Robert E. Howard bibliography
Bibliography
A list of prose works by Robert E. Howard . The works are sorted by genre, by series and then alphabetically. Untitled works and fragments (incomplete and unfinished works) are listed separately by their opening line.
Additional information is included where available, covering publication date and place, the amount Howard earned for the sale of the piece, any alternative titles and whether the work is in the public domain. Links to the freely available source texts, on wikisource or Project Gutenberg of Australia, are included in a separate column. These are marked with the appropriate icons.
Fantasy stories
Howard's most famous creation, the Cimmerian barbarian, thief, pirate and King of Aquilonia during the pre-Ice Age Hyborian Age .
Many of the Conan stories not published during Howard's lifetime were edited by other authors before publication. The Fragment stories have all been completed by others since. Where either has occurred before the publication of the original material, this date is noted after the original material's publication date.
Title
First published
Cover
Source text
Notes
Beyond the Black River
Weird Tales 1935, May–June serial, two parts
"Beyond the Black River " (Wikisource )
Novella; Public Domain
Black Colossus
Weird Tales 1933, June
"Black Colossus " (Wikisource )
Sold for $130
The Black Stranger
Echoes of Valor 1987, February
Re-written by Howard as the Black Vulmea story Swords of the Red Brotherhood which was itself rewritten by L. Sprague de Camp into the Conan story The Treasure of Tranicos , first published in Fantasy Fiction Magazine , March 1953
Cimmeria
The Howard Collector #7 1965, Winter
Poem; Written in February 1932
The Devil in Iron
Weird Tales 1934, August
"The Devil in Iron " (Wikisource )
Sold for $115; Public Domain
Drums of Tombalku
The Pool of the Black One 1986
Fragment; Completed version by L. Sprague de Camp first published in Conan the Adventurer , 1966
The Frost Giant's Daughter
Fantasy Fan 1934, March as Gods of the North
"Gods of the North " (Wikisource )
Alternate titles: Gods of the North , The Frost King's Daughter . Gods of the North is in the Public Domain
The God in the Bowl
The Tower of the Elephant 1975
Edited version by L. Sprague de Camp first published in Space Science Fiction , September 1952
The Hall of the Dead
Fantasy Crossroads #1 1974, November
Synopsis; Completed version by L. Sprague de Camp first published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction , February 1967
The Hand of Nergal
The Last Celt 1976
Fragment; Completed version by Lin Carter first published in Conan , 1968
The Hour of the Dragon
Weird Tales 1935, December
"The Hour of the Dragon " (Wikisource )
Novel; published in book form as Conan the Conqueror . Sold for approximately $500
Iron Shadows in the Moon
Weird Tales 1934, April
"Shadows in the Moonlight " (Wikisource )
Alternate title: Shadows in the Moonlight . Sold for $120; Public Domain
Jewels of Gwahlur
Weird Tales 1935, March
"Jewels of Gwahlur " (Wikisource )
Alternate titles: Teeth of Gwahlur , The Servants of Bit-Yakin . Sold for $155; Public Domain
The People of the Black Circle
Weird Tales 1934, September–November serial, three parts
"The People of the Black Circle " (Wikisource )
Novella; Sold for $250; Public Domain
The Phoenix on the Sword
Weird Tales 1932, December
"The Phoenix on the Sword " (Wikisource )
Sold for $85
The Pool of the Black One
Weird Tales 1933, October
"The Pool of the Black One " (Wikisource )
Sold for $110
Queen of the Black Coast
Weird Tales 1934, May
"Queen of the Black Coast " (Wikisource )
Sold for $115; Public Domain
Red Nails
Weird Tales 1936, July—October serial, three parts
"Red Nails " (Wikisource )
Novella; Sold for $115; Public Domain
Rogues in the House
Weird Tales 1934, January
"Rogues in the House " (Wikisource )
Sold for $100
The Scarlet Citadel
Weird Tales 1933, January
"The Scarlet Citadel " (Wikisource )
Sold for $140
Shadows in Zamboula
Weird Tales 1935, November
"Shadows in Zamboula " (Wikisource )
Alternate title: The Man-Eaters of Zamboula . Sold for $120; Public Domain
The Snout in the Dark
Jewels of Gwahlur 1979
Fragment & Synopsis; Completed version by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter first published in Conan of Cimmeria , 1969
The Tower of the Elephant
Weird Tales 1933, March
"The Tower of the Elephant " (Wikisource )
Sold for $95
The Vale of Lost Women
Magazine of Horror #15 1967, Spring
"The Vale of Lost Women " (Wikisource )
Disputed/unknown copyright status
A Witch Shall be Born
Weird Tales 1934, December
"A Witch Shall be Born " (Wikisource )
Sold for $155; Public Domain
Wolves Beyond the Border
The Conan Chronicles, Volume 2 2001
Fragment & Synopsis; Completed version by L. Sprague de Camp first published in Conan the Usurper , 1967
Xuthal of the Dusk
Weird Tales 1933, September
"The Slithering Shadow " (Wikisource )
Alternate title: The Slithering Shadow . Sold for $120
An Atlantean barbarian and King of Valusia in the ancient Thurian Age (predating Conan's Hyborian Age ). He appears in the Bran Mak Morn story "Kings of the Night."
Title
First published
Alternative title(s)
Source Text
Notes
The Altar and the Scorpion
King Kull , 1967
The Black City
King Kull , 1967
The Black Abyss
By This Axe, I Rule
King Kull , 1967
Re-written by Howard into the Conan story The Phoenix on the Sword
The Curse of the Golden Skull
The Howard Collector #9 , Spring 1967
Delcardes' Cat
King Kull , 1967
The Cat and the Skull
Exile of Atlantis
King Kull , 1967
Originally untitled, title created by Glenn Lord
The King and the Oak
Weird Tales , February 1939
Poem
The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune
Weird Tales , September 1929
"The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune " (Wikisource )
Sold for $20; Public Domain
The Shadow Kingdom
Weird Tales , August 1929
"The Shadow Kingdom " (Wikisource )
Sold for $100; Public Domain
The Skull of Silence
King Kull , 1967
The Screaming Skull of Silence
The Striking of the Gong
The Second Book of Robert E. Howard , 1976
Edited version by Lin Carter first published in King Kull , 1967
Swords of the Purple Kingdom
King Kull , 1967
"Wizard and Warrior
Kull , 1978
"Riders Beyond the Sunrise"
Kull , 1978
A Tudor-period Puritan adventurer, wandering across Europe and Africa.
Title
First published
Alternative title(s)
Source text
Notes
Blades of the Brotherhood
Red Shadows , 1968
The Blue Flame of Vengeance , The Blue Flame of Death
Edited version by John Pocsik first published in Over the Edge , 1964; The "Malachi Grim" version is in the Public Domain)
The Castle of the Devil
Red Shadows , 1968
Fragment; Also features John Silent. Completed by Ramsey Campbell .
The Children of Asshur
Red Shadows , 1968
Fragment. Completed by Ramsey Campbell .
Death's Black Riders
The Howard Collector #10 , Spring 1968
Fragment
The Footfalls Within
Weird Tales , September 1931
"The Footfalls Within " (Wikisource )
Sold for $56
Hawk of Basti
Red Shadows , 1968
Fragment. Completed by Ramsey Campbell .
The Hills of the Dead
Weird Tales , August 1930
"The Hills of the Dead " (Wikisource )
Sold for $70
The Moon of Skulls
Weird Tales , June–July 1930
"The Moon of Skulls " (Wikisource )
Novella; Sold for $200
The One Black Stain
Poem
Rattle of Bones
Weird Tales , June 1929
"Rattle of Bones " (Wikisource )
Sold for $20; Public Domain
Red Shadows
Weird Tales , August 1928
Solomon Kane
"Red Shadows " (Wikisource )
Sold for $20; Public Domain
The Return of Sir Richard Grenville
Poem
The Right Hand of Doom
Red Shadows , 1968
Skulls in the Stars
Weird Tales , January 1929
"Skulls in the Stars " (Wikisource )
Sold for $30; Public Domain
Solomon Kane's Homecoming
Poem
Wings in the Night
Weird Tales , July 1932
"Wings in the Night " (Wikisource )
Sold for $134
The King of the Picts during the Roman invasion of Britain, eventually becoming the subject of a Cthulhu Mythos cult as the "Dark Man". He is referenced in the Kirowan story "The Children of the Night" and features in the Turlough O'Brien story "The Dark Man".
Title
First published
Alternative title(s)
Source text
Notes
Bran Mak Morn
Cromlech #3 , 1988
Synopsis; Originally untitled
Bran Mak Morn: A Play
Bran Mak Morn: A Play & Others , 1983
Play; Fragment
The Drums of Pictdom
Poem; Related to, but does not feature, Bran
Kings of the Night
Weird Tales , November 1930
"Kings of the Night " (Wikisource )
Sold for $120; Also features Kull
The Little People
Coven 13, vol. 1 #3 , January 1970
Related to, but does not feature, Bran
The Lost Race
Weird Tales , January 1927
"The Lost Race " (Wikisource )
Related to, but does not feature, Bran; Sold for $30
Men of the Shadows
Bran Mak Morn , 1969
Poem
A Song of the Race
Poem
Worms of the Earth
Weird Tales , November 1932
"Worms of the Earth " (Wikisource )
Sold for $120; Public Domain
Untitled:
"A gray sky arched..."
Bran Mak Morn , 1969
An 11th-century Irish outcast.
Title
First published
Alternative title(s)
Source text
Notes
The Dark Man
Weird Tales , December 1931
"The Dark Man " (Wikisource )
Sold for $85; Features Bran Mak Morn
The Gods of Bal-Sagoth
Weird Tales , October 1931
The Blond Goddess of Bal-Sagoth
"The Gods of Bal-Sagoth " (Wikisource )
Sold for $140
The Shadow of the Hun
Shadow of the Hun , 1975
"The Shadow of the Hun " (Wikisource )
Spears of Clontarf
Spears of Clontarf , 1978
Rewritten by Howard, with added fantasy, as The Grey God Passes and, as a modern horror story, as The Cairn on the Headland
The Twilight of the Grey Gods
Eons of the Night , 1996
The Grey God Passes
Based on Howard's own Spears of Clontarf
Untitled:
"The Dane came in with a rush, hurtling his huge body forward..."
Shadow of the Hun , 1975
A 1930s Texan who recalls his past lives as ancient heroes. Not to be confused with Kid Allison .
Title
First published
Alternative title(s)
Source text
Notes
Black Eons
The Howard Collector #9 , Spring 1967
Fragment; Originally untitled, title created by Robert M. Price
Brachan the Kelt
The New Howard Reader #1 , June 1998
Fragment; Completed version first published in The Barbarian Swordsmen , 1981
The Garden of Fear
Marvel Tales , July–August 1934
"The Garden of Fear " (Wikisource )
Public Domain
Genseric's Fifth-Born Son
Fantasy Crossroads #10/11 , March 1977
Ghor, Kin-Slayer
Fragment; Completed version of 16 chapters further chapters, each by a different author, first published in full in Ghor, Kin-Slayer , 1997
The Guardian of the Idol
The Howard Reader #8 , 2003
Fragment & Synopsis; Completed version by Gerald W. Page first published in Weird Tales #3 , Fall 1981
Marchers of Valhalla
Marchers of Valhalla , 1972
Copyright 1972 by Glenn Lord. Plot: A mysterious woman helps John recall a past life... The men of Aesir and Vanir marched in olden times to the Gulf of Mexico. They found the ancient city of Khemnu, and defended it against raiders from the South, and were betrayed by treachery, so the city was in turn leveled by the scorned goddess Ishtar.
The Tower of Time
The New Howard Reader #2 , August 1998
Akram the Mysterious
Fragment; Completed version by Lin Carter first published in Fantastic Stories , June 1975
The Valley of the Worm
Weird Tales , February 1934
"The Valley of the Worm " (Wikisource )
Public Domain
Other fantasy
Title
First published
Alternative title(s)
Source text
Notes
Almuric
Weird Tales , May–August 1939
"Almuric " (Wikisource )
Novel
People of the Dark
Strange Tales , June 1932
"People of the Dark " (Wikisource )
Sold for $134; Public Domain
Black Canaan
Weird Tales , June 1936
"Black Canaan " (Wikisource )
Sold for $108–120; Public Domain
Delenda Est
Worlds of Fantasy #1 , 1968
Golnor the Ape
Crypt of Cthulhu #38 , February 1985
The Isle of the Eons
The Gods of Bal-Sagoth , April 1979
Nekht Semerkeht
Swords Against Darkness , February 1977
Fragment; Completed by Andrew J. Offutt; Possibly Howard's last work
Spear and Fang
Weird Tales , July 1925
"Spear and Fang " (Wikisource )
Howard's first published work; Sold for $16
The Tomb of the Dragon
The Shadow of the Beast , 1977
Two Against Tyre
The Howard Collector #12 , Spring 1970
Under the Baobab Tree
Cross Plains #5 , 1974
Valley of the Lost
Magazine of Horror #13 , Summer 1966
King of the Forgotten People
Disputed/unknown copyright status
The Voice of El-Lil
Oriental Stories , November 1930
Temptress of the Tower of Torture and Sin
"The Voice of El-Lil " (Wikisource )
Sold for $90; Public Domain
Witch from Hell's Kitchen
Avon Fantasy Reader , 1952
The House of Arabu
"Witch from Hell's Kitchen " (Wikisource )
Public Domain
Boxing stories
A 1930s sailor and boxer, travelling between ports aboard the tramp steamer Sea Girl .
Title
First published
Alternative title(s)
Source text
Notes
Alleys of Peril
Fight Stories , January 1931
Leather Lightning
"Alleys of Peril " (Project Gutenberg of Australia )
Sold for $80; Public Domain
The Battling Sailor
The Pit of the Serpent
Fight Stories , July 1929
Manila Manslaughter
"The Pit of the Serpent " (Wikisource )
Sold for $90; Public Domain
Blow the Chinks Down!
Action Stories , October 1931
The House of Peril
"Blow the Chinks Down! " (Wikisource )
Edited into a Costigan story; Sold for $75
Blue River Blues
Breed of Battle
Action Stories , November 1931
The Fighten'est Pair , Sampson Had a Soft Spot
"Breed of Battle " (Wikisource )
Sold for $80; Public Domain
The Bull Dog Breed
Fight Stories , February 1930
You Got to Kill a Bulldog
"The Bull Dog Breed " (Wikisource )
Sold for $90; Public Domain
By the Law of the Shark
REH Fight Magazine #4 , October 1996
Champ of the Forecastle
Fight Stories , November 1930
Champ of the Seven Seas , The Champion of the Forecastle
"Champ of the Forecastle " (Wikisource )
Sold for $65; Public Domain
Circus Fists
Fight Stories , December 1931
Slugger Bait
"Circus Fists " (Wikisource )
Sold for $70; Public Domain
Dark Shanghai
Action Stories , January 1932
One Shanghai Night
"Dark Shanghai " (Wikisource )
Sold for $75; Public Domain
Fist and Fang
Fight Stories , May 1930
Cannibal Fists
"Fist and Fang " (Wikisource )
Sold for $100; Public Domain
Flying Knuckles
REH Fight Magazine #4 , October 1996
General Ironfist
Jack Dempsey's Fight Magazine , June 1934
"General Ironfist " (Wikisource )
Sold for $35; Public Domain
Hard-Fisted Sentiment
REH Fight Magazine #4 , October 1996
The Honor of the Ship
REH Fight Magazine #4 , October 1996
Night of Battle
Fight Stories , March 1932
Shore Leave for a Slugger
"Night of Battle " (Wikisource )
Sold for $60; Public Domain
Sailor Costigan and the Swami
The Howard Review #7 , April 1977
Sailor's Grudge
Fight Stories , March 1930
Costigan vs. Kid Camera
"Sailor's Grudge " (Wikisource )
Sold for $75; Public Domain
The Sign of the Snake
Action Stories , June 1931
"The Sign of the Snake " (Wikisource )
Edited to be a Costigan story, written as "McClarney"; Sold for $75; Public Domain
The Slugger's Game
Jack Dempsey's Fight Magazine , May 1934
"The Slugger's Game " (Wikisource )
Sold for $35; Public Domain
Sluggers on the Beach
Jack Dempsey's Fight Magazine , August 1934
"Sluggers on the Beach " (Wikisource )
Sold for $35; Public Domain
Texas Fists
Fight Stories , May 1931
Shanghied Mitts
"Texas Fists " (Wikisource )
Sold for $75; Public Domain
The TNT Punch
Action Stories , January 1931
The Waterfront Law , The Waterfront Wallop
"The TNT Punch " (Wikisource )
Sold for $75; Public Domain
Vikings of the Gloves
Fight Stories , February 1932
Including the Scandinavian
"Vikings of the Gloves " (Wikisource )
Sold for $65; Public Domain
Waterfront Fists
Fight Stories , September 1930
Stand Up and Slug
"Waterfront Fists " (Wikisource )
Sold for $90; Public Domain
Winner Take All
Fight Stories , July 1930
Sucker!
"Winner Take All " (Wikisource )
Sold for $80; Public Domain
Untitled:
"I had just hung by sparring partner, Battling O'Toole..."
The Howard Review #2 , March 1975
Fragment
"It was the end of the fourth round..."
The Howard Review #2 , March 1975
Fragment
"The night Sailor Steve Costigan fought Battling O'Rourke..."
The Howard Review #2 , March 1975
Fragment
A renamed version of Sailor Steve Costigan sailing in the Python , published under the pseudonym Patrick Ervin.
Title
First published
Alternative title(s)
Source text
Notes
Alleys of Darkness
Magic Carpet Magazine , January 1934
Alleys of Singapore
"Alleys of Darkness " (Wikisource )
Sold for $45–54; Public Domain
Alleys of Treachery
The Howard Collector #8 , Summer 1966
The Mandarin Ruby
The Destiny Gorilla
The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan , 1974
Sailor Costigan and the Destiny Gorilla , Sailor Dorgan and the Destiny Gorilla
In High Society
The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan , 1974
Cultured Cauliflowers
A Knight of the Round Table
The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan , 1974
Iron-Clad Fists
Playing Journalist
The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan , 1974
A New Game for Costigan , A New Game for Dorgan
Playing Santa Claus
The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan , 1974
A Two-Fisted Santa Claus
Sailor Dorgan and the Jade Monkey
The Howard Collector #14 , Spring 1971
Sailor Costigan and the Jade Monkey , The Jade Monkey
The Turkish Menace
The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan , 1974
Sailor Dorgan and the Turkish Menace , Sailor Costigan and the Turkish Menace
Sold for $67 to Magic Carpet Magazine in May 1933 but the magazine was suspended before publication
The Yellow Cobra
The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan , 1974
Sailor Dorgan and the Yellow Cobra , A Korean Night , A Night Ashore
Not to be confused with James Allison .
A black, happy-go-lucky boxer.
Other Boxing stories
Western stories
Humorous stories of a kind, strong but not very smart cowboy.
All stories with the note "(A Gent from Bear Creek )" were later edited together to become part of the 1937 novel A Gent from Bear Creek .
Title
First published
Alternative title(s)
Source text
Notes
The Apache Mountain War
Action Stories , December 1935
The Apache Mountain War (Wikisource )
Public Domain
The Conquerin' Hero of the Humbolts
Action Stories , October 1936
Politics at Blue Lizard , Politics at Lonesome Lizard
The Conquerin' Hero of the Humbolts (Wikisource )
Public Domain
No Cowherders Wanted
Action Stories , September 1936
Gents in Buckskin
No Cowherders Wanted (Wikisource )
Public Domain
Cupid from Bear Creek
Action Stories , August 1935
The Peaceful Pilgrim
Cupid From Bear Creek (Wikisource )
(A Gent from Bear Creek ); Public Domain
The Curly Wolf of Sawtooth
Star Western , September 1936
A Elston to the Rescue , A Elkins Never Surrenders
Sold for $60
Evil Deeds at Red Cougar
Action Stories , June 1936
Evil Deeds at Red Cougar (Wikisource )
Public Domain
The Feud Buster
Action Stories , June 1935
The Feud Buster (Wikisource )
(A Gent from Bear Creek ); Public Domain
A Gent from Bear Creek
Action Stories , October 1934
A Gent from Bear Creek (Wikisource )
Sold for $46–55; Public Domain
A Gent from Bear Creek
A Gent from Bear Creek , 1937
Novel created by combining several short stories and editing them to fit; Public Domain
Guns of the Mountain
Action Stories , May–June 1934
Guns of the Mountain (Wikisource )
(A Gent from Bear Creek ); Sold for $42–50; Public Domain
The Haunted Mountain
Action Stories , February 1935
The Haunted Mountain (Wikisource )
(A Gent from Bear Creek ); Public Domain
High Horse Rampage
Action Stories , August 1936
Gents on the Rampage
High Horse Rampage (Wikisource )
Public Domain
Mayhem and Taxes
The Summit County Journal , September 1967
Meet Cap'n Kidd
The Summit County Journal , July–October 1968
(A Gent from Bear Creek )
Mountain Man
Action Stories , March–April 1934
Mountain Man (Wikisource )
(A Gent from Bear Creek ); Sold for $46–55; Public Domain
Pilgrims to the Pecos
Action Stories , February 1936
Weary Pilgrims on the Road
Pilgrims to the Pecos (Wikisource )
Sold for $60; Public Domain
Pistol Politics
Action Stories , April 1936
Pistol Politics (Wikisource )
Public Domain
The Riot at Cougar Paw
Action Stories , October 1935
The Riot at Cougar Paw (Wikisource )
Public Domain
The Road to Bear Creek
Action Stories , December 1934
The Road to Bear Creek (Wikisource )
(A Gent from Bear Creek ); Sold for $42–50; Public Domain
The Scalp Hunter
Action Stories , August 1934
A Stranger in Grizzly Claw
The Scalp Hunter (Wikisource )
(A Gent from Bear Creek ); Sold for $51–60; Public Domain
Sharp's Gun Serenade
Action Stories , January 1937
Educate or Bust
Sharp's Gun Serenade (Wikisource )
(A Gent from Bear Creek ); Public Domain
Striped Shirts and Busted Hearts
The Summit County Journal , June 1967
(A Gent from Bear Creek )
War on Bear Creek
Action Stories , April 1935
War on Bear Creek (Wikisource )
(A Gent from Bear Creek ); Sold for $54–60; Public Domain
When Bear Creek Came to Chawed Ear
The Summit County Journal , March–September 1971
(A Gent from Bear Creek )
AKA Steve Allison. He also appears in some of the El Borak stories.
Title
First published
Alternative title(s)
Source text
Notes
Brotherly Advice
The Sonora Kid , 1988
Desert Rendezvous
The Sonora Kid , 1988
The Devil's Joker
Cross Plains #6 , 1975
The Devil's Jest , Outlaw Trails
Knife, Bullet and Noose
The Howard Collector #6 , Spring 1965
Knife, Gun and Noose
Red Curls and Bobbed Hair
The Sonora Kid , 1988
The Sonora Kid-Cowhand
The Sonora Kid , 1988
The Sonora Kid's Winning Hand
The Sonora Kid , 1988
The West Tower
The Sonora Kid , 1988
Fragment
Untitled:
"A blazing sun in a blazing sky, reflected from..."
The Sonora Kid , 1988
Fragment
"The Hades Saloon and gambling hall, Buffalotown..."
The Sonora Kid , 1988
Fragment
"The Hot Arizona sun had not risen high enough to heat..."
The Sonora Kid , 1988
Fragment
"Madge Meraldson set her traveling-bag on the station..."
The Sonora Kid , 1988
Fragment
"Steve Allison settled himself down comfortably in..."
The Sonora Kid , 1988
Fragment
"The way it came about that Steve Allison, Timoleon..."
The Sonora Kid , 1988
Fragment
Other Westerns
Title
First published
Alternative title(s)
Source text
Notes
Bill Smalley and the Power of the Human Eye
The Dark Man #1 , 1991
The Power of the Human Eye
Boot-Hill Payoff
Western Aces , October 1935
The Last Ride
Boot-Hill Payoff (Wikisource )
Novella; Finished work started by Robert Enders Allen ; Sold for $78–110; Public Domain
Drums of the Sunset
The Cross Plains Review , November 1928 - January 1929
Riders of the Sunset
Sold for $20; Public Domain
The Extermination of Yellow Donory
Zane Grey Western Magazine , June 1970
The Killing of Yellow Donory
Golden Hope Christmas
The Tattler , the Brownwood High School paper, December 1922
""Golden Hope" Christmas " (Wikisource )
Showdown at Hell's Canyon
The Vultures , 1973
The Judgement of the Desert
Six-Gun Interview
Never published
Fragment; Public Domain
Vulture's Sanctuary
Argosy , November 1936
The Vultures of Whapeton
Smashing Novels Magazine , December 1936
The Vultures , The Vultures of Teton Gulch , The Vultures of Wahpeton
The Vultures of Whapeton (Project Gutenberg of Australia )
Novella; Sold for 135–150; This story has two endings
Historical stories
See also Solomon Kane , Bran Mak Morn and Turlough Dubh O'Brien for historical stories with fantasy elements.
A Texan gunman in early 20th Century Afghanistan. Several of the El Borak stories also feature The Sonora Kid .
Title
First published
Alternative title(s)
Source text
Notes
Blood of the Gods
Top-Notch , July 1935
"Blood of the Gods " (Wikisource )
Novella; Disputed/unknown copyright status
The Coming of El Borak
The Coming of El Borak , September 1987
The Country of the Knife
Complete Stories , August 1936
Sons of the Hawk
"The Country of the Knife " (Wikisource )
Novella; Sold for $120; Disputed/unknown copyright status
The Daughter of Erlik Khan
Top-Notch , December 1934
"The Daughter of Erlik Khan " (Wikisource )
Novella; Sold for $195–230; Disputed/unknown copyright status
El Borak
1: The Coming of El Borak , September 1987 2: North of the Khyber , December 1987
Two stories were printed under this title, the second features the Sonora Kid. The synopsis of one version is in the Public Domain
Hawk of the Hills
Top-Notch , June 1935
"Hawk of the Hills " (Wikisource )
Novella; Disputed/unknown copyright status
Intrigue in Kurdistan
Pulse Pounding Adventure Stories #1 , December 1986
The Iron Terror
The Coming of El Borak , September 1987
Khoda Khan's Tale
The Coming of El Borak , September 1987
The Land of Mystery
North of the Khyber , December 1987
Features the Sonora Kid
The Lost Valley of Iskander
The Lost Valley of Iskander , 1974
Swords of the Hills
"The Lost Valley of Iskander " (Wikisource )
North of Khyber
North of the Khyber , December 1987
Features the Sonora Kid
A Power Among the Islands
North of the Khyber , December 1987
Features the Sonora Kid
The Shunned Castle
North of the Khyber , December 1987
Features the Sonora Kid
Son of the White Wolf
Thrilling Adventures , December 1936
"Son of the White Wolf " (Wikisource )
Sold for $50; Disputed/unknown copyright status
Three-Bladed Doom
REH Lone Star Fictioneer #4 , Spring 1976 (short) and Three-Bladed Doom , 1977 (long)
Novella; Printed in both a long and shortened version; Edited by L. Sprague de Camp into a Conan story called The Flame Knife
The White Jade Ring
"The Early Adventures of El Borak", 2010
Fragment; Features the Sonora Kid
Untitled:
"Gordon, the American whom the Arabs call El Borak..."
The Coming of El Borak , September 1987
"When Yar Ali Khan crept into the camp of Zumal Khan..."
"The Early Adventures of El Borak", 2010
Fragment
A red-haired swordswoman in 16th Century France.
Title
First published
Alternative title(s)
Source text
Notes
Blades for France
Blades for France , 1975
Sword Woman
REH:Lone Star Finctioneer #2 , Summer 1975
Mistress of Death
Witchcraft & Sorcery Volume 1 Number 5 , January–February 1971
Fragment; Completed by Gerald W. Page
A Norman/Gael knight fighting in the Crusades.
An American posing as a Kurdish mercenary in Central Asia.
An Irish pirate during the Dark Ages.
An Irish pirate sailing the Caribbean.
Howard's female pirate of the Caribbean.
Other historical stories
Title
First published
Alternative title(s)
Source text
Notes
Gates of Empire
Golden Fleece , January 1939
The Road of the Mountain Lion
"Gates of Empire " (Wikisource )
Hawks Over Egypt
The Road of Azrael , 1979
Edited by L. Sprague de Camp into the Conan story Hawks Over Shem , first published in Fantastic Universe , October 1955; The short version is in the Public Domain
The King's Service
The King's Service , 1975
"The King's Service " (Wikisource )
The Lion of Tiberias
Magic Carpet Magazine , July 1933
"The Lion of Tiberias " (Wikisource )
Sold for $110
Lord of Samarcand
Oriental Stories , Spring 1932
The Lame Man
"Lord of Samarcand " (Wikisource )
Sold for $140; Public Domain
The Sowers of the Thunder
Oriental Stories , Winter 1932
"The Sowers of Thunder " (Wikisource )
Sold for $160; References Cormac Fitzgeoffrey ; Public Domain
Spears of the East
The Golden Caliph , 1923
The Track of Bohemund
The Road of Azrael , 1979
Under the Great Tiger
The All-Around Magazine , May–July 1923
Collaboration with Tevis Clyde Smith ; The All-Around Magazine was Howard & Smith's own amateur magazine
Red Blades of Black Cathay
Oriental Stories , February–March 1931
"Red Blades of Black Cathay " (Wikisource )
Based on research by Tevis Clyde Smith ; Sold for $118; Public Domain
The Road of Azrael
Chacal #1 , Winter 1976
The Shadow of the Vulture
Magic Carpet Magazine , January 1934
"The Shadow of the Vulture " (Wikisource )
Sold for $140; This is the only Howard story to feature Red Sonya ; Public Domain
The Road of the Eagles
The Road of Azrael , 1979
The Way of the Swords
Edited by L. Sprague de Camp into the Conan story Conan, Man of Destiny first published in Fantastic Universe , December 1955, then published as The Road of the Eagles in Tales of Conan , 1955
Untitled:
"The wind from the Mediterranean wafted..."
Amra , November 1959
Fragment
Horror stories
These stories are part of the Cthulhu Mythos
Title
First published
Alternative title(s)
Source text
Notes
A Legend of Faring Town
Verses in Ebony , 1975
Poem
Restless Waters
Spaceway Science Fiction , September–October 1969
The Horror at the Window
Sea Curse
Weird Tales , May 1928
"Sea Curse " (Wikisource )
Sold for $17-20. Copyright 1928 by Popular Fiction Publishing Company. Plot: A boy relates how John Kulrek defiled a simple girl, and her aunt, Moll Farrell, the sea witch, laid on him a curse that brought him back from sea in a hell-ship rowed by skeletons.
Out of the Deep
Magazine of Horror #18 , November 1967
Disputed/unknown copyright status Plot: Adam Falcon sailed at dawn, and washed ashore at dusk. But the thing was not Adam, and wreaks terror through the night. Only the village idiot, hearing a whisper from the sea, dares confront the creature.
A Norman werewolf.
Weird West
Weird West stories are hybrids, a combination of a Western with another genre , usually horror , occult, or fantasy.[ 1]
Title
First published
Alternative title(s)
Source text
Notes
The Dead Remember
Argosy , August 1936
Sold for $17.50
For the Love of Barbara Allen
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction , August 1966
Copyright 1966 by Mercury Press, Inc. Plot: A snatch of song and a blow to the head send a man back into his ancestor's body for a Civil War battle - and a chance to relieve an old maid's heart as her lover briefly returns.
The Haunted Hut
Weirdbook Two , 1969
The Horror from the Mound
Weird Tales , May 1932
The Monster from the Mound
The Horror from the Mound (Project Gutenberg of Australia )
Sold for $65
A Horror in the Night
Cross Plains #3 , March 1974
The Man on the Ground
Weird Tales , July 1933
Sold for $20
Old Garfield's Heart
Weird Tales , December 1933
Old Garrod's Heart
Sold for $35
Pigeons From Hell
Weird Tales , May 1938
"Pigeons from Hell (Wikisource )
Secret of Lost Valley
Startling Mystery Stories #4 , Spring 1967
The Valley of the Lost
Included in Marchers of Valhalla
Copyright 1967 by Health Knowledge, Inc. Plot: The Reynolds-McCrill feud ends in Lost Valley when dead men walk and a refugee stumbles into the caverns of a lost race of lizard-men.
The Shadow of the Beast
The Shadow of the Beast , 1977
The Shadow of Doom
The Howard Collector #8 , Summer 1966
The Thunder-Rider
Marchers of Valhalla , 1977
Plot: A city Indian, John Garfield, dreams of past lives... One was the Comanche Iron Heart, the Thunder-Rider, who wandered into an ensorcelled plain and rescued Conchita the woman-warrior from Aztecs and giants.
Other Weird Menace
Title
First published
Alternative title(s)
Source text
Notes
Black Hound of Death
Weird Tales , November 1936
Sold for $90–100; Public Domain
Black Talons
Strange Detective Stories , December 1933
Talons in the Dark
Black Talons (Wikisource )
Sold for $55–65; Public Domain
Black Wind Blowing
Thrilling Mystery , June 1936
Black Wind Blowing (Project Gutenberg of Australia )
Sold for $40; Disputed/unknown copyright status
The Brazen Peacock
REH: Lone Star Fictioneer #3 , Fall 1975
Devils of Dark Lake
WT 50: A Tribute to Weird Tales , 1974
The Grisly Horror
Weird Tales , February 1935
Moon of Zambebwei
Moon of Zambebwei (Project Gutenberg of Australia )
Sold for $99–110; Public Domain
Guests of the Hoodoo Room
Shudder Stories #1 , June 1984
The Hand of Obeah
Crypt of Cthulhu #16 , September 1983
The House of Om
Shudder Stories #2 , December 1984
Synopsis
The Return of Skull-Face
The Return of Skullface , 1977
Taveral Manor
Fragment; Completed by Richard A. Lupoff
Skull-Face
Weird Tales , October–December 1929
Skull-Face (Project Gutenberg of Australia )
Novella; Sold for $300; Public Domain
The Spell of Damballah
Revelations of Yuggoth #1 , November 1987
Title
First published
Alternative title(s)
Source text
Notes
Arkham
Weird Tales , August 1932
Sold for $1
The Black Bear Bites
From Beyond the Dark Gateway #3 , 1974
Black Eons
The Howard Collector #9 , Spring 1967
Fragment; Originally untitled; Completed & titled version by Robert M. Price first published in Fantasy Book , June 1985
Candles
Poem
The Challenge from Beyond
Fantasy Magazine , September 1935
The Challenge from Beyond (Project Gutenberg of Australia )
"Round Robin" story with C.L. Moore , A. Merritt , H. P. Lovecraft & Frank Belknap Long ; Public Domain
The Door to the Garden
Fantasy Crosswinds #2 , January 1977
The Door to the World
Fragment
The Fire of Asshurbanipal
Weird Tales , December 1936
The Fire of Asshurbanipal (Project Gutenberg of Australia )
Sold for $100; Edited from an earlier complete draft, with no horror element, by Howard. Non-horror version first published in The Howard Collector #16 , Spring 1972; The horror version is in the Public Domain
The House in the Oaks
The Howard Reader #8 , 2003
The House
Fragment; Version completed by August Derleth first published in Dark Things , 1971
Usurp the Night
Weirdbook Three , 1970
The Hoofed Thing
Other horror stories
Title
First published
Alternative title(s)
Source text
Notes
Black Country
Weirdbook Six , 1973
Public Domain
The Cairn on the Headland
Strange Tales , January 1933
The Cairn on the Headland (Wikisource )
Sold for $144; Public Domain
Casonetto's Last Song
Etchings and Odysseys #1 , 1973
The Cobra in the Dream
Weirdbook One , 1968
Dermod's Bane
Magazine of Horror #17 , Fall 1967
Disputed/unknown copyright status
The Devil's Woodchopper
The Grim Land and Others , 1976
Fragment; Completed by Tevis Clyde Smith
The Dream Snake
Weird Tales , February 1928
"The Dream Snake " (Wikisource )
Sold for $20
The Fear-Master
Crypt of Cthulhu #22 , April 1984
The Fearsome Touch of Death
Weird Tales , February 1930
The Touch of Death
The Fearsome Touch of Death (Wikisource )
Sold for $18
The Hyena
Weird Tales , March 1928
"The Hyena " (Wikisource )
Sold for $25; Public Domain
The Noseless Horror
Magazine of Horror #31 , February 1970
Disputed/unknown copyright status
The Return of the Sorcerer
Bicentennial Tribute to REH , 1976
Serpent Vines
Witchcraft and Sorcery #10 , 1974
Spectres in the Dark
WT 50: A Tribute to Weird Tales , 1974
The Supreme Moment
Crypt of Cthulhu #25 , September 1984
A Thunder of Trumpets
Weird Tales , September 1938
With Frank Thurston Torbett . Copyright 1938 by Popular Fiction Publishing Company. Plot: In India, an English girl is saved from a tiger by Ranjit Bhatarka. Infatuated, she seeks his company. But the locals warn he's a Hindoo, an ancient holy man to be feared.
Untitled
"The night was damp, misty, the air possessing a certain..."
Fantasy Crossroads #7 , February 1976
Fragment
Detective stories
A police detective, often coming across weird cases on his River Street patrol in Chinatown.
Title
First published
Alternative title(s)
Source text
Notes
The Black Moon
Bran Mak Morn: A Play & Others , 1983
Fangs of Gold
Strange Detective Stories , February 1934
People of the Serpent
"Fangs of Gold (Wikisource )
Sold for $85-100; Public Domain
Graveyard Rats
Thrilling Mystery , February 1936
"Graveyard Rat (Wikisource )
Disputed/unknown copyright status
The House of Suspicion
The Second Book of Robert E. Howard , 1976
House of Fear
Lord of the Dead
Skull-Face , 1978
Dead Man's Doom
The Mystery of Tannernoe Lodge
Lord of the Dead , 1981
Fragment; Completed by Fred Blosser
Names in the Black Book
Super Detective Stories , May 1934
"Names in the Black Book (Wikisource )
Sold for $85-100; Public Domain
The Silver Heel
Two-Fisted Detective Stories , May 1984
The Tomb's Secret
Strange Detective Stories , February 1934
Teeth of Doom
"The Tomb's Secret (Wikisource )
Main character changed to "Brock Rollins" for its first publication: Sold for $72–85; Public Domain
The Voice of Death
Two-Fisted Detective Stories , May 1984
Untitled:
"Steve Harrison received a wire from Joan Wiltshaw..."
Two-Fisted Detective Stories , May 1984
Synopsis only
Private detectives.
Title
First published
Alternative title(s)
Source text
Notes
Hand of the Black Goddess
Bran Mak Morn: A Play & Others , 1983
Scarlet Tears
Sons of Hate
Two-Fisted Detective Stories , May 1984
Title
First published
Alternative title(s)
Source text
Notes
The Ghost with the Silk Hat
Writer of the Dark , 1986
Westward Ho!
Never published
Fragment; Public Domain
The Wild Man
Never published
Fragment
Untitled:
"William Aloysius McGraw's father was red-headed and..."
Never published
Fragment
Comedy stories
Title
First published
Alternative title(s)
Source text
Notes
After the Game
Yellow Jacket , October 1926
"After the Game " (Wikisource )
Cupid vs. Pollux
Yellow Jacket , October 1927
"Cupid vs. Pollux " (Wikisource )
Eighttoes Makes a Play
Red Blades of Black Cathay , 1971
This story has two endings
Halt! Who Goes There?
Yellow Jacket , September 1924
"Halt! Who Goes There? " (Wikisource )
The Reformation: A Dream
Yellow Jacket , April 1927
The Reformation of a Dream
"The Reformation: A Dream " (Wikisource )
The Sheik
The Tattler , the Brownwood High School paper, March 1923
"The Sheik " (Wikisource )
Sleeping Beauty
Yellow Jacket , October 1926
"Sleeping Beauty " (Wikisource )
The Thessalians
Yellow Jacket , January 1927
"The Thessalians " (Wikisource )
Weekly Short Story
Yellow Jacket , November 1926
"Weekly Short Story " (Wikisource )
West Is West
The Tattler , the Brownwood High School paper, December 1922
"West Is West " (Wikisource )
Ye College Days
Yellow Jacket , January 1927
"Ye College Days " (Wikisource )
Spicy stories
The "Spicy" pulp magazines printed stories that were considered scandalous at the time (elements of nudity and implied sex).
Other Spicy stories
"True Adventure" stories
Title
First published
Alternative title(s)
Source text
Notes
The Block
Pay Day , 1986
The Curse of Greed
Fantasy Crosswinds #1 , January 1977
The Devil in his Brain
Lurid Confessions #1 , June 1986
Diogenes of Today
Red Blades of Black Cathay , 1971
Written with Tevis Clyde Smith
Le Gentil Homme le Diable
The Toreador , June 1925
The Heathen
The Howard Collector #13, Fall 1970
The Ideal Girl
The Tattler , the Brownwood High School paper, January 1925
"The Ideal Girl " (Wikisource )
The Loser
REH: Lone Star Fictioneer #1 , Spring 1975
A Matter of Age
Lurid Confessions #1 , June 1986
Midnight
The Junto , September 1929
Musings of a Moron
The Howard Collector #10, Spring 1968
Nerve
Pay Day , 1986
The Nut's Shell
Pay Day , 1986
Pay Day
Pay Day , 1986
Post Oaks & Sand Roughs
Post Oaks & Sand Roughs , 1990
Semi-autobiographical
The Sophisticate
Pay Day , 1986
The Stones of Destiny
Pulp Magazine #1 , March 1989
Sunday in a Small Town
The Howard Collector #11, Spring 1969
A Touch of Color
Pay Day , 1986
The Voice of the Mob
Lurid Confessions #1 , June 1986
Wild Water
The Vultures of Whapeton , 1975
Other stories
Title
First published
Alternative title(s)
Source text
Notes
The Abbey
Fantasy Crossroads #4-5 , 1975
Fragment
Aha! or The Mystery of the Queen's Necklace
The Tattler , the Brownwood High School paper, March 1923
"Aha! or The Mystery of the Queen's Necklace " (Wikisource )
Ambition by Moonlight
The Junto , January 1929
Ambition in the Moonlight
A Dream
The Howard Collector #14, Spring 1971
Originally untitled
Etched in Ebony
The Junto , September 1929
Etchings in Ivory
Etchings in Ivory , 1968
The Ghost in the Doorway
The Howard Collector #11, Spring 1969
The Gondarian Man
Fantasy Crossroads #6 , November 1975
The Hashish Land
Fantome #1 , 1978
The Last Laugh
Fantasy Crossroads #9, August 1976
The Last White Man
The Howard Collector #5, Summer 1964
Fragment
Unhand Me, Villain
The Tattler , the Brownwood High School paper, February 1923
"Unhand Me, Villain " (Wikisource )
Spanish Gold on Devil Horse
The Howard Collector #17, Autumn 1972
Essays and articles
Title
First published
Alternative title(s)
Source text
Notes
The Beast from the Abyss
"The Beast from the Abyss (Wikisource )
The Galveston Affair
The Junto , December 1928
The Ghost of Camp Colorado
The Texaco Star
Sold for $28.26; Public Domain
The Hyborian Age
The Phantagraph , February–November 1936
"The Hyborian Age (Wikisource )
Public Domain
The Ideal Girl
The Tattler , the Brownwood High School paper, January 1925
Public Domain
To a Man Whose Name I Never Knew
The Junto , November 1928
Kid Dula Due To Be Champion
The Brownwood Bulletin , July 1928
Public Domain
Midnight
The Junto , September 1928
"Midnight " (Wikisource )
Public Domain
More Evidences of the Innate Divinity of Man
The Junto , October 1928
Them
The Junto , September 1928
With a Set of Rattlesnake Rattles
Leaves #1 , Summer 1937
"With a Set of Rattlesnake Rattles (Wikisource )
Public Domain
Poetry
Other fragments
The Atavist (Public Domain)
Age Lasting Love (First published in La Tombe Du Dragon , 1990. Public Domain)
The Battling Sailor
Blue River Blues
A Boy, a Beehive, and a Chinaman
The Brand of Satan (Public Domain)
Circus Charade (Public Domain)
The Dominant Male (Public Domain)
The Drawing Card (Public Domain)
The Drifter (Public Domain)
A Faithful Servant (Public Domain)
Fate is the Killer (Public Domain)
The Feminine of the Species (Public Domain)
The Ferocious Ape (Public Domain)
The Fishing Trip (Public Domain)
Fistic Psychology
The Folly of Conceit (Public Domain)
Friends (Public Domain)
The Funniest Bout (Public Domain)
The Ghost Behind the Gloves (Public Domain)
The Ghost of Bald Rock Ranch (Public Domain)
In His Own Image (Public Domain)
Incongruity (Public Domain)
The Influence of the Movies (Public Domain)
The Ivory Camel (Public Domain)
The Land of Forgotten Ages (Public Domain)
The Lion Gate (Public Domain)
Lobo Volante (Public Domain)
Man (Public Domain)
A Man and a Brother (Public Domain)
A Man of Peace (Public Domain)
The Man Who Went Back (Public Domain)
Mr. Dowser Buys a Car (Public Domain)
Over the Rockies in a Ford (Public Domain)
Pigskin Scholar (Public Domain)
The Punch (Public Domain)
The Recalcitrant (Public Domain)
The Red Stone (Public Domain)
The Slayer (Never published. Public Domain)
A South Sea Storm (Never published. Public Domain)
The Splendid Brute (Never published. Public Domain)
Tallyho! (Public Domain)
Ten Minutes on a Street Corner (Public Domain)
Through the Ages (Public Domain)
The Treasure of Henry Morgan (Public Domain)
A Twentieth-Century Rip Van Winkle (Public Domain)
A Unique Hat (Public Domain)
The Weeping Willow
What the Deuce? (Public Domain)
The Wheel Turns (Public Domain)
The White Jade Ring (Public Domain)
The Wild Man (Public Domain)
The Wings of the Bat (Public Domain)
Yellow Laughter (Public Domain)
Other untitled stories
"As he approached the two, he swept off his feathered hat..."
"Better a man should remain in kindly ignorance, than..."
"Between berserk battle-rages, the black despair of melancholy..."
"Franey was a fool."
"From the black, bandit-haunted mountains of Kang..."
"Help! Help! They're murderin' me!"
"Huh?" I was so dumbfounded I was clean off..."
"I", said Cuchulain, "was a man, at least."
"I'm writing this with a piece of pencil on the backs of old..."
"It was a strange experience, and I don't expect anyone..."
"A land of wild, fantastic beauty; of mighty trees..."
"The lazy quiet of the mid-summer day was shattered..."
"A man", said my friend Larry Aloysius O'Leary..."
"The matter seemed so obvious that my only answer..."
"Maybe it doesn't seem like anything interesting and..."
"Mike Costigan, writer and self-avowed futilist, gazed..."
"The next day I was sluggish and inefficient in my work..."
"Old Man Jacobsen crunched his powerful teeth through..."
"So I set out up the hill-trail as if on a hunt and..."
"So there I was..."
"Spike Morissey was as tough a kid as ever came..."
"The tale has always been doubted and scoffed at..."
"that is, the artistry is but a symbol for the thought!"
"Thure Khan gazed out across the shifting vastness..."
"Trails led through dense jungle..."
"Two men were standing in the bazaar at Delhi..."
"You," said Shifty Griddle, pointing his finger at me..."
"Joe Rogers had been working the stock markets..."
References
This list was based on the following articles:
With some additional material from these sources:
External links
^ An essential taster of ...The Weird West , Metro, 2 June 2008
Fantasy
Adventure
Comedy
Horror
Other
Short story collections Other stories Other characters Poetry See also