Robert E. Howard bibliography

A list of prose works by Robert E. Howard. The works are sorted by genre, by series and then alphabetically. Untitled works and fragments (incomplete and unfinished works) are listed separately by their opening line.

Additional information is included where available, covering publication date and place, the amount Howard earned for the sale of the piece, any alternative titles and whether the work is in the public domain. Links to the freely available source texts, on wikisource or Project Gutenberg of Australia, are included in a separate column. These are marked with the appropriate icons.

Fantasy stories[]

Conan the Barbarian[]

Howard's most famous creation, the Cimmerian barbarian, thief, pirate and King of Aquilonia during the pre-Ice Age Hyborian Age.

Many of the Conan stories not published during Howard's lifetime were edited by other authors before publication. The Fragment stories have all been completed by others since. Where either has occurred before the publication of the original material, this date is noted after the original material's publication date.

Title	First published	Source text	Notes
Beyond the Black River	Weird Tales 1935, May–June serial, two parts	"Beyond the Black River" (Wikisource )	Public Domain
Black Colossus	Weird Tales 1933, June	"Black Colossus" (Wikisource )	Sold for $130
The Black Stranger	Echoes of Valor 1987, February		Re-written by Howard as the Black Vulmea story Swords of the Red Brotherhood which was itself rewritten by L. Sprague de Camp into the Conan story The Treasure of Tranicos, first published in Fantasy Fiction Magazine, March 1953
Cimmeria	The Howard Collector #7 1965, Winter		Poem; Written in February 1932
The Devil in Iron	Weird Tales 1934, August	"The Devil in Iron" (Wikisource )	Sold for $115; Public Domain
Drums of Tombalku	The Pool of the Black One 1986		Fragment; Completed version by L. Sprague de Camp first published in Conan the Adventurer, 1966
The Frost Giant's Daughter	Fantasy Fan 1934, March as Gods of the North	"Gods of the North" (Wikisource )	Alternate titles: Gods of the North, The Frost King's Daughter. Gods of the North is in the Public Domain
The God in the Bowl	The Tower of the Elephant 1975		Edited version by L. Sprague de Camp first published in Space Science Fiction, September 1952
The Hall of the Dead	Fantasy Crossroads #1 1974, November		Synopsis; Completed version by L. Sprague de Camp first published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1967
The Hand of Nergal	The Last Celt 1976		Fragment; Completed version by Lin Carter first published in Conan, 1968
The Hour of the Dragon	Weird Tales 1935, December	"The Hour of the Dragon" (Wikisource )	Novel; published in book form as Conan the Conqueror. Sold for approximately $500
Iron Shadows in the Moon	Weird Tales 1934, April	"Shadows in the Moonlight" (Wikisource )	Alternate title: Shadows in the Moonlight. Sold for $120; Public Domain
Jewels of Gwahlur	Weird Tales 1935, March	"Jewels of Gwahlur" (Wikisource )	Alternate titles: Teeth of Gwahlur, The Servants of Bit-Yakin. Sold for $155; Public Domain
The People of the Black Circle	Weird Tales 1934, September–November serial, three parts	"The People of the Black Circle" (Wikisource )	Novel; Sold for $250; Public Domain
The Phoenix on the Sword	Weird Tales 1932, December	"The Phoenix on the Sword" (Wikisource )	Sold for $85
The Pool of the Black One	Weird Tales 1933, October	"The Pool of the Black One" (Wikisource )	Sold for $110
Queen of the Black Coast	Weird Tales 1934, May	"Queen of the Black Coast" (Wikisource )	Sold for $115; Public Domain
Red Nails	Weird Tales 1936, July—October serial, three parts	"Red Nails" (Wikisource )	Sold for $115; Public Domain
Rogues in the House	Weird Tales 1934, January	"Rogues in the House" (Wikisource )	Sold for $100
The Scarlet Citadel	Weird Tales 1933, January	"The Scarlet Citadel" (Wikisource )	Sold for $140
Shadows in Zamboula	Weird Tales 1935, November	"Shadows in Zamboula" (Wikisource )	Alternate title: The Man-Eaters of Zamboula. Sold for $120; Public Domain
The Snout in the Dark	Jewels of Gwahlur 1979		Fragment & Synopsis; Completed version by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter first published in Conan of Cimmeria, 1969
The Tower of the Elephant	Weird Tales 1933, March	"The Tower of the Elephant" (Wikisource )	Sold for $95
The Vale of Lost Women	Magazine of Horror #15 1967, Spring	"The Vale of Lost Women" (Wikisource )	Disputed/unknown copyright status
A Witch Shall be Born	Weird Tales 1934, December	"A Witch Shall be Born" (Wikisource )	Sold for $155; Public Domain
Wolves Beyond the Border	The Conan Chronicles, Volume 2 2001		Fragment & Synopsis; Completed version by L. Sprague de Camp first published in Conan the Usurper, 1967
Xuthal of the Dusk	Weird Tales 1933, September	"The Slithering Shadow" (Wikisource )	Alternate title: The Slithering Shadow. Sold for $120
Two Against Tyre	The Howard Collector #12, Spring 1970

Kull[]

An Atlantean barbarian and King of Valusia in the ancient Thurian Age (predating Conan's Hyborian Age). He appears in the Bran Mak Morn story "Kings of the Night."

Title	First published	Alternate Titles	Source Text	Notes
	1967, King Kull
The Black City	1967, King Kull	The Black Abyss
By This Axe, I Rule	1967, King Kull			Re-written by Howard into the Conan story The Phoenix on the Sword)
	1967, Spring, The Howard Collector #9
	1967, King Kull	The Cat and the Skull
Exile of Atlantis	1967, King Kull			Originally untitled, title created by Glenn Lord
				Poem
The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune	1929, September, Weird Tales		"The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune" (Wikisource )	Sold for $20; Public Domain
The Shadow Kingdom	1929, August Weird Tales		"The Shadow Kingdom" (Wikisource )	Sold for $100; Public Domain
	1967, King Kull.	The Screaming Skull of Silence
	1976, The Second Book of Robert E. Howard			Edited version by Lin Carter first published in 1967, King Kull
	1967, King Kull
"Wizard and Warrior	1978, Kull
"Riders Beyond the Sunrise"	1978, Kull

Solomon Kane[]

A Tudor-period puritan adventurer, wandering across Europe and Africa.

Title	First published	Alternative title(s)	Source text	Notes
	Red Shadows, 1968	The Blue Flame of Vengeance, The Blue Flame of Death		Edited version by first published in Over the Edge, 1964; The "Malachi Grim" version is in the Public Domain)
	Red Shadows, 1968			Fragment; Also features John Silent. Completed by Ramsey Campbell.
	Red Shadows, 1968			Fragment. Completed by Ramsey Campbell.
	The Howard Collector #10, Spring 1968			Fragment
	Weird Tales, September 1931		"The Footfalls Within" (Wikisource )	Sold for $56
	Red Shadows, 1968			Fragment. Completed by Ramsey Campbell.
	Weird Tales, August 1930		"The Hills of the Dead" (Wikisource )	Sold for $70
	Weird Tales, June–July 1930		"The Moon of Skulls" (Wikisource )	Sold for $200
				Poem
	Weird Tales, June 1929		"Rattle of Bones" (Wikisource )	Sold for $20; Public Domain
	Weird Tales, August 1928	Solomon Kane	"Red Shadows" (Wikisource )	Sold for $20; Public Domain
				Poem
The Right Hand of Doom	Red Shadows, 1968
	Weird Tales, January 1929		"Skulls in the Stars" (Wikisource )	Sold for $30; Public Domain
				Poem
	Weird Tales, July 1932		"Wings in the Night" (Wikisource )	Sold for $134

Bran Mak Morn[]

The King of the Picts during the Roman invasion of Britain, eventually becoming the subject of a Cthulhu Mythos cult as the "Dark Man". He is referenced in the Kirowan story "The Children of the Night" and features in the Turlough O'Brien story "The Dark Man".

Title	First published	Source text	Notes
	Cromlech #3, 1988		Synopsis; Originally untitled
	Bran Mak Morn: A Play & Others, 1983		Play; Fragment
			Poem; Related to, but does not feature, Bran
	Weird Tales, November 1930	"Kings of the Night" (Wikisource )	Sold for $120; Also features Kull
	Coven 13, vol. 1 #3, January 1970		Related to, but does not feature, Bran
	Weird Tales, January 1927	"The Lost Race" (Wikisource )	Related to, but does not feature, Bran; Sold for $30; Public Domain
Men of the Shadows	Bran Mak Morn, 1969
			Poem
Worms of the Earth	Weird Tales, November 1932	"Worms of the Earth" (Wikisource )	Sold for $120; Public Domain
Untitled:
"A gray sky arched..."	Bran Mak Morn, 1969

Turlogh Dubh O'Brien[]

An 11th-century Irish outcast.

Title	First published	Alternative title(s)	Source text	Notes
	Weird Tales, December 1931		"The Dark Man" (Wikisource )	Sold for $85; Features Bran Mak Morn
	Weird Tales, October 1931	The Blond Goddess of Bal-Sagoth	"The Gods of Bal-Sagoth" (Wikisource )	Sold for $140
	Shadow of the Hun, 1975		"The Shadow of the Hun" (Wikisource )
	Spears of Clontarf, 1978			Rewritten by Howard, with added fantasy, as The Grey God Passes and, as a modern horror story, as The Cairn on the Headland
The Twilight of the Grey Gods	Eons of the Night, 1996	The Grey God Passes		Based on Howard's own Spears of Clontarf
Untitled:
"The Dane came in with a rush, hurtling his huge body forward..."	Shadow of the Hun, 1975

James Allison[]

A 1930s Texan who recalls his past lives as ancient heroes. Not to be confused with Kid Allison.

First published	Alternative title(s)	Source text	Notes	Plot
The Howard Collector #9, Spring 1967			Fragment; Originally untitled, title created by Robert M. Price
The New Howard Reader #1, June 1998			Fragment; Completed version first published in The Barbarian Swordsmen, 1981
Marvel Tales, July–August 1934		"The Garden of Fear" (Wikisource )	Public Domain
Fantasy Crossroads #10/11, March 1977	Ghor, Kin-Slayer		Fragment; Completed version of 16 chapters further chapters, each by a different author, first published in full in Ghor, Kin-Slayer, 1997
The Howard Reader #8, 2003			Fragment & Synopsis; Completed version by Gerald W. Page first published in Weird Tales #3, Fall 1981
Marchers of Valhalla, 1972			Copyright 1972 by Glenn Lord.	A mysterious woman helps John recall a past life... The men of Aesir and Vanir marched in olden times to the Gulf of Mexico. They found the ancient city of Khemnu, and defended it against raiders from the South, and were betrayed by treachery, so the city was in turn leveled by the scorned goddess Ishtar.
The New Howard Reader #2, August 1998.	Akram the Mysterious		Fragment; Completed version by Lin Carter first published in Fantastic Stories, June 1975
Weird Tales, February 1934		"The Valley of the Worm" (Wikisource )	Public Domain

Other fantasy[]

Title	First published	Alternative title(s)	Source text	Notes
Almuric	Weird Tales, May–August 1939		"Almuric" (Wikisource )	Novel
People of the Dark	Strange Tales, June 1932		"People of the Dark" (Wikisource )	Sold for $134; Public Domain
Black Canaan	Weird Tales, June 1936		"Black Canaan" (Wikisource )	Sold for $108–120; Public Domain
	Worlds of Fantasy #1, 1968)
	Crypt of Cthulhu #38, February 1985
	The Gods of Bal-Sagoth, April 1979
	Swords Against Darkness, February 1977			Fragment; Completed by Andrew J. Offutt; Possibly Howard's last work
	Weird Tales, July 1925		"Spear and Fang" (Project Gutenberg of Australia )	Howard's first published work; Sold for $16
	The Shadow of the Beast, 1977
	Cross Plains #5, 1974
	Magazine of Horror #13, Summer 1966	King of the Forgotten People		Disputed/unknown copyright status
	Oriental Stories, November 1930	Temptress of the Tower of Torture and Sin	"The Voice of El-Lil" (Wikisource )	Sold for $90; Public Domain
	Avon Fantasy Reader, 1952.	The House of Arabu	"Witch from Hell's Kitchen" (Wikisource )	Public Domain

Boxing stories[]

Sailor Steve Costigan[]

A 1930s sailor and boxer, travelling between ports aboard the tramp steamer Sea Girl.

Title	First published	Alternative title(s)	Source text	Notes
Alleys of Peril	Fight Stories, January 1931	Leather Lightning	"Alleys of Peril" (Project Gutenberg of Australia )	Sold for $80; Public Domain

The Pit of the Serpent	Fight Stories, July 1929	Manila Manslaughter	"The Pit of the Serpent" (Wikisource )	Sold for $90; Public Domain
Blow the Chinks Down!	Action Stories, October 1931	The House of Peril	"Blow the Chinks Down!" (Wikisource )	Edited into a Costigan story; Sold for $75

Breed of Battle	Action Stories, November 1931	The Fighten'est Pair, Sampson Had a Soft Spot	"Breed of Battle" (Wikisource )	Sold for $80; Public Domain
The Bull Dog Breed	Fight Stories, February 1930	You Got to Kill a Bulldog	"The Bull Dog Breed" (Wikisource )	Sold for $90; Public Domain
	REH Fight Magazine #4, October 1996
Champ of the Forecastle	Fight Stories, November 1930	Champ of the Seven Seas, The Champion of the Forecastle	"Champ of the Forecastle" (Wikisource )	Sold for $65; Public Domain
Circus Fists	Fight Stories, December 1931	Slugger Bait	"Circus Fists" (Wikisource )	Sold for $70; Public Domain
Dark Shanghai	Action Stories, January 1932	One Shanghai Night	"Dark Shanghai" (Wikisource )	Sold for $75; Public Domain
Fist and Fang	Fight Stories, May 1930	Cannibal Fists	"Fist and Fang" (Wikisource )	Sold for $100; Public Domain
	REH Fight Magazine #4, October 1996
General Ironfist	, June 1934		"General Ironfist" (Wikisource )	Sold for $35; Public Domain
	REH Fight Magazine #4, October 1996
	REH Fight Magazine #4, October 1996
Night of Battle	Fight Stories, March 1932	Shore Leave for a Slugger	"Night of Battle" (Wikisource )	Sold for $60; Public Domain
	The Howard Review #7, April 1977
Sailor's Grudge	Fight Stories, March 1930	Costigan vs. Kid Camera	"Sailor's Grudge" (Wikisource )	Sold for $75; Public Domain
The Sign of the Snake	Action Stories, June 1931		"The Sign of the Snake" (Wikisource )	Edited to be a Costigan story, written as "McClarney"; Sold for $75; Public Domain
The Slugger's Game	, May 1934		"The Slugger's Game" (Wikisource )	Sold for $35; Public Domain
Sluggers on the Beach	, August 1934		"Sluggers on the Beach" (Wikisource )	Sold for $35; Public Domain
Texas Fists	Fight Stories, May 1931	Shanghied Mitts	"Texas Fists" (Wikisource )	Sold for $75; Public Domain
The TNT Punch	Action Stories, January 1931	The Waterfront Law, The Waterfront Wallop	"The TNT Punch" (Wikisource )	Sold for $75; Public Domain
Vikings of the Gloves	Fight Stories, February 1932	Including the Scandinavian	"Vikings of the Gloves" (Wikisource )	Sold for $65; Public Domain
Waterfront Fists	Fight Stories, September 1930	Stand Up and Slug	"Waterfront Fists" (Wikisource )	Sold for $90; Public Domain
Winner Take All	Fight Stories, July 1930	Sucker!	"Winner Take All" (Wikisource )	Sold for $80; Public Domain
Untitled:
"I had just hung by sparring partner, Battling O'Toole..."	The Howard Review #2, March 1975			Fragment
"It was the end of the fourth round..."	The Howard Review #2, March 1975			Fragment
"The night Sailor Steve Costigan fought Battling O'Rourke..."	The Howard Review #2, March 1975			Fragment

Sailor Dennis Dorgan[]

A renamed version of Sailor Steve Costigan sailing in the Python, published under the pseudonym Patrick Ervin.

First published	Alternative title(s)	Source text	Notes
Magic Carpet Magazine, January 1934	Alleys of Singapore	"Alleys of Darkness" (Wikisource )	Sold for $45–54; Public Domain
The Howard Collector #8, Summer 1966	The Mandarin Ruby
The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan, 1974	Sailor Costigan and the Destiny Gorilla, Sailor Dorgan and the Destiny Gorilla
The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan, 1974	Cultured Cauliflowers
The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan, 1974	Iron-Clad Fists
The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan, 1974	A New Game for Costigan, A New Game for Dorgan
The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan, 1974	A Two-Fisted Santa Claus
The Howard Collector #14, Spring 1971	Sailor Costigan and the Jade Monkey, The Jade Monkey
The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan, 1974	Sailor Dorgan and the Turkish Menace, Sailor Costigan and the Turkish Menace		Sold for $67 to Magic Carpet Magazine in May 1933 but the magazine was suspended before publication
The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan, 1974	Sailor Dorgan and the Yellow Cobra, A Korean Night, A Night Ashore

Kid Allison[]

Not to be confused with James Allison.

Title	First published	Alternative title(s)	Notes
	, September 1931	A Student of Sockology	Sold for $100; Disputed/unknown copyright status

			Public Domain
			Public Domain
	, December 1931	Kid Galahad	Sold for $90; Disputed/unknown copyright status
			Public Domain
	, October 1931		Sold for $100; Disputed/unknown copyright status
			Public Domain
A Tough Nut to Crack			Public Domain
Untitled:
"Huh?" I was so dumbfounded I was clean off..."	Never published		Fragment

[]

A black, happy-go-lucky boxer.

Title	First published	Alternative title(s)	Source text	Notes
	Ghost Stories, April 1929	The Spirit of Tom Molyneaux	"Apparition in the Prize Ring" (Wikisource )	Sold for $95; Public Domain
	Bran Mak Morn: A Play & Others, 1983

Western stories[]

Breckinridge Elkins[]

Humorous stories of a kind, strong but not very smart cowboy. All stories with the note "(A Gent from Bear Creek)" were later edited together to become part of the 1937 novel A Gent from Bear Creek.

First published	Alternative title(s)	Source text	Notes
Action Stories, December 1935		The Apache Mountain War (Wikisource )	Public Domain
Action Stories, October 1936	Politics at Blue Lizard, Politics at Lonesome Lizard	The Conquerin' Hero of the Humbolts (Wikisource )	Public Domain
Action Stories, September 1936	Gents in Buckskin	No Cowherders Wanted (Wikisource )	Public Domain
Action Stories, August 1935	The Peaceful Pilgrim	Cupid From Bear Creek (Wikisource )	(A Gent from Bear Creek); Public Domain
, September 1936	A Elston to the Rescue, A Elkins Never Surrenders		Sold for $60
Action Stories, June 1936		Evil Deeds at Red Cougar (Wikisource )	Public Domain
Action Stories, June 1935		The Feud Buster (Wikisource )	(A Gent from Bear Creek); Public Domain
Action Stories, October 1934		A Gent from Bear Creek (Wikisource )	Sold for $46–55; Public Domain
A Gent from Bear Creek, 1937			Novel created by combining several short stories and editing them to fit; Public Domain
Action Stories, May–June 1934		Guns of the Mountain (Wikisource )	(A Gent from Bear Creek); Sold for $42–50; Public Domain
Action Stories, February 1935		The Haunted Mountain (Wikisource )	(A Gent from Bear Creek); Public Domain
Action Stories, August 1936	Gents on the Rampage	High Horse Rampage (Wikisource )	Public Domain
The Summit County Journal, September 1967
The Summit County Journal, July–October 1968			(A Gent from Bear Creek)
Action Stories, March–April 1934		Mountain Man (Wikisource )	(A Gent from Bear Creek); Sold for $46–55; Public Domain
Action Stories, February 1936	Weary Pilgrims on the Road	Pilgrims to the Pecos (Wikisource )	Sold for $60; Public Domain
Action Stories, April 1936		Pistol Politics (Wikisource )	Public Domain
Action Stories, October 1935		The Riot at Cougar Paw (Wikisource )	Public Domain
Action Stories, December 1934		The Road to Bear Creek (Wikisource )	(A Gent from Bear Creek); Sold for $42–50; Public Domain
Action Stories, August 1934	A Stranger in Grizzly Claw	The Scalp Hunter (Wikisource )	(A Gent from Bear Creek); Sold for $51–60; Public Domain
Action Stories, January 1937	Educate or Bust	Sharp's Gun Serenade (Wikisource )	(A Gent from Bear Creek); Public Domain
The Summit County Journal, June 1967			(A Gent from Bear Creek)
Action Stories, April 1935		War on Bear Creek (Wikisource )	(A Gent from Bear Creek); Sold for $54–60; Public Domain
The Summit County Journal, March–September 1971			(A Gent from Bear Creek)

[]

First published	Alternative title(s)	Source text	Notes
Bran Mak Morn: A Play & Others, 1983
Argosy, 3 October 1936	Shave That Hawg!		Sold for $40
Argosy, 17 October 1936			Sold for $42.50
Argosy, 31 October 1936
, December 1956	While the Smoke Rolled	While Smoke Rolled (Wikisource )	Printed as a Breckenridge Elkins story; Public Domain

[]

Title	First published	Alternative title(s)	Source text	Notes
	The Last Ride, 1978
	Cross Plains #4, Summer 1974	Law Guns of Cowtown

[]

First published	Alternative title(s)	Source text	Notes
, July 1937	A Texas Prodigal
, June 1936			Sold for $49–55; Disputed/unknown copyright status
, May 1944	Ring-Tailed Tornado, A Ringtailed Tornado	Texas John Alden (Wikisource )	Printed as a Breckinridge Elkins story; Public Domain

The Sonora Kid[]

AKA Steve Allison. He also appears in some of the El Borak stories.

Title	First published	Alternative title(s)	Notes
	The Sonora Kid, 1988
	The Sonora Kid, 1988
	Cross Plains #6, 1975	The Devil's Jest, Outlaw Trails
	The Howard Collector #6, Spring 1965.	Knife, Gun and Noose
	The Sonora Kid, 1988
	The Sonora Kid, 1988
	The Sonora Kid, 1988
	The Sonora Kid, 1988		Fragment
Untitled:
"A blazing sun in a blazing sky, reflected from..."	The Sonora Kid, 1988		Fragment
"The Hades Saloon and gambling hall, Buffalotown..."	The Sonora Kid, 1988		Fragment
"The Hot Arizona sun had not risen high enough to heat..."	The Sonora Kid, 1988		Fragment
"Madge Meraldson set her traveling-bag on the station..."	The Sonora Kid, 1988		Fragment
"Steve Allison settled himself down comfortably in..."	The Sonora Kid, 1988		Fragment
"The way it came about that Steve Allison, Timoleon..."	The Sonora Kid, 1988		Fragment

Other Westerns[]

First published	Alternative title(s)	Source text	Notes
The Dark Man #1, 1991	The Power of the Human Eye
, October 1935	The Last Ride	Boot-Hill Payoff (Wikisource )	Finished work started by ; Sold for $78–110; Public Domain
The Cross Plains Review, November 1928 - January 1929	Riders of the Sunset		Sold for $20; Public Domain
Zane Grey Western Magazine, June 1970	The Killing of Yellow Donory
The Tattler, the Brownwood High School paper, December 1922			Public Domain
The Vultures, 1973	The Judgement of the Desert
Never published			Fragment; Public Domain
Argosy, November 1936
, December 1936	The Vultures, The Vultures of Teton Gulch, The Vultures of Wahpeton	The Vultures of Whapeton (Project Gutenberg of Australia )	Sold for 135-150; This story has two endings

Historical stories[]

See also Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn and Turlough Dubh O'Brien for historical stories with fantasy elements.

El Borak[]

A Texan gunman in early 20th Century Afghanistan. Several of the El Borak stories also feature The Sonora Kid.

Title	First published	Alternative title(s)	Source text	Notes
Blood of the Gods	Top-Notch, July 1935		"Blood of the Gods" (Wikisource )	Disputed/unknown copyright status
The Coming of El Borak	The Coming of El Borak, September 1987
The Country of the Knife	, August 1936.	Sons of the Hawk	"The Country of the Knife" (Wikisource )	Sold for $120; Disputed/unknown copyright status
The Daughter of Erlik Khan	Top-Notch, December 1934		"The Daughter of Erlik Khan" (Wikisource )	Sold for $195–230; Disputed/unknown copyright status
El Borak	1: The Coming of El Borak, September 1987 2: North of the Khyber, December 1987			Two stories were printed under this title, the second features the Sonora Kid. The synopsis of one version is in the Public Domain
Hawk of the Hills	Top-Notch, June 1935		"Hawk of the Hills" (Wikisource )	Disputed/unknown copyright status
Intrigue in Kurdistan	Pulse Pounding Adventure Stories #1, December 1986
The Iron Terror	The Coming of El Borak, September 1987
Khoda Khan's Tale	The Coming of El Borak, September 1987
The Land of Mystery	North of the Khyber, December 1987			Features the Sonora Kid
The Lost Valley of Iskander	The Lost Valley of Iskander, 1974	Swords of the Hills	"The Lost Valley of Iskander" (Wikisource )
North of Khyber	North of the Khyber, December 1987			Features the Sonora Kid
A Power Among the Islands	North of the Khyber, December 1987			Features the Sonora Kid
The Shunned Castle	North of the Khyber, December 1987			Features the Sonora Kid
Son of the White Wolf	Thrilling Adventures, December 1936		"Son of the White Wolf" (Wikisource )	Sold for $50; Disputed/unknown copyright status
Three-Bladed Doom	REH Lone Star Fictioneer #4, Spring 1976 (short) and Three-Bladed Doom, 1977 (long)			Printed in both a long and shortened version; Edited by L. Sprague de Camp into a Conan story called The Flame Knife
	"The Early Adventures of El Borak", 2010			Fragment; Features the Sonora Kid
Untitled:
"Gordon, the American whom the Arabs call El Borak..."	The Coming of El Borak, September 1987
"When Yar Ali Khan crept into the camp of Zumal Khan..."	"The Early Adventures of El Borak", 2010			Fragment

Dark Agnes de Chastillon[]

A red-haired swordswoman in 16th Century France.

Title	First published	Notes
Blades for France	Blades for France, 1975
Sword Woman	REH:Lone Star Finctioneer #2, Summer 1975
Mistress of Death	Witchcraft & Sorcery Volume 1 Number 5, January–February 1971	Fragment; Completed by Gerald W. Page

Cormac Fitzgeoffrey[]

A Norman/Gael knight fighting in the Crusades.

Title	First published	Source text	Notes
The Blood of Belshazzar	Oriental Stories, Fall 1931	"The Blood of Belshazzar" (Wikisource )	Sold for $115; Public Domain
The Slave-Princess	Hawks of Outremer, 1979		Fragment
Hawks of Outremer	Oriental Stories, April–May–June 1931	"Hawks of Outremer" (Wikisource )	Sold for $120; Public Domain

Kirby O'Donnell[]

An American posing as a Kurdish mercenary in Central Asia.

Title	First published	Alternative title(s)	Source text	Notes	Plot
The Curse of the Crimson God	Swords of Shahrazar, 1978	The Trail of the Blood-Stained God		Edited by L. Sprague de Camp into the Conan story The Blood-Stained God, which was first published in Tales of Conan, 1955
Swords of Shahrazar	Top-Notch, October 1934	The Treasure of Shaibar Khan		Sold for $124–147; Disputed/unknown copyright status
The Treasure of Tartary	Thrilling Adventures, January 1935	Gold From Tartary	"The Treasure of Tartary" (Wikisource )	Sold for $42–50; Public Domain	As Shahrazar is overrun by raiders, O'Donnnell stumbles on a treasure heaped to the roof and a murderous plot to subjugate India.

[]

An Irish pirate during the Dark Ages.

Title	First published	Alternative title(s)	Source text	Notes
	Bran Mak Morn, 1969
	Tigers of the Sea, 1974
	Tigers of the Sea, 1974			Fragment; Completed by Richard L. Tierney
	Tigers of the Sea, 1974			Fragment & Synopsis; Completed by Richard L. Tierney

Lal Singh[]

Title	First published	Alternative title(s)	Source text	Notes
	The Adventures of Lal Singh, 1985
	The Adventures of Lal Singh, 1985
	The Adventures of Lal Singh, 1985

[]

An Irish pirate sailing the Caribbean.

Title	First published	Alternative title(s)	Source text	Notes
	, November 1938		"Black Vulmea's Vengeance" (Wikisource )
	Black Vulmea's Vengeance, 1976		"Swords of the Red Brotherhood" (Wikisource )	Howard based this on a rewritten Conan story The Black Stranger; It was itself edited into another Conan story, The Treasure of Tranicos, by L. Sprague de Camp, which was first published in Fantasy Fiction Magazine, March 1953; Public Domain

[]

Howard's female pirate of the Caribbean.

Title	First published	Alternative title(s)	Source text	Notes
	Isle of Pirate's Doom, 1975		"Isle of Pirate's Doom" (Wikisource )	Although included in the Black Vulmea collection, Vulmea does not appear in this story.

Horror stories[]

John Kirowan[]

These stories are part of the Cthulhu Mythos

Title	First published	Alternative title(s)	Source text	Notes
The Black Stone	Weird Tales, November 1931		The Black Stone (Wikisource )	Sold for $56; It does not mention the narrator's name but appears to be a Kirowan story
The Children of the Night	Weird Tales, April–May 1931		The Children of the Night (Project Gutenberg of Australia )	Sold for $60; References Bran Mak Morn & Conan the Barbarian
	Shudder Stories #4, March 1986			Fragment; Originally untitled; Completed by C. J. Henderson
	Lost Fantasies #4, 1976	His Brother's Shoes
The Haunter of the Ring	Weird Tales, June 1934		The Haunter of the Ring (Project Gutenberg of Australia )	Sold for $60; References Conan the Barbarian

[]

First published	Alternative title(s)	Source text	Notes	Plot
Verses in Ebony, 1975			Poem
Spaceway Science Fiction, September–October 1969	The Horror at the Window
Weird Tales, May 1928		"Sea Curse (Wikisource )	Sold for $17-20. Copyright 1928 by Popular Fiction Publishing Company.	A boy relates how John Kulrek defiled a simple girl, and her aunt, Moll Farrell, the sea witch, laid on him a curse that brought him back from sea in a hell-ship rowed by skeletons.
Magazine of Horror #18, November 1967			Disputed/unknown copyright status	Adam Falcon sailed at dawn, and washed ashore at dusk. But the thing was not Adam, and wreaks terror through the night. Only the village idiot, hearing a whisper from the sea, dares confront the creature.

[]

A Norman werewolf.

Title	First published	Source text	Notes
	Weird Tales, August 1925	In the Forest of Villefére (Wikisource )	Sold for $8
Wolfshead	Weird Tales, April 1926	Wolfshead (Wikisource )	Sold for $50
	Cromlech #3, 1988

Weird West[]

Weird West stories are hybrids, a combination of a Western with another genre, usually horror, occult, or fantasy.^[1]

Title	First published	Alternative title(s)	Source text	Notes	Plot
	Argosy, August 1936			Sold for $17.50
	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1966			Copyright 1966 by Mercury Press, Inc.	A snatch of song and a blow to the head send a man back into his ancestor's body for a Civil War battle - and a chance to relieve an old maid's heart as her lover briefly returns.
	Weirdbook Two, 1969
	Weird Tales, May 1932	The Monster from the Mound	The Horror from the Mound (Project Gutenberg of Australia )	Sold for $65
	Cross Plains #3, March 1974
	Weird Tales, July 1933			Sold for $20
	Weird Tales, December 1933	Old Garrod's Heart		Sold for $35
Pigeons From Hell	Weird Tales, May 1938		"Pigeons from Hell (Wikisource )
	Startling Mystery Stories #4, Spring 1967	The Valley of the Lost	Included in Marchers of Valhalla	Copyright 1967 by Health Knowledge, Inc.	The Reynolds-McCrill feud ends in Lost Valley when dead men walk and a refugee stumbles into the caverns of a lost race of lizard-men.
	The Shadow of the Beast, 1977
	The Howard Collector #8, Summer 1966
	Marchers of Valhalla, 1977				A city Indian, John Garfield, dreams of past lives... One was the Comanche Iron Heart, the Thunder-Rider, who wandered into an ensorcelled plain and rescued Conchita the woman-warrior from Aztecs and giants.

Other Weird Menace[]

Title	First published	Alternative title(s)	Source text	Notes
	Weird Tales, November 1936			Sold for $90–100; Public Domain
	, December 1933	Talons in the Dark	Black Talons (Wikisource )	Sold for $55–65; Public Domain
	, June 1936		Black Wind Blowing (Project Gutenberg of Australia )	Sold for $40; Disputed/unknown copyright status
	REH: Lone Star Fictioneer #3, Fall 1975
	WT 50: A Tribute to Weird Tales, 1974
	Weird Tales, February 1935	Moon of Zambebwei	Moon of Zambebwei (Project Gutenberg of Australia )	Sold for $99–110; Public Domain
	Shudder Stories #1, June 1984
	Crypt of Cthulhu #16, September 1983
	Shudder Stories #2, December 1984			Synopsis
	The Return of Skullface, 1977	Taveral Manor		Fragment; Completed by Richard A. Lupoff
Skull-Face	Weird Tales, October–December 1929		Skull-Face (Project Gutenberg of Australia )	Novel; Sold for $300; Public Domain
	Revelations of Yuggoth #1, November 1987

Detective stories[]

Steve Harrison[]

A police detective, often coming across weird cases on his River Street patrol.

Title	First published	Alternative title(s)	Source text	Notes
The Black Moon	Bran Mak Morn: A Play & Others, 1983
	, February 1934	People of the Serpent	"Fangs of Gold (Wikisource )	Sold for $85-100; Public Domain
	, February 1936		"Graveyard Rat (Wikisource )	Disputed/unknown copyright status
	The Second Book of Robert E. Howard, 1976	House of Fear
Lord of the Dead	Skull-Face, 1978	Dead Man's Doom
	Lord of the Dead, 1981			Fragment; Completed by Fred Blosser
	, May 1934		"Names in the Black Book (Wikisource )	Sold for $85-100; Public Domain
	Two-Fisted Detective Stories, May 1984
	, February 1934	Teeth of Doom	"The Tomb's Secret (Wikisource )	Main character changed to "Brock Rollins" for its first publication: Sold for $72–85; Public Domain
	Two-Fisted Detective Stories, May 1984
Untitled:
"Steve Harrison received a wire from Joan Wiltshaw..."	Two-Fisted Detective Stories, May 1984			Synopsis only

[]

Private detectives.

Title	First published	Alternative title(s)	Source text	Notes
	Bran Mak Morn: A Play & Others, 1983	Scarlet Tears
	Two-Fisted Detective Stories, May 1984

[]

Title	First published	Notes
	Writer of the Dark, 1986
	Never published	Fragment; Public Domain
	Never published	Fragment
Untitled:
"William Aloysius McGraw's father was red-headed and..."	Never published	Fragment

Comedy stories[]

Title	First published	Alternative title(s)	Notes
	, October 1926		Public Domain
	, October 1927		Public Domain
	Red Blades of Black Cathay, 1971		This story has two endings
	, September 1924		Public Domain
	, April 1927	The Reformation of a Dream	Public Domain
	The Tattler, the Brownwood High School paper, March 1923		Public Domain
Sleeping Beauty	, October 1926		Public Domain
	, January 1927		Public Domain
	, November 1926		Public Domain
	The Tattler, the Brownwood High School paper, December 1922		Public Domain
	, January 1927		Public Domain

Spicy stories[]

The "Spicy" pulp magazines printed stories that were almost pornography (usually limited to nudity and implied sex rather than anything more explicit).

[]

Title	First published	Alternative title(s)	Source text	Notes
Desert Blood	, June 1936	Revenge by Proxy		Public Domain
	, September 1936			Sold for $26.50; Public Domain
	, January 1937	Outlaw Working		Sold for $27; Public Domain
	, November 1936	Nothing to Lose	"The Purple Heart of Erlik (Wikisource )	Sold for $26; Public Domain
	, April 1936	The Girl on the Hell Ship	"She Devil (Wikisource )	Sold for $48–54; Public Domain
	The She Devil, 1983

"True Adventure" stories[]

Title	First published	Notes
	Pay Day, 1986
	Fantasy Crosswinds #1, January 1977
	Lurid Confessions #1, June 1986
	Red Blades of Black Cathay, 1971	Written with Tevis Clyde Smith
	The Toreador, June 1925
The Heathen	The Howard Collector #13, Fall 1970
	The Tattler, the Brownwood High School paper, January 1925
The Loser	REH: Lone Star Fictioneer #1, Spring 1975
	Lurid Confessions #1, June 1986
	, September 1929
	The Howard Collector #10, Spring 1968
	Pay Day, 1986
	Pay Day, 1986
	Pay Day, 1986
Post Oaks & Sand Roughs	Post Oaks & Sand Roughs, 1990	Semi-autobiographical
	Pay Day, 1986
	Pulp Magazine #1, March 1989
	The Howard Collector #11, Spring 1969
	Pay Day, 1986
	Lurid Confessions #1, June 1986
Wild Water	The Vultures of Whapeton, 1975

Essays and articles[]

Title	First published	Source text	Notes
The Beast from the Abyss		"The Beast from the Abyss (Wikisource )
The Galveston Affair	, December 1928
The Ghost of Camp Colorado	The Texaco Star		Sold for $28.26; Public Domain
The Hyborian Age	The Phantagraph, February–November 1936	"The Hyborian Age (Wikisource )	Public Domain
The Ideal Girl	The Tattler, the Brownwood High School paper, January 1925		Public Domain
To a Man Whose Name I Never Knew	, November 1928
Kid Dula Due To Be Champion	The Brownwood Bulletin, July 1928		Public Domain
Midnight	, September 1928	"Midnight (Wikisource )	Public Domain
More Evidences of the Innate Divinity of Man	, October 1928
Them	, September 1928
With a Set of Rattlesnake Rattles	Leaves #1, Summer 1937	"With a Set of Rattlesnake Rattles (Wikisource )	Public Domain

Poetry[]

Other fragments[]

The Atavist (Public Domain)
Age Lasting Love (First published in La Tombe Du Dragon, 1990. Public Domain)
The Battling Sailor
Blue River Blues
A Boy, a Beehive, and a Chinaman
The Brand of Satan (Public Domain)
Circus Charade (Public Domain)
The Dominant Male (Public Domain)
The Drawing Card (Public Domain)
The Drifter (Public Domain)
A Faithful Servant (Public Domain)
Fate is the Killer (Public Domain)
The Feminine of the Species (Public Domain)
The Ferocious Ape (Public Domain)
The Fishing Trip (Public Domain)
Fistic Psychology
The Folly of Conceit (Public Domain)
Friends (Public Domain)
The Funniest Bout (Public Domain)
The Ghost Behind the Gloves (Public Domain)
The Ghost of Bald Rock Ranch (Public Domain)
In His Own Image (Public Domain)
Incongruity (Public Domain)
The Influence of the Movies (Public Domain)
The Ivory Camel (Public Domain)
The Land of Forgotten Ages (Public Domain)
The Lion Gate (Public Domain)
Lobo Volante (Public Domain)

Man (Public Domain)
A Man and a Brother (Public Domain)
A Man of Peace (Public Domain)
The Man Who Went Back (Public Domain)
Mr. Dowser Buys a Car (Public Domain)
Over the Rockies in a Ford (Public Domain)
Pigskin Scholar (Public Domain)
The Punch (Public Domain)
The Recalcitrant (Public Domain)
The Red Stone (Public Domain)
The Slayer (Never published. Public Domain)
A South Sea Storm (Never published. Public Domain)
The Splendid Brute (Never published. Public Domain)
Tallyho! (Public Domain)
Ten Minutes on a Street Corner (Public Domain)
Through the Ages (Public Domain)
The Treasure of Henry Morgan (Public Domain)
A Twentieth-Century Rip Van Winkle (Public Domain)
A Unique Hat (Public Domain)
The Weeping Willow
What the Deuce? (Public Domain)
The Wheel Turns (Public Domain)
The White Jade Ring (Public Domain)
The Wild Man (Public Domain)
The Wings of the Bat (Public Domain)
Yellow Laughter (Public Domain)

References[]

This list was based on the following articles:

The Works of Robert E. Howard
A Collector's Checklist of Howard's Fiction
The Robert E. Howard United Press Association
The Robert-E-Howard: Electronic Amateur Press Association, The Copyright and Ownership Status of the Works and Words of Robert E. Howard by Paul Herman
Weird Tales Fiction Index

With some additional material from these sources:

Robert E. Howard: A Library of Classics
Wikisource (Author:Robert Ervin Howard)
Project Gutenberg of Australia
Afterword by Stephen Jones; The Conan Chronicles Volume 1: The People of the Black Circle; 2000; ISBN 1-85798-996-1

External links[]

^ An essential taster of ...The Weird West, Metro, 2 June 2008

[metro-1] An essential taster of ...The Weird West, Metro, 2 June 2008

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Title	First published	Alternative title(s)	Source text	Notes
	Argosy All-Story Weekly, July 1929			Sold for $100

The Fighting Fury				Public Domain
	Fantasy Crossroads Special Edition #1, January 1976
	, April 1936 .	Fists of the Desert
	Fight Stories, June 1930	Iron Men	"The Iron Man" (Project Gutenberg of Australia )	Sold for $200

	Writer of the Dark, 1986
		Misto' Dempsey		Several small stories; Public Domain
	Never published			Fragment; Public Domain
Right Hook

	The Iron Man & Other Tales of the Ring, 1976
				Fragment; Public Domain
The Voice of Doom	Crypt of Cthulhu #39, April 1986

Title	First published	Alternative title(s)	Source text	Notes
	, January 1939	The Road of the Mountain Lion	"Gates of Empire" (Wikisource )
	The Road of Azrael, 1979			Edited by L. Sprague de Camp into the Conan story Hawks Over Shem, first published in Fantastic Universe, October 1955; The short version is in the Public Domain
	The King's Service, 1975		"The King's Service" (Wikisource )
	Magic Carpet Magazine, July 1933		"The Lion of Tiberias" (Wikisource )	Sold for $110
	Oriental Stories, Spring 1932	The Lame Man	"Lord of Samarcand" (Wikisource )	Sold for $140; Public Domain
The Sowers of the Thunder	Oriental Stories, Winter 1932		"The Sowers of Thunder" (Wikisource )	Sold for $160; References Cormac Fitzgeoffrey; Public Domain
	The Golden Caliph, early 1920s
The Track of Bohemund	The Road of Azrael, 1979
	The All-Around Magazine, May–July 1923			Collaboration with Tevis Clyde Smith; The All-Around Magazine was Howard & Smith's own amateur magazine
	Oriental Stories, February–March 1931		"Red Blades of Black Cathay" (Wikisource )	Based on research by Tevis Clyde Smith; Sold for $118; Public Domain
	Chacal #1, Winter 1976
The Shadow of the Vulture	Magic Carpet Magazine, January 1934		"The Shadow of the Vulture" (Wikisource )	Sold for $140; This is the only Howard story to feature Red Sonya; Public Domain
The Road of the Eagles	The Road of Azrael, 1979	The Way of the Swords		Edited by L. Sprague de Camp into the Conan story Conan, Man of Destiny first published in Fantastic Universe, December 1955. Then published as The Road of the Eagles in Tales of Conan, 1955.
Untitled:
"The wind from the Mediterranean wafted..."	Amra, November 1959			Fragment

First published	Alternative title(s)	Source text	Notes
Weird Tales, August 1932			Sold for $1
From Beyond the Dark Gateway #3, 1974
The Howard Collector #9, Spring 1967			Fragment; Originally untitled; Completed & titled version by Robert M. Price first published in Fantasy Book, June 1985
			Poem
Fantasy Magazine, September 1935		The Challenge from Beyond (Project Gutenberg of Australia )	"Round Robin" story with C.L. Moore, A. Merritt, H. P. Lovecraft & Frank Belknap Long; Public Domain
Weird Tales, February 1937	John Grimlan's Debt		Sold for $100
Fantasy Crosswinds #2, January 1977	The Door to the World		Fragment
Weird Tales, December 1936		The Fire of Asshurbanipal (Project Gutenberg of Australia )	Sold for $100; Edited from an earlier complete draft, with no horror element, by Howard. Non-horror version first published in The Howard Collector #16, Spring 1972; The horror version is in the Public Domain
The Howard Reader #8, 2003	The House		Fragment; Version completed by August Derleth first published in Dark Things, 1971
Weird Tales, February 1932		The Thing on the Roof (Project Gutenberg of Australia )	Sold for $40
Weirdbook Three, 1970	The Hoofed Thing

Title	First published	Alternative title(s)	Source text	Notes	Plot
	Weirdbook Six, 1973			Public Domain
The Cairn on the Headland	Strange Tales, January 1933		The Cairn on the Headland (Wikisource )	Sold for $144; Public Domain
	Etchings and Odysseys #1, 1973
	Weirdbook One, 1968
	Magazine of Horror #17, Fall 1967			Disputed/unknown copyright status
	The Grim Land and Others, 1976			Fragment; Completed by Tevis Clyde Smith
	Weird Tales, February 1928		The Dream Snake (Project Gutenberg of Australia )	Sold for $20
	Crypt of Cthulhu #22, April 1984
	Weird Tales, February 1930	The Touch of Death	The Fearsome Touch of Death (Wikisource )	Sold for $18
	Weird Tales, March 1928		The Hyena (Project Gutenberg of Australia )	Sold for $25; Public Domain
	Magazine of Horror #31, February 1970			Disputed/unknown copyright status
The Return of the Sorcerer	Bicentennial Tribute to REH, 1976
	Witchcraft and Sorcery #10, 1974
	WT 50: A Tribute to Weird Tales, 1974
	Crypt of Cthulhu #25, September 1984
	Weird Tales, September 1938			With . Copyright 1938 by Popular Fiction Publishing Company.	In India, an English girl is saved from a tiger by Ranjit Bhatarka. Infatuated, she seeks his company. But the locals warn he's a Hindoo, an ancient holy man to be feared.
Untitled		"The night was damp, misty, the air possessing a certain..."	Fantasy Crossroads #7, February 1976		Fragment

Title	First published	Alternative title(s)	Source text	Notes
	Lewd Tales, 1987			Play
	Fantasy Crossroads #8, May 1976
	REH Lone Star Fictioneer #3 Fall 1975
	Risque Stories #4, October 1986
	The New Howard Reader #4, January 1999
	Lewd Tales, 1987			Play

Title	First published	Alternative title(s)	Notes
	Fantasy Crossroads #4-5, 1975		Fragment
	The Tattler, the Brownwood High School paper, March 1923		Public Domain
	, January 1929	Ambition in the Moonlight
A Dream	The Howard Collector #14, Spring 1971		Originally untitled
	, September 1929
	Etchings in Ivory, 1968
	The Howard Collector #11, Spring 1969
	Fantasy Crossroads #6, November 1975
	Fantome #1, 1978
	Fantasy Crossroads #9, August 1976
	The Howard Collector #5, Summer 1964		Fragment
	The Tattler, the Brownwood High School paper, February 1923		Public Domain
	The Howard Collector #17, Autumn 1972

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