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The Sword Woman by Robert E. Howard (Zebra, May 1977, 0-89083-261-7, $1.50, 176pp, pb, co, cover by Stephen E. Fabian)     Collection of 5 stories, some fantasy, about a woman warrior, with an introduction by Leigh Brackett. · [illustrations] · Stephen E. Fabian · il 5 · Introduction · Leigh Brackett · in 13 · Sword Woman [Dark Agnes] · Robert E. Howard · na REH: Lone Star Fictioneer #2, Summer 1975 67 · Blades for France [Dark Agnes] · Robert E. Howard · nv George T. Hamilton, 1975 99 · Mistress of Death [Dark Agnes] · Robert E. Howard & Gerald W. Page · nv Witchcraft & Sorcery #5, January/February 1971 completed by Page from a fragment and synopsis by Howard. 125 · The King’s Service · Robert E. Howard · nv George T. Hamilton, 1975 151 · The Shadow of the Hun [Turlogh O’Brien] · Robert E. Howard · nv The Shadow of the Hun by Robert E. Howard, George Hamilton, 1975

Sword Woman by Robert E. Howard (Ace, October 1986, 0-441-79279-0, $2.95, 169pp, pb, co)     Reprint (Zebra 1977 as The Sword Woman) collection of 5 stories, some fantasy, about a woman warrior, with an introduction by Leigh Brackett.

Sword Woman and Other Historical Adventures by Robert E. Howard (Del Rey, January 2011, 978-0-345-50546-0, xxii+547pp, tp, co, cover by John Watkiss) [edited by Rusty Burke]     Collection of five poems and 14 largely non-fantastic stories, plus some fragments, a draft of a previously unpublished story, and an essay by Howard Andrew Jones on literary and historical influences on Howard’s work. Illustrated by John Watkiss. Edited by Rusty Burke. Texts are taken, where possible, from Howard’s original typescripts; notes document sources and changes. · [illustrations] · John Watkiss · il xv · Artist’s Foreword · John Watkiss · fw xvii · Introduction · Scott Oden · in 1 · Spears of Clontarf [Turlogh O’Brien] · Robert E. Howard · nv George T. Hamilton, 1978 33 · Hawks Over Egypt · Robert E. Howard · nv The Road of Azrael by Robert E. Howard, Donald M. Grant, 1979 originally published in a somewhat different version as “Hawks Over Shem” in Fantastic Universe, October 1955. 69 · The Outgoing of Sigurd the Jerusalem-Farer · Robert E. Howard · pm Verses in Ebony by Robert E. Howard, George Hamilton, 1975 71 · The Road of Azrael · Robert E. Howard · nv Chacal v1 #1, 1976 107 · The Lion of Tiberias · Robert E. Howard · nv The Magic Carpet Magazine July 1933 135 · Gates of Empire · Robert E. Howard · nv Golden Fleece January 1939 169 · Hawks of Outremer [Cormac FitzGeoffrey] · Robert E. Howard · nv Oriental Stories April/May/June 1931 197 · The Blood of Belshazzar [Cormac FitzGeoffrey] · Robert E. Howard · nv Oriental Stories Autumn 1931 225 · Red Blades of Black Cathay · Robert E. Howard & Tevis Clyde Smith · na Oriental Stories February/March 1931 written by Howard, based on research by Smith. 253 · The Sowers of the Thunder · Robert E. Howard · nv Oriental Stories Winter 1932 291 · The Skull in the Clouds · Robert E. Howard · pm The Junto January 1930 293 · A Thousand Years Ago · Robert E. Howard · pm Night Images by Robert E. Howard, The Morning Star Press, 1976 295 · Lord of Samarcand · Robert E. Howard · nv Oriental Stories Spring 1932 329 · Timur-Lang · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Summer 1964 331 · Sword Woman [Dark Agnes] · Robert E. Howard · na REH: Lone Star Fictioneer #2, Summer 1975 365 · Blades for France [Dark Agnes] · Robert E. Howard · nv George T. Hamilton, 1975 387 · The Shadow of the Vulture · Robert E. Howard · nv The Magic Carpet Magazine January 1934 423 · The Road of the Eagles · Robert E. Howard · nv Lord of Samarcand and Other Adventure Tales of the Old Orient by Robert E. Howard, Bison Books, 2005 originally published in a somewhat different version as “Conan, Man of Destiny” in Fantastic Universe, December 1955. · Miscellanea 459 · The Track of Bohemund (unfinished draft) · Robert E. Howard · uw Lord of Samarcand and Other Adventure Tales of the Old Orient by Robert E. Howard, Bison Books, 2005 475 · The Slave-Princess [Cormac FitzGeoffrey] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Howard Reader #8 by Robert E. Howard, Joe & Mona Marek, 2003 originally published in a somewhat different version in Hawks of Outremer, Donald M. Grant, 1979. 495 · untitled fragment (“He knew de Bracy”) · Robert E. Howard · uw Lord of Samarcand and Other Adventure Tales of the Old Orient by Robert E. Howard, Bison Books, 2005 497 · untitled (“The wind from the Mediterranean…”) · Robert E. Howard · uw Amra v2 #7, 1959 499 · Recap of Harold Lamb’s “The Wolf Chaser” · Robert E. Howard · ms Lord of Samarcand and Other Adventure Tales of the Old Orient by Robert E. Howard, Bison Books, 2005 501 · untitled draft (“The Persians had all fled…”) · Robert E. Howard · uw Lord of Samarcand and Other Adventure Tales of the Old Orient by Robert E. Howard, Bison Books, 2005 503 · The Sign of the Sickle · Robert E. Howard · pm A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems by Robert E. Howard, Robert E. Howard Properties LLC, 2002 505 · Mistress of Death · Robert E. Howard · ss; original draft by Howard, with part of synopsis added to provide some closure. originally published in a somewhat different version in The Sword Woman, Zebra, 1977. · Appendices 515 · Howard’s Journey · Howard Andrew Jones · ar 537 · Notes on the Original Howard Texts · [uncredited] · bi

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

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

The Tales of Weird Menace (var. 1) by Robert E. Howard (The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, March 2025, 978-1-955446-25-9, $19.99, xiv+521pp, tp, co, cover by Mark Wheatley) [edited by Rob Roehm & Paul Herman]     A hardcover edition (-24-2, $39.99) was announced but not seen. Slightly revised from the first edition (The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, 2011) by the addition of “untitled (‘From the black, bandit-haunted mountians…’)”, and synopses for “Sons of Hate”, “Black Hound of Death” and “Moon of Zambebwei”, and minor changes to restore the texts to Howard’s original typescripts. Details taken from online listing. · Lines of Succession · Don Herron · in Tales of Weird Menace by Robert E. Howard, The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, 2011 · Skull-Face [Kathulos] · Robert E. Howard · na Weird Tales October 1929 (+2) · The Noseless Horror · Robert E. Howard · ss Magazine of Horror February 1970 · The Brazen Peacock · Robert E. Howard · nv REH: Lone Star Fictioneer #3, Fall 1975 · Black John’s Vengeance [Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · ss From Beyond the Dark Gateway #3, 1974, as “The Black Bear Bites” · Talons in the Dark · Robert E. Howard · ss Strange Detective Stories December 1933, as “Black Talons” · The Hand of the Black Goddess [Butch Gorman; Brent Kirby] · Robert E. Howard · nv Bran Mak Morn: A Play, and Others by Robert E. Howard, Cromlech, 1983 originally published in a somewhat different version as “Scarlet Tears” in Weird Tales Vol. 48 No. 1, Spring 1981. · Sons of Hate [Butch Gorman; Brent Kirby] · Robert E. Howard · ss Two-Fisted Detective Stories #1, May 1984 · Moon of Zambebwei · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales February 1935, as “The Grisly Horror” · Black Hound of Death · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales November 1936 · The Devils of Dark Lake · Robert E. Howard · ss WT50 ed. Robert Weinberg, Robert Weinberg, 1974 · Guests of the Hoodoo Room · Robert E. Howard · nv Shudder Stories #1, June 1984 · Black Wind Blowing · Robert E. Howard · nv Thrilling Mystery June 1936 · Miscellanea · Taverel Manor [Kathulos] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Howard Reader #8 by Robert E. Howard, Joe & Mona Marek, 2003 originally published in a somewhat different version in Skull-Face, Berkley, 1978. · The Return of the Sorcerer · Robert E. Howard · uw A Bicentennial Tribute to Robert E. Howard ed. Fred Blosser, George Hamilton, 1976 · untitled (“From the black, bandit-haunted mountians…”) · Robert E. Howard · uw Pictures in the Fire by Robert E. Howard, The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, 2018 · The Red Stone · Robert E. Howard · uw The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval by Robert E. Howard, Paradox Entertainment, 2007 · untitled (“The night was damp…”) · Robert E. Howard · uw Fantasy Crossroads #7, February 1976 · The Ivory Camel · Robert E. Howard · uw The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval by Robert E. Howard, Paradox Entertainment, 2007 · Yellow Laughter · Robert E. Howard · uw The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter v2 #4, 2008 · The Jade God · Robert E. Howard · uw Unaussprechlichen Kulten July 1992 · Spectres in the Dark · Robert E. Howard · uw Cromlech v1 #1, 1985 · The Spell of Damballah · Robert E. Howard · uw Revelations from Yuggoth #1, November 1987 · untitled synopsis (“James Norris, Joe Rogers, spearman…”) · Robert E. Howard · uw The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval by Robert E. Howard, Paradox Entertainment, 2007 · Sons of Hate (partial synopsis) · Robert E. Howard · uw The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter v4 #1, 2010 · Sons of Hate (partial synopsis 2) · Robert E. Howard · uw · Sons of Hate (partial synopsis 3) · Robert E. Howard · uw · The Devils of Dark Lake (synopsis) · Robert E. Howard · uw The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter v3 #1, 2009; untitled. · The House of Om (synopsis) · Robert E. Howard · uw Shudder Stories #2, December 1984 · untitled synopsis (The Black Hound of Death) · Robert E. Howard · uw The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter v7 #3, 2013 · untitled synopsis (Moon of Zambebwei) · Robert E. Howard · uw · The Story Thus Far… · [uncredited] · lk Weird Tales November 1929 (+1) [Ref. Robert E. Howard & Farnsworth Wright] consists of the short paragraphs that appeared at the start of the second and third portions of “Skull-Face” as it appeared in Weird Tales. It is not known if REH wrote these or Farnsworth Wright.

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

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

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

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

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