Robert E. Howard and Weird Tales
Dennis McHaney 
Year : November 2021   
Book No. : None
Edition : 1st
Format : Hardcover (8.5 x 11 inches)
Trade paperback (8.5 x 11 inches)
Pages : xi plus 176
Cover art : J. Allen St. John
From WEIRD TALES, December 1936  
Illustrations (Covers):
Andrew Brosnatch, E. M. Stevenson, C. Barker Petri, Jr., Curtis C. Senf, Hugh Rankin, T. Wyatt Nelson, Margaret Brundage, J. Allen St. John, Virgil Finlay, A.R. Tilburne, Ray Quigley, Harold S. De Lay, Frank Kelly Freas, Gary van der Steur, Bill Edwards, Tom Barber, Doug Beekman, J. K. Potter, Vincent Di Fate, Bob Eggleton, Jason Van Hollander & Allen Koszowski, Thomas Skinner, Frank Utpatel, John Mayer, Hannes Bok, John Forte, David Kyle, Norman Saunders, Ken Kelly, Rudy Nebres, Neal Adams, Alex Nino
Illustrations (Interior): G. O. Olnick, Hugh Rankin, Doak (Hugh Rankin), Curtis C. Senf, Joseph Doolin, Wyatt Nelson, Jayem Wilcox, H. R. Hammond, Vincent Napoli, Harold S. De Lay, J. Allen St. John, Virgil Finlay, Lee Brown Coye, W. H.  Silvey
 Robert E. Howard and Weird Tales
Other editions:
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Notes
The book is heavily illustrated in color. Included are:
1. The cover of every issue of WEIRD TALES containing REH.
2. The first page of the REH story.
3. If the "first page" is a poem, that verse is present.
4. REH Coming Next Month advertisments.
5. Some story interior illustration
s.
6. Weird Tales letter column comments regarding REH.
7. Several REH letters to Weird Tales.






Contents
"A Man and his Work" by Dennis McHaney (Introduction)
The Early Years
"Spear and Fang" (excerpt only)
"In the Forest of Villefère" (excerpt only)
"Wolfshead" (excerpt only)
Letter to Weird Tales, ca. late 1925, Published in magazine in January 1926,
"These are sheer masterpieces . . ."

Letter to Farnsworth Wright, ca. June-July 1931,
"In your last letter you asked me to give you . . ." (excerpt only)
Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, ca. July 1933,
"Glad we got the physical-mental question . . ."
(excerpt only)
"The Lost Race" (excerpt only)
"The Song of the Bats" (poem)
"The Ride of the Falume" (poem)
1928
"The Riders of Babylon" (poem)
"The Dream Snake" (excerpt only)
Letter to Weird Tales, ca. April 1928, "Mr. Lovecraft’s latest story . . ."
"The Hyena" (illustration & caption only)
"Remembrance" (poem)
"Sea Curse" (excerpt only)
"The Gates of Nineveh" (poem)
"Red Shadows" (illustrations with captions only)
"The Harp of Alfred" (poem)
"Easter Island" (poem)
1929
Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. February 1929
“Salaam: / Last night the Sunday School class ...”
(excerpt only)
"Skulls in the Stars" (excerpt only)
"Crete" (poem)
"Moon Mockery" (poem)
"Rattle of Bones" (excerpt only)
"Forbidden Magic" (poem)
"The Shadow Kingdom" (illustration only)
"The Moor Ghost" (poem)
"The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune" (illustration with caption only)
"Skull-Face" (excerpt only)
1930
"Dead Man's Hate" (poem)
"The Fearsome Touch of Death" (excerpt only)
Letter to WEIRD TALES, ca. March 1930, "Thirsty Blades is fine."
"A Song out of Midian" (poem)
Letter to Farnsworth Wright, ca. June 1930, "I have long looked forward to reading . . ."
"Shadows on the Road" (poem)
"The Moon of Skulls" (excerpt only)
"The Hills of the Dead" (illustration with caption only)
"Black Chant Imperial" (poem)
"Kings of the Night" (illustration with caption only)
Letter to Weird Tales, ca. December 1930, "I was particularly fascinated . . ."
1931
"The Song of a Mad Minstrel" (poem)
Letter to  Farnsworth Wright, ca. June-July 1931, "In your last letter you asked me to give you . . ."
"The Children of the Night" (illustration with caption only)
"The Footfalls Within" (illustration with caption only)
"The Gods of Bal-Sagoth" (illustration with caption only)
"The Black Stone" (illustration with caption only)
"The Dark Man" (excerpt only)
1932
Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, March 2, 1932, "I’m finally getting around . . ." (excerpt only)
Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, ca. April 1932, "At last I’ve gotten around . . ." (excerpt only)
Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, To Be Identified (excerpt only)
"The Thing on the Roof"  (illustration with caption only)
"The Last Day" (poem)
Letter to Weird Tales, ca. February 1932, "Congratulations on the appearance . . ."
"The Horror from the Mound" (illustration with caption only)
"Wings in the Night" (excerpt only)
"Arkham" (poem)
"An Open Window" (poem)
"Worms of the Earth" (illustration with caption only)
Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, To Be Identified (excerpt only)
"The Phoenix on the Sword" (excerpt only)
1933
Letter to The Claytons Magazines, June 13, 1933, "A few weeks ago . . ."
Letter to Hugh G. Schonfield, June 15, 1933, "As I promised, in answer to your letter . . ."
"The Scarlet Citadel" (excerpt only)
"The Tower of the Elephant" (excerpt only)
Letter to Clark Ashton Smith, ca. October 1933, "Thanks very much for the kind things . . ." (excerpt only)
Letter to Carl Jacobi, March 17, 1933, "I am glad to write to Wright, commenting . . ." (excerpt only)
"Autumn" (poem)
"Moonlight on a Skull" (poem)
"Black Colossus" (excerpt only)
"The Slithering Shadow" (excerpt only)
"The Pool of the Black One" (excerpt only)
"Old Garfield's Heart" (excerpt only)
1934
Letter to Denis Archer, May 20, 1934, "As you doubtless remember . . ." (excerpt only)
Letter to August Derleth, ca. January 1934, "I note with sympathy your remarks . . ." (excerpt only)
Letter to August Derleth, ca. mid-October 1934, "I haven’t yet gotten a copy . . ." (excerpt only)
"Rogues in the House" ( (excerpt only)
"The Valley of the Worm" (excerpt only)
"Shadows in the Moonlight" (illustration with caption only)
"Queen of the Black Coast" (excerpt only)
"The Haunter of the Ring" (excerpt only)
"The Devil in Iron" (excerpt only)
"The People of the Black Circle" (excerpt only)
"A Witch Shall Be Born"  (excerpt only)
1935
Letter to Farnsworth Wright, May 6, 1935, "I always hate to write a letter like this . . ."
Letter to Otis Adelbert Kline, May 13, 1935, "I’m writing this to ask . . ."
Letter to Clark Ashton Smith, July 23, 1935, "I’m ashamed of my long delay in answering . . ."
"The Grisly Horror" (excerpt only)
"Jewels of Gwahlur" (excerpt only)
"Beyond the Black River" (excerpt only)
"Shadows in Zamboula" (excerpt only)
1936
Letter to Otis Adelbert Kline, January 8, 1936, "A belated acknowledgment . . ." (excerpt only)
Letter to E. Hoffmann Price, April 21, 1936, "Glad you-all liked She-Devil."(excerpt only)
"The Hour of the Dragon" (excerpt only)
"Black Caanan" (excerpt only)
Letter to Weird Tales, ca. May 1936, "Enthusiasm impels me . . ."
"Red Nails" (excerpt only)
"Black Hound of Death" (excerpt only)
"The Fire of Asshurbanipal"  (excerpt only)
Lovecraft to Price
1937
"Dig Me No Grave"  (excerpt only)
"The Soul-Eater" (poem)
"The Dream and the Shadow" (poem)
"Which Will Scarcely Be Understood" (poem)
"Futility" (1, poem)
"Fragment" (poem)
1938
"Haunting Columns" (poem)
"The Poets" (poem)
"The Singer in the Mist" (1, poem)
"Pigeons From Hell" (excerpt only)
"The Last Hour" (poem)
"Ships" (poem)
"Lines Written in the Realization That I Must Die" (poem)
"A Thunder of Trumpets" (excerpt only)
"Recompense" (poem)
"The Ghost Kings" (poem)
1939
"The King and the Oak" (poem)
"Desert Dawn" (poem)
"Almuric"  (excerpt only)
"The Hills of Kandahar" (poem)
"Worms of the Earth" (excerpt only)
The 40s
The 50s
"Pigeons From Hell" (illustration with caption only)
"The Black Stone" (verse heading)
"The Dark Man" (excerpt only)
The Return of Conan
The 60s
The 70s
The 80s
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