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WritingWritten 1928

Casonetto's Last Song

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Genre
Horror

Introduction

About a Satanic cult and a haunted record. A record is sent to Stephen Gordon after the death of Casonetto. Also featuring his friend Steve Costigan who might or might not be the boxer sailor Steve Costigan.

Textual states

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Draft 1Casonetto's Last Song — Draft 1
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Characters in this Work

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CostiganStephen Gordon’s Irish friend; exact text gives only the surname, so sailor-boxer Steve Costigan identity is not assumed1 textual stateGiovanni Casonettosinger, occultist, and antagonist of Casonetto’s Last Song1 textual stateSatansupernatural figure invoked by comparison in The Last Man.1 textual stateStephen Gordonfirst-person narrator targeted by Casonetto’s posthumous revenge1 textual state

Publication appearances

Etchings & Odysseys #1MinnCon Publications1973↗The Chronicler of Cross Plains #1The Black Coast PressFall 1978↗The Gods of Bal-SagothAceApril 1979↗Le chien de la mort ( The Hound of Death)NeOJanuary 1986↗Yorick Fantasy Magazine 10/11Yorick Fantasy MagazineNovember 1990 - March 1991↗Le chien de la mort (The Hound of Death)Fleuve NoirSeptember 1992↗Beyond the BordersBaen BooksOctober 1996↗Гончие смерти (Gonchie smerti) ( Black Hound of Death ) P ublication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .Северо-Запад (Severo-Zapad) (North-West)1999↗La casa de Arabu y otros relatosEdiciones Jaguar (Spain)2005↗The Horror Stories of Robert E. HowardBallantine Books - Del ReyOctober 2008↗El cráneo viviente y otras aventuras de Costigan y Gordon (Skull-Face and Other Adventures of Costigan and Gordon)La Hermandad del Enmascarado (Spain)2009↗Canaán negro y otros relatos de horror sobrenatural (Black Canaan and Other Tales of the Supernatural)Valdemar (Spain)November 2009↗Krok ze tmy (Step Out of the Darkness)Albatros Media - Plus2010↗The Horror Stories of Robert E. HowardSubterranean Press2010↗The Horror Stories of Robert E. HowardTantor Media Inc.March 2010↗Tote erinnern sichFesta VerlagSeptember 2012↗Les Ombres de Canaan (Shadows of Canaan)BragelonneFebruary 2013↗Les Ombres de Canaan. La Pierre NoireBragelonneFebruary 2014↗I Figli della Notte. Racconti dell'Orrore Volume 1Arnoldo Mondadori EditoreMarch 2015↗Безымянные культы: Мифы Ктулху и другие истории ужаса (Bezymyannye kul'ty: Mify Ktulkhu i drugie istorii uzhasa) (Nameless Cults: Cthulhu Mythos and Other Horror Stories) Cover and p ublication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy. August 2016 May 2017ACT (AST)August 2016 (Hardcover) May 2017 (Trade paperback)↗Pedon varjoNysalor-kustannusOctober 2020↗Хозяин судьбы (Khoziain sud-by) (Master of Fate) Cover and publication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy.Подсолнухи (Sunflowers)2021↗Cehennem Güvercinleri: Korku Öyküleri 1 (Pigeons from Hell: Horror Stories 1)Laputa Kitap (Laputa Publications)January 2022↗