WritingPermanent catalogue Work
The Feud Buster
4textual states10Characters
Introduction
The Feud Buster is a Breckinridge Elkins story first published in Action Stories in June 1935. Howard later altered it slightly for use as chapter 6 of A Gent from Bear Creek. The story combines family-feud misunderstandings with the humor and action of the Elkins series.
Textual states
Shown in a practical developmental order where possible: synopsis/outline, numbered drafts, submission states, then published or posthumous states. This display order does not itself assert exact chronology or textual authority.
Characters in this Work
Counts are across exact Textual Versions currently represented. They are not assumed exhaustive until the underlying texts have been analyzed.
Bill Hopkinsone of four Hopkins brothers; Elizerbeth’s brother and Breckinridge’s guide; not another Bill3 textual statesBreckinridge Elkins4 textual statesCap’n KiddBreckinridge Elkins's horse3 textual statesDick JacksonChawed Ear suitor of Ellen Elkins; Jake Barlow’s nephew; not another Howard Jackson by name alone3 textual statesElizerbeth Hopkinsdaughter of Old Man Hopkins and sister of Bill Hopkins; messenger during the feud3 textual statesEllen ElkinsBreckinridge's sister in Draft 2; not Ellen Reynolds #21 or Wampum Ellen #403 textual statesJake BarlowBarlow relative whose cabin is the feud rendezvous; uncle of Dick Jackson; not Navajo Barlow #613 textual statesJeppard GrimesBreckinridge's Uncle Jeppard; owner of the missing gold3 textual statesOld Man Hopkinsolder head of the Hopkins household/clan during the feud3 textual statesRoarin' Bill ElkinsBreckinridge's father1 textual state
Publication appearances
Action Stories June 1935Fiction House, IncJune 1935↗
The "New" Howard Reader #5Joe & Mona MarekMarch 1999↗
The Complete Action StoriesHermanthis PressNovember 2001↗
The Complete Action StoriesWildside PressNovember 2003 (Hardcover) | January 2005 (Trade paperback)↗
The Riot at Bucksnort and Other Western TalesUniversity of Nebraska Press - Bison BooksApril 2005↗
The Feud Buster, and The Haunted MountainDodo PressFebruary 2008↗
The Bear Creek OmnibusDennis McHaney2009↗
A Gent from Bear Creek and Other WesternsHalcyon Press, Ltd.January 2010↗
The Robert E. Howard Omnibus: 99 Collected StoriesHalcyon Press, Ltd.May 2010↗
Collected Western Stories of Robert E. HowardHalcyon Press, Ltd.October 2010↗
The Breckenridge Elkins StoriesJame-BooksAugust 2012↗
Breckinridge Elkins Rides AgainNuelow GamesSeptember 2012↗
Robert E. Howard's Collected WorksJame-BooksFebruary 2013↗
The Feud BustereStar BooksOctober 2014↗
A Gent from Bear Creek (2015)Fiction House Press2015↗
The Adventures of Breckinridge Elkins Volume 1REH Foundation PressAugust 2016↗
A Gent From Bear CreekFiction House PressMay 2019 (eBook) April 2023 (Hardcover) May 2023 (Trade paperback)↗
The Robert E. Howard Collector Volume 2: Howard's Wild WestOld Tiger PressOctober 2023↗
Il Ciclo di Breckinridge Elkins Volume 1Independently PublishedJune 2025↗
The Adventures of Breckinridge Elkins Volume 1 UEREH Foundation PressJanuary 2026↗
Breckinridge Elkins - First Cuts: The Drafts and Fragments - Rough Trails 2REH Foundation PressMarch 2026↗
First Cuts: The Drafts and Fragments Breckinridge Elkins: Rough Trails Volumes 1-4 4 Volume Collector's Box SetREH Foundation PressMarch 2026↗#4187