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RATTLE OF BONES, First Draft

Featuring SOLOMON KANE

RATTLE OF BONES

Featuring SOLOMON KANE

THE RECALCITRANT

650 words, complete story

RECAP OF HAROLD LAMB’S "THE WOLF CHASER"

REH wrote a short recap of Lamb's story, then wrote his own story synopsis, though he never turned it into a final story.

RED BLADES OF BLACK CATHAY
by Robert E. Howard & Tevis Clyde Smith

RED CURLS AND BOBBED HAIR

Featuring THE SONORA KID

REDFLAME

Featuring JOHN SILENT

RED NAILS

Featuring CONAN

Parts 2 and 3 were voted best story in their respective original Weird Tales appearance by the fans.

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


RED NAILS, Draft

Featuring CONAN

RED SHADOWS

Alternate Title: SOLOMON KANE

Featuring SOLOMON KANE

THE RED STONE

250 words, unfinished

THE REFORMATION: A DREAM
Authorship uncertain

RESTLESS WATERS

Alternate Title: THE FEAR AT THE WINDOW
Glenn Lord came up with the title of "Restless Waters" for the untitled typescript, but then later came across a letter from REH to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. February 1929 ("Salaam:/ Ancient English Balladel"), in which REH mentions a story he wrote titled "The Fear at the Window," and Glenn said he thought this might be the correct title.

THE RETURN OF SKULL-FACE

Featuring GORDON & COSTIGAN

Alternate Title: TAVERAL MANOR

THE RETURN OF THE SORCERER


REVENGE

REVENGE BY PROXY
by "William Decatur"

Alternate Title: DESERT BLOOD

RIDERS BEYOND THE SUNRISE

Alternate Title: untitled story ("Thus, said Tu . . .")

An unfinished REH draft completed by Lin Carter as "Riders Beyond the Sunrise."
Carter's portion begins with the paragraph "Safety!', Kull grunted.", and ends with the paragraph "A feral light", and begins again with "Then come, king".

REH's unfinished draft appears in the following places:

RIDERS OF THE SUNSET

Alternate Title: DRUMS OF THE SUNSET

THE RIGHT HAND OF DOOM

Featuring SOLOMON KANE

THE RIGHT HOOK


  RINGSIDE TALES

Contains two untitled stories:
untitled story (Marks was a giant.)
untitled story (Science will always beat brute strength.)

A RINGTAILED TORNADO
by "Patrick Ervin"

Alternate Title: TEXAS JOHN ALDEN
Alternate Title: RING-TAILED TORNADO


Originally a Buckner J. Grimes story titled "Ring-Tailed Tornado."
Rewritten by someone at the Kline agency into a Breckinridge Elkins story.

RING-TAILED TORNADO

Alternate Title: TEXAS JOHN ALDEN
Alternate Title: A RINGTAILED TORNADO

Featuring BUCKNER J. GRIMES


THE RIOT AT BUCKSNORT

Featuring PIKE BEARFIELD

THE RIOT AT COUGAR PAW

Featuring BRECKINRIDGE ELKINS


THE RIVALS
Authorship uncertain

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

THE ROAD OF THE EAGLES

Alternate Title: CONAN, MAN OF DESTINY
Alternate Title: THE WAY OF THE SWORDS

"The Road of the Eagles" is an REH story and title for which two drafts presently exist.
  1. An early draft that Glenn Lord published in the Donald Grant book ROAD OF AZRAEL as "The Way of the Swords."
  2. A final draft (now at Cross Plains Public Library) that L. Sprague de Camp found and rewrote as "Conan, Man of Destiny," then later published as "The Road of the Eagles."
The L. Sprague de Camp Conan story titled "The Road of the Eagles" appears in:

As "The Road of the Eagles" from the REH final draft with the original text and title restored.

THE ROAD OF THE MOUNTAIN LION

Alternate Title: GATES OF EMPIRE

THE ROAD TO BEAR CREEK

Featuring BRECKINRIDGE ELKINS

 
This short story was altered slightly to become Chapter 7 of the novel, A Gent From Bear Creek.


ROBERT ERVIN HOWARD
Typing practice - REH playing around with his name.



ROGUES IN THE CANDLELIGHT
 
A title REH mentioned in a letter to unknown recipient ("I'm writing mainly . . .") that he was thinking of using for a pirate story. It is unknown if he ever did or not. There is no other record of it.



ROGUES IN THE HOUSE

Featuring CONAN

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


A ROOM IN LONDON

Outline


THE ROVING BOYS ON A SANDBURG

800 words