Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections

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Days of High Adventure Robert E. Howard ( Publications Schlock 978-1-4750-0523-3, Mar 2012, $12.00, ix+473pp, tp) [cover] · Margaret Brundage · cv Weird Tales Aug 1934 1 · Gods of the North · ss The Fantasy Fan Mar 1934 13 · The Footfalls Within [Solomon Kane] · nv Weird Tales Sep 1931 37 · The Daughter of Erlik Khan [El Borak] · na Top-Notch Dec 1934 128 · The Shadow Kingdom [Kull] · nv Weird Tales Aug 1929 171 · Kings of the Night [Bran Mak Morn; Kull] · nv Weird Tales Nov 1930 219 · Black Vulmea’s Vengeance [Terence Vulmea] · na Golden Fleece Nov 1938 281 · Spear and Fang · ss Weird Tales Jul 1925 293 · People of the Dark · nv Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror Jun 1932 321 · The Valley of the Worm [James Allison] · nv Weird Tales Feb 1934 352 · Skull-Face [Kathulos] · na Weird Tales Oct 1929 (+2)

Echoes from an Iron Harp Robert E. Howard (Donald M. Grant, 1972, $6.00, 109pp, hc, cover by Alicia Austin) Fantasy poetry collection. Limited to 1079 copies. 9 · Introduction · Glenn Lord · in 13 · Age Comes to Rabelais · pm The Howard Collector #8 1966 14 · Belshazzar · pm The Howard Collector #5 1964 17 · But the Hills Were Ancient Then · pm Amra v2 #8 1959 18 · Cimmeria [Conan] · pm The Howard Collector #7 1965 19 · A Dawn in Flanders · pm The Howard Collector #5 1964 20 · The Day That I Die · pm The Howard Collector #9 1967 22 · Dreams of Nineveh · pm Golden Atom 1959 25 · The Dust Dance: Selections: Version I · pm The Howard Collector #7 1965 28 · The Dust Dance: Selections: Version II · pm The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard, The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press 2009; lines 1-80 31 · The Dweller in Dark Valley · pm Magazine of Horror Nov 1965 32 · Earth-Born · pm Fire and Sleet and Candlelight, ed. August Derleth, Arkham House 1961 35 · Fables for Little Folk · pm The Daniel Baker Collegian Mar 15 1926 36 · “Feach Air Muir Lionadhi Gealach Buidhe Mar Or” · pm The Junto Feb 1930 40 · Futility (“Time races on...”) · pm The Daniel Baker Collegian May 25 1926 41 · Heritage (“My people came from Munster...”) · pm The Junto Aug 1929 43 · Illusion · pm The Daniel Baker Collegian Mar 15 1926 44 · John Ringold · pm The Howard Collector #5 1964 45 · Kid Lavigne Is Dead · pm The Ring Jun 1928 46 · The Kissing of Sal Snooboo · pm The Tattler Jan 6 1925 49 · A Lady’s Chamber · pm The American Poet Apr 1929, as by Patrick Howard 50 · The Last Day · pm Weird Tales Mar 1932 51 · Lost Altars · pm Wayfarer #4 1969 52 · Memories (“I Rose in the Path”) · pm Shangri L’Affaires #72 1968 53 · A Moment · pm The Howard Collector #13 1970 54 · Moonlight on a Skull · pm Weird Tales May 1933 56 · Not Only in Death They Die · pm Magazine of Horror Jul 1969 57 · Private Magrath of the A.E.F. · pm The Yellow Jacket Jan 13 1927 61 · Reuben’s Brethren · pm The Howard Collector #11 1969 62 · Roundelay of the Roughneck · pm The Daniel Baker Collegian Apr 12 1926 65 · The Sands of Time · pm The Howard Collector #1 1961 66 · The Sea · pm The Baylor United Statement May 19 1923 68 · The Skull in the Clouds · pm The Junto Jan 1930 71 · Skulls and Dust · pm The American Poet May 1929, as by Patrick Howard 72 · Skulls Over Judah · pm The Howard Collector #9 1967 75 · Slumber · pm Magazine of Horror Dec 1969 76 · A Song of Defeat · pm Magazine of Horror Fll 1970 77 · The Song of Horsa’s Galley · pm The Howard Collector #13 1970 78 · A Song of the Legions · pm The Howard Collector #12 1970 82 · A Song for Men That Laugh · pm The Junto Dec 1928 83 · A Sonnet of Good Cheer · pm The Howard Collector #9 1967 84 · Sonora to del Rio · pm The Howard Collector #1 1961 85 · Surrender (“I Will Rise Some Day When the Day Is Done”) · pm The Junto Aug 1929 87 · Tarantella · pm The Daniel Baker Collegian May 25 1926 89 · Thor’s Son · pm The Howard Collector #11 1969 91 · Timur-Lang · pm The Howard Collector #5 1964 94 · To Certain Orthodox Brethren · pm The Howard Collector #12 1970 95 · A Vision · pm Startling Mystery Stories Fll 1967 96 · A Warning · pm *; an untitled, incomplete, version was published in The Howard Collector #5, Summer 1964 98 · Where Are Your Knights, Donn Othna? · pm The Howard Collector #11 1969 100 · Who Is Grandpa Theobold? · pm The Howard Collector #6 1965 101 · The Years Are as a Knife · pm Magazine of Horror Jan 1968 103 · Heading for ‘The Black Stone’ · pm Weird Tales Nov 1931 103 · Heading for ‘The Blood of Belshazzar’ · pm Oriental Stories Aut 1931 104 · Heading for ‘Death’s Black Riders’ · pm The Howard Collector #10 1968 104 · Heading for ‘The Fearsome Touch of Death’ · pm Weird Tales Feb 1930 105 · Heading for ‘The Grey God Passes’ · pm Dark Mind, Dark Heart, ed. August Derleth, Arkham 1926 105 · Heading for ‘The Hour of the Dragon’ [Conan] · pm The Howard Collector #11 1969 106 · Heading for ‘Kelly the Conjure-Man’ · pm The Howard Collector #5 1964 106 · Heading for ‘The Lion of Tiberias’ · pm The Magic Carpet Jul 1933 106 · Heading for ‘Something About Eve’ · pm Amra v2 #47 1968 109 · Heading for ‘The Sowers of the Thunder’ · pm Oriental Stories Win 1932 109 · Heading for ‘The Thing on the Roof’ · pm Weird Tales Feb 1932

Etchings in Ivory Robert E. Howard (Glenn Lord, 1968, $1.25, 26pp, ph) Collection of six original prose poems, limited to 268 copies. i · Introduction · Donald Sidney-Fryer · in * 1 · Proem · Robert E. Howard · pp * 2 · Flaming Marble (“This is a dream”) · Robert E. Howard · pp * 7 · Skulls and Orchids · Robert E. Howard · pp * 17 · Medallions in the Moon · Robert E. Howard · pp * 19 · The Gods That Men Forget · Robert E. Howard · pp * 24 · Bloodstones and Ebony · Robert E. Howard · pp *

The Ghost Ocean and Other Poems Robert E. Howard (Gibbelins Gazette, 1982, no price, 46pp, ph, cover by Charles E. Williams, Jr.) Collection of fantasy/horror poems, most previously unpublished. Limited to 360 numbered copies of which the first 50 are hardbound. 7 · The Isle of Hy-Brasil · pm * 10 · The One Black Stain [Solomon Kane] · pm The Howard Collector #2 1962 13 · Viking’s Vision · pm * 16 · To All Sophisticates · pm * 19 · Man Am I · pm * 21 · Never Beyond the Beast · pm * 22 · Shadows from Yesterday · pm * 25 · The Ghost Ocean · pm * 27 · The Song of the Last Briton · pm * 28 · The Gates of Babylon · pm * 30 · Lilith · pm * 31 · Two Men · pm * 33 · Memories of Alfred · pm * 34 · To a Woman (“Ages Ago I Came to Woo”) · pm * 37 · When the Glaciers Rumbled South · pm * 39 · Candles [Cthulhu] · pm The Curmudgeon Press 1975 40 · Shadow Thing · pm * 42 · Song of the Pict · pm Always Comes Evening, Arkham 1957 43 · The Flood · pm The Junto Dec 1928, as “To the Evangelists” 44 · The Adventurer’s Mistress · pm *

The Gods of Bal-Sagoth Robert E. Howard (Ace 0-441-29525-8, Apr ’79, $1.95, 235pp, pb, cover by Sanjulian) SF collection. 1 · The Gods of Bal-Sagoth [Turlogh O’Brien] · nv Weird Tales Oct 1931 53 · Casonetto’s Last Song · ss Etchings & Odysseys #1 1973 59 · King of the Forgotten People · nv Magazine of Horror Sum 1966, as “Valley of the Lost” 87 · Usurp the Night [Cthulhu] · nv Weirdbook #3 1970 113 · The Curse of the Golden Skull [Kull] · ss The Howard Collector #9 1967 119 · The Shadow of the Beast · ss The Shadow of the Beast, George Hamilton 1977 135 · Nekht Semerkeht · Robert E. Howard & Andrew J. Offutt · nv Swords Against Darkness #1, ed. Andrew J. Offutt, Zebra 1977; completed by Offutt from a 3500 word fragment and synopsis of remaining story (The Black Stranger and Other American Tales, Bison Books, 2005) 169 · Restless Waters · ss Witchcraft & Sorcery #10 1974 179 · The Isle of the Eons · uw * 235 · Afterword · Glenn Lord · aw *

The Gold and the Grey Robert E. Howard (Roy Squires, Jun ’74, ph) Fantasy poem, limited to 218 numbered copies.

The Grey God Passes Robert E. Howard (Charles Miller, 1975, 22pp, ph) Fantasy novelette.

The Grim Land and Others Robert E. Howard (Stygian Isle Press, 1976, no price, 32pp, ph, cover by Lee Brown Coye) Original collection of ten of Howard’s fantasy poems, and one fragementary story completed by Tevis Clyde Smith, edited by Jonathan Bacon. Limited to 450 numbered copies, signed by Bacon. 3 · Introduction · Tevis Clyde Smith · in * 5 · The Devil’s Woodchopper · Robert E. Howard & Tevis Clyde Smith · ss *; completed by Smith from a fragment by Howard (Robert E. Howard: The Power of the Writing Mind ed. Ben Szumskyj, Mythos Books, 2003) 11 · Ballade of Some Howard Heroes · Tevis Clyde Smith · pm * 13 · Nectar · pm The Junto Sep 1929 14 · The Grim Land · pm * 16 · The Gods of the Jungle Drums · pm * 18 · De Ole River Ox · pm * 21 · The Road to Yesterday · pm * 22 · The Adventurer (“Dark on the sea”) · pm * 24 · To an Earthbound Soul · pm * 27 · The Outcast · pm * 28 · Today · pm * 32 · A Pirate Remembers · pm *

The Hand of Kane Robert E. Howard (Centaur Press, Oct ’70, 75¢, 127pp, pb, cover by Jeff Jones) Fantasy collection. 6 · The Hills of the Dead [Solomon Kane] · nv Weird Tales Aug 1930 36 · Hawk of Basti [Solomon Kane] · uw Red Shadows, Donald M. Grant 1968 48 · Wings in the Night [Solomon Kane] · nv Weird Tales Jul 1932 95 · The Children of Asshur [Solomon Kane] · uw Red Shadows, Donald M. Grant 1968

Hawks of Outremer Robert E. Howard (Donald M. Grant, 1979, $15.00, 153pp, hc, cover by Rob Macintyre & Chris Pappas) Adventure collection. Limited to 1625 copies. 9 · Introduction · Richard L. Tierney · in * 15 · Hawks of Outremer [Cormac FitzGeoffrey] · nv Oriental Stories Apr/Jun 1931 61 · The Blood of Belshazzar [Cormac FitzGeoffrey] · nv Oriental Stories Fll 1931 107 · The Slave-Princess [Cormac FitzGeoffrey] · Robert E. Howard & Richard L. Tierney · ss *; completed by Tierney from an unfinished story by Howard (The Howard Reader #8, 2003).

The Howard Collector Robert E. Howard (Ace 0-441-34458-5, Apr ’79, $1.95, xv+276pp, pb) Collection of pieces by, and about, Howard, all of which had previously been published in The Howard Collector. xiii · Preface · Glenn Lord · in Part I: Works of Robert E. Howard 1 · Two Against Tyre · nv The Howard Collector #12 1970 20 · Sea Curse [Faring Town] · ss Weird Tales May 1928 29 · The Curse of the Golden Skull [Kull] · ss The Howard Collector #9 1967; original text. 34 · Death’s Black Riders [Solomon Kane] · uw The Howard Collector #10 1968 36 · untitled fragment (“Beneath the glare of the sun”) [Cthulhu] · uw The Howard Collector #9 1967 39 · Spanish Gold on Devil Horse · nv The Howard Collector #17 1972 (+1) 92 · The Heathen · vi The Howard Collector #13 1970 97 · The Thessalians · vi The Yellow Jacket Jan 13 1927 102 · Ye College Days · vi The Yellow Jacket Jan 20 1927 107 · Cupid vs. Pollux · ss The Yellow Jacket Feb 19 1927 112 · Musings of a Moron · vi The Howard Collector #10 1968 115 · Sunday in a Small Town · vi The Howard Collector #11 1969 119 · West Is West · vi The Tattler Dec 22 1922 122 · Knife, Bullet and Noose [Sonora Kid] · ss The Howard Collector #6 1965 137 · Sentiment · ar The Junto Sep 1929 138 · Midnight · vi The Junto Sep 1929 139 · Kelly the Conjure-Man · ar The Howard Collector #5 1964 144 · With a Set of Rattlesnake Rattles · ar Leaves #1 1937 146 · The Beast from the Abyss · ar The Howard Collector #15 1971 157 · Hope Empty of Meaning · pm The Howard Collector #15 1971 158 · Life (“They bruised my soul”) · pm The Howard Collector #18 1973 160 · Solomon Kane’s Homecoming (variant version) [Solomon Kane] · pm The Howard Collector #15 1971 164 · Visions · pm The Howard Collector #16 1972 165 · Harvest · pm The Howard Collector #17 1972 166 · On with the Play · pm The Howard Collector #17 1972 167 · Roads · pm The Howard Collector #17 1972 168 · The Bar by the Side of the Road · pm The Howard Collector #17 1972 170 · Marching Song of Connacht · pm The Howard Collector #16 1972 171 · The Legacy of Tubal-Cain · pm The Howard Collector #18 1973 172 · Letter to Clark Ashton Smith, March 15, 1933 (“I hardly know how to thank you for the copy”) · lt The Howard Collector #11 1969 [Clark Ashton Smith] 173 · Letter to H.P. Lovecraft, ca. August 1933 (“I am sending on to you the enclosed manuscript...”) · lt The Howard Collector #15 1971 [H. P. Lovecraft] 175 · Letter to August Derleth, ca. July 1933 (“Thanks immensely for the opportunity of reading...”) · lt The Howard Collector #15 1971 [August Derleth] 177 · Letter to R.H. Barlow, June 1, 1934 (“Concerning the illustrations you...”) · lt The Howard Collector #18 1973 [Robert H. Barlow] 178 · Letter to R.H. Barlow, June 14, 1934 (“If I ever decide to dispose...”) · lt The Howard Collector #18 1973 [Robert H. Barlow] 179 · Letter to Emil Petaja, December 17, 1934 (“Thank you very much for the splendid sonnet.”) · lt The Howard Collector #7 1965 [Emil Petaja]; omits the poem “Cimmeria” 180 · Letter to Farnsworth Wright, May 6, 1935 (“I always hate to write a letter like this...”) · lt The Howard Collector #9 1967 [Farnsworth Wright] 183 · Letter to Clark Ashton Smith, July 23, 1935 (“I’m ashamed of my long delay in answering...”) · lt The Howard Collector #5 1964 [Clark Ashton Smith] 184 · Letter to August Derleth, May 9, 1936 (“I am indeed sorry to learn of the deaths...”) · lt The Howard Collector #5 1964 [August Derleth] _185 · A Warning (Partial Verse) · pm The Howard Collector #5 1964 189 · Part II 191 · Robert Ervin Howard · E. Hoffmann Price · bg Diablerie May 1944 196 · Burkett News · Mrs. T. A. Burns · bg Coleman Democrat-Voice Apr 25 1935 199 · Perhaps for Howard · W. Fraser Sandercombe · pm The Howard Collector #18 1973 200 · Letter to H.P. Lovecraft, June 25, 1936 · E. Hoffmann Price · lt The Acolyte Win 1945 [H. P. Lovecraft] 206 · Letter to H.P. Lovecraft, June 29, 1936 (“It is barely possible through some other...”) · Dr. I. M. Howard · lt The Howard Collector #13 1970 [H. P. Lovecraft] 211 · Around the Supper Table · James C. White · bg Brownwood Bulletin Feb 17 1937 213 · Letter to E. Hoffmann Price, June 21, 1944 · Dr. I. M. Howard · lt The Howard Collector #14 1971 [E. Hoffmann Price] 219 · The Warrior · Emil Petaja · pm Weird Tales Jan 1939 220 · R.E.H. · R. H. Barlow · pm Weird Tales Oct 1936 221 · Letter to Francis T. Laney, July 22, 1944 · E. Hoffmann Price · lt The Acolyte Fll 1945 [Francis T. Laney] 225 · I Speak of Shattered Spring · Dale Harding Exum · pm The Howard Collector #8 1966 226 · Letter to The Acolyte, 1945 · E. Hoffmann Price · lt The Acolyte Fll 1945 230 · To Robert Ervin Howard · Manly Wade Wellman · pm The Howard Collector #8 1966 231 · Letter to Lenore Preece, January 16, 1965 · Harold Preece · lt The Howard Collector #11 1969 [Lenore Preece] 237 · Letter to Glenn Lord, January 11, 1966 · Harold Preece · lt The Howard Collector #8 1966 [Glenn Lord] 243 · Part III 245 · Acheron—A Revisionary Theory · Robert Yaple · ar The Howard Collector #14 1971 251 · Arenjun · Ed Lesko, Jr. · pm The Howard Collector #18 1973 252 · Howard’s Cannibalizing · Fred Blosser · ar The Howard Collector #13 1970 258 · Dust · Bryce D. Thompson · pm The Howard Collector #16 1972 259 · Conan’s Parents · Fred Blosser · pm The Howard Collector #16 1972 263 · Nameless Cults: A History · Charles O. Gray · ar The Howard Collector #17 1972 266 · After “Recompense” · Manly Wade Wellman · pm The Howard Collector #7 1965

The Illustrated Gods of the North Robert E. Howard (Necronomicon Press, 1977, $4.95, 15pp, ph) First independent edition of a short story (“Gods of the North”) that was originally published in The Fantasy Fan in March 1934. Limited to 750 numbered copies.

Jewels of Gwahlur Robert E. Howard (Donald M. Grant, 1979, $15.00, 122pp, hc, cover by Dean Morrissey) Fantasy collection. Limited to 2500 copies. Volume eight in the “Deluxe Conan” series. 11 · Jewels of Gwahlur [Conan] · nv Weird Tales Mar 1935 105 · The Snout in the Dark (draft) [Conan] · uw *; originally published in a somewhat different version in Conan of Cimmeria (Lancer, 1969).

King Conan Robert E. Howard (Gnome Press, 1953, $3.00, 255pp, hc, cover by David Kyle) [Conan] Fantasy collection. Limited to 5000 copies. 7 · Introduction · L. Sprague de Camp · in * 13 · Jewels of Gwahlur · Robert E. Howard & L. Sprague de Camp · nv *; lightly edited by de Camp from the story of the same title (Weird Tales March 1935). 58 · Beyond the Black River · Robert E. Howard & L. Sprague de Camp · na *; lightly edited by de Camp from the story of the same title (Weird Tales May & June 1935). 116 · The Treasure of Tranicos · Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp & Lester del Rey · na Fantasy Magazine Mar 1953, as “The Black Stranger”; abridged, edited by de Camp and rewritten by Del Rey from “The Black Stranger” by Howard (Echoes of Valor ed. Karl Edward Wagner, Tor, 1987) 190 · The Phoenix on the Sword · Robert E. Howard & L. Sprague de Camp · nv *; lightly edited by de Camp from the story of the same title (Weird Tales December 1932). 215 · The Scarlet Citadel · Robert E. Howard & L. Sprague de Camp · nv *; lightly edited by de Camp from the story of the same title (Weird Tales January 1933). An Informal Biography of Conan the Cimmerian · John D. Clark, Ph.D. & P. Schuyler Miller · lk; based on “A Probable Outline of Conan’s Career” by P. Schuyler Miller & John D. Clark (The Hyborian Age, LANY Cooperative Publications, 1938)