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Desire and Other Erotic Poems by Robert E. Howard (Charles Hoffman, 1989, ph, co)
Collection of 15 poems, several previously unpublished. Limited to 30 copies, distributed as part of REHupa #100.

· Desire · Robert E. Howard · pm Risque Stories #1, March 1984

· Lilith · Robert E. Howard · pm The Ghost Ocean and Other Poems by Robert E. Howard, Gibbelins Gazette, 1982

· The Dust Dance: Selections: Version I · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Winter 1965; lines 53-72 only.

· A Challenge to Bast · Robert E. Howard · pm Fantasy Book September 1986

· Palace of Bast · Robert E. Howard · pm Chacal v1 #2, 1977

· A Negro Girl · Robert E. Howard · pm

· Limericks to Spank By · Robert E. Howard · pm

· The Harlot · Robert E. Howard · pm Risque Stories #3, July 1985

· The Ballad of Singapore Nell · Robert E. Howard · pm Chacal v1 #1, 1976

· Good Mistress Brown · Robert E. Howard · pm

· The Myth · Robert E. Howard · pm

· A Song for All Women · Robert E. Howard · pm Fear Dunn #1, 1984

· Strange Passion · Robert E. Howard · pm Risque Stories #1, March 1984

· Lesbia · Robert E. Howard · pm Risque Stories #1, March 1984

· Daughter of Evil · Robert E. Howard · pm Chacal v1 #2, 1977

The Devil in Iron by Robert E. Howard (Donald M. Grant, 1976, $15.00, 154pp, hc, co, cover by Dan Green) [Conan]
Fantasy collection. Limited to 3200 copies. Volume five in the “Deluxe Conan” series.

· [illustrations] · Dan Green · il

11 · The Devil in Iron [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales August 1934

81 · Shadows in Zamboula [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales November 1935

The Devil in Iron (var. 1) by Robert E. Howard (Fiction House Press, February 2015, 978-1-5077-8857-8, 204pp, tp, co, cover: The Devil in Iron by M. Brundage from Weird Tales August 1934) [Conan]
A hardcover edition (978-1-312-87754-2) was announced but not seen. Collection of three Conan stories from Weird Tales accompanied by the original illustrations which accompanied the stories.
Details taken from online listing.

· The Devil in Iron [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales August 1934; illustrated by Hugh Rankin

· A Witch Shall Be Born [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · na Weird Tales December 1934; illustrated by Hugh Rankin

· Jewels of Gwahlur [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales March 1935; illustrated by Joseph Doolin

The Devils of Erlik Khan by Robert E. Howard & Francis DiPietro (Francis DiPietro, August 2008, 243pp, tp, co)
The stories have been reworked by DiPietro to form a novel united under the theme of the ruthless villain Erlik Khan. This title was pulled pulled due to possible copyright and/or trademark issues.

· The Tomb’s Secret [Steve Harrison] · Robert E. Howard · nv Strange Detective Stories February 1934, as by Patrick Ervin

· Names in the Black Book [Steve Harrison] · Robert E. Howard · nv Super-Detective Stories May 1934

· The Fearsome Touch of Death · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales February 1930

· Black Talons · Robert E. Howard · ss Strange Detective Stories December 1933

· Fangs of Gold [Steve Harrison] · Robert E. Howard · nv Strange Detective Stories February 1934

· The Purple Heart of Erlik [Wild Bill Clanton] · Robert E. Howard · ss Spicy-Adventure Stories November 1936, as by Sam Walser

· Graveyard Rats [Steve Harrison] · Robert E. Howard · nv Thrilling Mystery February 1936

· The Daughter of Erlik Khan [El Borak] · Robert E. Howard · na Top-Notch December 1934

Echoes from an Iron Harp by Robert E. Howard (Donald M. Grant, 1972, $6.00, 109pp, hc, co, cover by Alicia Austin)
Fantasy poetry collection. Limited to 1079 copies.

· [illustrations] · Alicia Austin · il

9 · Introduction · Glenn Lord · in

13 · Age Comes to Rabelais · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Summer 1966

14 · Belshazzar · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Summer 1964

17 · But the Hills Were Ancient Then · Robert E. Howard · pm Amra v2 #8, 1959

18 · Cimmeria [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Winter 1965

19 · A Dawn in Flanders · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Summer 1964

20 · The Day That I Die · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1967

22 · Dreams of Nineveh · Robert E. Howard · pm Golden Atom 1959

25 · The Dust Dance: Selections: Version I · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Winter 1965

28 · The Dust Dance: Selections: Version II · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1968; lines 1-80.

31 · The Dweller in Dark Valley · Robert E. Howard · pm Magazine of Horror November 1965

32 · Earth-Born · Robert E. Howard · pm Fire and Sleet and Candlelight ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, November 1961

35 · Fables for Little Folks · Robert E. Howard · pm The Daniel Baker Collegian March 15 1926

36 · “Feach Air Muir Lionadhi Gealach Buidhe Mar Or” · Robert E. Howard · pm The Junto February 1930

40 · Futility (“Time races on…”) · Robert E. Howard · pm The Daniel Baker Collegian May 25 1926

41 · Heritage (“My people came from Munster…”) · Robert E. Howard · pm The Junto August 1929

43 · Illusion · Robert E. Howard · pm The Daniel Baker Collegian March 15 1926

44 · John Ringold · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Summer 1964

45 · Kid Lavigne Is Dead · Robert E. Howard · pm The Ring June 1928

46 · The Kissing of Sal Snooboo · Robert E. Howard · pm The Tattler January 6 1925

49 · A Lady’s Chamber · Robert E. Howard · pm The American Poet April 1929, as by Patrick Howard

50 · The Last Day · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales March 1932

51 · Lost Altars · Robert E. Howard · pm Wayfarer #4, 1969

52 · Memories (“I Rose in the Path”) · Robert E. Howard · pm Shangri L’Affaires #72, April 1968

53 · A Moment · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Autumn 1970

54 · Moonlight on a Skull · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales May 1933

56 · Not Only in Death They Die · Robert E. Howard · pm Magazine of Horror July 1969

57 · Private Magrath of the A.E.F. · Robert E. Howard · pm The Yellow Jacket January 13 1927

61 · Reuben’s Brethren · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1969

62 · Roundelay of the Roughneck · Robert E. Howard · pm The Daniel Baker Collegian April 12 1926

65 · The Sands of Time · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Summer 1961

66 · The Sea · Robert E. Howard · pm The Baylor United Statement May 19 1923

68 · The Skull in the Clouds · Robert E. Howard · pm The Junto January 1930

71 · Skulls and Dust · Robert E. Howard · pm The American Poet May 1929, as by Patrick Howard

72 · Skulls Over Judah · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1967

75 · Slumber · Robert E. Howard · pm Magazine of Horror December 1969

76 · A Song of Defeat · Robert E. Howard · pm Magazine of Horror Fall 1970

77 · The Song of Horsa’s Galley · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Autumn 1970

78 · A Song of the Legions · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1970

82 · A Song for Men That Laugh · Robert E. Howard · pm The Junto December 1928

83 · A Sonnet of Good Cheer · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1967

84 · Sonora to del Rio · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Summer 1961

85 · Surrender (“I Will Rise Some Day When the Day Is Done”) · Robert E. Howard · pm The Junto August 1929

87 · Tarantella · Robert E. Howard · pm The Daniel Baker Collegian May 25 1926

89 · Thor’s Son · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1969

91 · Timur-Lang · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Summer 1964

94 · To Certain Orthodox Brethren · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1970

95 · A Vision · Robert E. Howard · pm Startling Mystery Stories Fall 1967

96 · A Warning · Robert E. Howard · pm
an untitled, incomplete, version was published in The Howard Collector #5, Summer 1964.

98 · Where Are Your Knights, Donn Othna? · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1969

100 · Who Is Grandpa Theobold? · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1965

101 · The Years Are as a Knife · Robert E. Howard · pm Magazine of Horror January 1968

103 · Heading for “The Black Stone” · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales November 1931

103 · Heading for “The Blood of Belshazzar” · Robert E. Howard · pm Oriental Stories Autumn 1931

104 · Heading for “Death’s Black Riders” · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1968

104 · Heading for “The Fearsome Touch of Death” · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales February 1930

105 · Heading for “The Grey God Passes” · Robert E. Howard · pm Dark Mind, Dark Heart ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1962

105 · Heading for “The Hour of the Dragon” [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1969

106 · Heading for “Kelly the Conjure-Man” · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Summer 1964

106 · Heading for “The Lion of Tiberias” · Robert E. Howard · pm The Magic Carpet Magazine July 1933

106 · Heading for “Something About Eve” · Robert E. Howard · pm Amra v2 #47, 1968

109 · Heading for “The Sowers of the Thunder” · Robert E. Howard · pm Oriental Stories Winter 1932

109 · Heading for “The Thing on the Roof” · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales February 1932

El Borak and Other Desert Adventures by Robert E. Howard (Del Rey, February 2010, 978-0-345-50545-3, xxviii+559pp, tp, co, cover by Jim & Ruth Keegan) [edited by Rusty Burke]

· [illustrations] · Jim Keegan, Ruth Keegan & Tim Bradstreet · il

i · Artist’s Foreword · Tim Bradstreet · fw

ii · Artists’ Foreword · Jim & Ruth Keegan · fw

iii · Introduction · Steve Tompkins · in

3 · Swords of the Hills [El Borak] · Robert E. Howard · na The Lost Valley of Iskander by Robert E. Howard, FAX, 1974, as “The Lost Valley of Iskander”

29 · The Daughter of Erlik Khan [El Borak] · Robert E. Howard · na Top-Notch December 1934

85 · Three-Bladed Doom [El Borak] · Robert E. Howard · na Zebra, 1977; the long version.
originally published in a somewhat different version as “The Flame Knife” in Tales of Conan, Gnome Press, 1955.

179 · Hawk of the Hills [El Borak] · Robert E. Howard · nv Top-Notch June 1935

225 · Blood of the Gods [El Borak] · Robert E. Howard · na Top-Notch July 1935

269 · Sons of the Hawk [El Borak] · Robert E. Howard · na Complete Stories August 1936, as “The Country of the Knife”

327 · Son of the White Wolf [El Borak] · Robert E. Howard · nv Thrilling Adventures December 1936

355 · Gold from Tartary [Kirby O’Donnell] · Robert E. Howard · nv Thrilling Adventures January 1935, as “The Treasures of Tartary”; given as “Gold from Tatary”.

373 · Swords of Shahrazar [Kirby O’Donnell] · Robert E. Howard · na Top-Notch October 1934

411 · The Trail of the Blood-Stained God [Kirby O’Donnell] · Robert E. Howard · nv Swords of Shahrazar by Robert E. Howard, Orbit, 1976, as “The Curse of the Crimson God”
originally published in a somewhat different version as “The Bloodstained God” in Tales of Conan, Gnome Press, 1955.

435 · The Fire of Asshurbanipal · Robert E. Howard · nv The Howard Collector Spring 1972
straight adventure version.

453 · Miscellanea

455 · Three-Bladed Doom [El Borak] · Robert E. Howard · na; first unedited publication of the short version of the story.
originally published in a somewhat different version as “The Flame Knife” in Tales of Conan, Gnome Press, 1955.

507 · untitled fragment (“Feel the edge, dog, and move not!”) · Robert E. Howard · uw
original opening to “Swords of Shahrazar”.

511 · Appendices

513 · Gunfighters of the Wild East · David A. Hardy · ar

539 · Notes on the Original Howard Texts · [uncredited] · bi

The End of the Trail: Western Stories by Robert E. Howard (Bison Books, April 1, 2005, 0-8032-7356-8, $17.95, xix+321pp, tp, co, cover by Jim & Ruth Keegan) [edited by Rusty Burke]
Western collection. A hardcover edition (-2424-9, $35.00) was announced but not seen.

ix · Introduction · Rusty Burke · in

1 · “Golden Hope” Christmas · Robert E. Howard · ss The Tattler December 22 1922

6 · Drums of the Sunset · Robert E. Howard · nv The Cross Plains Review November 2 1928 (+8)

37 · The Extermination of Yellow Donory · Robert E. Howard · ss Zane Grey Western Magazine June 1970

47 · The Judgment of the Desert · Robert E. Howard · nv The Vultures by Robert E. Howard, Fictioneer, 1973, as “Showdown at Hell’s Canyon”

75 · Gunman’s Debt [Grizzly Elkins] · Robert E. Howard · nv The Last Ride by Robert E. Howard, Berkley, June 1978

95 · The Man on the Ground · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales July 1933

101 · The Sand-Hills’ Crest · Robert E. Howard · pm A Robert E. Howard Memorial: June 13-15, 1986, 1986

103 · The Devil’s Joker [Sonora Kid] · Robert E. Howard · ss Cross Plains #6, February/March 1975

112 · Knife, Bullet and Noose [Sonora Kid] · Robert E. Howard · ss The Howard Collector Spring 1965

123 · Law-Shooters of Cowtown [Grizzly Elkins] · Robert E. Howard · ss Cross Plains #4, July/August 1974

132 · The Last Ride · Robert E. Howard & Robert Enders Allen · na Western Aces October 1935, as “Boot-Hill Payoff”

186 · John Ringold · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Summer 1964

187 · The Vultures of Wahpeton · Robert E. Howard · na Smashing Novels Magazine December 1936, as “Vultures of Whapeton”

261 · The Vultures of Whapeton: Alternate Ending · Robert E. Howard · ex Cross Plains #5, Fall 1974

264 · Vultures’ Sanctuary · Robert E. Howard · nv Argosy November 28 1936

282 · The Dead Remember · Robert E. Howard · ss Argosy August 15 1936

290 · The Ghost of Camp Colorado · Robert E. Howard · ar Texaco Star April 1931

294 · The Strange Case of Josiah Wilbarger · Robert E. Howard · ar The West September 1967, as “Apparition of Josiah Wilbarger”

298 · Beyond the Brazos River · Robert E. Howard · ms
letter excerpts.

_ · Letter to H.P. Lovecraft, ca. August 1931 (“You must indeed…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Dear HPL: Letters, Robert E. Howard to H.P. Lovecraft, 1930-1936 by Robert E. Howard, Robert E. Howard Properties LLC, 2002 [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft]; excerpt only.

_ · Letter to H.P. Lovecraft, ca. October 1931 (“I intended to answer…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Dear HPL: Letters, Robert E. Howard to H.P. Lovecraft, 1930-1936 by Robert E. Howard, Robert E. Howard Properties LLC, 2002 [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft]; excerpt only.

303 · Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War · Robert E. Howard · ms
letter excerpts.

_ · Letter to H.P. Lovecraft, ca. January 1931 (“As always I found your recent letter…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Dear HPL: Letters, Robert E. Howard to H.P. Lovecraft, 1930-1936 by Robert E. Howard, Robert E. Howard Properties LLC, 2002 [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft]; excerpt only.

_ · Letter to H.P. Lovecraft, ca. February 1931 (“I highly appreciate…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Dear HPL: Letters, Robert E. Howard to H.P. Lovecraft, 1930-1936 by Robert E. Howard, Robert E. Howard Properties LLC, 2002 [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft]; excerpt only.

_ · Letter to H.P. Lovecraft, ca. July 1935 (“Thanks very much for…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval by Robert E. Howard, Paradox Entertainment, March 2007 [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft]; excerpt only.

316 · The Ballad of Buckshot Roberts · Robert E. Howard · pm Rhymes of Death by Robert E. Howard, Dennis McHaney, July 1975

Eons of the Night by Robert E. Howard (Baen, April 1996, 0-671-87717-8, $5.99, 238pp, pb, co, cover by C. W. Kelly)
Sword & sorcery collection of ten stories, with a new introduction by S.M. Stirling, and an introduction by Howard taken from a 1933 letter to H.P. Lovecraft. Volume five in the “Robert E. Howard Library” series.

vii · Robert E. Howard · S. M. Stirling · in

xi · Letter to H.P. Lovecraft, ca. July 1933 (“Glad we got the physical-mental question…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Selected Letters 1931-1936 by Robert E. Howard, Necronomicon, March 1991 [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft]; extract only.

1 · The House of Arabu · Robert E. Howard · nv Avon Fantasy Reader 18 ed. Donald A. Wollheim, Avon Novels Inc., 1952, as “The Witch from Hell’s Kitchen”

35 · The Garden of Fear [James Allison] · Robert E. Howard · nv Marvel Tales July/August 1934

59 · The Twilight of the Grey Gods [Turlogh O’Brien] · Robert E. Howard · nv Dark Mind, Dark Heart ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1962, as “The Grey God Passes”

107 · Spear and Fang · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales July 1925

119 · Delenda Est · Robert E. Howard · ss Worlds of Fantasy v1 #1, 1968

129 · Marchers of Valhalla [James Allison] · Robert E. Howard · na Marchers of Valhalla by Robert H. Howard, Donald M. Grant, 1972

181 · Sea Curse [Faring Town] · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales May 1928

191 · Out of the Deep [Faring Town] · Robert E. Howard · ss Magazine of Horror November 1967

201 · In the Forest of Villefère [de Montour] · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales August 1925

207 · Wolfshead [de Montour] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales April 1926

The Essential Conan by Robert E. Howard (SFBC, August 1998, #17988, $14.98, 643pp, hc, om, cover by Ken Kelly) [Conan]
Omnibus of three “Conan” books, one novel and two collections: The Hour of the Dragon (1977), The People of the Black Circle (1977), and Red Nails (1977). This special SFBC edition has ISBN 1-56865-803-6, and comes shrinkwrapped with a poster of the cover art.

1 · The Hour of the Dragon [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · n. Weird Tales December 1935 (+4)

9 · Foreword · Karl Edward Wagner · fw The Hour of the Dragon by Robert E. Howard, Berkley, August 1977

17 · The Hour of the Dragon [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1969

207 · The People of the Black Circle [Conan] · Robert E. Howard; edited by Karl Edward Wagner · co Berkley Medallion, 1977

215 · Foreword · Karl Edward Wagner · fw The People of the Black Circle by Robert E. Howard, Berkley, September 1977

223 · The Devil in Iron [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales August 1934

257 · The People of the Black Circle [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · na Weird Tales September 1934 (+2)

335 · A Witch Shall Be Born [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · na Weird Tales December 1934

379 · Jewels of Gwahlur [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales March 1935

421 · Afterword · Karl Edward Wagner · aw The People of the Black Circle by Robert E. Howard, Berkley, September 1977

427 · Red Nails [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · co Berkley Medallion, 1977

435 · Foreword · Karl Edward Wagner · fw Red Nails by Robert E. Howard, Berkley, October 1977

445 · Beyond the Black River [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · na Weird Tales May 1935 (+1)

501 · Shadows in Zamboula [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales November 1935

533 · Red Nails [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · na Weird Tales July 1936 (+2)

611 · The Hyborian Age · Robert E. Howard · ar LANY Cooperative Publications, 1938; the first half was published in The Phantagraph, Feb, Aug, & Oct/Nov ’36.

634 · Afterword · Karl Edward Wagner · aw Red Nails by Robert E. Howard, Berkley, October 1977

Etchings in Ivory by Robert E. Howard (Glenn Lord, 1968, $1.25, 26pp, ph, co)
Collection of six original prose poems, limited to 268 copies.

i · Introduction · Donald Sidney-Fryer · in

1 · Proem · Robert E. Howard · pp

2 · Flaming Marble (“This is a dream”) · Robert E. Howard · pp

7 · Skulls and Orchids · Robert E. Howard · pp

17 · Medallions in the Moon · Robert E. Howard · pp

19 · The Gods That Men Forget · Robert E. Howard · pp

24 · Bloodstones and Ebony · Robert E. Howard · pp

The Exotic Writings of Robert E. Howard by Robert E. Howard (Girasol Collectables, October 2006, 513pp, hc, co, cover by Doug Klauba)
The First edition is limited to 75 numbered copies and includes a title page illustration by Neil Mechem. The regular edition has a repeat of the dust jacket illustration.

iv · Introduction · Neil & Leigh Mechem · in

1 · Oriental Stories

2 · The Voice of El-Lil · Robert E. Howard · nv Oriental Stories October/November 1930; illustrated by von Gelb

18 · Red Blades of Black Cathay · Robert E. Howard & Tevis Clyde Smith · na Oriental Stories February/March 1931; illustrated by Joseph Doolin
written by Howard, based on research by Smith.

39 · Letter to Oriental Stories, Summer 1932 (“Brundage did a fine job in the cover illustration for the current…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Oriental Stories Summer 1932

39 · Letter to Magic Carpet, November 1932 (“Thanks very much for the remarks and quotations in the Souk by which…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt The Magic Carpet Magazine January 1933

39 · Letter to Magic Carpet, March 1933 (“Congratulations on the quality and appearance of the Magic Carpet.”) · Robert E. Howard · lt The Magic Carpet Magazine April 1933

40 · Hawks of Outremer [Cormac FitzGeoffrey] · Robert E. Howard · nv Oriental Stories April/May/June 1931; illustrated by Joseph Doolin

60 · The Blood of Belshazzar [Cormac FitzGeoffrey] · Robert E. Howard · nv Oriental Stories Autumn 1931; illustrated by Joseph Doolin

80 · The Sowers of the Thunder · Robert E. Howard · nv Oriental Stories Winter 1932; illustrated by Joseph Doolin

107 · Lord of Samarcand · Robert E. Howard · nv Oriental Stories Spring 1932; illustrated by Joseph Doolin

· Magic Carpet Magazine

131 · The Lion of Tiberias · Robert E. Howard · nv The Magic Carpet Magazine July 1933; illustrated by Jayem Wilcox

151 · Alleys of Darkness [Dennis Dorgan] · Patrick Ervin · ss The Magic Carpet Magazine January 1934; illustrated by Jayem Wilcox

161 · The Shadow of the Vulture · Robert E. Howard · nv The Magic Carpet Magazine January 1934; illustrated by Jayem Wilcox

· Thrilling Adventures

189 · The Treasures of Tartary [Kirby O’Donnell] · Robert E. Howard · nv Thrilling Adventures January 1935

202 · Son of the White Wolf [El Borak] · Robert E. Howard · nv Thrilling Adventures December 1936

· Golden Fleece

222 · Black Vulmea’s Vengeance [Terence Vulmea] · Robert E. Howard · na Golden Fleece November 1938; illustrated by Harold Delay

257 · [letter from Chicago, IL] · Gertrude Hemken · lt Golden Fleece March 1939; letter comments on the REH story “Gates of Empire” printed in Golden Fleece, January 1939.

258 · Gates of Empire · Robert E. Howard · nv Golden Fleece January 1939; illustrated by Harold Delay

· Strange Tales

289 · People of the Dark · Robert E. Howard · nv Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror June 1932; illustrated by Amos Sewell

303 · The Cairn on the Headland · Robert E. Howard · nv Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror January 1933; illustrated by Amos Sewell

· Marvel Tales

317 · The Garden of Fear [James Allison] · Robert E. Howard · nv Marvel Tales July/August 1934

· Argosy

336 · The Dead Remember · Robert E. Howard · ss Argosy August 15 1936

· Strange Detective Stories

342 · Black Talons · Robert E. Howard · ss Strange Detective Stories December 1933

354 · The Tomb’s Secret [Steve Harrison] · Patrick Ervin · nv Strange Detective Stories February 1934

370 · Fangs of Gold [Steve Harrison] · Robert E. Howard · nv Strange Detective Stories February 1934

· Super-Detective Stories

390 · Names in the Black Book [Steve Harrison] · Robert E. Howard · nv Super-Detective Stories May 1934

· Thrilling Mystery

412 · Graveyard Rats [Steve Harrison] · Robert E. Howard · nv Thrilling Mystery February 1936

428 · Black Wind Blowing · Robert E. Howard · nv Thrilling Mystery June 1936

· Spicy-Adventure Stories

444 · She Devil [Wild Bill Clanton] · Sam Walser · nv Spicy-Adventure Stories April 1936

458 · Desert Blood [Wild Bill Clanton] · Sam Walser · ss Spicy-Adventure Stories June 1936

472 · The Dragon of Kao Tsu [Wild Bill Clanton] · Sam Walser · ss Spicy-Adventure Stories September 1936

486 · The Purple Heart of Erlik [Wild Bill Clanton] · Sam Walser · ss Spicy-Adventure Stories November 1936

500 · Murderer’s Grog [Wild Bill Clanton] · Sam Walser · ss Spicy-Adventure Stories January 1937

First Passage: Early Drafts of Beloved Yarns by Robert E. Howard (The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, March 2026, 978-1-955446-73-0, $29.99, xx+479pp, tp, oc, cover by Gary Gianni)
A special fundraising volume produced in support of the Robert E. Howard Museum in Cross Plains, Texas. A hardcover edition (-72-3, $39.99) was announced but not seen.
Details taken from online listing.

vii · Foreword · Dennis McHaney · fw

x · Introduction · Dennis McHaney · in

1 · Black Vulmea’s Vengeance (Draft 2) · Robert E. Howard · uw

37 · The Cairn on the Headland (Draft 2) · Robert E. Howard · uw

60 · The Horror from the Mound (Draft 1) · Robert E. Howard · uw

79 · Pigeons from Hell (Draft 3) · Robert E. Howard · uw

112 · The Hoofed Thing (Draft 2) · Robert E. Howard · uw

136 · Old Garfield’s Heart (Draft 1) · Robert E. Howard · uw

150 · The Dead Remember (Draft 1) · Robert E. Howard · uw

160 · Kings of the Night (Draft 1) · Robert E. Howard · uw

201 · The Footfalls Within (Draft 1) · Robert E. Howard · uw

218 · Wings in the Night (Draft 1) · Robert E. Howard · uw

265 · The Shadow of the Vulture (Draft 3) · Robert E. Howard · uw

317 · The Voice of El-Lil (Draft 1) · Robert E. Howard · uw

345 · Hawks of Outremer (Draft 1) · Robert E. Howard · uw

379 · Son of the White Wolf (Draft 5) · Robert E. Howard · uw

421 · Hawk of the Hills (Draft 3) · Robert E. Howard · uw

Fists of Iron, Round Three by Robert E. Howard (The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, November 2014, $44.00, xxvi+325pp, hc, co, cover by Tom Gianni) [edited by Patrice Louinet, Christopher Gruber & Mark Finn]

vii · Big Talk Don’t Bust No Chins · Chris Gruber · in

3 · Circus Fists [Sailor Steve Costigan] · Robert E. Howard · ss Fight Stories December 1931

22 · Vikings of the Gloves [Sailor Steve Costigan] · Robert E. Howard · ss Fight Stories February 1932

41 · Night of Battle [Sailor Steve Costigan] · Robert E. Howard · ss Fight Stories March 1932

59 · Sailor Costigan and the Yellow Cobra [Sailor Steve Costigan] · Robert E. Howard · ss REH: Two Gun Raconteur #15, Summer 2011
previously revised as a Dennis Dorgan story under the title “The Yellow Cobra”.

73 · Sailor Costigan and the Jade Monkey [Sailor Steve Costigan] · Robert E. Howard · ss
previously revised as a Dennis Dorgan story under the title “Sailor Dorgan and the Jade Monkey”.

86 · Alleys of Darkness [Dennis Dorgan] · Robert E. Howard · ss The Magic Carpet Magazine January 1934, as by Patrick Ervin

101 · Sailor Costigan and the Destiny Gorilla [Sailor Steve Costigan] · Robert E. Howard · ss
previously revised as a Dennis Dorgan story under the title “The Destiny Gorilla”.

115 · A New Game for Costigan [Sailor Steve Costigan] · Robert E. Howard · ss Boxing Stories by Robert E. Howard, Bison Books, April 2005
previously revised as a Dennis Dorgan story under the title “Playing Journalist”.

127 · A Two-Fisted Santa Claus [Dennis Dorgan] · Robert E. Howard · nv The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan by Robert E. Howard, FAX, 1974, as “Playing Santa Claus”

144 · The Slugger’s Game [Sailor Steve Costigan] · Robert E. Howard · ss Jack Dempsey’s Fight Magazine May 1934

161 · General Ironfist [Sailor Steve Costigan] · Robert E. Howard · ss Jack Dempsey’s Fight Magazine June 1934

179 · Sluggers of the Beach [Sailor Steve Costigan] · Robert E. Howard · ss Jack Dempsey’s Fight Magazine August 1934

194 · The Honor of the Ship [Sailor Steve Costigan] · Robert E. Howard · ss Robert E. Howard’s Fight Magazine #4, October 1996

211 · untitled story (“A sailorman ain’t got no business…”) [Sailor Steve Costigan] · Robert E. Howard · ss Robert E. Howard’s Fight Magazine #4, October 1996, as “Flying Knuckles”

227 · Iron-Clad Fists [Dennis Dorgan] · Robert E. Howard · nv The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan by Robert E. Howard, FAX, 1974, as “A Knight of the Round Table”

244 · Sailor Costigan and the Swami [Sailor Steve Costigan] · Robert E. Howard · ss The Howard Review #7, April 1977

258 · Alleys of Treachery [Dennis Dorgan] · Robert E. Howard · ss The Howard Collector Summer 1966, as by Patrick Ervin

· Appendix

273 · Night of Battle (synopsis) [Sailor Steve Costigan] · Robert E. Howard · uw

275 · Sailor Costigan and the Turkish Menace [Sailor Steve Costigan; Mike Dorgan; Bill McGlory] · Robert E. Howard · ss
originally published in a somewhat different version as “The Turkish Menace” (The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan, Donald M. Grant, 1974).

284 · Sailor Costigan and the Turkish Menace (synopsis) [Sailor Steve Costigan] · Robert E. Howard · uw

285 · Sailor Costigan and the Jade Monkey (3rd person version) [Sailor Steve Costigan] · Robert E. Howard · ss

299 · Alleys of Darkness (synopsis) [Dennis Dorgan] · Robert E. Howard · uw

301 · Sailor Costigan and the Destiny Gorilla (synopsis) [Sailor Steve Costigan] · Robert E. Howard · uw

303 · A New Game for Costigan (synopsis) [Sailor Steve Costigan] · Robert E. Howard · uw

304 · A Two-Fisted Santa Claus (synopsis) [Dennis Dorgan] · Robert E. Howard · uw

306 · The Slugger’s Game (synopsis) [Sailor Steve Costigan] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter v1 #2, 2007

308 · General Ironfist (synopsis) [Sailor Steve Costigan] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter v1 #2, 2007

310 · Sluggers of the Beach (synopsis) [Sailor Steve Costigan] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter v1 #2, 2007

311 · Iron-Clad Fists (synopsis) [Dennis Dorgan] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter v1 #2, 2007

312 · Alleys of Treachery (synopsis) [Dennis Dorgan] · Robert E. Howard · uw

313 · The Lord of the Ring [Part 3 of 4] · Patrice Louinet · ar

Forbidden Magic & Other Poems & Miscellanea in Weird Tales by Robert E. Howard (Old Tiger Press, February 2023, 60pp, tp, co, cover: Buccaneers of Venus %%4 by J. Allen St. John from Weird Tales February 1933) [edited by Dennis McHaney]
Details taken from online listing.

· Introduction · Dennis McHaney · in

· Robert E. Howard in the Eyrie

· Letter to Weird Tales, ca. December 1925 (“These are sheer masterpieces…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Weird Tales February 1926

· Letter to Weird Tales, ca. March 1926 (“The Saga of Grettir the Outlaw”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Weird Tales May 1926

· Letter to Weird Tales, ca. May 1927 (“Your last three issues…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Weird Tales June 1927

· Letter to Weird Tales, ca. April 1928 (“Mr. Lovecraft’s latest story…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Weird Tales May 1928

· Letter to Weird Tales, ca. October 1929 (“I have just been reading…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Weird Tales November 1929

· Letter to Weird Tales, ca. March 1930 (“‘Thirsty Blades’ is fine…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Weird Tales April 1930

· Letter to Weird Tales, ca. December 1930 (“I was particularly fascinated…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Weird Tales January 1931

· Letter to Weird Tales, ca. February 1932 (“Congratulations on the appearance…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Weird Tales March 1932

· Letter to Weird Tales, ca. May 1936 (“Enthusiasm impels me…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Weird Tales June 1936

· Verse

· The Song of the Bats · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales May 1927

· The Ride of Falume · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales October 1927

· The Riders of Babylon · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales January 1928

· Remembrance · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales April 1928

· The Gates of Nineveh · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales July 1928

· The Harp of Alfred · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales September 1928

· Easter Island · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales December 1928

· Crete · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales February 1929

· Moon Mockery · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales April 1929

· Forbidden Magic · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales July 1929

· The Moor Ghost · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales September 1929

· Dead Man’s Hate · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales January 1930

· A Song Out of Midian · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales April 1930

· Shadows on the Road · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales May 1930

· Black Chant Imperial · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales September 1930

· The Song of a Mad Minstrel · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales February/March 1931

· The Last Day · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales March 1932

· Arkham · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales August 1932

· An Open Window (“Behind the Veil what gulfs”) · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales September 1932

· Autumn · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales April 1933

· The Soul-Eater · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales August 1937

· The Dream and the Shadow · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales September 1937

· Which Will Scarcely Be Understood · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales October 1937

· Futility (“Golden Goats on a Hillside Black”) · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales November 1937

· untitled fragment (“And so his boyhood wandered into youth”) · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales December 1937

· Haunting Columns · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales February 1938

· The Poets · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales March 1938

· The Singer in the Mist · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales April 1938

· The Last Hour · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales June 1938

· Ships · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales July 1938

· Lines Written in the Realization That I Must Die · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales August 1938

· Recompense · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales November 1938

· The Ghost Kings · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales December 1938

· The King and the Oak [Kull] · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales February 1939

· Desert Dawn · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales March 1939

· The Hills of Kandahar · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales June/July 1939

· Verse in Story Headings

· Heading for “The Black Stone” · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales November 1931

· Heading for “The Fearsome Touch of Death” · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales February 1930

· Heading for “The Hour of the Dragon” [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1969

· Heading for “Kings of the Night” · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales November 1930

· Heading for “The Phoenix on the Sword” · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales December 1932

· Heading for “Queen of the Black Coast” · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales May 1934

· Heading for “The Scarlet Citadel” · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales January 1933

· Heading for “The Thing on the Roof” · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales February 1932

Gardens of Fear by Robert E. Howard (Wildside Press, December 2006, 978-0-8095-1136-5, $35.00, 223pp, hc, co, cover by Stephen Fabian) [edited by Paul Herman]
Collection of six stories and one poem. Volume six in “The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard”.

7 · Mythology from a Typewriter · Benjamin Szumskyj · in

13 · Queen of the Black Coast [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales May 1934

42 · The Haunter of the Ring [Conrad & Kirowan; Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales June 1934

58 · The Garden of Fear [James Allison] · Robert E. Howard · nv Marvel Tales July/August 1934

73 · The Devil in Iron [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales August 1934

104 · The Voices Waken Memory · Robert E. Howard · pm The Fantasy Fan September 1934

105 · The People of the Black Circle [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · na Weird Tales September 1934 (+2)

182 · A Witch Shall Be Born [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · na Weird Tales December 1934

Gates of Empire and Other Tales of the Crusades by Robert E. Howard (Wildside Press, April 2004, 0-8095-1550-4, $39.95, 262pp, hc, co) [edited by Paul Herman]
Associational collection of eight adventure stories.

7 · Introduction · Fred Blosser · in

11 · Red Blades of Black Cathay · Robert E. Howard & Tevis Clyde Smith · na Oriental Stories February/March 1931; given as by Robert E. Howard alone.
written by Howard, based on research by Smith.

39 · Hawks of Outremer [Cormac FitzGeoffrey] · Robert E. Howard · nv Oriental Stories April/May/June 1931

66 · The Blood of Belshazzar [Cormac FitzGeoffrey] · Robert E. Howard · nv Oriental Stories Autumn 1931

93 · Lord of Samarcand · Robert E. Howard · nv Oriental Stories Spring 1932

127 · The Sowers of the Thunder · Robert E. Howard · nv Oriental Stories Winter 1932

165 · The Lion of Tiberias · Robert E. Howard · nv The Magic Carpet Magazine July 1933

192 · The Shadow of the Vulture · Robert E. Howard · nv The Magic Carpet Magazine January 1934

229 · Gates of Empire · Robert E. Howard · nv Golden Fleece January 1939

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