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Frontispiece by Mark Wheatley
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Acknowledgments
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"Splashing
the Field" by Ståle Gismervik (Introduction)
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"On Editing
Robert E. Howard: A Note on Language, Style, and Fidelity"
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The
Girl on the Hell Ship
(First published as "She Devil")
SPICY-ADVENTURE STORIES Volume 4 Number 1, April 1936
cover by Harold J. Ward
Original pulp illustrations by artist unknown
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Editorial Notes
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"The Girl on the
Hell Ship" (Draft 1, untitled, complete)
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"The Girl on the
Hell Ship" (Draft 2, untitled, complete)
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"The Girl on the
Hell Ship" (Draft 3, untitled, complete)
Note: Draft 3 contains differences from "She Devil" as
originally published in SPICY-ADVENTURE STORIES.
Hence, it does not appear to be from a carbon of the final typescript.
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Ship in Mutiny
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Editorial Notes
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Untitled (Ship in Mutiny
[synopsis])
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"Ship in Mutiny"
(Draft 1, untitled, complete)
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"Ship in Mutiny"
(Draft 2, untitled, complete)
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"Ship in Mutiny"
(Draft 3, untitled, complete)
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"Ship in Mutiny"
(Draft 4, untitled, complete)
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Desert Blood
SPICY-ADVENTURE STORIES Volume 4 Number 3, June 1936
cover by Harold J. Ward
SPICY-ADVENTURE STORIES Volume 16 Number 2, September
1942 cover by Harold J. Ward
Original pulp illustrations by artists unknown
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Editorial Notes
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"Desert Blood"
(List of Characters)
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"Desert Blood"
(Draft 1, untitled, complete)
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"Desert Blood"
(Draft 2, untitled, complete)
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"Desert Blood"
(Draft 3, untitled, incomplete)
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"Desert Blood"
(Draft 4, untitled, complete)
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"Desert Blood"
(Draft 4, incomplete, false start - page 7)
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The Purple Heart
of Erlik
SPICY-ADVENTURE STORIES Volume 5 Number 2, November
1936 cover by Harold J. Ward
(The cover credit is incorrectly listed as Volume
5, Number 4, 1937 (Murderer's Grog))
SPICY-ADVENTURE STORIES Volume 16 Number 3, October
1942 cover by Allen Anderson
(The cover credit is incorrectly listed as Volume
16, Number 4, 1942 (Outlaw Working))
(The cover art is incorrectly credited to Harold J.
Ward)
Original pulp illustrations by artists unknown
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Editorial Notes
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Untitled (The Purple Heart
of Erlik [synopsis])
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"The Purple Heart of
Erlik" (Draft 1, untitled, complete)
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"The Purple Heart of
Erlik" (Draft 2, untitled, complete)
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"The Purple Heart of
Erlik" (Draft 3, untitled, complete)
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Daughters of Feud
Illustrations by Clyde Caldwell from FANTASY
CROSSROADS #8, Stygian Isle Press, May 1976
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Editorial Notes
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Untitled (Daughters of
Feud [synopsis]) - Typescript
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Untitled (Daughters of
Feud [synopsis])
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"Daughters of Feud"
(Draft 1, untitled, complete)
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"Daughters of Feud"
(Draft 2, untitled, incomplete)
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"Daughters of Feud"
(Draft 3, untitled, complete)
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Guns of Khartum
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Editorial Notes
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"Guns of Khartum"
(Draft 1, untitled, complete)
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"Guns of Khartum"
(Draft 2, untitled, complete)
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"Guns of Khartum"
(Draft 2, untitled, incomplete - page 5 variant)
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"Guns of Khartum"
(Draft 2, untitled, incomplete, false start - page 10)
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The Dragon of Kao Tsu
SPICY-ADVENTURE STORIES Volume 4 Number 6, September
1936 cover by William F. Soare
(The cover art is incorrectly credited to Harry Lemon
Parkhurst)
Original pulp illustrations by Joseph Sokoli
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Editorial Notes
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"The Dragon of Kao Tsu"
(Draft 1, untitled, complete)
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"The Dragon of Kao Tsu"
(Draft 2, untitled, incomplete)
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"The Dragon of Kao Tsu"
(Draft 3, untitled, complete)
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"The Dragon of Kao Tsu"
(Draft 4, untitled, complete)
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Murderer's Grog
SPICY-ADVENTURE STORIES Volume 5 Number 4, January
1937 cover by William F. Soare
SPICY-ADVENTURE STORIES Volume 16 Number 4, November
1942 cover by Harold J. Ward
Original pulp illustrations by artists unknown
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Editorial Notes
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Untitled (Murderer's Grog [synopsis])
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"Murderer's Grog"
(Draft 1, untitled, complete)
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"Murderer's Grog"
(Draft 2, untitled, complete)
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"Murderer's Grog"
(Draft 3, untitled, complete)
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"Murderer's Grog"
(Draft 3-1, false start - page 18)
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"Murderer's Grog"
(Draft 3-2, alternative ending - pages 17-19)
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"Murderer's Grog"
(Draft 3-3, partial alternative ending - pages 17-18)
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"Murderer's Grog"
(Draft 3-4, partial alternative ending - pages 17 and
19)
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"John Gorman found
himself …"
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Editorial Notes
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Untitled (John Gorman found
himself … [synopsis]) - Typescript
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Untitled (John
Gorman found himself … [synopsis])
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Notes
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| This series collects all of
the drafts and synopses for REH's stories published in SPICY-ADVENTURE
STORIES. |
The Collector's
Box Set Edition features a dust jacket with gold foil stamping
on the title and author's name.
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Concept, transcriptions, layout and project development
by Ståle Gismervik, Savage Studios.
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All of the
Howard stories and portions thereof contained in First Cuts:
The Drafts and Fragments – The Veiled Manuscripts come from Howard’s
original typescripts.
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The Frontispiece by Mark Wheatley
was created especially for this edition.
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This is a
print-on-demand publication.
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