Robert E. Howard Books In Order

Conan (Gnome Press) Books In Publication Order

  1. Conan the Conqueror (1950)
  2. The Sword of Conan (1952)
  3. King Conan (1953)
  4. Conan the Barbarian (1954)
  5. Tales of Conan (1955)
  6. The Return of Conan (1957)

Conan (Gnome Press) Books In Chronological Order

  1. Conan the Barbarian (1954)
  2. The Sword of Conan (1952)
  3. King Conan (1953)
  4. Conan the Conqueror (1950)
  5. Tales of Conan (1955)
  6. The Return of Conan (1957)

Conan (Lancer/Ace) Books In Publication Order

  1. Conan the Adventurer (1966)
  2. Conan the Warrior (1967)
  3. Conan the Usurper (1967)
  4. Conan the Conqueror (1967)
  5. Conan the Avenger (1968)
  6. Conan of the Isles (By:Lin Carter) (1968)
  7. Conan (1968)
  8. Conan the Freebooter (1968)
  9. Conan the Wanderer (By:Lin Carter) (1968)
  10. Conan of Cimmeria (With: Lin Carter) (1969)
  11. Conan the Buccaneer (By:L. Sprague de Camp,Lin Carter) (1971)
  12. Conan of Aquilonia (By:L. Sprague de Camp,Lin Carter) (1977)
  13. Conan the Swordsman (By:L. Sprague de Camp,Lin Carter) (1978)
  14. Conan and the Sorcerer (By:Andrew J. Offutt) (1978)
  15. Conan the Liberator (By:L. Sprague de Camp,Lin Carter) (1979)
  16. Conan: The Sword of Skelos (By:Andrew J. Offutt) (1979)
  17. Conan the Rebel (By:Poul Anderson) (1980)
  18. Conan and the Spider God (By:L. Sprague de Camp) (1980)
  19. Conan the Mercenary (By:Andrew J. Offutt) (1981)

Conan (Donald M. Grant) Books In Publication Order

  1. The People of the Black Circle (1974)
  2. A Witch Shall Be Born (1975)
  3. The Tower of the Elephant (1975)
  4. Red Nails (1975)
  5. Conan in The Devil in Iron (1976)
  6. Rogues in the House Conan (1976)
  7. Queen of the Black Coast (1978)
  8. Jewels of Gwahlur (1979)
  9. Black Colossus (1979)
  10. The Pool of the Black One (1986)

Conan The Cimmerian Books In Publication Order

  1. The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian (2002)
  2. The Bloody Crown of Conan (2004)
  3. The Conquering Sword of Conan (2005)

Bran Mak Morn Collections In Publication Order

  1. Bran Mak Morn (1969)
  2. Worms of the Earth (1975)
  3. The Last King (2001)

Cormac Mac Art Collections In Publication Order

  1. Tigers of the Sea (1974)

Dark Man Collections In Publication Order

  1. The Dark Man (1978)
  2. The Dead Remember (1979)

Dark Storm Conan Chronology Books In Publication Order

  1. The Phoenix on the Sword (1932)
  2. The Scarlet Citadel (1933)
  3. Black Colossus (1933)
  4. Rogues in the House (1934)
  5. Shadows In The Moonlight (1934)
  6. Beyond the Black River (1935)
  7. Shadows In Zamboula (1935)
  8. The Hour of the Dragon (1936)
  9. The People of the Black Circle (1974)
  10. The Tower of the Elephant (1975)
  11. Red Nails (1975)
  12. Conan in The Devil in Iron (1976)
  13. Rogues in the House Conan (1976)
  14. Queen of the Black Coast (1978)
  15. Jewels of Gwahlur (1979)
  16. Black Colossus (1979)
  17. The Pool of the Black One (1986)

James Allison Books In Publication Order

  1. Valley of the Worm (2006)
  2. The Garden of Fear (2006)

Solomon Kane Books In Publication Order

  1. The Moon of Skulls (1968)
  2. The Hand of Kane (1970)
  3. Skulls in the Stars (1978)
  4. The Hills of the Dead (1979)
  5. Solomon Kane (1995)
  6. The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane (2004)
  7. The Right Hand of Doom & Other Tales of Solomon Kane (2007)

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. Skull-Face (1929)
  2. Almuric (1964)
  3. The Pride of Bear Creek (1966)
  4. The Land of Kane (1970)
  5. The Sowers of the Thunder (1973)
  6. The Vultures of Whapeton (1973)
  7. Cormac Mac Art (1974)
  8. The Lost Valley of Iskander (1974)
  9. The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan (1976)
  10. Swords of Shahrazar (1976)
  11. The Return of Skull-Face (1977)
  12. Marchers of Valhalla (1978)
  13. Hawks of Outremer (1978)
  14. The Last Ride (1978)
  15. Mayhem on Bear Creek (1979)
  16. Lord of the Dead (1981)
  17. Heroes of Bear Creek (1983)
  18. The Last Cat Book (1984)
  19. The Road of Azrael (1987)
  20. Post Oaks and Sand Roughs (1989)
  21. Sea Woman (1992)
  22. Eons of the Night (1996)
  23. Trails in Darkness (1996)
  24. Beyond the Borders (1996)
  25. Kull: Exile of Atlantis (2006)

Short Story Collections In Publication Order

  1. The Iron Man (1930)
  2. The Gods of Bal-Sagoth (1931)
  3. A Gent from Bear Creek and Other Tales (1937)
  4. Always Come Evening (1957)
  5. The Dark Man and Others (1963)
  6. King Kull (1967)
  7. Red Shadows (1968)
  8. Wolfshead (1968)
  9. Echoes From An Iron Harp (1972)
  10. The Book of Robert E. Howard (1976)
  11. Pigeons From Hell and Other Weird and Fantastic Adventures (1976)
  12. The Second Book of Robert E. Howard (1976)
  13. Black Vulmea’s Vengeance (1976)
  14. Night Images: A book of fantasy verse (1976)
  15. Singers in the Shadows / by Robert E. Howard ; Illustrated by Marcus Boas (1977)
  16. Son of the White Wolf (1977)
  17. Black Canaan (1978)
  18. The Howard Collector (1979)
  19. The Ghost Ocean (1982)
  20. The Dark Barbarian: The Writings of Robert E Howard, a Critical Anthology (1984)
  21. The Adventures of Lal Singh (1985)
  22. Cthulhu: The Mythos and Kindred Horrors (1989)
  23. Shadows of Dreams (1989)
  24. The Ultimate Triumph (1999)
  25. Nameless Cults (2001)
  26. Waterfront Fists and Others (2003)
  27. Waterfront Fists and Others: The Collected Fight Stories of Robert E. Howard (2003)
  28. Graveyard Rats and Others (2003)
  29. The Complete Action Stories (2003)
  30. Gates of Empire and Other Tales of the Crusades (2004)
  31. Treasures of Tartary (2004)
  32. The Black Stranger and Other American Tales (2005)
  33. Boxing Stories (2005)
  34. Lord of Samarcand and Other Adventure Tales of the Old Orient (2005)
  35. The End of the Trail (2005)
  36. The Riot at Bucksnort and Other Western Tales (2005)
  37. Haunter of the Ring & Other Tales (2007)
  38. The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard (2008)
  39. El Borak and Other Desert Adventures (2010)

Weird Works Of Collections In Publication Order

  1. Shadow Kingdoms (2004)
  2. Moon of Skulls (2005)
  3. People of the Dark (2005)
  4. Wings in the Night (2006)
  5. Valley of the Worm (2006)
  6. The Garden of Fear (2006)
  7. Beyond the Black River (2006)
  8. Hours of the Dragon (2007)
  9. Black Hounds of Death (2007)
  10. A Thunder of Trumpets (2011)

Short Stories/Novellas In Publication Order

  1. Spear and Fang (1925)
  2. In the Forest of Villefere (1926)
  3. The Fearsome Touch of Death (1930)
  4. Waterfront Fists (1930)
  5. Kings of the Night (1930)
  6. The Voice of El-Lil (1930)
  7. The Blood of Belshazzar (1931)
  8. The Lion of Tiberias (1933)
  9. Black Talons (1933)
  10. The Tomb’s Secret (1934)
  11. Fangs of Gold (1934)
  12. Names In The Black Book (1934)
  13. The Daughter of Erlik Khan (1934)
  14. Hawk of the Hills (1935)
  15. Blood of the Gods (1935)
  16. Black Wind Blowing (1936)
  17. A Gent from Bear Creek (1937)
  18. Pigeons from Hell (1938)
  19. Sword Woman (1977)
  20. Three-Bladed Doom (1977)
  21. The She Devil (1983)
  22. Wolfshead (2020)

Graphic Novels In Publication Order

  1. Bloodstar (With: ) (1979)
  2. King Conan: The Phoenix on the Sword (With: ) (2013)

Non-Fiction Books In Publication Order

  1. Robert E. Howard Selected Letters, 1923-1930 (1989)
  2. A Means to Freedom: The Letters of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard (With: H.P. Lovecraft) (2017)

Anthologies In Publication Order

  1. The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1966 (1966)
  2. The Horror Hall of Fame (1991)
  3. Spookhouse, Volume 2 (2004)
  4. In Lands That Never Were: Tales of Swords and Sorcery from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (2004)
  5. Jack Dempsey’s Fight Magazine – May 1934 (2005)
  6. The Robert E. Howard Reader (2007)
  7. The Wildside Book of Fantasy (2012)

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Robert E. Howard Books Overview

Conan the Barbarian

Conan the Barbarian is a name known throughout Cimmeria, Brythinia, Turan and all the territories bordering the Vilayec Sea as well as most countries more familiar to us in the real world. The character has become a multi faceted industry all on his own with toys, comics, card games, role playing games, TV series, movies and video games making him as famous in our world today as he was in his own world during The Hyborian Age. Upwards of fifty novels and countless short stories featuring Conan have been written by a diversity of authors but the stories contained in this massive volume are all by the character’s creator, Robert E Howard. Prefaced by an essay called ‘The Hyborian Age’, which Howard wrote in 1932 to give his Conan stories a background that would set them in a historical context, ‘Conan the Barbarian‘ includes the stories originally written by Howard to be published in the magazine ‘Weird Tales’ in the 1930s. These include the first published Conan story ‘The Pheonix on the Sword’ and short stories such as ‘The Tower of the Elephant’ through to longer tales like ‘A Witch Shall Be Born’ and the novel ‘The Hour of the Dragon’. Although many have taken up the challenge to extend Conan’s adventures over the years, Howard was a master of his craft, lovingly creating a mythical world in which his original masterpieces reign supreme.

Conan the Adventurer

‘The lustiest adventurer in the world battles monsters, demons and magic in three of the mighty Cimmerian’s most fantastic tales: Red Nails, Jewels of Gwahlur and Beyond the Black River.’

Conan the Warrior

‘The lustiest adventurer in the world battles monsters, demons and magic in three of the mighty Cimmerian’s most fantastic tales: Red Nails, Jewels of Gwahlur and Beyond the Black River.’

Conan the Usurper

Under a sentence of death for his part in the winning the war for Aquilonia, Conan escapes from the jealous king intent on killing him and plots his revenge. Reissue.

Conan the Conqueror

‘Peace had reigned in Aquilonia, but when his beloved Queen Zenobia is stolen before his very eyes, Conan, the great barbarian king, cannot rest until he saves her. And so the most stupendous hero of fantasy adventure returns to the battlefield, matching his savage strength against the most monstrous forces of evil and doom.’

Conan the Avenger

‘Peace had reigned in Aquilonia, but when his beloved Queen Zenobia is stolen before his very eyes, Conan, the great barbarian king, cannot rest until he saves her. And so the most stupendous hero of fantasy adventure returns to the battlefield, matching his savage strength against the most monstrous forces of evil and doom.’

Conan of the Isles (By:Lin Carter)

As the Red Terror, a bizarre, magical dark force whose victims disappear without a trace, descends upon Aquilonia, King Conan sets out to destroy its source, evil, conquest hungry sorcerer priests from across the sea. Reissue.

Conan

Seven of the most exciting and fantastic adventures ever created! The unforgettable tales of the mighty Conan.

Conan the Buccaneer (By:L. Sprague de Camp,Lin Carter)

The hunt for a beautiful princess and a king’s treasure bring Conan to the edge of the world, where he must battle the hell fed powers of the sorcerer Thoth Ammon. Reissue.

Conan of Aquilonia (By:L. Sprague de Camp,Lin Carter)

A vengeful Conan journeys from the dark forests of Gunderland to the ends of the earth in pursuit of Thoth Amon and the evil wizards of the Black King who killed his son. Reissue.

Conan the Swordsman (By:L. Sprague de Camp,Lin Carter)

Imagine a world of gods and demons, where men are warriors, women are beautiful, life is a fantastic adventure, and the fate of kingdoms balances on the bloody blade of a fabulous hero: Conan of the iron thews, the blue eyed barbarian giant who towers above the savage Hyborian world. For the very first time in trade, this is the work that re launched Conan in both the 1970s and 80s, back in print after more than a decade. Come live the adventure again.

Conan the Liberator (By:L. Sprague de Camp,Lin Carter)

Aquilonia, once the proudest land in all of Hyboria, has fallen under the tyrannical reign of a mad king. As his brutal insanity sweeps the land, only one man dares stand against him: Conan the barbarian. Conan becomes the leader of an army of rebels, brave warriors who thought their battles would be fought with spear and sword, axe and dagger. In this they were mistaken, for their greatest foe is not the army of Aquilonia, but the vile sorcerer Thulandra Thuu. Dark clouds loom ahead for the people of Aquilonia, and only Conan can save them.

Conan: The Sword of Skelos (By:Andrew J. Offutt)

With the beautiful and fierce Isparana at his side, Conan must cross a brutal and deadly desert in order to deliver their precious cargo a magical amulet known as the Eye of Erlik. But rather than collecting untold riches for their rare treasure, they are betrayed by a ruthless tyrant and his evil mage. Conan has faced many mortal dangers, perils of magic and perils of steel. But when the treacherous prestidigitator unleashes the bloodthirsty Sword of Skelos, a weapon of both magic and steel a sword that can fight on its own Conan faces one of his most dire challenges. How will Conan survive this battle, when there is no foe to slay?

Conan the Rebel (By:Poul Anderson)

A grand adventure of the mighty thewed barbarian, from one of Fantasy’s biggest namesConan, The name has inspired generations, one that resounds through time immemorial. Yet it all began with a handful of stories from Robert E. Howard. In the decades since, there have been feature films, television and comic book series, and numerous spin off novels. In 1979, Poul Anderson winner of a staggering eight Hugo and three Nebula Awards wrote what is regarded as one of the finest adventures in the canon of Conan: Conan the Rebel. Conan the barbarian and Belit, his raven haired beauty, lead a band of savage pirates striving to free Belit s people from the iron grip of an evil reptile god and its cruel minions. Striking at the heart of tyranny, Conan must break the chains of oppression before eternal darkness claims them all.

Conan and the Spider God (By:L. Sprague de Camp)

Conan is back, and at the top of his form!SFWA Grand Master L. Sprague de Camp was revered in the genre of fantasy for both his fiction and nonfiction. Booklist praised his novel The Honorable Barbarian, saying: The action is brisk, and the worlds and characters are described with de Camp’s deft, light touch…
thoroughly agreeable entertainment, while Kirkus Reviews said of The Pixilated Peeress the unassuming style and verve of the telling keep the pages turning. Pure prose junk food. But more important, L. Sprague de Camp wrote Dark Valley Destiny, the definitive biography of Conan’s creator, Robert E. Howard, leaving little wonder as to why Conan and the Spider God is considered one of the finest novels in the canon of Conan. Son of a blacksmith, a former slave and thief, Conan the Cimmerian has risen to the rank of Captain of the Royal Guard. But as usual, trouble is his bedfellow. Forced to kill while defending himself, Conan must flee the vengeance of the High Priest of Erlik. Foraging through field and forest, meeting friend and foe, Conan cuts a bloody swath through assassins and bounty hunters all the way to the sinister temple of Zath, where he encounters the huge and hideous Spider God. Facing certain death, Conan becomes both the hunter…
and the hunted. Conan and the Spider God is a thrilling adventure of the mighty barbarian, from one of the genre’s most revered authors.

The People of the Black Circle

Robert Ervin Howard 1906 1936 was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It’s clear from Howard’s earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

A Witch Shall Be Born

Robert Ervin Howard 1906 1936 was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It’s clear from Howard’s earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

Red Nails

Robert Ervin Howard 1906 1936 was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It’s clear from Howard’s earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

Queen of the Black Coast

Robert Ervin Howard 1906 1936 was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It’s clear from Howard’s earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

Jewels of Gwahlur

Robert Ervin Howard 1906 1936 was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It’s clear from Howard’s earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

The Pool of the Black One

Robert Ervin Howard 1906 1936 was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It’s clear from Howard’s earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian

Between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities…
there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars…
. Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black haired, sullen eyed, sword in hand…
to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandalled feet. Conan is one of the greatest fictional heroes ever created a swordsman who cuts a swath across the lands of the Hyborian Age, facing powerful sorcerers, deadly creatures, and ruthless armies of thieves and reavers. In a meteoric career that spanned a mere twelve years before his tragic suicide, Robert E. Howard single handedly invented the genre that came to be called sword and sorcery. Collected in this volume, profusely illustrated by artist Mark Schultz, are Howard’s first thirteen Conan stories, appearing in their original versions in some cases for the first time in more than seventy years and in the order Howard wrote them. Along with classics of dark fantasy like The Tower of the Elephant and swashbuckling adventure like Queen of the Black Coast, The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian contains a wealth of material never before published in the United States, including the first submitted draft of Conan s debut, Phoenix on the Sword, Howard s synopses for The Scarlet Citadel and Black Colossus, and a map of Conan s world drawn by the author himself. Here are timeless tales featuring Conan the raw and dangerous youth, Conan the daring thief, Conan the swashbuckling pirate, and Conan the commander of armies. Here, too, is an unparalleled glimpse into the mind of a genius whose bold storytelling style has been imitated by many, yet equaled by none. From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Bloody Crown of Conan

In his hugely influential and tempestuous career, Robert E. Howard created the genre that came to be known as sword and sorcery and brought to life one of fantasy’s boldest and most enduring figures: Conan the Cimmerian reaver, slayer, barbarian, king. This lavishly illustrated volume gathers together three of Howard s longest and most famous Conan stories two of them printed for the first time directly from Howard s typescript along with a collection of the author s previously unpublished and rarely seen outlines, notes, and drafts. Longtime fans and new readers alike will agree that The Bloody Crown of Conan merits a place of honor on every fantasy lover s bookshelf. THE PEOPLE OF THE BLACK CIRCLEAmid the towering crags of Vendhya, in the shadowy citadel of the Black Circle, Yasmina of the golden throne seeks vengeance against the Black Seers. Her only ally is also her most formidable enemy Conan, the outlaw chief. THE HOUR OF THE DRAGONToppled from the throne of Aquilonia by the evil machinations of an undead wizard, Conan must find the fabled jewel known as the Heart of Ahriman to reclaim his crown…
and save his life.A WITCH SHALL BE BORNA malevolent witch of evil beauty. An enslaved queen. A kingdom in the iron grip of ruthless mercenaries. And Conan, who plots deadly vengeance against the human wolf who left him in the desert to die.

The Conquering Sword of Conan

FOR HEADLONG, NONSTOP ADVENTURE AND FOR VIVID, EVEN FLORID, SCENERY, NO ONE EVEN COMES CLOSE TO HOWARD. Harry TurtledoveIn a meteoric career that covered only a dozen years, Robert E. Howard defined the sword and sorcery genre. In doing so, he brought to life the archetypal adventurer known to millions around the world as Conan the barbarian. Witness, then, Howard at his finest, and Conan at his most savage, in the latest volume featuring the collected works of Robert E. Howard, lavishly illustrated by award winning artist Greg Manchess. Prepared directly from the earliest known versions often Howard’s own manuscripts are such sword and sorcery classics as The Servants of Bit Yakin formerly published as Jewels of Gwahlur , Beyond the Black River, The Black Stranger, Man Eaters of Zamboula formerly published as Shadows in Zamboula , and, perhaps his most famous adventure of all, Red Nails. The Conquering Sword of Conan includes never before published outlines, notes, and story drafts, plus a new introduction, personal correspondence, and the revealing essay Hyborian Genesis which chronicles the history of the creation of the Conan series. Truly, this is heroic fantasy at its finest.

Worms of the Earth

Robert Ervin Howard 1906 1936 was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It’s clear from Howard’s earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

The Last King

From Robert E. Howard’s fertile imagination sprang some of fiction s greatest heroes, including Conan the Cimmerian, King Kull, and Solomon Kane. But of all Howard s characters, none embodied his creator s brooding temperament more than Bran Mak Morn, The Last King of a doomed race.

In ages past, the Picts ruled all of Europe. But the descendants of those proud conquerors have sunk into barbarism…
all save one, Bran Mak Morn, whose bloodline remains unbroken. Threatened by the Celts and the Romans, the Pictish tribes rally under his banner to fight for their very survival, while Bran fights to restore the glory of his race.

Lavishly illustrated by award winning artist Gary Gianni, this collection gathers together all of Howard s published stories and poems featuring Bran Mak Morn including the eerie masterpiece Worms of the Earth and Kings of the Night, in which sorcery summons Kull the conqueror from out of the depths of time to stand with Bran against the Roman invaders.

Also included are previously unpublished stories and fragments, reproductions of manuscripts bearing Howard s handwritten revisions, and much, much more.

Special Bonus: a newly discovered adventure by Howard, presented here for the very first time.

The Phoenix on the Sword

Robert Ervin Howard 1906 1936 was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It’s clear from Howard’s earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

The Scarlet Citadel

Robert Ervin Howard 1906 1936 was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It’s clear from Howard’s earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

Black Colossus

It is set in the pseudo historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan leading the demoralized army of Khoraja against an evil sorcerer named Natokk, ‘the Veiled One.’

Rogues in the House

Robert Ervin Howard 1906 1936 was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It’s clear from Howard’s earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

Shadows In The Moonlight

Robert Ervin Howard 1906 1936 was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It’s clear from Howard’s earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

Beyond the Black River

Robert Ervin Howard 1906 1936 was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It’s clear from Howard’s earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

Shadows In Zamboula

Robert Ervin Howard 1906 1936 was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It’s clear from Howard’s earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

The Hour of the Dragon

Also known as ‘Conan the Conqueror,’ The Hour of the Dragon is Robert E. Howard’s only full length novel about Conan, and it is considered by many to be one of his best works. During Conan’s reign as King of Aquilonia, a group of conspirators plot to depose him in favor of Valerius, heir to Conan’s predecessor Numedides, whom he had slain to gain the throne. To accomplish this they resort to necromancy, resurrecting Xaltotun, an ancient sorcerer from the pre Hyborian empire of Acheron. With his aid the Aquilonian army is defeated by that of the rival kingdom of Nemedia and occupied. Conan, captured, is slated for execution until the sympathetic slave girl Zenobia risks her life to free him. Conan’s quest to retrieve the Heart of Ahriman in order to defeat the wizard and regain his throne takes him through all the lands of Hyboria. After his eventual triumph he vows to make Zenobia his queen. Robert E. Howard is considered the godfather of Sword and Sorcery, and he is the creator of the international icon Conan the Cimmerian. This classic of adventure has been newly designed and typeset in a 6 by 9 inch format by Waking Lion Press.

Valley of the Worm

The fifth collection of Robert E. Howard’s fantasy work from the legendary pulp magazine Weird Tales and several of its rivals features another lineup filled with classic fiction and poetry from Howard’s greatest writing years. Included in this volume are four stories with Howard’s most famous character, Conan ‘Black Colossus,’ ‘The Slithering Shadow,’ ‘The Pool of the Black One,’ and ‘Rogues in the House’, as well as several historical and contemporary fantasies.

The Garden of Fear

Meticulously restored text by renowned Howard scholar Paul Herman, this is the sixth in a 10 book definitive chronological collection of Robert E. Howard’s stories that appeared in pulp magazines like the revered Weird Tales. Howard is considered the Godfather of Sword and Sorcery, and the creator of the international icon, Conan the Cimmerian.

Skulls in the Stars

Robert Ervin Howard 1906 1936 was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It’s clear from Howard’s earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

The Hills of the Dead

Robert Ervin Howard 1906 1936 was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It’s clear from Howard’s earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

Solomon Kane

Includes The Right Hand of Doom, Red Shadows, Rattle of Bones, The Castle of the Devil, Blades of the Brotherhood, The Return of Sir Richard Grenville, Solomon Kane‘s Homecoming

The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane

With Conan the Cimmerian, Robert E. Howard created more than the greatest action hero of the twentieth century he also launched a genre that came to be known as sword and sorcery. But Conan wasn t the first archetypal adventurer to spring from Howard’s fertile imagination. He was…
a strange blending of Puritan and Cavalier, with a touch of the ancient philosopher, and more than a touch of the pagan…
. A hunger in his soul drove him on and on, an urge to right all wrongs, protect all weaker things…
. Wayward and restless as the wind, he was consistent in only one respect he was true to his ideals of justice and right. Such was Solomon Kane. Collected in this volume, lavishly illustrated by award winning artist Gary Gianni, are all of the stories and poems that make up the thrilling saga of the dour and deadly Puritan, Solomon Kane. Together they constitute a sprawling epic of weird fantasy adventure that stretches from sixteenth century England to remote African jungles where no white man has set foot. Here are shudder inducing tales of vengeful ghosts and bloodthirsty demons, of dark sorceries wielded by evil men and women, all opposed by a grim avenger armed with a fanatic s faith and a warrior s savage heart. This edition also features exclusive story fragments, a biography of Howard by scholar Rusty Burke, and In Memoriam, H. P. Lovecraft s moving tribute to his friend and fellow literary genius.

The Right Hand of Doom & Other Tales of Solomon Kane

With an Introduction by M.J. Elliot The sixteenth century Puritan Solomon Kane has a thirst for justice which surpas*ses common reason. Sombre of mood, clad in black and grey, he ‘never sought to analyse his motives and he never wavered once his mind was made up. Though he always acted on impulse, he firmly believed that all his actions were governed by cold and logical reasonings…
A hunger in his soul drove him on and on, an urge to right all wrongs, protect all weaker things, and avenge all crimes against right and justice’. Immune to the attractions of the opposite sex, he seems drawn by some psychological distress beacon to places where he knows only that he will be called upon to defend the helpless or more often exact retribution on their behalf. Himself a Christian, possessed of enormous strength and skill in swordplay, he yet has little hesitation in calling upon the assistance of his Voodoo practising friend N Longa when strength, skill and Christian belief are not enough.

Almuric

Robert Ervin Howard 1906 1936 was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It’s clear from Howard’s earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

Kull: Exile of Atlantis

Howard’s writing seems so highly charged with energy that it nearly gives off sparks. Stephen King Robert E. Howard had a gritty, vibrant style broadsword writing that cut its way to the heart, with heroes who are truly larger than life. David GemmellIn a meteoric career that spanned a mere twelve years, Robert E. Howard single handedly invented the genre that came to be called sword and sorcery. From his fertile imagination sprang some of fiction s most enduring heroes. Yet while Conan is indisputably Howard s greatest creation, it was in his earlier sequence of tales featuring Kull, a fearless warrior with the brooding intellect of a philosopher, that Howard began to develop the distinctive themes, and the richly evocative blend of history and mythology, that would distinguish his later tales of the Hyborian Age. Much more than simply the prototype for Conan, Kull is a fascinating character in his own right: an exile from fabled Atlantis who wins the crown of Valusia, only to find it as much a burden as a prize. This groundbreaking collection, lavishly illustrated by award winning artist Justin Sweet, gathers together all Howard s stories featuring Kull, from Kull s first published appearance, in The Shadow Kingdom, to Kings of the Night, Howard s last tale featuring the cerebral swordsman. The stories are presented just as Howard wrote them, with all subsequent editorial emendations removed. Also included are previously unpublished stories, drafts, and fragments, plus extensive notes on the texts, an introduction by Howard authority Steve Tompkins, and an essay by noted editor Patrice Louinet. Howard was a true storyteller one of the first, and certainly among the best, you ll find in heroic fantasy. If you ve never read him before, you re in for a real treat. Charles de Lint For stark, living fear…
what other writer is even in the running with Robert E. Howard? H. P. Lovecraft

The Iron Man

Robert Ervin Howard 1906 1936 was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It’s clear from Howard’s earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

A Gent from Bear Creek and Other Tales

This collection showcases Robert E. Howard’s comic westerns. Howard’s novel ‘A Gent from Bear Creek’ is included with its text restored, as well as two additional western stories featuring Breck Elkins. Introduction by Paul Herman.

The Dark Barbarian: The Writings of Robert E Howard, a Critical Anthology

This is the definitive critical anthology on the writings of Texan Robert Howard, the originator of Sword & Sorcery fantasy and also of Conan The Barbarian. The essays survey Howard’s work in fantasy, westerns, poetry and supernatural horror tales.

Nameless Cults

Robert E. Howard is the world renowned author of the Conan series and the stories that were the basis of the recent Kull movie. He also was one of H.P. Lovecraft’s frequent correspondents, and an author of many pivotal Mythos tales. This book collects together all of Howard’s Mythos tales, including the tales that originated Gol Goroth, Unausspreclichen Kulten, and Friedrich Von Junzt. Included in this collections are several fragments left behind by Robert E. Howard which have been completed by a variety of authors.

Waterfront Fists and Others

It is impossible to ignore the sheer number of boxing stories that Robert E. Howard wrote. Serious or funny, spooky or adventurous, these stories represent a fierce creative outburst that would pave the way later for his western hero, Breckenridge Elkins. In these stories we see Howard’s craft pushed from mere construction to passionate involvement. He took all of his interests and peppered them through the various boxing stories. He wrote them faster than the magazine could print them. Clearly, he loved what he was doing. When Howard could write no more, he went on to draft Conan and the aforementioned Elkins, who owes much in style and content to the Costigan stories. The fight stories are a joy to read and reread. They are funny, bawdy, picaresque, and violent. Presented here, as they were originally printed, they perfectly showcase why Robert E. Howard was one of the greatest adventure writers of the 20th century.

Waterfront Fists and Others: The Collected Fight Stories of Robert E. Howard

It is impossible to ignore the sheer number of boxing stories that Robert E. Howard wrote. Serious or funny, spooky or adventurous, these stories represent a fierce creative outburst that would pave the way later for his western hero, Breckenridge Elkins. In these stories we see Howard’s craft pushed from mere construction to passionate involvement. He took all of his interests and peppered them through the various boxing stories. He wrote them faster than the magazine could print them. Clearly, he loved what he was doing. When Howard could write no more, he went on to draft Conan and the aforementioned Elkins, who owes much in style and content to the Costigan stories. The fight stories are a joy to read and reread. They are funny, bawdy, picaresque, and violent. Presented here, as they were originally printed, they perfectly showcase why Robert E. Howard was one of the greatest adventure writers of the 20th century.

Graveyard Rats and Others

Robert Ervin Howard 1906 1936 was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It’s clear from Howard’s earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

The Complete Action Stories

Contains 24 stories, many of which are rarely seen action, western, and boxing tales featuring characters such as Breck Elkin. ‘Blow the Chinks Down!’ and ‘Dark Shanghai’ are being presented here in English for the first time since their original pulp appearances.

Gates of Empire and Other Tales of the Crusades

Gates of Empire presents eight of Robert E. Howard’s classic adventure stories, all of which are set during the Crusades. Stories include ‘Red Blades of Black Cathay,’ ‘Hawks of Outremer,’ ‘Blood of Belshazzar,’ ‘The Sowers of the Thunder,’ ‘The Lion of Tiberias,’ ‘The Shadow of the Vulture’ and ‘Gates of Empire’

Treasures of Tartary

Howard’s writing seems so highly charged with energy that it nearly gives off sparks. Stephen King Robert E. Howard had a gritty, vibrant style broadsword writing that cut its way to the heart, with heroes who are truly larger than life. David GemmellIn a meteoric career that spanned a mere twelve years, Robert E. Howard single handedly invented the genre that came to be called sword and sorcery. From his fertile imagination sprang some of fiction s most enduring heroes. Yet while Conan is indisputably Howard s greatest creation, it was in his earlier sequence of tales featuring Kull, a fearless warrior with the brooding intellect of a philosopher, that Howard began to develop the distinctive themes, and the richly evocative blend of history and mythology, that would distinguish his later tales of the Hyborian Age. Much more than simply the prototype for Conan, Kull is a fascinating character in his own right: an exile from fabled Atlantis who wins the crown of Valusia, only to find it as much a burden as a prize. This groundbreaking collection, lavishly illustrated by award winning artist Justin Sweet, gathers together all Howard s stories featuring Kull, from Kull s first published appearance, in The Shadow Kingdom, to Kings of the Night, Howard s last tale featuring the cerebral swordsman. The stories are presented just as Howard wrote them, with all subsequent editorial emendations removed. Also included are previously unpublished stories, drafts, and fragments, plus extensive notes on the texts, an introduction by Howard authority Steve Tompkins, and an essay by noted editor Patrice Louinet. Howard was a true storyteller one of the first, and certainly among the best, you ll find in heroic fantasy. If you ve never read him before, you re in for a real treat. Charles de Lint For stark, living fear…
what other writer is even in the running with Robert E. Howard? H. P. Lovecraft

The Black Stranger and Other American Tales

Robert E. Howard is celebrated as the founding father of sword and sorcery, the creator of Conan of Cimmeria and Kull of Atlantis. The Black Stranger and Other American Tales demonstrates that in some of his most powerful heroic fantasy and horror stories, he also explored a New World older and more haunted than that which we ve seen in textbooks or museum exhibits. In Howard’s Gothic America, dominion goes hand in hand with damnation and the present never ceases to writhe in the grip of the past. ‘The Black Stranger’ spearheads the collection. Located at the extreme edge of Hyborian geography and human ruthlessness, this Conan novella has seldom been available until now. All of the Cimmerian’s lethal skills may not be enough inside a stockade that shelters a self exiled, pirate plagued count, besieged from without and bedeviled from within. Against the backdrop of a demonically hostile dreadwood, Howard recreates the worst nightmares of the earliest European invaders of North America. In the tales that follow, Howard unearths sinister civilizations that have forgotten the mysteries of their origins on American soil tens of thousands of years ago. That soil is a dark and bloody ground, beneath which the monstrous heirs of ancient wrongs and unsuspected wars wait. A Comanche champion and a lone conquistador stumble upon empires carved out of the primordial Southwest by necromancers. Hot hate given cold flesh lurches on zuvembie legs in ‘Pigeons from Hell’ and lurks in the shuddersome swamps of the Deep South in ‘Black Canaan.’ These stories, here refurbished with authoritative, unexpurgated texts, have transcended the Thirties pulps in which they first saw print. With their unflinching focus on original American sin and even more original sinners, some are sure to take their place next to dark classics like ‘Young Goodman Brown,’ ‘Benito Cereno,’ and ‘A Rose for Emily.’

Boxing Stories

Although he is best known as the creator of Conan the Barbarian and as a writer of historical fiction and fantasy, Robert E. Howard was both a successful author of popular Boxing Stories and an avid amateur boxer himself. The sixteen stories and three poems collected in this volume show the full range of his talents for action, humor, and fistic philosophy.

Ten of the stories feature the sailor Steve Costigan, a lovable, hard fisted, and innocent semipro pugilist, who takes on dastardly villains in exotic ports of call. Howard’s brilliant blue collar humor belies his preoccupation with the real life issues near and dear to his heart death, honor, pride, and a man’s love for his dog.

Other stories are more dramatic and somber, including ‘Iron Men,’ which Howard called ‘the best fight story I ever wrote in many ways the best story of any kind I ever wrote.’ Severely edited and truncated for its original publication in 1930 in Fight Stories magazine, the tale has never been published in its original form until now. It appears here, completely restored from Howard’s original typescript, in an authoritative version that Howard fans everywhere will appreciate.

In these stories Howard created a realistic, richly populated boxing universe, with intertwining characters and histories that carry on from tale to tale. With them he takes his place in a tradition of American boxing writers but always with a uniquely Howardian twist, a gritty brooding atmosphere, and a reserve of humor that captures the often brutal ambiance of the 1930s.

Robert E. Howard 1906 36 lived and wrote in Cross Plains, Texas. From 1924 until his death, he sold hundreds of stories to pulp fiction magazines such as Weird Tales, Argosy, Action Stories, Fight Stories, and Cowboy Stories. As a twentieth century American master of fantastic adventure, he rivals Edgar Rice Burroughs. Chris Gruber is a member of the Robert E. Howard United Press Association.

Lord of Samarcand and Other Adventure Tales of the Old Orient

‘I was born in the little ex cowtown of Peaster Texas ,’ Robert E. Howard wrote to a friend, and the first story he ever published in 1922 was a Western sketch. Although he went on to write hundreds of fantasy tales set in Conan’s Hyborian kingdoms, Kull’s ancient Atlantis, and Solomon Kane’s darkest Africa, his heart always remained in the West. In 1929 he began publishing Western tales, but they were unlike any the genre had ever seen they didn’t have happy endings or perfect heroes. They were grimmer, more action packed, even cataclysmically violent.

Howard was fascinated by outlaws and gunmen, especially those who ‘crossed over’ to become lawmen, and he knew and interviewed many ‘old timers old law officers, trail drivers, cattlemen, buffalo hunters, and pioneers.’ The twelve stories collected here show a West stripped down to essentials, where internalized codes of personal honor, loyalty, and courage matter more than laws, progress, or civilization. Also included are four articles, suggestive of his wide ranging interests from Billy the Kid to the eerie and unexplained happenings on the frontier.

‘To me the annals of the land pulse with blood and life,’ Howard wrote, and his Western stories are full of memorable characters, heart pounding action, and the distinctive prose generations of fans have come to know, and expect, and appreciate.

Robert E. Howard 1906 36 lived and wrote in Cross Plains, Texas. From 1924 until his death, he sold hundreds of stories to pulp fiction magazines such as Weird Tales, Argosy, Action Stories, Fight Stories, and Cowboy Stories. As a twentieth century American master of fantastic adventure, he rivals Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Rusty Burke is a noted Howard scholar and collector and is the series editor for the Wandering Star edition of Howard’s works.

The End of the Trail

‘I was born in the little ex cowtown of Peaster Texas ,’ Robert E. Howard wrote to a friend, and the first story he ever published in 1922 was a Western sketch. Although he went on to write hundreds of fantasy tales set in Conan’s Hyborian kingdoms, Kull’s ancient Atlantis, and Solomon Kane’s darkest Africa, his heart always remained in the West. In 1929 he began publishing Western tales, but they were unlike any the genre had ever seen they didn’t have happy endings or perfect heroes. They were grimmer, more action packed, even cataclysmically violent.

Howard was fascinated by outlaws and gunmen, especially those who ‘crossed over’ to become lawmen, and he knew and interviewed many ‘old timers old law officers, trail drivers, cattlemen, buffalo hunters, and pioneers.’ The twelve stories collected here show a West stripped down to essentials, where internalized codes of personal honor, loyalty, and courage matter more than laws, progress, or civilization. Also included are four articles, suggestive of his wide ranging interests from Billy the Kid to the eerie and unexplained happenings on the frontier.

‘To me the annals of the land pulse with blood and life,’ Howard wrote, and his Western stories are full of memorable characters, heart pounding action, and the distinctive prose generations of fans have come to know, and expect, and appreciate.

Robert E. Howard 1906 36 lived and wrote in Cross Plains, Texas. From 1924 until his death, he sold hundreds of stories to pulp fiction magazines such as Weird Tales, Argosy, Action Stories, Fight Stories, and Cowboy Stories. As a twentieth century American master of fantastic adventure, he rivals Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Rusty Burke is a noted Howard scholar and collector and is the series editor for the Wandering Star edition of Howard’s works.

The Riot at Bucksnort and Other Western Tales

Robert E. Howard turned to writing comic and dialect Western tales only late in his career, but he found an immediate and continuously successful market for them, and they are in many respects his most accomplished and polished works. The sixteen tales collected here are some of the best of his stories, featuring Breckinridge Elkins, Pike Bearfield, and Buckner J. Grimes three inimitable characters who lead well intentioned lives of perpetual confusion, mischance, and outright catastrophe. Fifteen of the stories were published between 1934 and 1937 in Action Stories, Argosy, or Cowboy Stories; the other remained unpublished for more than thirty years. Many of these stories were rewritten for book publication and have never been reprinted in their original form. They are reminiscent of traditional southwestern tall tales, told in dialect, featuring larger than life characters, swift action, broad satire, and wry humor.

Robert E. Howard 1906 36 lived and wrote in Cross Plains, Texas. From 1924 until his death, he sold hundreds of stories to pulp fiction magazines such as Weird Tales, Argosy, Action Stories, Fight Stories, and Cowboy Stories. As a twentieth century American master of fantastic adventure, he rivals Edgar Rice Burroughs.

David Gentzel is a noted Howard scholar and collector, specializing in the humorous Western stories. He is the editor of Busted Ribs and Broken English and a textual consultant for the Wandering Star editions.

Haunter of the Ring & Other Tales

This title is compiled and introduced by M.J. Elliot. From the unsurpassed imagination of the creator of Conan, Robert E. Howard, here are twenty one tales of suspense, high adventure and Lovecraftian horror. Foul sacrifices are made to a reptilian God in Hungary, a werewolf prowls the corridors of a castle in strife torn Africa, criminal masterminds on both sides of the Atlantic vie for world domination, an enchanted ring exerts a terrible influence upon its wearer…
And, as written in the pages of the accursed Necronomicon and Unaussprechlichen Kulten, the Great Old Ones watch our world from beyond the void and wait…

The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard

Here are Howard’s greatest horror tales, all in their original, definitive versions. Some of Howard s best known characters Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn, and sailor Steve Costigan among them roam the forbidding locales of the author s fevered imagination, from the swamps and bayous of the Deep South to the fiend haunted woods outside Paris to remote jungles in Africa. The collection includes Howard s masterpiece Pigeons from Hell, which Stephen King calls one of the finest horror stories of the twentieth century, a tale of two travelers who stumble upon the ruins of a Southern plantation and into the maw of its fatal secret. In Black Canaan even the best warrior has little chance of taking down the evil voodoo man with unholy powers and none at all against his wily mistress, the diabolical High Priestess of Damballah. In these and other lavishly illustrated classics, such as the revenge nightmare Worms of the Earth and The Cairn on the Headland, Howard spins tales of unrelenting terror, the legacy of one of the world s great masters of the macabre.

El Borak and Other Desert Adventures

Robert E. Howard is famous for creating such immortal heroes as Conan the Cimmerian, Solomon Kane, and Bran Mak Morn. Less well known but equally extraordinary are his non fantasy adventure stories set in the Middle East and featuring such two fisted heroes as Francis Xavier Gordon known as El Borak Kirby O Donnell, and Steve Clarney. This trio of hard fighting Americans, civilized men with more than a touch of the primordial in their veins, marked a new direction for Howard’s writing, and new territory for his genius to conquer. The wily Texan El Borak, a hardened fighter who stalks the sandscapes of Afghanistan like a vengeful wolf, is rivaled among Howard s creations only by Conan himself. In such classic tales as The Daughter of Erlik Khan, Three Bladed Doom, and Sons of the Hawk, Howard proves himself once again a master of action, and with plenty of eerie atmosphere his plotting becomes tighter and twistier than ever, resulting in stories worthy of comparison to Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. Every fan of Robert E. Howard and aficionados of great adventure writing will want to own this collection of the best of Howard s desert tales, lavishly illustrated by award winning artists Tim Bradstreet and Jim & Ruth Keegan.

Shadow Kingdoms

Shadow Kingdoms is the first volume of the Weird Works of Robert E. Howard, presenting all of Howard’s work for the pulp magazine Weird Tales meticulously restored to its original magazine texts. This volume begins with ‘Spear and Fang,’ Howard’s first professional fiction sale, and concludes with ‘Red Thunder,’ a gripping sword & sorcery tale. Series characters present in this volume include King Kull and Solomon Kane. Edited by Paul Herman. Introduction by Mark Finn. Cover by Stephen Fabian.

Moon of Skulls

The Moon of Skulls collects Robert E. Howard’s fiction and prose published in Weird Tales Magazine from October 1929 to November 1930, plus one from Oriental Stories. These works represent literary stepping stones to Howard’s infamous Cthulhu mythos stories and his most famous character of all Conan the Cimmerian and ably demonstrate that each of Howard’s stories improved and added to his formidable skills as a master of fantasy and adventure. Continuing the collection of Howard’s fiction and poetry in order of publication, Volume Two of The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard picks up where Volume One left off at one of the most startling and controversial Howard stories of all: Skull Face, a potent combination of gothic themes and oriental mystique.

People of the Dark

The third collection of Robert E. Howard’s fantasy work, from the legendary pulp magazine Weird Tales and its rival Strange Tales, features more classic fiction and poetry from Howard’s prime writing years. Gathered here are stories with such enduring and popular characters as Solomon Kane, Turlogh Dubh and Comac of Connacht. Other highlights include ‘The Black Stone,’ considered by many to be Howard’s finest excursion into Lovecraftian horror; ‘The Horror from the Mound,’ a vampire story set in Texas; and ‘People of the Dark,’ a precursor to the Conan stories which ultimately made Howard famous!

Wings in the Night

Wings in the Night collects Robert E. Howard’s fiction and prose published in Weird Tales Magazine from July 1932 to May 1933. These works represent literary stepping stones to Howard’s infamous Cthulhu mythos stories and his most famous character of all Conan the Cimmerian and ably demonstrate that each of Howard’s stories improved and added to his formidable skills as a master of fantasy and adventure.

Beyond the Black River

The seventh volume of the Weird Works of Robert E. Howard continues reprinting Howard’s fantasy from Weird Tales and Strange Tales in order of original publication. All texts have been meticulously restored to their original pulp appearances.

Hours of the Dragon

Also known as ‘Conan the Conqueror,’ The Hour of the Dragon is Robert E. Howard’s only full length novel about Conan, and it is considered by many to be one of his best works. During Conan’s reign as King of Aquilonia, a group of conspirators plot to depose him in favor of Valerius, heir to Conan’s predecessor Numedides, whom he had slain to gain the throne. To accomplish this they resort to necromancy, resurrecting Xaltotun, an ancient sorcerer from the pre Hyborian empire of Acheron. With his aid the Aquilonian army is defeated by that of the rival kingdom of Nemedia and occupied. Conan, captured, is slated for execution until the sympathetic slave girl Zenobia risks her life to free him. Conan’s quest to retrieve the Heart of Ahriman in order to defeat the wizard and regain his throne takes him through all the lands of Hyboria. After his eventual triumph he vows to make Zenobia his queen. Robert E. Howard is considered the godfather of Sword and Sorcery, and he is the creator of the international icon Conan the Cimmerian. This classic of adventure has been newly designed and typeset in a 6 by 9 inch format by Waking Lion Press.

Black Hounds of Death

Meticulously restored text by renowned Robert E. Howard scholar Paul Herman, this is the ninth in a ten book definitive chronological collection of Robert E. Howard’s stories that appeared in pulp magazines like the revered Weird Tales.

A Thunder of Trumpets

Meticulously restored text by renowned Howard scholar Paul Herman, this is the last in a ten book definitive chronological collection of Robert E. Howard’s stories that appeared in pulp magazines like the revered Weird Tales. Howard is the creator of the international icon, Conan the Cimmerian and considered the Godfather of Sword and Sorcery.

Waterfront Fists

It is impossible to ignore the sheer number of boxing stories that Robert E. Howard wrote. Serious or funny, spooky or adventurous, these stories represent a fierce creative outburst that would pave the way later for his western hero, Breckenridge Elkins. In these stories we see Howard’s craft pushed from mere construction to passionate involvement. He took all of his interests and peppered them through the various boxing stories. He wrote them faster than the magazine could print them. Clearly, he loved what he was doing. When Howard could write no more, he went on to draft Conan and the aforementioned Elkins, who owes much in style and content to the Costigan stories. The fight stories are a joy to read and reread. They are funny, bawdy, picaresque, and violent. Presented here, as they were originally printed, they perfectly showcase why Robert E. Howard was one of the greatest adventure writers of the 20th century.

Kings of the Night

Robert Ervin Howard 1906 1936 was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It’s clear from Howard’s earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

The Voice of El-Lil

Robert Ervin Howard 1906 1936 was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It’s clear from Howard’s earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

The Blood of Belshazzar

Robert Ervin Howard 1906 1936 was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It’s clear from Howard’s earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

The Lion of Tiberias

Robert Ervin Howard 1906 1936 was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It’s clear from Howard’s earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

The Tomb’s Secret

Robert Ervin Howard 1906 1936 was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It’s clear from Howard’s earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

Fangs of Gold

Robert Ervin Howard 1906 1936 was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It’s clear from Howard’s earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

Names In The Black Book

Robert Ervin Howard 1906 1936 was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It’s clear from Howard’s earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

The Daughter of Erlik Khan

Robert Ervin Howard 1906 1936 was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It’s clear from Howard’s earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

Hawk of the Hills

Robert Ervin Howard 1906 1936 was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It’s clear from Howard’s earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

Blood of the Gods

Robert Ervin Howard 1906 1936 was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It’s clear from Howard’s earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

Black Wind Blowing

Robert Ervin Howard 1906 1936 was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It’s clear from Howard’s earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

Pigeons from Hell

Robert Ervin Howard 1906 1936 was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It’s clear from Howard’s earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

A Means to Freedom: The Letters of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard (With: H.P. Lovecraft)

H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard are two of the titans of weird fiction of their era. Dominating the pages of Weird Tales in the 1920s and 1930s, they have gained worldwide followings for their compelling writings and also for the very different lives they led. The two writers came in touch in 1930, when Howard wrote to Lovecraft via Weird Tales. A rich and vibrant correspondence immediately ensued. Both writers were fascinated with the past, especially the history of Roman and Celtic Britain, and their letters are full of intriguing discussions of contemporary theories on this subject. Gradually, a new discussion came to the fore a complex dispute over the respective virtues of barbarism and civilisation, the frontier and settled life, and the physical and the mental. Lovecraft, a scion of centuries old New England, and Howard, a product of recently settled Texas, were diametrically opposed on these and other issues, and each writes compellingly of his beliefs, attitudes, and theories. The result is a dramatic debate livened by wit, learning, and personal revelation that is as enthralling as the fiction they were writing at the time. All the letters have been exhaustively annotated by the editors. In the second volume of the letters of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard, the two authors continue their wide ranging discussion of such central issues as the relative value of barbarism and civilization, the virtues of the frontier and of settled city life, and other related issues. Lovecraft regales Howard with his extensive travels up and down the eastern seaboard, including trips to Quebec, Florida, and obscure corners of New England, while Howard writes engagingly of his own travels through the lonely stretches of Texas. Each has great praise for the other’s writings in Weird Tales and elsewhere, and each conducts searching discussions of literature, philosophy, politics, and economics in the wake of the depression and Franklin D. Roosevelt’s election. World affairs, including the rise of Hitler and Mussolini, also engage their attention. All letters are exhaustively edited by the editors, and the volume concludes with an extensive bibliography of both writers as well as the publication of a few letters to Lovecraft from Robert E. Howard’s father, Dr. I. M. Howard, in the wake of his son’s tragic and unexpected suicide.

The Horror Hall of Fame

18 great tales, classics of the genre. Includes: The Fall of the House of Usher, by Edgar Allan Poe; Green Tea, by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu; The Damned Thing, by Ambrose Bierce; The Yellow Sign, by Robert W. Chambers; The Monkey’s Paw, by W. W. Jacobs; The White People, by Arthur Machen; The Willows, by Algernon Blackwood; Casting the Runes, by M. R. James; The Graveyard Rats, by Henry Kuttner; Pigeons from Hell, by Robert E. Howard; It, by Theodore Sturgeon; Smoke Ghost, by Fritz Leiber; Yours Truly Jack the Ripper, by Robert Bloch; The Small Assassin, by Ray Bradbury; The Whimper of Whipped Dogs, by Harlan Ellison; Calling Card, by Ramsey Campbell; Coin of the Realm nominated, 1982 World Fantasy Award, by Charles L. Grant; The Reach Do the Dead Sing? winner, 1982 World Fantasy Award, by Stephen King.

Spookhouse, Volume 2

Painter Scott Hampton has made a career specialty of beautifully illustrated ghost stories, in both comics and prose formats. This book, a companion to the brilliantly executed Spookhouse: Book One, includes stories by Clive Barker and Robert E. Howard, among others, brought to glowing life by Hampton’s brush. Fans of fine art and frightening tales will love Spookhouse.

In Lands That Never Were: Tales of Swords and Sorcery from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

Long before Arnold attempted a pale copy, Conan the Barbarian held sway over the land, and all was swell. Neither man nor woman, beast nor spirit could rival him. Then, for many a day, he disappeared…
but lo, now he’s back! Conan is featured, together with some of fantasy’s favorite characters, in this compendium of swordplay and wizardry, fleet footed thieves and flat footed palace guards, witches and man eating leopards, giants and giant slugs. In Lands That Never Were also Includes introductions to each story by the editor.

Jack Dempsey’s Fight Magazine – May 1934

Robert E. Howard steps from the pages of Weird Tales into the boxing world in the pages of Jack Dempsey’s Fight Magazine. A short run title that only lasted the two issues.

The Robert E. Howard Reader

Howard’s writing seems so highly charged with energy that it nearly gives off sparks. Stephen King Robert E. Howard had a gritty, vibrant style broadsword writing that cut its way to the heart, with heroes who are truly larger than life. David GemmellIn a meteoric career that spanned a mere twelve years, Robert E. Howard single handedly invented the genre that came to be called sword and sorcery. From his fertile imagination sprang some of fiction s most enduring heroes. Yet while Conan is indisputably Howard s greatest creation, it was in his earlier sequence of tales featuring Kull, a fearless warrior with the brooding intellect of a philosopher, that Howard began to develop the distinctive themes, and the richly evocative blend of history and mythology, that would distinguish his later tales of the Hyborian Age. Much more than simply the prototype for Conan, Kull is a fascinating character in his own right: an exile from fabled Atlantis who wins the crown of Valusia, only to find it as much a burden as a prize. This groundbreaking collection, lavishly illustrated by award winning artist Justin Sweet, gathers together all Howard s stories featuring Kull, from Kull s first published appearance, in The Shadow Kingdom, to Kings of the Night, Howard s last tale featuring the cerebral swordsman. The stories are presented just as Howard wrote them, with all subsequent editorial emendations removed. Also included are previously unpublished stories, drafts, and fragments, plus extensive notes on the texts, an introduction by Howard authority Steve Tompkins, and an essay by noted editor Patrice Louinet. Howard was a true storyteller one of the first, and certainly among the best, you ll find in heroic fantasy. If you ve never read him before, you re in for a real treat. Charles de Lint For stark, living fear…
what other writer is even in the running with Robert E. Howard? H. P. Lovecraft

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