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North of Khyber by Robert E. Howard (Cryptic Publications, December 1987, $5.00, 44pp, ph, oc, cover by Stephen E. Fabian) [El Borak]     Collection of five unpublished fragments by Howard. Volume five in a new series. · [illustrations] · Stephen E. Fabian · il 2 · Introduction · Robert M. Price · in 3 · North of Khyber [El Borak; Sonora Kid] · Robert E. Howard · uw 11 · The Land of Mystery [El Borak; Sonora Kid] · Robert E. Howard · uw _11 · Heading for “The Land of Mystery” · Robert E. Howard · pm 22 · El Borak (“Were you ever stranded in a strange land”) [El Borak; Sonora Kid] · Robert E. Howard · uw 41 · The Shunned Castle [El Borak; Sonora Kid] · Robert E. Howard · uw 44 · A Power Among the Islands [El Borak; Sonora Kid] · Robert E. Howard · uw

Odes at the Black Dog by Robert E. Howard (Hermanthis Publishing, January 2006, 32pp, ph, co, cover by Tom Foster) [edited by Paul Herman]     Limited edition of 100 copies This booklet was for sale at the 100th birthday celebration for Robert E. Howard held at The Torch in Fort Worth, Texas on January 21, 2006. A Robert E. Howard bookmark was given away with each copy of Odes at the Black Dog. The bookmark was also sold separately. The poem “Musings” is printed on the bookmark. · [illustrations] · Tom Foster · il 4 · Introduction · Paul Herman · in 5 · Always Comes Evening · Robert E. Howard · pm The Phantagraph August 1936 7 · Autumn · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales April 1933 8 · Dreams of Nineveh · Robert E. Howard · pm Golden Atom 1959 9 · Fables for Little Folks · Robert E. Howard · pm The Daniel Baker Collegian March 15 1926 10 · The Ghost Kings · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales December 1938 11 · The Harp of Alfred · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales September 1928 12 · Kid Lavigne Is Dead · Robert E. Howard · pm The Ring June 1928 13 · The King and the Oak [Kull] · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales February 1939 15 · The Kissing of Sal Snooboo · Robert E. Howard · pm The Tattler January 6 1925 16 · Lines Written in the Realization That I Must Die · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales August 1938 17 · The Poets · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales March 1938 18 · Recompense · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales November 1938 20 · Remembrance · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales April 1928 21 · Ships · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales July 1938 22 · The Singer in the Mist · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales April 1938 23 · Solomon Kane’s Homecoming [Solomon Kane] · Robert E. Howard · pm Fanciful Tales Fall 1936 26 · The Song of a Mad Minstrel · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales February/March 1931 28 · The Tempter · Robert E. Howard · pm The Cross Plains Review June 18 1937 30 · To a Woman (“Though Fathoms…”) · Robert E. Howard · pm Modern American Poetry ed. Aison, The Galleon Press, 1933 · Musings (“The Little Poets Sing of Little Things”) · Robert E. Howard · pm Witchcraft & Sorcery #5, January/February 1971

Pay Day by Robert E. Howard (Cryptic Publications, 1986, $3.50, 20pp, ph, oc, cover by Stephen E. Fabian)     Collection of 8 short short stories, mainly unpublished. 2 · Introduction · Robert M. Price · in 3 · A Touch of Color · Robert E. Howard · ss 7 · The Loser · Robert E. Howard · vi REH: Lone Star Fictioneer #1, Spring 1975 9 · A Horror in the Night · Robert E. Howard · vi Cross Plains #3, May/June 1974 12 · Nerve · Robert E. Howard · vi 14 · The Sophisticate · Robert E. Howard · vi 15 · The Block · Robert E. Howard · vi 17 · The Nut’s Shell · Robert E. Howard · vi 19 · Pay Day · Robert E. Howard · vi

The People of the Black Circle by Robert E. Howard (Donald M. Grant, 1974, $15.00, 150pp, hc, na, cover by David Ireland) [Conan]     Fantasy novella. Limited to 2850 copies. Volume one in the “Deluxe Conan” series. · [illustrations] · David Ireland · il

The People of the Black Circle by Robert E. Howard (Berkley, September 1977, 425-03609-X, $1.95, 293pp, pb, co) [Conan] [edited by Karl Edward Wagner]     Fantasy collection. Volume two in the “Authorized Conan” series. fps. · [frontispiece] · Hugh Rankin · fp (r) 1 · Foreword · Karl Edward Wagner · fw 10 · The Hyborian World · John Mayer · mp (r) 13 · The Devil in Iron [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales August 1934 57 · The People of the Black Circle [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · na Weird Tales September 1934 (+2) 165 · A Witch Shall Be Born [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · na Weird Tales December 1934 225 · Jewels of Gwahlur [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales March 1935 285 · Afterword · Karl Edward Wagner · aw

People of the Dark by Robert E. Howard (Wildside Press, May 2, 2005, $35.00, hc, co, cover by Stephen Fabian) [edited by Paul Herman]     Third in a series of books presenting all of Howard’s work for the pulp magazine Weird Tales meticulously restored to its original magazine texts. Limited to 1200 copies. Volume three in “The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard”. 7 · Howard—The Texas Phoenix Flames in Darkness · Joe R. Lansdale · in 11 · Kings of the Night [Bran Mak Morn; Kull] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales November 1930 43 · The Song of a Mad Minstrel · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales February/March 1931 45 · The Children of the Night [Conrad & Kirowan; Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales April/May 1931 59 · The Footfalls Within [Solomon Kane] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales September 1931 73 · The Gods of Bal-Sagoth [Turlogh O’Brien] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales October 1931 107 · The Black Stone [Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales November 1931 123 · The Dark Man [Turlogh O’Brien] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales December 1931 147 · The Thing on the Roof [Conrad & Kirowan; Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales February 1932 156 · The Last Day · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales March 1932 157 · The Horror from the Mound · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales May 1932 173 · People of the Dark · Robert E. Howard · nv Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror June 1932

People of the Dark by Robert E. Howard (Cosmos Books, November 2007, 978-0-8439-5913-0, $6.99, 415pp, pb, co, cover by Ken Kelly)     Collection of 10 stories and three poems. Despite having the same title as the third volume in the Wildside series there is little in common between the contents. Volume two in “The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard (Cosmos)”. 9 · People of the Dark · Robert E. Howard · nv Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror June 1932 37 · The Cairn on the Headland · Robert E. Howard · nv Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror January 1933 67 · One Who Comes at Eventide · Robert E. Howard · pm Modern American Poetry ed. Aison, The Galleon Press, 1933 69 · To a Woman (“Though Fathoms…”) · Robert E. Howard · pm Modern American Poetry ed. Aison, The Galleon Press, 1933 71 · The Valley of the Worm [James Allison] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales February 1934 103 · Gods of the North · Robert E. Howard · ss The Fantasy Fan March 1934 115 · Shadows in the Moonlight [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales April 1934 161 · Queen of the Black Coast [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales May 1934 205 · The Haunter of the Ring [Conrad & Kirowan; Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales June 1934 229 · The Garden of Fear [James Allison] · Robert E. Howard · nv Marvel Tales July/August 1934 253 · The Devil in Iron [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales August 1934 299 · The Voices Waken Memory · Robert E. Howard · pm The Fantasy Fan September 1934 301 · The People of the Black Circle [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · na Weird Tales September 1934 (+2)

The Perils of Sailor Costigan by Robert E. Howard (Dennis McHaney, December 1987, 80pp, tp, co, cover by Tom Foster) [edited by Dennis McHaney]     Printed in an edition of 25 copies, only 11 of which were bound and distributed. Intended as a Christmas present for friends, this handmade book, made from xerox paste-ups, was a project abandoned after putting together 11 copies because the publisher’s expensive saddle stapler broke from stapling such thick stock on the cover. 6 · Introduction · Dennis McHaney · in 8 · Sailor Costigan and the Swami [Sailor Steve Costigan] · Robert E. Howard · ss The Howard Review #7, April 1977 26 · The TNT Punch [Sailor Steve Costigan] · Robert E. Howard · ss Action Stories January 1931 44 · Vikings of the Gloves [Sailor Steve Costigan] · Robert E. Howard · ss Fight Stories February 1932 67 · The Three Perils of Sailor Costigan · Robert E. Howard · gp (r) _ · untitled fragment (“I had just hung by sparring partner, Battling O’Toole…”) [Sailor Steve Costigan] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Howard Review #2, March 1975 _ · untitled fragment (“It was the end of the fourth round”) [Sailor Steve Costigan] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Howard Review #2, March 1975 _ · untitled fragment (“The Night Sailor Steve Costigan fought Battling O’Rourke”) [Sailor Steve Costigan] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Howard Review #2, March 1975

Pictures in the Fire by Robert E. Howard (The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, June 28, 2018, $50.00, viii+443pp, hc, co, cover by Bill Cavalier) [edited by Paul Herman]     Limited edition of 200 numbered copies. Details taken from online listing. vii · Finding a Home · Paul Herman · in 3 · “For the Love of Barbara Allen” · Robert E. Howard · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1966 11 · Two Against Tyre · Robert E. Howard · nv The Howard Collector Spring 1970 26 · The Voice of El-Lil · Robert E. Howard · nv Oriental Stories October/November 1930 50 · Spear and Fang · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales July 1925 59 · Black Canaan (Early Version) · Robert E. Howard · nv The Black Canaan: An Alternate Version by Robert E. Howard, The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, 2010 94 · The Cobra in the Dream · Robert E. Howard · ss Weirdbook #1, 1968 101 · The Ghost in the Doorway · Robert E. Howard · vi The Howard Collector Spring 1969, as by Patrick MacConaire 105 · A Thunder of Trumpets · Robert E. Howard & Frank Thurston Torbett · ss Weird Tales September 1938 125 · The Shadow of Doom · Robert E. Howard · vi The Howard Collector Summer 1966, as by John Taverel 129 · The Haunted Hut · Robert E. Howard · ss Weirdbook #2, 1969 134 · Under the Baobab Tree · Robert E. Howard · ss Cross Plains #5, Fall 1974 141 · The Hyena · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales March 1928 154 · Black Country · Robert E. Howard · ss Weirdbook #6, 1973 169 · Nekht Semerkeht · Robert E. Howard · uw The Black Stranger and Other American Tales by Robert E. Howard, Bison Books, 2005 originally published in a somewhat different version in The Gods of Bal-Sagoth, Ace, 1979. 185 · untitled (“As he approached…”) · Robert E. Howard · uw The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval by Robert E. Howard, Paradox Entertainment, 2007 188 · The Abbey · Robert E. Howard · uw Fantasy Crossroads #4/5, August 1975 190 · Age Lasting Love · Robert E. Howard · uw The “New” Howard Reader #7 by Robert E. Howard, Joe & Mona Marek, 2000 first appeared in French in La Tombe du Dragon (1972). 202 · The Devil’s Woodchopper · Robert E. Howard · uw Robert E. Howard: The Power of the Writing Mind ed. Ben Szumskyj, Mythos Books, 2003 originally published in a somewhat different version in The Grim Land and Others, Stygian Isle Press, 1976. 205 · Door of the World · Robert E. Howard · uw Fantasy Crosswinds #2, January 1977, as “The Door to the Garden” 212 · Redflame [John Silent] · Robert E. Howard · uw REHUPA November 1987 220 · Serpent Vines · Robert E. Howard · ss WT50 ed. Robert Weinberg, Robert Weinberg, 1974 223 · untitled synopsis (Black Canaan) · Robert E. Howard · ss The Black Canaan: An Alternate Version by Robert E. Howard, The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, 2010 224 · The Isle of the Eons · Robert E. Howard · uw The Gods of Bal-Sagoth by Robert E. Howard, Ace, 1979 326 · The Brand of Satan · Robert E. Howard · uw The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval by Robert E. Howard, Paradox Entertainment, 2007 344 · Dagon Manor [Conrad & Kirowan; Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · uw The “New” Howard Reader #3 by Robert E. Howard, Joe & Mona Marek, 1998 originally published in a somewhat different version in Shudder Stories #4, March 1986. 345 · Dear Mrs. Shane · Robert E. Howard · uw The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter v7 #2, 2013 346 · Fate Is the Killer · Robert E. Howard · uw The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval by Robert E. Howard, Paradox Entertainment, 2007 351 · Incongruity · Robert E. Howard · uw The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval by Robert E. Howard, Paradox Entertainment, 2007 355 · The Jade God · Robert E. Howard · uw Unaussprechlichen Kulten July 1992 360 · The Slayer (“But why do you tell me this?”) · Robert E. Howard · uw The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval by Robert E. Howard, Paradox Entertainment, 2007 365 · Through the Ages · Robert E. Howard · uw The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval by Robert E. Howard, Paradox Entertainment, 2007 368 · The Wings of the Bat · Robert E. Howard · uw The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval by Robert E. Howard, Paradox Entertainment, 2007 377 · untitled (“‘You,’ said Shifty Griddle…”) · Robert E. Howard · uw The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter v7 #4, 2013/14 380 · untitled (“Better that a man should remain…”) · Robert E. Howard · uw The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter v8 #4, 2014/15 381 · untitled (“From the black, bandit-haunted mountians…”) · Robert E. Howard · uw 383 · untitled (“I’m writing this with a piece of pencil…”) · Robert E. Howard · uw 384 · Old Man Jacobson · Robert E. Howard · pm The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter v8 #1, 2014 385 · untitled (“The matter seemed so obvious…”) · Robert E. Howard · uw 387 · untitled (“The next day I was sluggish…”) · Robert E. Howard · uw 388 · Songs of Bastards · Robert E. Howard · pl Lewd Tales by Robert E. Howard, Cryptic Publications, 1987 _ · untitled (“I knocked upon her lattice—soft!”) · Robert E. Howard · pm Lewd Tales by Robert E. Howard, Cryptic Publications, 1987 _ · untitled (“Let us up in the hills together”) · Robert E. Howard · pm Lewd Tales by Robert E. Howard, Cryptic Publications, 1987 _ · untitled (“Life is a lot of hooey!”) · Robert E. Howard · pm Lewd Tales by Robert E. Howard, Cryptic Publications, 1987 _ · untitled (“Men are toys on a godling’s string”) · Robert E. Howard · pm Lewd Tales by Robert E. Howard, Cryptic Publications, 1987 401 · Bastards All! · Robert E. Howard · pl Lewd Tales by Robert E. Howard, Cryptic Publications, 1987 414 · Pictures in the Fire · Robert E. Howard · vi The “New” Howard Reader #7 by Robert E. Howard, Joe & Mona Marek, 2000 first appeared in French in Le Manoir de Terreur (1987). 416 · The Dominant Male · Robert E. Howard · uw The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval by Robert E. Howard, Paradox Entertainment, 2007 422 · Miss High-Hat · Robert E. Howard · vi Risque Stories #4, October 1986 424 · Etched in Ebony · Robert E. Howard · vi The Junto September 1929 425 · untitled (“Arrange, Madame, arrange!”) · Robert E. Howard · uw The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval by Robert E. Howard, Paradox Entertainment, 2007 426 · Letter of a Chinese Student (1) · Robert E. Howard · vi The Yellow Jacket March 7 1924 428 · Letter of a Chinese Student (2) · Robert E. Howard · vi The Yellow Jacket May 2 1924 431 · For the Honor of the School · Robert E. Howard ,[?] · uw The Yellow Jacket November 17 1926 439 · The Masque · Robert E. Howard · pm 439 · A Rattlesnake Sings in the Grass · Robert E. Howard · pm The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter v6 #1, 2012 variant version of “Hymn of Hatred” (Always Comes Evening, 1957). 440 · A High Land · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Summer 2011 440 · Whence Cometh Erlik? · Robert E. Howard · il The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter v6 #3, 2012 441 · Lost Nisapur · Robert E. Howard · pm 441 · untitled fragment (“Abhorrent gods”) · Robert E. Howard · pm The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter v9 #2, 2015 442 · A Song of Praise · Robert E. Howard · pm 442 · The Tale of Glory · Robert E. Howard · pm 442 · The Race Without Name · Robert E. Howard · pm 443 · Let Me Dream by a Silver Stream · Robert E. Howard · pm 443 · My Animal Instinct · Robert E. Howard · pm 443 · The Wind Blows · Robert E. Howard · pm 443 · The Wind Blows · Robert E. Howard · pm

Pigeons from Hell by Robert E. Howard (Zebra, June 1976, 0-89083-189-0, 315pp, pb, co, cover by Jeff Jones) [edited by Glenn Lord]     Additional story comments by Glenn Lord 7 · Introduction · Glenn Lord · in _ · Letter to Farnsworth Wright, ca. June-July 1931 (“In your last letter you asked me to give you…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt The Ghost #3, May 1945 [Ref. Farnsworth Wright] 11 · Pigeons from Hell · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales May 1938 53 · The Gods of Bal-Sagoth [Turlogh O’Brien] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales October 1931 105 · People of the Dark · Robert E. Howard · nv Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror June 1932 133 · The Children of the Night [Conrad & Kirowan; Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales April/May 1931 155 · The Dead Remember · Robert E. Howard · ss Argosy August 15 1936 167 · The Man on the Ground · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales July 1933 177 · The Garden of Fear [James Allison] · Robert E. Howard · nv Marvel Tales July/August 1934 201 · The Thing on the Roof [Conrad & Kirowan; Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales February 1932 215 · The Hyena · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales March 1928 233 · Dig Me No Grave [Conrad & Kirowan; Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales February 1937 253 · The Dream Snake · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales February 1928 263 · In the Forest of Villefère [de Montour] · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales August 1925 269 · Old Garfield’s Heart · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales December 1933 283 · The Voice of El-Lil · Robert E. Howard · nv Oriental Stories October/November 1930