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Swords of the North (var. 1) by Robert E. Howard (The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, June 11, 2024, 978-1-955446-13-6, $39.99, xvi+471pp, tp, co, cover by Aaron Miller) [edited by Patrice Louinet, Christopher Gruber & Mark Finn]     A hardcover edition (-12-9, $59.99) was announced but not seen. Slightly revised from the first edition (The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, 2014) by replacing the poem “The Skull in the Clouds” with “Reuben’s Birthright” and retitling “The Isle of Hy-Brasil” as “Hy-Brasil”. Details taken from online listing. vii · Night Falls on Asgard · Rusty Burke · in Swords of the North by Robert E. Howard, The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, 2014 · Swords of the North 3 · Niflheim · Robert E. Howard · pm Always Comes Evening by Robert E. Howard, Arkham House, 1957 5 · The Frost King’s Daughter · Robert E. Howard · ss The Fantasy Fan March 1934, as “Gods of the North” 13 · The Valley of the Worm [James Allison] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales February 1934 31 · The Garden of Fear [James Allison] · Robert E. Howard · nv Marvel Tales July/August 1934 45 · Marchers of Valhalla [James Allison] · Robert E. Howard · na Marchers of Valhalla by Robert H. Howard, Donald M. Grant, 1972 75 · “Feach Air Muir Lionadhi Gealach Buidhe Mar Or” · Robert E. Howard · pm The Junto February 1930 77 · People of the Dark · Robert E. Howard · nv Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror June 1932 93 · An Echo from the Iron Harp · Robert E. Howard · pm Roy Squires Press, 1974, as “The Gold and the Grey” 97 · Kings of the Night [Bran Mak Morn; Kull] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales November 1930 127 · Swords of the Northern Sea [Cormac Mac Art] · Robert E. Howard · nv Tigers of the Sea by Robert E. Howard, Donald M. Grant, 1973 151 · The Night of the Wolf [Cormac Mac Art] · Robert E. Howard · nv Bran Mak Morn by Robert E. Howard, Dell, 1969 173 · Delenda Est · Robert E. Howard · ss Worlds of Fantasy v1 #1, 1968 179 · The Ballad of King Geraint · Robert E. Howard · pm REHUPA November 1989 205 · The Song of the Last Briton · Robert E. Howard · pm The Ghost Ocean and Other Poems by Robert E. Howard, Gibbelins Gazette, 1982 207 · Memories of Alfred · Robert E. Howard · pm The Ghost Ocean and Other Poems by Robert E. Howard, Gibbelins Gazette, 1982 209 · Dreaming on Downs · Robert E. Howard · pm The Poets’ Scroll April 1929, as by Patrick Howard 211 · The Song of Horsa’s Galley · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Autumn 1970 213 · Song Before Clontarf · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Review #2, March 1975 215 · The Grey God Passes [Turlogh O’Brien] · Robert E. Howard · nv Dark Mind, Dark Heart ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1962 243 · The Dark Man [Turlogh O’Brien] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales December 1931 265 · The Gods of Bal-Sagoth [Turlogh O’Brien] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales October 1931 297 · The Outgoing of Sigurd the Jerusalem-Farer · Robert E. Howard · pm Verses in Ebony by Robert E. Howard, Glenn Lord, 1975 299 · Marching Song of Connacht · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1972 301 · Reuben’s Birthright · Robert E. Howard · pm The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter v5 #3, 2011 303 · The Ghost in the Doorway · Robert E. Howard · vi The Howard Collector Spring 1969, as by Patrick MacConaire 307 · Black Michael’s Story · Robert E. Howard · pm Always Comes Evening by Robert E. Howard, Arkham House, 1957, as “Retribution” 309 · Dermod’s Bane [Conrad & Kirowan; Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · ss Magazine of Horror Fall 1967 315 · The Cairn on the Headland · Robert E. Howard · nv Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror January 1933 337 · Black Harps in the Hills · Robert E. Howard · pm Night Images by Robert E. Howard, The Morning Star Press, 1976 · Appendix 1—James Allison—Unfinished Tales 337 · Brachan the Kelt [James Allison] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Barbarian Swordsmen ed. Sean Richards, Star, 1981 343 · Genseric’s Son [James Allison] · Robert E. Howard · uw Fantasy Crossroads #10/11, March 1977 347 · The Guardian of the Idol [James Allison] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Howard Reader #8 by Robert E. Howard, Joe & Mona Marek, 2003 originally published in a somewhat different version in Weird Tales #3 ed. Lin Carter, Zebra, 1981. 351 · Akram the Mysterious [James Allison] · Robert E. Howard · uw The “New” Howard Reader #2 by Robert E. Howard, Joe & Mona Marek, 1998, as “The Tower of Time” originally published in a somewhat different version in Fantastic Stories June 1975. · Appendix 2—Cormac Mac Art—Unfinished Tales 361 · Tigers of the Sea · Robert E. Howard · uw Swords of the North by Robert E. Howard, The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, 2014 originally published in a somewhat different version in Tigers of the Sea, Donald M. Grant, 1973. 385 · The Temple of Abomination (early draft) · Robert E. Howard · uw Swords of the North by Robert E. Howard, The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, 2014 389 · The Temple of Abomination (later draft) · Robert E. Howard · uw Swords of the North by Robert E. Howard, The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, 2014 399 · untitled fragment (“Between berserk battle rages”) · Robert E. Howard · uw Swords of the North by Robert E. Howard, The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, 2014 · Appendix 3—Turlogh Dubh O’Brien—Unfinished Tales 403 · untitled (“The Dane came in with a rush…”) [Turlogh O’Brien] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Shadow of the Hun by Robert E. Howard, George Hamilton, 1975 407 · The Shadow of the Hun [Turlogh O’Brien] · Robert E. Howard · nv The Shadow of the Hun by Robert E. Howard, George Hamilton, 1975 · Miscellanea—Poems and Unfinished Tales 425 · The King’s Service · Robert E. Howard · nv George T. Hamilton, 1975 441 · Where Are Your Knights, Donn Othna? · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1969 443 · No More the Serpent Prow · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1971 445 · untitled (“’I’, said Cuchulain”) · Robert E. Howard · uw Swords of the North by Robert E. Howard, The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, 2014 447 · The Harp of Alfred · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales September 1928 449 · Viking’s Vision · Robert E. Howard · pm The Ghost Ocean and Other Poems by Robert E. Howard, Gibbelins Gazette, 1982 451 · Thor’s Son · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1969 453 · To Harry the Oliad Men · Robert E. Howard · pm Omniumgathum ed. Jonathan Bacon & Steve Troyanovich, Stygian Isle Press, 1976 455 · Hy-Brasil · Robert E. Howard · pm The Ghost Ocean and Other Poems by Robert E. Howard, Gibbelins Gazette, 1982, as “The Isle of Hy-Brasil” 457 · Heritage (“My people came from Munster…”) · Robert E. Howard · pm The Junto August 1929 459 · Singing Hemp · Robert E. Howard · pm Verses in Ebony by Robert E. Howard, Glenn Lord, 1975 461 · The Return of the Sea-Farer · Robert E. Howard · pm Weirdbook #13, 1978 463 · Heritage (“Saxon Blood in the veins of Me”) · Robert E. Howard · pm Fantasy Crossroads #2, February 1975 465 · Viking’s Trail · Robert E. Howard · pm Verses in Ebony by Robert E. Howard, Glenn Lord, 1975 467 · To a Friend · Robert E. Howard · pm Verses in Ebony by Robert E. Howard, Glenn Lord, 1975 469 · Twilight on Stonehenge · Robert E. Howard · pm Shadows of Dreams by Robert E. Howard, Donald M. Grant, 1989 471 · The House of Gael · Robert E. Howard · pm A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems by Robert E. Howard, Robert E. Howard Properties LLC, 2002

Tales of Conan by Robert E. Howard & L. Sprague de Camp (Gnome Press, 1955, $3.00, 218pp, hc, co, cover by Emsh) [Conan]     Fantasy collection. Limited to 5000 copies. 9 · There’ll Always Be a Conan · P. Schuyler Miller · in 15 · Ghostly Note · L. Sprague de Camp · ar 17 · The Bloodstained God [Conan] · L. Sprague de Camp & Robert E. Howard · nv rewritten by de Camp from “The Curse of the Crimson God”. 39 · Hawks Over Shem [Conan] · Robert E. Howard & L. Sprague de Camp · nv Fantastic Universe October 1955 rewritten by de Camp from “Hawks Over Egypt” (The Road of Azrael, Donald M. Grant, 1979). 83 · The Road of the Eagles [Conan] · Robert E. Howard & L. Sprague de Camp · nv Fantastic Universe December 1955, as “Conan, Man of Destiny” rewritten by de Camp from a non-fantasy story by Howard (“The Road of the Eagles”, Lord of Samarcand, Bison Books, 2005). 121 · The Flame Knife [Conan] · L. Sprague de Camp & Robert E. Howard · na rewritten by de Camp from the long version of the non-Conan story “Three-Bladed Doom” (Zebra, 1977).

Tales of Weird Menace by Robert E. Howard (The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, January 2011, $50.00, xiii+473pp, hc, co, cover by Jim & Ruth Keegan) [edited by Rob Roehm]     First printing limited to 150 copies. Subsequent printings of 50 copies each up to a total of 300 copies. vii · Lines of Succession · Don Herron · in 3 · Skull-Face [Kathulos] · Robert E. Howard · na Weird Tales October 1929 (+2) 95 · The Noseless Horror · Robert E. Howard · ss Magazine of Horror February 1970 111 · The Brazen Peacock · Robert E. Howard · nv REH: Lone Star Fictioneer #3, Fall 1975 131 · Black John’s Vengeance [Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · ss From Beyond the Dark Gateway #3, 1974, as “The Black Bear Bites” 145 · Talons in the Dark · Robert E. Howard · ss Strange Detective Stories December 1933, as “Black Talons” 163 · The Hand of the Black Goddess [Butch Gorman; Brent Kirby] · Robert E. Howard · nv Bran Mak Morn: A Play, and Others by Robert E. Howard, Cromlech, 1983 originally published in a somewhat different version as “Scarlet Tears” in Weird Tales Vol. 48 No. 1, Spring 1981. 197 · Sons of Hate [Butch Gorman; Brent Kirby] · Robert E. Howard · ss Two-Fisted Detective Stories #1, May 1984 237 · Moon of Zambebwei · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales February 1935, as “The Grisly Horror” 267 · Black Hound of Death · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales November 1936 293 · The Devils of Dark Lake · Robert E. Howard · ss WT50 ed. Robert Weinberg, Robert Weinberg, 1974 319 · Guests of the Hoodoo Room · Robert E. Howard · nv Shudder Stories #1, June 1984 365 · Black Wind Blowing · Robert E. Howard · nv Thrilling Mystery June 1936 · Miscellanea 391 · The Red Stone · Robert E. Howard · uw The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval by Robert E. Howard, Paradox Entertainment, 2007 392 · untitled (“The night was damp…”) · Robert E. Howard · uw Fantasy Crossroads #7, February 1976 397 · The Ivory Camel · Robert E. Howard · uw The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval by Robert E. Howard, Paradox Entertainment, 2007 402 · Yellow Laughter · Robert E. Howard · uw The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter v2 #4, 2008 404 · The Story Thus Far… · [uncredited] · lk Weird Tales November 1929 (+1) [Ref. Robert E. Howard & Farnsworth Wright] consists of the short paragraphs that appeared at the start of the second and third portions of “Skull-Face” as it appeared in Weird Tales. It is not known if REH wrote these or Farnsworth Wright. 406 · Taverel Manor [Kathulos] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Howard Reader #8 by Robert E. Howard, Joe & Mona Marek, 2003 originally published in a somewhat different version in Skull-Face, Berkley, 1978. 421 · The Jade God · Robert E. Howard · uw Unaussprechlichen Kulten July 1992 426 · The Return of the Sorcerer · Robert E. Howard · uw A Bicentennial Tribute to Robert E. Howard ed. Fred Blosser, George Hamilton, 1976 435 · untitled synopsis (“James Norris, Joe Rogers, spearman…”) · Robert E. Howard · uw The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval by Robert E. Howard, Paradox Entertainment, 2007 437 · Spectres in the Dark · Robert E. Howard · uw Cromlech v1 #1, 1985 450 · The Spell of Damballah · Robert E. Howard · uw Revelations from Yuggoth #1, November 1987 456 · Sons of Hate (partial synopsis) · Robert E. Howard · uw The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter v4 #1, 2010 457 · The Devils of Dark Lake (synopsis) · Robert E. Howard · uw The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter v3 #1, 2009; untitled. 462 · The House of Om (synopsis) · Robert E. Howard · uw Shudder Stories #2, December 1984

A Thunder of Trumpets by Robert E. Howard (Wildside Press, July 2010, 978-0-809-57170-3, $35.00, 206pp, hc, co, cover by Stephen Fabian) [edited by Paul Herman]     Volume 10 in “The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard”. 7 · The Fire Remains · Mark Finn · in 13 · Pigeons from Hell · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales May 1938 42 · The Last Hour · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales June 1938 43 · Ships · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales July 1938 44 · Lines Written in the Realization That I Must Die · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales August 1938 46 · A Thunder of Trumpets · Robert E. Howard & Frank Thurston Torbett · ss Weird Tales September 1938 65 · Recompense · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales November 1938 66 · The Ghost Kings · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales December 1938 67 · The King and the Oak [Kull] · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales February 1939 68 · Desert Dawn · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales March 1939 69 · Almuric · Robert E. Howard · n. Weird Tales May 1939 (+2) 180 · The Hills of Kandahar · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales June/July 1939 181 · Song at Midnight · Robert E. Howard · pm The Phantagraph August 1940 182 · The Witch from Hell’s Kitchen · Robert E. Howard · nv Avon Fantasy Reader 18 ed. Donald A. Wollheim, Avon Novels Inc., 1952 204 · But the Hills Were Ancient Then · Robert E. Howard · pm Amra v2 #8, 1959 205 · The One Black Stain [Solomon Kane] · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1962

Tigers of the Sea by Robert E. Howard (Donald M. Grant, 1973, $6.00, 212pp, hc, co, cover by Tim Kirk) [Cormac Mac Art] [edited by Richard L. Tierney]     Fantasy collection. Limited to 3400 copies. Volume one in a new series. · [illustrations] · Tim Kirk · il 11 · Introduction · Richard L. Tierney · in 23 · Tigers of the Sea [Cormac Mac Art] · Robert E. Howard & Richard L. Tierney · na completed by Tierney from a rough outline by Howard. 97 · Swords of the Northern Sea [Cormac Mac Art] · Robert E. Howard · nv 145 · The Night of the Wolf [Cormac Mac Art] · Robert E. Howard · nv Bran Mak Morn by Robert E. Howard, Dell, 1969 191 · The Temple of Abomination [Cormac Mac Art] · Robert E. Howard & Richard L. Tierney · nv completed by Tierney from a 3600 word fragment by Howard (Cormac Mac Art, Baen, 1995).

Tigers of the Sea by Robert E. Howard (Zebra, May 1975, 0-89083-119-X, $1.50, 188pp, pb, co, cover by Jeff Jones) [Cormac Mac Art] [edited by Richard L. Tierney]     Reprint (Grant 1973) fantasy collection. Volume one in a new series.

The Tower of the Elephant by Robert E. Howard (Donald M. Grant, 1975, $12.00, 94pp, hc, co, cover by Richard Robertson) [Conan]     Fantasy collection. Limited to 3100 copies. Volume three in the “Deluxe Conan” series. · [illustrations] · Richard Robertson · il 9 · The Tower of the Elephant [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales March 1933 55 · The God in the Bowl [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv originally published in a somewhat different version in Super Science Fiction, September 1952.

Trails in Darkness by Robert E. Howard (Baen, June 1996, 0-671-87726-7, $5.99, 231pp, pb, co, cover by C. W. Kelly)     Collection of ten fantastic stories set in America. There is an introduction by S.M. Stirling. Volume six in the “Robert E. Howard Library” series. vii · Introduction · S. M. Stirling · in 1 · The Dead Remember · Robert E. Howard · ss Argosy August 15 1936 13 · Black Canaan · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales June 1936 57 · Kelly the Conjure-Man · Robert E. Howard · ar The Howard Collector Summer 1964 63 · The Valley of the Lost · Robert E. Howard · nv Startling Mystery Stories Spring 1967, as “The Secret of Lost Valley” 93 · The Man on the Ground · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales July 1933 101 · Black Hound of Death · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales November 1936 135 · “For the Love of Barbara Allen” · Robert E. Howard · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1966 145 · The Hoofed Thing [Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weirdbook #3, 1970, as “Usurp the Night” 171 · Moon of Zambebwei · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales February 1935, as “The Grisly Horror” 209 · The Horror from the Mound · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales May 1932

Treasures of Tartary and Other Heroic Tales by Robert E. Howard (Wildside Press, July 2004, 0-8095-1109-6, $35.00, 218pp, hc, co) [edited by Paul Herman]     Collection of five adventure stories. 7 · Far and Away: The Wandering Heroes of Robert E. Howard · James Reasoner · in 11 · The Treasures of Tartary [Kirby O’Donnell] · Robert E. Howard · nv Thrilling Adventures January 1935 29 · Son of the White Wolf [El Borak] · Robert E. Howard · nv Thrilling Adventures December 1936 55 · Black Vulmea’s Vengeance [Terence Vulmea] · Robert E. Howard · na Golden Fleece November 1938 95 · Boot-Hill Payoff · Robert E. Howard & Robert Enders Allen · na Western Aces October 1935; given as by Robert E. Howard alone. 146 · The Vultures of Whapeton · Robert E. Howard · na Smashing Novels Magazine December 1936 · The Vultures of Whapeton: Alternate Ending · Robert E. Howard · ex Cross Plains #5, Fall 1974

Treasures of Tartary and Other Heroic Tales by Robert E. Howard (Wildside Press, July 2006, 0-8095-5668-5, $14.95, 197pp, tp, co)     Reprint (Wildside Press 2004) collection of five adventure stories.

Two-Fisted Detective Stories by Robert E. Howard--- see under Two-Fisted Detective Stories (1980s).

The Ultimate Triumph by Robert E. Howard (Wandering Star, 1999, 0-9534253-2-0, 320pp, hc, co, cover by Frank Frazetta)     Collection of seven stories and five poems with illustrations by Frank Frazetta. i · Foreword · Frank Frazetta · fw iii · Introduction · Rusty Burke · in 1 · Beyond the Black River [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · na Weird Tales May 1935 (+1) 67 · 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” 95 · Spears of Clontarf [Turlogh O’Brien] · Robert E. Howard · nv George T. Hamilton, 1978 135 · Lord of Samarcand · Robert E. Howard · nv Oriental Stories Spring 1932 181 · The Night of the Wolf [Cormac Mac Art] · Robert E. Howard · nv Bran Mak Morn by Robert E. Howard, Dell, 1969 211 · Spear and Fang · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales July 1925 223 · The Valley of the Worm [James Allison] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales February 1934 249 · A Word from the Outer Dark · Robert E. Howard · pm Kadath #1, 1974 250 · A Song of the Naked Lands · Robert E. Howard · pm Roy Squires Press, 1973 254 · An Echo from the Iron Harp · Robert E. Howard · pm Roy Squires Press, 1974, as “The Gold and the Grey”; textual differences. 258 · Viking’s Trail · Robert E. Howard · pm Verses in Ebony by Robert E. Howard, Glenn Lord, 1975 259 · The Song of the Last Briton · Robert E. Howard · pm The Ghost Ocean and Other Poems by Robert E. Howard, Gibbelins Gazette, 1982 · Appendices A1 · Barbarism vs. Civilization · Robert E. Howard · ms (r) [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft] excerpts from various letters from Howard to Lovecraft. A18 · Chronology · [uncredited] · ar A30 · Waiting for the Barbarians · Patrice Louinet · ar A48 · Frazetta and Robert E. Howard: The Power of Passion · Dr. David Winiewicz · ar