A New Game for Dorgan is the Dennis Dorgan form of a story first logged by Kline as A New Game for Costigan. Agency records show “Costigan” struck out and “Dorgan” written in, together with the credited name “Patrick Ervin.” Cross Plains Library preserves an original draft and an agency retype.

A New Game for Dorgan. This story and "Talons in the Dark" was received by Howard's agent, Kline on July 22, 1933.

The original typescript lists the author as "Patrick Ervin", a pseudonym REH used in connection with his Dennis Dorgan stories. Otis Adelbert Kline and later agents retained the original typescript (titled “A New Game for Dorgan”), and it was eventually donated to Cross Plains Library. In OAK’s logs, the title is originally "A New Game for Costigan", then "Costigan" is struck out, and "Dorgan" is written above it, along with "Patrick Ervin".

Cross Plains Library has one original draft of this story and a retyped draft by the Otis Adelbert Kline Agency.