJune 2019↗
The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard Volume TwoREH Foundation PressNovember 2022↗
Le Fulmar n° 25Pierre Charles↗The Legend of Solomon KaneNight Hag Productions↗
সলোমন কেইন অমনিবাস১ (Solomon Kane Omnibus)মন্তাজ (Montage)↗