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MAN

1000 words, complete story

THE LAST OF THE TRUNK OCH BREV I URVAL, Paradox Entertainment, March 2007
THE LAST OF THE TRUNK, Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, November 2007
SENTIMENT: AN OLIO OF RARER WORKS, REH Foundation Press, December 2009

A MAN AND A BROTHER

300 words, complete story

THE LAST OF THE TRUNK OCH BREV I URVAL, Paradox Entertainment, March 2007
THE LAST OF THE TRUNK, Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, November 2007
SENTIMENT: AN OLIO OF RARER WORKS, REH Foundation Press, December 2009

A MAN OF PEACE

THE LAST OF THE TRUNK OCH BREV I URVAL, Paradox Entertainment, March 2007
THE LAST OF THE TRUNK, Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, November 2007

THE MAN ON THE GROUND

WEIRD TALES, July 1933
THE DARK MAN AND OTHERS, Arkham House, 1963
THE DARK MAN AND OTHERS, Lancer, 1972 (n.d.)
FEH 5: DE STEM VAN EL-LIL, A. W. Bruna & Zoon, 1972 (Dutch)
WEIRD TALES V47N2, Weird Tales - Leo Margulies, Fall 1973
PIGEONS FROM HELL, Zebra, June 1976
THE 14TH FONTANA BOOK OF GREAT GHOST STORIES, Fontana, November 1978
THE DARK MAN OMNIBUS, Volume 1, Panther, 1978
GETTING EVEN, Bobbs-Merrill, 1978
PIGEONS FROM HELL, Ace, 1979
THE RAVEN #1, Thomas Kovacs, December 1981
TRAILS IN DARKNESS, Baen, June 1996 (restored text)
THE END OF THE TRAIL: WESTERN STORIES, Bison Books, April 2005
THE WEIRD WRITINGS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 1, Girasol Collectables, January 2006
VALLEY OF THE WORM, Wildside Press, April 2006
THE BEST OF ROBERT E. HOWARD VOLUME 2: GRIM LANDS, Del Rey, November 2007
THE HORROR STORIES OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, Del Rey, October 2008
THE HORROR STORIES OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, Tantor Media, Inc., March 2010 (audio)
THE HORROR STORIES OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, Subterranean Press, March 2011

MAN WITH THE MYSTERY MITTS

Featuring KID ALLISON

STREET & SMITH'S SPORT STORY MAGAZINE VOLUME 33 NUMBER 2, Street and Smith Publications, October 25, 1931
FANTASY CROSSROADS #4/5, Graceland College Comic Club, August 1975

THE MAN WHO WENT BACK

2700 words, unfinished

THE LAST OF THE TRUNK OCH BREV I URVAL, Paradox Entertainment, March 2007
THE LAST OF THE TRUNK, Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, November 2007

THE MAN WHO WOULD BE GOD

Alternate Title: HAWKS OVER EGYPT

THE MAN-EATERS OF ZAMBOULA

Alternate Title: SHADOWS IN ZAMBOULA

Featuring CONAN

THE CONQUERING SWORD OF CONAN, Del Rey, November 2005
THE CONQUERING SWORD OF CONAN, Science Fiction Book Club, December 2005
THE CONQUERING SWORD OF CONAN, Tantor Media Inc., October 2009 (audio)
COMPLETE CONAN OF CIMMERIA VOLUME 3, Book Palace Books, March 2010

THE MAN-EATERS OF ZAMBOULA, Synopsis

Featuring CONAN

THE CONQUERING SWORD OF CONAN, Del Rey, November 2005
THE CONQUERING SWORD OF CONAN, Science Fiction Book Club, December 2005
THE CONQUERING SWORD OF CONAN, Tantor Media Inc., October 2009 (audio)
COMPLETE CONAN OF CIMMERIA VOLUME 3, Book Palace Books, March 2010

A MAN-EATING JEOPARD

Featuring BUCKNER J. GRIMES

COWBOY STORIES Volume 29 Number 6, Street and Smith Publications, Inc., June 1936
THE CROSS PLAINS REVIEW, June 19, 1936
SKULL-FACE AND OTHERS, Arkham House, 1946
SKULL-FACE OMNIBUS, Neville Spearman, 1974
SKULL-FACE OMNIBUS, Neville Spearman, 1975
SKULL-FACE OMNIBUS, Volume 2, Panther, 1976
ROSTRO DE CALAVERA, ST, 1987 (Spanish)
REHUPA #124, December 1993 (Copy of CPR newspaper article)
A MAN-EATING JEOPARD, Cross Plains, 1994
A MAN-EATING JEOPARD, Cross Plains, 2nd, 1998
RIOT AT BUCKSNORT AND OTHER WESTERN TALES, Bison Books, April 2005

THE MANDARIN RUBY
by "Patrick Ervin"

Alternate Title: ALLEYS OF TREACHERY

MANILA MANSLAUGHTER
by "Mark Adam"

Alternate Title: THE PIT OF THE SERPENT

FIGHT STORIES VOLUME 5 NUMBER 5, Fight Stories, Inc., Fall 1937

MARCHERS OF VALHALLA

Featuring JAMES ALLISON

MARCHERS OF VALHALLA, Grant, 1972
MARCHERS OF VALHALLA, Grant, 1977
MARCHERS OF VALHALLA, Sphere, 1977
MARCHERS OF VALHALLA, Berkley, January 1978
TERRA FANTASY #55: GESPENSTER DER VERGANGENHEIT, Erich Pabel Verlag, December 1978 (German)
TERRA FANTASY #55: GESPENSTER DER VERGANGENHEIT, Erich Pabel Verlag, 1981 (German, 2nd printing)
LE PACTE NOIR, NeO, December 1983 (French)
EONS OF THE NIGHT, Baen, March 1996 (restored text)
THE BLACK STRANGER AND OTHER AMERICAN TALES, Bison Books, April 2005

THE MARK OF THE BLOODY HAND

WRITER OF THE DARK, Dark Carneval Press, 1986
CRYPT OF CTHULHU #47, Cryptic Publications, April 1987

A MATTER OF AGE

LURID CONFESSIONS #1, Cryptic Publications, June 1986
THE NEW HOWARD READER #6, Marek, October 1999
SENTIMENT: AN OLIO OF RARER WORKS, REH Foundation Press, December 2009

MAYHEM AND TAXES

Featuring BRECKINRIDGE ELKINS

THE SUMMIT COUNTY JOURNAL, September 8, 15, 22, 29, 1967
MAYHEM ON BEAR CREEK, Grant, 1979
HEROES OF BEAR CREEK, Ace, November 1983

MEDALLIONS IN THE MOON

ETCHINGS IN IVORY, Glenn Lord, 1968
ETCHINGS IN IVORY, Hall Publications, 1975
THE BOOK OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, Zebra, 1st, February 1976
THE BOOK OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, Zebra, 2nd, du
THE BOOK OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, Berkley, February 1980
THE COLLECTED POETRY OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, January 2009

MEET CAP'N KIDD

Featuring BRECKINRIDGE ELKINS

THE SUMMIT COUNTY JOURNAL, July 19, 26; August 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; September 6, 13, 20, 27; October 4, 1968 (book version)
SWORDSMEN AND SUPERMEN, Centaur Press, February 1972 (book version)
RIOT AT BUCKSNORT AND OTHER WESTERN TALES, Bison Books, April 2005

This short story was altered slightly to become Chapter 3 of A Gent From Bear Creek novel. The original version is unpublished.

MEN OF IRON

THE IRON MAN, Grant, 1976
THE IRON MAN, Zebra, March 1976
THE IRON MAN, WITH THE ADVENTURES OF DENNIS DORGAN, Ace, October 1983

MEN OF THE SHADOWS

Featuring BRAN MAK MORN

BRAN MAK MORN, Dell, September 1969
WORMS OF THE EARTH, Grant, 1974
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #102, Marvel, du (part 1 of 4)
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #103, Marvel, du (part 2 of 4)
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #104, Marvel, du (part 3 of 4)
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #106, Marvel, du (part 4 of 4)
TERRA FANTASY 3: HERRSCHER DER NACHT, Erich Pabel Verlag KG, January 1975 (German)
WORMS OF THE EARTH, Zebra, July 1975 (1st printing)
WORMS OF THE EARTH, Zebra, 1975 (Canadian edition)
WORMS OF THE EARTH, Zebra, August 1975 (2nd printing)
TERRA FANTASY 3: HERRSCHER DER NACHT, Erich Pabel Verlag KG, August 1977 (2nd printing)(German)
WORMS OF THE EARTH, Orbit, 1976
WORMS OF THE EARTH, Zebra, April 1976 (3rd printing)
WORMS OF THE EARTH, Zebra, January 1977 (4th printing)
WORMS OF THE EARTH, Ace, June 1979 (1st printing)
WORMS OF THE EARTH, Ace, September 1987 (2nd printing)
TYGRYSY MORZA, Pomorze, 1990 (Polish)
BRAN MAK MORN, Baen, January 1996 (restored text)
BRAN MAK MORN: THE LAST KING, Wandering Star, 2001
BRAN MAK MORN: THE LAST KING, Del Rey, June 2005
BRAN MAK MORN: THE LAST KING, Science Fiction Book Club, June 2005
BRAN MAK MORN: THE LAST KING, Tantor Media, Inc., June 2010 (audio)

MIDNIGHT

THE JUNTO, VOLUME 2 NUMBER 4, Lenore Preece, September 1929
THE HOWARD COLLECTOR #1, Glenn Lord, Summer 1961
THE HOWARD COLLECTOR #1, Glenn Lord, October 1975 (2nd printing)
THE HOWARD COLLECTOR, Ace, April 1979
THE NEW HOWARD READER #7, Marek, Spring 2000
WEST IS WEST & OTHERS, Roehm & Runions, February 2006
WEST IS WEST & OTHERS, Roehm's Room Press, April 2007
SENTIMENT: AN OLIO OF RARER WORKS, REH Foundation Press, December 2009

THE MIRRORS OF TUZUN THUNE

Featuring KULL

WEIRD TALES VOLUME 14 NUMBER 3, Popular Fiction Publishing Company, September 1929
SKULL-FACE AND OTHERS, Arkham House, 1946
AVON FANTASY READER #2, Avon Book Company, 1947
LOS CUENTOS FANTÁSTICOS Number 8, Enigma, October 1948 (Spanish)
THE COMING OF CONAN, Gnome Press, 1953 (edited by LSDC)
KING KULL, Lancer, 1st, 1967 (edited by Lin Carter)
KING KULL, Lancer, 2nd, 1969
THE MAGIC OF ATLANTIS, Lancer, 1970 (edited by Lin Carter)
KING KULL, Lancer, 3rd, 1972
SKULL-FACE OMNIBUS, Neville Spearman, 1974
SKULL-FACE OMNIBUS, Neville Spearman, 1975
ROBERT E. HOWARD/FROM THE HELLS BENEATH THE HELLS, Alternate World Recordings, 1975 (audio)
SKULL-FACE OMNIBUS, Volume 3, Panther, 1976
KING KULL, Sphere, 1976
TERRA FANTASY #29: HERR VON VALUSIEN, Erich Pabel Verlag KG, December 1976 (German)
DARK IMAGININGS: A COLLECTION OF GOTHIC FANTASY, Delta Books, April 1978
KULL, Bantam, September 1978
TERRA FANTASY #29: HERR VON VALUSIEN, Erich Pabel Verlag KG, August 1979 (German, 2nd printing)
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #34, Marvel, du
KULL, Grant, 1985 (Regular edition)
KULL, Grant, 1985 (Limited edition)
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #223, Marvel, du
YGGDRASIL, Scott Sheaffer, May 1992
KULL, Baen, July 1995 (restored text)
SHADOW KINGDOMS, Wildside Press, December 2004
SHADOW KINGDOMS, Wildside Press, November 2005
THE WEIRD WRITINGS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 1, Girasol Collectables, January 2006
KULL: EXILE OF ATLANTIS, Del Rey, October 2006
KULL: EXILE OF ATLANTIS, Science Fiction Book Club, November 2006
SHADOW KINGDOMS, Wildside Press, November 2006 (2nd printing)
SHADOW KINGDOMS: THE WEIRD WORKS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 1, Audio Realms, April 2007, (audio)
SHADOW KINGDOMS, Cosmos Books, July 2007
THE BEST OF ROBERT E. HOWARD VOLUME 2: GRIM LANDS, Del Rey, November 2007
THE MIRRORS OF TUZUN THUNE, AND THE LOST RACE, Dodo Press, February 2008
KULL: EXILE OF ATLANTIS, Subterranean Press, August 2008
HEROES IN THE WIND: FROM KULL TO CONAN, Penguin Books, September 2009
KULL: EXILE OF ATLANTIS, Tantor Media Inc., January 2010 (audio)
CONAN'S BRETHREN, Gollancz, January 2011

MISS HIGH-HAT

RISQUE STORIES #4, Cryptic Publications, October 1986
THE NEW HOWARD READER #2, Marek, August 1998

MISTO' DEMPSEY

A group of 7 humorous boxing sketches.

THE LAST OF THE TRUNK OCH BREV I URVAL, Paradox Entertainment, March 2007
THE LAST OF THE TRUNK, Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, November 2007

MISTRESS OF DEATH (first draft)

Featuring AGNES DE CHASTILLON

ROBERT E. HOWARD FOUNDATION NEWSLETTER V4N4, Robert E. Howard Foundation, December 2010 (typescript)

There are two drafts of this story. The final paragraphs of the first draft appear to be a synopsis of the stories conclusion.

MISTRESS OF DEATH (second draft)

Featuring AGNES DE CHASTILLON

WITCHCRAFT AND SORCERY V1N5, Fantasy Publishing Company, January-February 1971 (completed by Gerald W. Page)
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #1, Marvel, August 1974
SWORD WOMAN, Zebra, May 1977 (completed by Gerald W. Page)
TERRA FANTASY 37: HORDE AUS DEM MORGENLAND, Erich Pabel Verlag KG, August 1977 (German)
SWORD WOMAN, Berkley, 1979 (completed by Gerald W. Page)
TERRA FANTASY 37: HORDE AUS DEM MORGENLAND, Erich Pabel Verlag KG, April 1980 (German, 2nd printing)
SWORD WOMAN, Ace, October 1986 (completed by Gerald W. Page)
SWORD WOMAN AND OTHER HISTORICAL ADVENTURES, Del Rey, January 2011

There are two drafts of this story. The final paragraphs of the first draft appear to be a synopsis of the stories conclusion.
The second draft stops abruptly as John and Agnes are about to run off to the house of Francoise de Bretagny.
The second unfinished draft was completed by Gerald W. Page where indicated above.
In SWORD WOMAN, the final paragraphs from the first draft were used to provide some closure.

THE MOON OF SKULLS

Featuring SOLOMON KANE

WEIRD TALES: June 1930; Part 2, July 1930
RED SHADOWS, Grant, 1968 (red binding)
THE MOON OF SKULLS, Centaur, 1st, November 1969 (60c)
RED SHADOWS, Grant, 1971 (gray binding)
THE MOON OF SKULLS, Haddock, 1972 (n.d., unauthorized)
THE MOON OF SKULLS, Centaur, 2nd, 1974 (nd, $1.25)
TERRA FANTASY 17: RÄCHER DER VERDAMMTEN, Erich Pabel Verlag KG, January 1976 (German)
THE MOON OF SKULLS, Centaur, 3rd, 1976 (nd, "The Illustrated Edition")
TERRA FANTASY 17: RÄCHER DER VERDAMMTEN, Erich Pabel Verlag KG, Fall 1978 2nd printing (German)
THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #34, Marvel Comics, October 1978 (part 1, graphic adaptation)
SOLOMON KANE: SKULLS IN THE STARS, Bantam, December 1978
RED SHADOWS, Grant, 1978
THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #37, Marvel Comics, February 1979 (part 2, graphic adaptation)
THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #39, Marvel Comics, April 1979 (parts 3 & 4, graphic adaptation)
WHITE WOLF MAGAZINE #9, du (part 1 of 3)
SOLOMON KANE, Baen, November 1995 (restored text)
THE SAVAGE TALES OF SOLOMON KANE, Wandering Star, 1998
SAVAGE ADVENTURES, Wild Cat Books, 2004
THE SAVAGE TALES OF SOLOMON KANE, Del Rey, July 2004
THE SAVAGE TALES OF SOLOMON KANE, Science Fiction Book Club, February 2005
MOON OF SKULLS, Wildside Press, March 2005
THE DEVIL IN IRON, Incarna Publishing, 2005
THE WEIRD WRITINGS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 1, Girasol Collectables, January 2006
MOON OF SKULLS, Wildside Press, March 2006, (Trade paperback)
THE 'SOLOMAN CRANE' STORIES, Echo Library, March 2007
THE RIGHT HAND OF DOOM AND OTHER TALES OF SOLOMON KANE, Wordsworth Editions, April 2007
THE COLLECTED STORIES OF SOLOMON KANE, Ignacio Hills Press, December 2008
THE SAGA OF SOLOMON KANE, Dark Horse Books, July 2009 (graphic adaptation)
THE SAVAGE TALES OF SOLOMON KANE, Tantor Media Inc., January 2010 (audio)
CONAN'S BRETHREN, Gollancz, January 2011

MOON OF ZAMBEBWEI

Alternate Title: THE GRISLY HORROR

BLACK CANAAN, Berkley, May 1978
TRAILS IN DARKNESS, Baen, June 1996
MOON OF ZAMBEBWEI, Dodo Press, February 2008
TALES OF WEIRD MENACE, REH Foundation Press, January 2011

MORE EVIDENCES OF THE INNATE
DIVINITY OF MAN

THE JUNTO, VOLUME I NUMBER 7, Booth Mooney, October 1928
FANTASY CROSSROADS SPECIAL EDITION #1, Graceland College Comic Club, January 1976
THE NEW HOWARD READER #6, Marek, October 1999
SENTIMENT: AN OLIO OF RARER WORKS, REH Foundation Press, December 2009

800 word article.

MOUNTAIN MAN

Featuring BRECKINRIDGE ELKINS

ACTION STORIES Volume 12 Number 7, Fiction House, Inc., March-April 1934
THE SUMMIT COUNTY JOURNAL, May 10, 17, 24, 31; June 7, 14, 21, 28; July 5, 12, 19, 1968 (11-part serial, same as book)
THE NEW HOWARD READER #2, Marek, August 1998
THE COMPLETE ACTION STORIES, Hermanthis, November 2001
THE COMPLETE ACTION STORIES, Wildside Press, November 2003
THE COMPLETE ACTION STORIES, Wildside Press, January 2005
RIOT AT BUCKSNORT AND OTHER WESTERN TALES, Bison Books, April 2005 (magazine version)
TALES FROM THE PULPS VOLUME 1 NUMBER 3, Pulp Tales Press, November 2007
PULP FACSIMILE: ACTION STORIES MARCH-APRIL 1934, Adventure House, February 2008

This short story was altered slightly to become Chapter 2 of A Gent From Bear Creek novel.

MR. DOWSER BUYS A CAR

1100 words

THE LAST OF THE TRUNK OCH BREV I URVAL, Paradox Entertainment, March 2007
THE LAST OF THE TRUNK, Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, November 2007
SENTIMENT: AN OLIO OF RARER WORKS, REH Foundation Press, December 2009

MURDERER'S GROG
by "Sam Walser"

Alternate Title: OUTLAW WORKING

Featuring WILD BILL CLANTON

SPICY-ADVENTURE STORIES Volume 5 Number 4, Culture Publications, January 1937
SPICY-ADVENTURE STORIES Volume 16 Number 4, Culture Publications, November 1942 (as "Outlaw Working")
THE SHE DEVIL, Ace, December 1983
PULP REPLICA: SPICY-ADVENTURE STORIES V5N4, Girasol Collectables, June 2005
THE EXOTIC WRITINGS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, Girasol Collectables, October 2006
PULP FACSIMILE: SPICY-ADVENTURE STORIES V16N4, Adventure House, December 2007 (as "Outlaw Working" by Max Neilson)
SPICY ADVENTURES, REH Foundation Press, September 2011

MUSINGS

THE JUNTO, VOLUME 2 NUMBER 4, Lenore Preece, September 1929
TRUMPET #7, May 1968
THE NEW HOWARD READER #2, Marek, August 1998
REHUPA #156, April 1999
SENTIMENT: AN OLIO OF RARER WORKS, REH Foundation Press, December 2009

MUSINGS OF A MORON

THE HOWARD COLLECTOR #10, Glenn Lord, Spring 1968
THE HOWARD COLLECTOR, Ace, April 1979
THE RAVEN #1, Thomas Kovacs, December 1981
THE NEW HOWARD READER #6, Marek, October 1999

THE MUTINY OF THE HELLROARER

THE LAST OF THE TRUNK OCH BREV I URVAL, Paradox Entertainment, March 2007
THE COLLECTED LETTERS OF REH VOL. 2: 1930-1932, Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, October 2007
SENTIMENT: AN OLIO OF RARER WORKS, REH Foundation Press, December 2009

THE MYSTERY OF TANNERNOE LODGE

Featuring STEVE HARRISON

LORD OF THE DEAD, Grant, 1981 (completed by Fred Blosser)
THE HOWARD READER #8, Marek, 2003 (original fragment)
STEVE HARRISON'S CASEBOOK, REH Foundation Press, January 2011

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