Story Index

The February 1934 issue of STRANGE DETECTIVE STORIES carried two stories by REH: "The Tomb's Secret" and "Fangs of Gold."
It appears that the story titles were inadvertently switched.
Howard's agent, Otis Adelbert Kline, kept a list of titles and the magazines that purchased them.
Above "The Teeth of Doom" on Kline's list, someone added "The Tomb's Secret."
Above "The People of the Serpent" on Kline's list, someone added "Fangs of Gold."

THE PEOPLE OF THE WINGED SKULL

THE PHOENIX ON THE SWORD

Featuring CONAN

WEIRD TALES, December 1932
SKULL-FACE AND OTHERS, Arkham House, 1946
PLANETA #7, Editora Três, March 1973 (Portuguese)
SKULL-FACE OMNIBUS, Neville Spearman, 1974
SKULL-FACE OMNIBUS, Neville Spearman, 1975
SKULL-FACE OMNIBUS, Volume 3, Panther, 1976
CONAN JA PUNANE KANTS, Elmatar, 2000 (Estonian)
THE CONAN CHRONICLES Volume 2, Millennium, April 2001
COMPLETE CONAN OF CIMMERIA VOLUME 1, Wandering Star, 2002
THE COMING OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Del Rey, December 2003
THE COMING OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Science Fiction Book Club, December 2003
THE COMING OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Del Rey, November 2005
WINGS IN THE NIGHT, Wildside Press, November 2005
THE WEIRD WRITINGS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 1, Girasol Collectables, January 2006
THE COMPLETE CHRONICLES OF CONAN, Gollancz, January 2006
CONAN, O CIMÉRIO Volume 1, Conrad Editora, 2006 (Portuguese)
WINGS IN THE NIGHT, Wildside Press, January 2007
FIVE TALES OF CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Echo Library, March 2007
THE PHOENIX ON THE SWORD, Dodo Press, February 2008
THE ADVENTUROUS TALES OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Onno Tasler, October 2008
CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Prion Books, May 2009 (U.K.)
THE COMING OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Tantor Media Inc., June 2009 (audio)
CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Easton Press, January 2010
SWORD'S EDGE: PAINTINGS INSPIRED BY THE WORKS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, Underwood Books, September 2010 (excerpts only)
CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Prion Books, November 2010
CONAN THE BARBARIAN: THE STORIES THAT INSPIRED THE MOVIE, Del Rey, August 2011
CONAN THE INDOMITABLE, Gollancz, December 2011

The L. Sprague de Camp edited version of this story appears in the following places:

KING CONAN, Gnome Press, 1953 (edited by LSDC)
CONAN THE USURPER, Lancer, 1967
CONAN THE USURPER, Sphere, 1974
CONAN THE USURPER, Prestige, 1977
CONAN DE OVERWELDIGER, Zwarte Beertjes, 1979 (Dutch)
CONAN THE USURPER, Ace, 1981
CONAN ANNUAL 2, Marvel, du
CONAN EN DE SCHARLAKEN CITADEL, W & L Boeken, 1984 (Dutch)
ROSTRO DE CALAVERA, ST, 1987 (Spanish)
L'ERA DI CONAN, Oscar fantasy Gennaio, 1989 (Italian)
CONAN: ESPADA & MAGIA, Volume 1, Unicórnio Azul, 1995 (Portuguese)

THE PHOENIX ON THE SWORD (first submitted draft)

Featuring CONAN

COMPLETE CONAN OF CIMMERIA VOLUME 1, Wandering Star, 2002
THE COMING OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Del Rey, December 2003
THE COMING OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Science Fiction Book Club, December 2003
THE COMING OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Del Rey, November 2005
CONAN, O CIMÉRIO Volume 1, Conrad Editora, 2006
THE COMING OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Tantor Media Inc., June 2009 (audio)

PICTURES IN THE FIRE

THE LAST CELT, Grant, 1976 (original holograph form, first page only)
THE LAST CELT, Berkley, November 1977 (same)
LA MANOIR DE LA TERREUR, NeO, 1987 (French, first complete publication)
THE NEW HOWARD READER #7, Marek, Spring 2000

This was a paper REH wrote for English class in high school.

PIGEONS FROM HELL, Early draft

ROBERT E. HOWARD FOUNDATION NEWSLETTER #4, Robert E. Howard Foundation, Winter 2007 (typescript)

PIGEONS FROM HELL

WEIRD TALES, May 1938
WEIRD TALES, November 1951
THRILLER, television series, Episode 36, June 6, 1961
THE DARK MAN AND OTHERS, Arkham House, 1963
WEIRD TALES, Pyramid, May 1964
HET MONSTER IN DE LIFT EN ANDERE GRIEZELVERHALEN, Zwarte Beertjes, 1966 (Dutch)
THE DARK MAN AND OTHERS, Lancer, 1972 (n.d.)
THE DARK MAN OMNIBUS, Volume 1, Panther, 1978
THE BOOK OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, Zebra, 1st, February 1976
THE BOOK OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, Zebra, 2nd, April 1976
PIGEONS FROM HELL, Zebra, June 1976
FEH 30: KLEINE GRIEZELOMNIBUS 1, A. W. Bruna & Zoon, 1976 (Dutch)
PIGEONS FROM HELL, Ace, 1979
THE BOOK OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, Berkley, February 1980
CTHULHU THE MYTHOS AND KINDRED HORRORS, Baen, May 1987
PIGEONS FROM HELL, Eclipse Books, TPB, November 1988 (Graphic Novel)
PIGEONS FROM HELL, Eclipse Books, HB, November 1988 (Graphic Novel)
CTHULHU THE MYTHOS AND KINDRED HORRORS, Baen, 2nd, 1989
THE HORROR HALL OF FAME, Carroll & Graf, November 1991
THE HORROR HALL OF FAME, Science Fiction Book Club, January 1992
THE HORROR HALL OF FAME, Robert Hale, Ltd., September 1992 (UK)
THE HORROR HALL OF FAME, Carroll & Graf, December 1992
CTHULHU THE MYTHOS AND KINDRED HORRORS, Baen, 3rd, 1992
YOUNG BLOOD, Zebra, March 1994
SAVAGE ADVENTURES, Wild Cat Books, 2004
SPOOKHOUSE BOOK 2, IDW Publishing, January 2005 (Graphic Novel)
THE BLACK STRANGER AND OTHER AMERICAN TALES, Bison Books, April 2005
THE WEIRD WRITINGS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 2, Girasol Collectables, March 2006
THE BEST OF ROBERT E. HOWARD VOLUME 2: GRIM LANDS, Del Rey, November 2007
PIGEONS FROM HELL, Dodo Press, February 2008
THE HAUNTER OF THE RING & OTHER TALES, Wordsworth Editions, May 2008
THE HORROR STORIES OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, Del Rey, October 2008
THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF ZOMBIE TALES, Robinson, October 2008 (Graphic Novel)
THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF ZOMBIE TALES, Running Press, October 2008 (Graphic Novel)
THE DAY THEY HANGED MY BEST FRIEND JIMMY . . ., Tangled Vines Press, July 2009
HEROES IN THE WIND: FROM KULL TO CONAN, Penguin Books, September 2009
THE HORROR STORIES OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, Tantor Media, Inc., March 2010 (audio)
A THUNDER OF TRUMPETS: THE WEIRD WORKS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD VOLUME 10, Wildside Press, July 2010
THRILLER: THE COMPLETE SERIES, Image Entertainment, August 2010 (Video adaptation on DVD)
THE HORROR STORIES OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, Subterranean Press, March 2011
GRUSELKABINETT - FOLGE 52: TAUBEN AUS DER HÖLLE, Lübbe Audio, April 2011 (German, audio)
ZOMBIES! ZOMBIES! ZOMBIES!, Vintage Books, October 2011

PIGSKIN SCHOLAR

1800 words, fragment

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

PILGRIMS TO THE PECOS

Alternate Title: WEARY PILGRIMS ON THE ROAD

Featuring BRECKINRIDGE ELKINS

ACTION STORIES Volume 13 Number 6, Fiction House, Inc., February 1936
THE PRIDE OF BEAR CREEK, Grant, 1966
THE SUMMIT COUNTY JOURNAL, January 28; February 4, 11, 18, 25; March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31; April 7, 14, 21, 28; May 5, 12, 19, 26; June 2, 9, 1972 (20 part serial)
THE PRIDE OF BEAR CREEK, Grant, 1977
HEROES OF BEAR CREEK, Ace, November 1983
THE COMPLETE ACTION STORIES, Hermanthis, November 2001
THE COMPLETE ACTION STORIES, Wildside Press, November 2003
THE COMPLETE ACTION STORIES, Wildside Press, January 2005
RETURN TO BEAR CREEK, Dennis McHaney, December 2007

A PIRUT STORY

THE RIGHT HOOK, VOLUME 1 NUMBER 2, Robert E. Howard, ca. April-May 1925
AUSTIN, VOLUME 3 NUMBER 2, Tom Munnerlyn, September 1992 [Distributed in REHUPA #117]
SENTIMENT: AN OLIO OF RARER WORKS, REH Foundation Press, December 2009

PISTOL POLITICS

Featuring BRECKINRIDGE ELKINS

ACTION STORIES Volume 13 Number 7, Fiction House, Inc. April 1936
THE PRIDE OF BEAR CREEK, Grant, 1966
THE PRIDE OF BEAR CREEK, Grant, 1977
HEROES OF BEAR CREEK, Ace, November 1983
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
RETURN TO BEAR CREEK, Dennis McHaney, December 2007
PISTOL POLITICS, AND THE CONQUERIN' HERO OF THE HUMBOLTS, Dodo Press, February 2008

THE PIT OF THE SERPENT

Alternate Title: MANILA MANSLAUGHTER

Featuring STEVE COSTIGAN

FIGHT STORIES VOLUME 2 NUMBER 2, Fight Stories, Inc., July 1929
FIGHT STORIES VOLUME 5 NUMBER 5, Fight Stories, Inc., Fall 1937 (byline Mark Adam, as "Manila Manslaughter")
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
REH FIGHT MAGAZINE #1, Necronomicon Press, March 1990
WATERFRONT FISTS AND OTHERS, Wildside Press, May 2003
WATERFRONT FISTS AND OTHERS, Wildside Press, December 2004
BOXING STORIES, Bison Books, April 2005
DARK SHANGHAI, AND THE PIT OF THE SERPENT, Dodo Press, February 2008

PLAYING JOURNALIST
by "Patrick Ervin"

Alternate Title: A NEW GAME FOR COSTIGAN
Alternate Title: A NEW GAME FOR DORGAN

Featuring DENNIS DORGAN

"Playing Journalist" is an unpublished manuscript by Patrick Ervin found after Howard's death that was originally titled "A New Game for Dorgan".

THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF DENNIS DORGAN, FAX, 1974
THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF DENNIS DORGAN, Zebra, December 1975
THE IRON MAN, WITH THE ADVENTURES OF DENNIS DORGAN, Ace, October 1983
BOXING STORIES, Bison Books, April 2005 (as "A New Game for Costigan")

Cross Plains Library has one original draft of this story
and a retyped draft by the Otis Adelbert Kline Agency.

PLAYING SANTA CLAUS
by "Patrick Ervin"

Alternate Title: A TWO-FISTED SANTA CLAUS

Featuring DENNIS DORGAN

THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF DENNIS DORGAN, FAX, 1974
THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF DENNIS DORGAN, Zebra, December 1975
THE IRON MAN, WITH THE ADVENTURES OF DENNIS DORGAN, Ace, October 1983

Cross Plains Library has one original draft of this story and a retyped draft by the Otis Adelbert Kline Agency.

POLITICS AT BLUE LIZARD

Alternate Title: THE CONQUERIN' HERO OF THE HUMBOLTS
Alternate Title: POLITICS AT LONESOME LIZARD

The original title of "The Conquerin' Hero of the Humbolts" is "Politics at Blue Lizard."
However, Howard undoubtedly meant "Politics at Lonesome Lizard" which is the name of the town in the story. (Glenn Lord - THE LAST CELT)

POLITICS AT LONESOME LIZARD

Alternate Title: THE CONQUERIN' HERO OF THE HUMBOLTS
Alternate Title: POLITICS AT BLUE LIZARD

RIOT AT BUCKSNORT AND OTHER WESTERN TALES, Bison Books, April 2005

THE POOL OF THE BLACK ONE

Featuring CONAN

WEIRD TALES, October 1933
THE SWORD OF CONAN, Gnome Press, 1952 (edited by John Clark)
THE POOL OF THE BLACK ONE, Grant, 1986
THE CONAN CHRONICLES Volume 1, Millennium, August 2000
COMPLETE CONAN OF CIMMERIA VOLUME 1, Wandering Star, 2002
THE COMING OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Del Rey, December 2003
THE COMING OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Science Fiction Book Club, December 2003
PULP REPLICA: WEIRD TALES V22N4, Girasol Collectables, April 2005
THE COMING OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Del Rey, November 2005
THE WEIRD WRITINGS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 1, Girasol Collectables, January 2006
THE COMPLETE CHRONICLES OF CONAN, Gollancz, January 2006
VALLEY OF THE WORM, Wildside Press, April 2006
CONAN, O CIMÉRIO Volume 2, Conrad Editora, 2006 (Portuguese)
THE POOL OF THE BLACK ONE, Dodo Press, February 2008
THE CONAN CHRONICLES Volume 1, Gollancz, April 2008
THE ADVENTUROUS TALES OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Onno Tasler, October 2008
CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Prion Books, May 2009 (U.K.)
THE COMING OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Tantor Media Inc., June 2009 (audio)
CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Easton Press, January 2010
CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Prion Books, November 2010
CONAN THE BERSERKER, Gollancz, November 2011

The L. Sprague de Camp edited version of this story appears in the following places:

CONAN THE ADVENTURER, Lancer, 1966
CONAN THE ADVENTURER, Sphere, 1973
CONAN THE ADVENTURER, Prestige, 1977
ROBERT E. HOWARD OMNIBUS, Orbit, 1977
CONAN DE AVONTURIER, Zwarte Beertjes, 1978 (Dutch)
CONAN THE ADVENTURER, Ace, 1984
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #22 & #23, Marvel, du
THE CONAN CHRONICLES Volume 2, Orbit, September 1990
CONAN: ESPADA & MAGIA, Volume 5, Unicórnio Azul, 1996 (Portuguese)

POST OAKS AND SAND ROUGHS

POST OAKS AND SAND ROUGHS, Grant, 1990
RAUHER SAND UND WILDE EICHEN, Erster Deutshcer, 1993 (in German)

THE POST OF THE SAPPY SKIPPER

Alternate title: THE POST OF THE SAPPY SLIPPER

THE COLLECTED LETTERS OF REH VOL. 1: 1923-1929, Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, June 2007
SENTIMENT: AN OLIO OF RARER WORKS, REH Foundation Press, December 2009

From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, April 6, 1925 ("Salaam, sahib: / What ho! I have never . . .").
As this is a parody of Sax Rohmer's "The Quest for the Sacred Slipper", the title was likely a typo, and should have been "The Post of the Sappy Slipper".

A POWER AMONG THE ISLANDS

Featuring EL BORAK & THE SONORA KID

NORTH OF KHYBER, Cryptic Publications, December 1987
THE EARLY ADVENTURES OF EL BORAK, REH Foundation Press, March 2010

THE POWER OF THE HUMAN EYE

Alternate Title: BILL SMALLEY AND THE POWER OF THE HUMAN EYE

PROEM

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

THE PUNCH

900 words, article

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

PURITANS
article

THE RIGHT HOOK, VOLUME 1 NUMBER 1, Robert E. Howard, ca. March-April 1925
AUSTIN, VOLUME 3 NUMBER 2, Tom Munnerlyn, September 1992 [Distributed in REHUPA #117]
REH: THE POWER OF THE WRITING MIND, Mythos Books, December 2003
SENTIMENT: AN OLIO OF RARER WORKS, REH Foundation Press, December 2009

THE PURPLE HEART OF ERLIK
by "Sam Walser"

Alternate Title: NOTHING TO LOSE

Featuring WILD BILL CLANTON

SPICY-ADVENTURE STORIES Volume 5 Number 2, Culture Publications, November 1936
SPICY-ADVENTURE STORIES Volume 16 Number 3, Culture Publications, October 1942 (as "Nothing to Lose")
THE PULPS: FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN POP CULTURE, Chelsea House, 1st hardcover, 1970
THE PULPS: FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN POP CULTURE, Chelsea House, 1st softcover, 1970
THE PULPS: FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN POP CULTURE, Bonanza Books, 1971
THE PULPS: FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN POP CULTURE, Chelsea House, 2nd softcover, 1976
THE SHE DEVIL, Ace, December 1983
PULP REPLICA: SPICY-ADVENTURE STORIES V5N2, Girasol Collectables, November 2003
THE EXOTIC WRITINGS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, Girasol Collectables, October 2006
THE ROBERT E. HOWARD READER VOLUME 1, Wildshade Books, 2007
THE VALLEY OF THE WORM, AND THE PURPLE HEART OF ERLIK, Dodo Press, February 2008
THE DEVILS OF ERLIK KHAN, Francis DiPietro, August 2008
SPICY ADVENTURES, REH Foundation Press, September 2011

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