The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard by Robert E. Howard (Del Rey, November 2008, 978-0-345-49020-9, $18.00, xxv+523pp, tp, co, cover by Greg Staples)
Collection of 60 pieces: 36 stories, 21 poems, and four fragments. Text are taken, where possible, from Howard’s original typescripts; extensive notes document sources and changes. Illustrated and with a foreword by Greg Staples. The introduction by Rusty Burke discusses Howard’s horror and his relationship with H.P. Lovecraft.
- vx · Foreword · Greg Staples · fw
- xvii · Introduction · Rusty Burke · in
- 1 · In the Forest of Villefère [de Montour] · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales August 1925
- 5 · A Song of the Werewolf Folk · Robert E. Howard · pm Etchings & Odysseys #10, 1987
- 6 · Wolfshead [de Montour] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales April 1926
- 27 · Up, John Kane! · Robert E. Howard · pm Up, John Kane! and Other Poems by Robert E. Howard, Roy Squires, 1977
- 28 · Remembrance · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales April 1928
- 29 · The Dream Snake · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales February 1928
- 35 · Sea Curse [Faring Town] · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales May 1928
- 41 · The Moor Ghost · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales September 1929
- 42 · Moon Mockery · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales April 1929
- 43 · The Little People [Bran Mak Morn] · Robert E. Howard · ss Coven 13 #3, January 1970
- 49 · Dead Man’s Hate · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales January 1930
- 50 · The Tavern · Robert E. Howard · pm Singers in the Shadows by Robert E. Howard, Donald M. Grant, 1970
- 51 · Rattle of Bones [Solomon Kane] · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales June 1929
- 57 · The Fear That Follows · Robert E. Howard · pm Singers in the Shadows by Robert E. Howard, Donald M. Grant, 1970
- 58 · The Spirit of Tom Molyneaux (alternate version) · Robert E. Howard · ss
- 71 · Casonetto’s Last Song · Robert E. Howard · ss Etchings & Odysseys #1, 1973
- 75 · The Touch of Death · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales February 1930, as “The Fearsome Touch of Death”
- 80 · Out of the Deep [Faring Town] · Robert E. Howard · ss Magazine of Horror November 1967
- 88 · A Legend of Faring Town [Faring Town] · Robert E. Howard · pm Verses in Ebony by Robert E. Howard, George Hamilton, 1975
- 89 · Restless Waters · Robert E. Howard · ss Witchcraft & Sorcery #10, 1974
- 95 · The Shadow of the Beast · Robert E. Howard · ss The Shadow of the Beast by Robert E. Howard, George Hamilton, 1977
- 104 · The Dead Slaver’s Tale · Robert E. Howard · pm Weirdbook #8, 1974
- 105 · Dermod’s Bane [Conrad & Kirowan; Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · ss Magazine of Horror Fall 1967
- 110 · The Hills of the Dead [Solomon Kane] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales August 1930
- 131 · Dig Me No Grave [Conrad & Kirowan; Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales February 1937
- 142 · The Song of a Mad Minstrel · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales February/March 1931
- 143 · The Children of the Night [Conrad & Kirowan; Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales April/May 1931
- 158 · Musings (“The Little Poets Sing of Little Things”) · Robert E. Howard · pm Witchcraft & Sorcery #5, January/February 1971
- 159 · The Black Stone [Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales November 1931
- 176 · The Thing on the Roof [Conrad & Kirowan; Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales February 1932
- 184 · The Dweller in Dark Valley · Robert E. Howard · pm Magazine of Horror November 1965
- 185 · The Horror from the Mound · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales May 1932
- 200 · A Dull Sound as of Knocking · Robert E. Howard · pm A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems by Robert E. Howard, Robert E. Howard Properties LLC, 2002
- 201 · People of the Dark · Robert E. Howard · nv Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror June 1932
- 217 · Delenda Est · Robert E. Howard · ss Worlds of Fantasy v1 #1, 1968
- 223 · The Cairn on the Headland · Robert E. Howard · nv Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror January 1933
- 240 · Worms of the Earth [Bran Mak Morn] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales November 1932
- 268 · The Symbol · Robert E. Howard · pm Ariel, A Fantasy Magazine v1, 1976
- 269 · The Valley of the Lost · Robert E. Howard · nv Startling Mystery Stories Spring 1967, as “The Secret of Lost Valley”
- 289 · The Hoofed Thing [Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weirdbook #3, 1970, as “Usurp the Night”
- 305 · The Noseless Horror · Robert E. Howard · ss Magazine of Horror February 1970
- 318 · The Dwellers Under the Tomb [Conrad & Kirowan; Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · nv Lost Fantasies #4 ed. Robert Weinberg, Weinberg, 1976
- 337 · An Open Window (“Behind the Veil what gulfs”) · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales September 1932
- 338 · 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”
- 360 · The Man on the Ground · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales July 1933
- 365 · Old Garfield’s Heart · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales December 1933
- 376 · Kelly the Conjure-Man · Robert E. Howard · ar The Howard Collector Summer 1964
- 379 · Black Canaan · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales June 1936
- 409 · To a Woman (“Though Fathoms…”) · Robert E. Howard · pm Modern American Poetry ed. Aison, The Galleon Press, 1933
- 409 · One Who Comes at Eventide · Robert E. Howard · pm Modern American Poetry ed. Aison, The Galleon Press, 1933
- 410 · The Haunter of the Ring [Conrad & Kirowan; Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales June 1934
- 424 · Pigeons from Hell · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales May 1938
- 449 · The Dead Remember · Robert E. Howard · ss Argosy August 15 1936
- 456 · The Fire of Asshurbanipal [Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales December 1936
- 478 · untitled fragment (“And so his boyhood wandered into youth”) · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales December 1937
- 479 · Which Will Scarcely Be Understood · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales October 1937
- · Miscellanea
- 483 · Golnor the Ape · Robert E. Howard · uw Crypt of Cthulhu #31, Roodmas 1985
- 487 · Spectres in the Dark · Robert E. Howard · uw Cromlech v1 #1, 1985
- 498 · The House [Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Howard Reader #8 by Robert E. Howard, Joe & Mona Marek, 2003
originally published in a somewhat different version as “The House in the Oaks” (Dark Things ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1971).
- 505 · untitled fragment (“Beneath the glare of the sun”) [Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Howard Collector Spring 1967
- · Appendix
- 509 · Notes on the Original Howard Texts · [uncredited] · bi
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