First Cuts: The Drafts and Fragments
Breckinridge Elkins: Rough Trails Volume 3
REH Foundation Press
Year :
April 2026 (Trade paperback)
TBD 2026 (Hardcover)
Book No. : ISBN-13: 9781955446778 (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781955446785 (Trade paperback)
Edition : 1st
Format : Hardcover with dust jacket (6 x 9.25 inches)
Trade paperback (6 x 9.25 inches)
Pages : xxxi plus 326
Cover : Leslie Ross (From ACTION STORIES, January 1937)
Design by Ståle Gismervik
Illustrations : Original pulp illustrations
Rudolph Belarski and Leslie Ross

 Breckinridge Elkins: Rough Trails Volume 3
      
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Contents
Acknowledgments
Editor’s Note
"On Editing Robert E. Howard: A Note on Language, Style, and Fidelity"
"Bruises, Broken Bones and LOLs" by Dierk Günther
Pistol Politics
Editorial Notes
"Pistol Politics" (notes written by REH)
"Pistol Politics" (Draft 1, untitled, incomplete, typescript page scan)
"Pistol Politics" (Draft 1, untitled, incomplete)
"Pistol Politics" (Draft 2, untitled, complete)
"Pistol Politics" (Draft 3, untitled, incomplete)
"Pistol Politics" (Draft 4, untitled, incomplete)
"Pistol Politics" (Draft 5, untitled, complete)
"Pistol Politics" (Draft 6, untitled, complete)
"Pistol Politics" (false start #1)
"Pistol Politics" (false start #2 and #3)
Evil Deeds at Red Cougar
Editorial Notes
"Evil Deeds at Red Cougar" (untitled synopsis)
"Evil Deeds at Red Cougar" (Draft 1, untitled, complete)
"Evil Deeds at Red Cougar" (Draft 2, untitled, complete)
"Evil Deeds at Red Cougar" (Draft 2-1, untitled, alternate ending)
"Evil Deeds at Red Cougar" (Draft 2-2, untitled, alternate ending)
"Evil Deeds at Red Cougar" (Draft 3, untitled, complete)
"Evil Deeds at Red Cougar" (false start #1)
"Evil Deeds at Red Cougar" (false start #2)
Gents on the Rampage
Editorial Notes
"Gents on the Rampage" (untitled synopsis, typescript page scan)
"Gents on the Rampage" (untitled synopsis)
"Gents on the Rampage" (Draft 1, untitled, incomplete)
"Gents on the Rampage" (Draft 2, untitled, complete)
"Gents on the Rampage" (Draft 3, titled and complete)
"Gents on the Rampage" (false start)
Gents in Buckskin
Editorial Notes
"Gents in Buckskin" (Draft 1, untitled, complete)
"Gents in Buckskin" (Draft 2, untitled, complete)
"Gents in Buckskin" (Draft 3, untitled, complete)
"Gents in Buckskin" (Draft 4, titled and complete)
Politics at Lonesome Lizard
Editorial Notes
"Politics at Lonesome Lizard" (Draft 1, untitled, complete)
"Politics at Lonesome Lizard" (Draft 2, untitled, complete)
"Politics at Lonesome Lizard" (Draft 3, titled and complete)
Sharp’s Gun Serenade
Editorial Notes
"Sharp’s Gun Serenade" (Draft 1, untitled, incomplete)
"Sharp’s Gun Serenade" (Draft 2, untitled, incomplete)
 
Notes
This series collects all of the drafts and synopses for REH's Breckinridge Elkins stories.
Series: Breckinridge Elkins: Rough Trails Book 3 of 4
Concept, transcriptions, layout and project development by Ståle Gismervik, Savage Studios.
All of the Howard stories and portions thereof contained in First Cuts: The Drafts and Fragments – Breckinridge Elkins Rough Trails Volume 1 come from Howard’s original typescripts, manuscripts, and carbons. Virtually all of the typescripts were scanned from the Glenn Lord collection, now at the University of Texas, Austin; the Robert E. Howard collection at Texas A&M University; or the typescript collection at Cross Plains Library.