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.
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.
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| Beyond the Black River | Weird Tales 1935, May–June serial, two parts | "Beyond the Black River" (Wikisource) | Novella; 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) | Novella; 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) | Novella; 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 |
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 | Alternative title(s) | Source Text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Altar and the Scorpion | King Kull, 1967 | ||||
| The Black City | King Kull, 1967 | The Black Abyss | |||
| By This Axe, I Rule | King Kull, 1967 | Re-written by Howard into the Conan story The Phoenix on the Sword | |||
| The Curse of the Golden Skull | The Howard Collector #9, Spring 1967 | ||||
| Delcardes' Cat | King Kull, 1967 | The Cat and the Skull | |||
| Exile of Atlantis | King Kull, 1967 | Originally untitled, title created by Glenn Lord | |||
| The King and the Oak | Weird Tales, February 1939 | Poem | |||
| The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune | Weird Tales, September 1929 | "The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune" (Wikisource) | Sold for $20; Public Domain | ||
| The Shadow Kingdom | Weird Tales, August 1929 | "The Shadow Kingdom" (Wikisource) | Sold for $100; Public Domain | ||
| The Skull of Silence | King Kull, 1967 | The Screaming Skull of Silence | |||
| The Striking of the Gong | The Second Book of Robert E. Howard, 1976 | Edited version by Lin Carter first published in King Kull, 1967 | |||
| Swords of the Purple Kingdom | King Kull, 1967 | ||||
| "Wizard and Warrior | Kull, 1978 | ||||
| "Riders Beyond the Sunrise" | Kull, 1978 |
A Tudor-period Puritan adventurer, wandering across Europe and Africa.
| Title | First published | Alternative title(s) | Source text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blades of the Brotherhood | Red Shadows, 1968 | The Blue Flame of Vengeance, The Blue Flame of Death | Edited version by John Pocsik first published in Over the Edge, 1964; The "Malachi Grim" version is in the Public Domain) | ||
| The Castle of the Devil | Red Shadows, 1968 | Fragment; Also features John Silent. Completed by Ramsey Campbell. | |||
| The Children of Asshur | Red Shadows, 1968 | Fragment. Completed by Ramsey Campbell. | |||
| Death's Black Riders | The Howard Collector #10, Spring 1968 | Fragment | |||
| The Footfalls Within | Weird Tales, September 1931 | "The Footfalls Within" (Wikisource) | Sold for $56 | ||
| Hawk of Basti | Red Shadows, 1968 | Fragment. Completed by Ramsey Campbell. | |||
| The Hills of the Dead | Weird Tales, August 1930 | "The Hills of the Dead" (Wikisource) | Sold for $70 | ||
| The Moon of Skulls | Weird Tales, June–July 1930 | "The Moon of Skulls" (Wikisource) | Novella; Sold for $200 | ||
| The One Black Stain | Poem | ||||
| Rattle of Bones | Weird Tales, June 1929 | "Rattle of Bones" (Wikisource) | Sold for $20; Public Domain | ||
| Red Shadows | Weird Tales, August 1928 | Solomon Kane | "Red Shadows" (Wikisource) | Sold for $20; Public Domain | |
| The Return of Sir Richard Grenville | Poem | ||||
| The Right Hand of Doom | Red Shadows, 1968 | ||||
| Skulls in the Stars | Weird Tales, January 1929 | "Skulls in the Stars" (Wikisource) | Sold for $30; Public Domain | ||
| Solomon Kane's Homecoming | Poem | ||||
| Wings in the Night | Weird Tales, July 1932 | "Wings in the Night" (Wikisource) | Sold for $134 |
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 | Alternative title(s) | Source text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bran Mak Morn | Cromlech #3, 1988 | Synopsis; Originally untitled | |||
| Bran Mak Morn: A Play & Others, 1983 | Play; Fragment | ||||
| The Drums of Pictdom | Poem; Related to, but does not feature, Bran | ||||
| Kings of the Night | Weird Tales, November 1930 | "Kings of the Night" (Wikisource) | Sold for $120; Also features Kull | ||
| The Little People | Coven 13, vol. 1 #3, January 1970 | Related to, but does not feature, Bran | |||
| The Lost Race | Weird Tales, January 1927 | "The Lost Race" (Wikisource) | Related to, but does not feature, Bran; Sold for $30 | ||
| Men of the Shadows | Bran Mak Morn, 1969 | Poem | |||
| A Song of the Race | 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 | ||||
An 11th-century Irish outcast.
| Title | First published | Alternative title(s) | Source text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Dark Man | Weird Tales, December 1931 | "The Dark Man" (Wikisource) | Sold for $85; Features Bran Mak Morn | ||
| The Gods of Bal-Sagoth | Weird Tales, October 1931 | The Blond Goddess of Bal-Sagoth | "The Gods of Bal-Sagoth" (Wikisource) | Sold for $140 | |
| The Shadow of the Hun | Shadow of the Hun, 1975 | "The Shadow of the Hun" (Wikisource) | |||
| Spears of Clontarf | 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 | ||||
A 1930s Texan who recalls his past lives as ancient heroes. Not to be confused with Kid Allison.
| Title | First published | Alternative title(s) | Source text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Eons | The Howard Collector #9, Spring 1967 | Fragment; Originally untitled, title created by Robert M. Price | |||
| Brachan the Kelt | The New Howard Reader #1, June 1998 | Fragment; Completed version first published in The Barbarian Swordsmen, 1981 | |||
| The Garden of Fear | Marvel Tales, July–August 1934 | "The Garden of Fear" (Wikisource) | Public Domain | ||
| Genseric's Fifth-Born Son | 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 Guardian of the Idol | The Howard Reader #8, 2003 | Fragment & Synopsis; Completed version by Gerald W. Page first published in Weird Tales #3, Fall 1981 | |||
| Marchers of Valhalla | Marchers of Valhalla, 1972 | Copyright 1972 by Glenn Lord. Plot: 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 Tower of Time | The New Howard Reader #2, August 1998 | Akram the Mysterious | Fragment; Completed version by Lin Carter first published in Fantastic Stories, June 1975 | ||
| The Valley of the Worm | Weird Tales, February 1934 | "The Valley of the Worm" (Wikisource) | Public Domain |
| 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 | ||
| Delenda Est | Worlds of Fantasy #1, 1968 | ||||
| Golnor the Ape | Crypt of Cthulhu #38, February 1985 | ||||
| The Isle of the Eons | The Gods of Bal-Sagoth, April 1979 | ||||
| Nekht Semerkeht | Swords Against Darkness, February 1977 | Fragment; Completed by Andrew J. Offutt; Possibly Howard's last work | |||
| Spear and Fang | Weird Tales, July 1925 | "Spear and Fang" (Wikisource) | Howard's first published work; Sold for $16 | ||
| The Tomb of the Dragon | The Shadow of the Beast, 1977 | ||||
| Two Against Tyre | The Howard Collector #12, Spring 1970 | ||||
| Under the Baobab Tree | Cross Plains #5, 1974 | ||||
| Valley of the Lost | Magazine of Horror #13, Summer 1966 | King of the Forgotten People | Disputed/unknown copyright status | ||
| The Voice of El-Lil | Oriental Stories, November 1930 | Temptress of the Tower of Torture and Sin | "The Voice of El-Lil" (Wikisource) | Sold for $90; Public Domain | |
| Witch from Hell's Kitchen | Avon Fantasy Reader, 1952 | The House of Arabu | "Witch from Hell's Kitchen" (Wikisource) | Public Domain |
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 Battling Sailor | |||||
| 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 | |
| Blue River Blues | |||||
| 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 | |
| By the Law of the Shark | 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 | |
| Flying Knuckles | REH Fight Magazine #4, October 1996 | ||||
| General Ironfist | Jack Dempsey's Fight Magazine, June 1934 | "General Ironfist" (Wikisource) | Sold for $35; Public Domain | ||
| Hard-Fisted Sentiment | REH Fight Magazine #4, October 1996 | ||||
| The Honor of the Ship | 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 | |
| Sailor Costigan and the Swami | 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 | Jack Dempsey's Fight Magazine, May 1934 | "The Slugger's Game" (Wikisource) | Sold for $35; Public Domain | ||
| Sluggers on the Beach | Jack Dempsey's Fight Magazine, 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 | |||
A renamed version of Sailor Steve Costigan sailing in the Python, published under the pseudonym Patrick Ervin.
| Title | First published | Alternative title(s) | Source text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alleys of Darkness | Magic Carpet Magazine, January 1934 | Alleys of Singapore | "Alleys of Darkness" (Wikisource) | Sold for $45–54; Public Domain | |
| Alleys of Treachery | The Howard Collector #8, Summer 1966 | The Mandarin Ruby | |||
| The Destiny Gorilla | The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan, 1974 | Sailor Costigan and the Destiny Gorilla, Sailor Dorgan and the Destiny Gorilla | |||
| In High Society | The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan, 1974 | Cultured Cauliflowers | |||
| A Knight of the Round Table | The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan, 1974 | Iron-Clad Fists | |||
| Playing Journalist | The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan, 1974 | A New Game for Costigan, A New Game for Dorgan | |||
| Playing Santa Claus | The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan, 1974 | A Two-Fisted Santa Claus | |||
| Sailor Dorgan and the Jade Monkey | The Howard Collector #14, Spring 1971 | Sailor Costigan and the Jade Monkey, The Jade Monkey | |||
| The Turkish Menace | 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 Yellow Cobra | The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan, 1974 | Sailor Dorgan and the Yellow Cobra, A Korean Night, A Night Ashore |
Not to be confused with James Allison.
| Title | First published | Alternative title(s) | Source text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College Socks | Sport Story Magazine, September 1931 | A Student of Sockology | Sold for $100; Disputed/unknown copyright status | ||
| The Drawing Card | |||||
| Fighting Nerves | Public Domain | ||||
| Fistic Psychology | Public Domain | ||||
| The Good Knight | Sport Story Magazine, December 1931 | Kid Galahad | Sold for $90; Disputed/unknown copyright status | ||
| The Jinx | Public Domain | ||||
| Man with the Mystery Mitts | Sport Story Magazine, October 1931 | Sold for $100; Disputed/unknown copyright status | |||
| The Texas Wildcat | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Apparition in the Prize Ring | Ghost Stories, April 1929 | The Spirit of Tom Molyneaux | "Apparition in the Prize Ring" (Wikisource) | Sold for $95; Public Domain | |
| Double Cross | Bran Mak Morn: A Play & Others, 1983 |
| Title | First published | Alternative title(s) | Source text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crowd Horror | Argosy All-Story Weekly, July 1929 | Sold for $100 | |||
| The Ferocious Ape | |||||
| The Fighting Fury | Public Domain | ||||
| Fists of the Revolution | Fantasy Crossroads Special Edition #1, January 1976 | ||||
| Iron-jaw | Dime Sports Magazine, April 1936 . | Fists of the Desert | |||
| The Iron Man | Fight Stories, June 1930 | Iron Men | "https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0609171h.html" (Project Gutenberg of Australia) | Sold for $200 | |
| A Man of Peace | |||||
| The Mark of the Bloody Hand | Writer of the Dark, 1986 | ||||
| Misto' Demsey | Misto' Dempsey | Several small stories; Public Domain | |||
| Night Encounter | Never published | Fragment; Public Domain | |||
| Right Hook | |||||
| Shackled Mitts | |||||
| They Always Come Back | The Iron Man & Other Tales of the Ring, 1976 | ||||
| Trail of the Snake | Fragment; Public Domain | ||||
| The Voice of Doom | Crypt of Cthulhu #39, April 1986 | ||||
| Weeping Willow |
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.
| Title | First published | Alternative title(s) | Source text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Apache Mountain War | Action Stories, December 1935 | The Apache Mountain War (Wikisource) | Public Domain | ||
| The Conquerin' Hero of the Humbolts | Action Stories, October 1936 | Politics at Blue Lizard, Politics at Lonesome Lizard | The Conquerin' Hero of the Humbolts (Wikisource) | Public Domain | |
| No Cowherders Wanted | Action Stories, September 1936 | Gents in Buckskin | No Cowherders Wanted (Wikisource) | Public Domain | |
| Cupid from Bear Creek | Action Stories, August 1935 | The Peaceful Pilgrim | Cupid From Bear Creek (Wikisource) | (A Gent from Bear Creek); Public Domain | |
| The Curly Wolf of Sawtooth | Star Western, September 1936 | A Elston to the Rescue, A Elkins Never Surrenders | Sold for $60 | ||
| Evil Deeds at Red Cougar | Action Stories, June 1936 | Evil Deeds at Red Cougar (Wikisource) | Public Domain | ||
| The Feud Buster | Action Stories, June 1935 | The Feud Buster (Wikisource) | (A Gent from Bear Creek); Public Domain | ||
| A Gent from Bear Creek | Action Stories, October 1934 | A Gent from Bear Creek (Wikisource) | Sold for $46–55; Public Domain | ||
| A Gent from Bear Creek | A Gent from Bear Creek, 1937 | Novel created by combining several short stories and editing them to fit; Public Domain | |||
| Guns of the Mountain | Action Stories, May–June 1934 | Guns of the Mountain (Wikisource) | (A Gent from Bear Creek); Sold for $42–50; Public Domain | ||
| The Haunted Mountain | Action Stories, February 1935 | The Haunted Mountain (Wikisource) | (A Gent from Bear Creek); Public Domain | ||
| High Horse Rampage | Action Stories, August 1936 | Gents on the Rampage | High Horse Rampage (Wikisource) | Public Domain | |
| Mayhem and Taxes | The Summit County Journal, September 1967 | ||||
| Meet Cap'n Kidd | The Summit County Journal, July–October 1968 | (A Gent from Bear Creek) | |||
| Mountain Man | Action Stories, March–April 1934 | Mountain Man (Wikisource) | (A Gent from Bear Creek); Sold for $46–55; Public Domain | ||
| Pilgrims to the Pecos | Action Stories, February 1936 | Weary Pilgrims on the Road | Pilgrims to the Pecos (Wikisource) | Sold for $60; Public Domain | |
| Pistol Politics | Action Stories, April 1936 | Pistol Politics (Wikisource) | Public Domain | ||
| The Riot at Cougar Paw | Action Stories, October 1935 | The Riot at Cougar Paw (Wikisource) | Public Domain | ||
| The Road to Bear Creek | Action Stories, December 1934 | The Road to Bear Creek (Wikisource) | (A Gent from Bear Creek); Sold for $42–50; Public Domain | ||
| The Scalp Hunter | Action Stories, August 1934 | A Stranger in Grizzly Claw | The Scalp Hunter (Wikisource) | (A Gent from Bear Creek); Sold for $51–60; Public Domain | |
| Sharp's Gun Serenade | Action Stories, January 1937 | Educate or Bust | Sharp's Gun Serenade (Wikisource) | (A Gent from Bear Creek); Public Domain | |
| Striped Shirts and Busted Hearts | The Summit County Journal, June 1967 | (A Gent from Bear Creek) | |||
| War on Bear Creek | Action Stories, April 1935 | War on Bear Creek (Wikisource) | (A Gent from Bear Creek); Sold for $54–60; Public Domain | ||
| When Bear Creek Came to Chawed Ear | The Summit County Journal, March–September 1971 | (A Gent from Bear Creek) |
| Title | First published | Alternative title(s) | Source text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Diablos Trail | Bran Mak Morn: A Play & Others, 1983 | ||||
| A Gent from the Pecos | Argosy, 3 October 1936 | Shave That Hawg! | Sold for $40 | ||
| Gents on the Lynch | Argosy, 17 October 1936 | Sold for $42.50 | |||
| The Riot at Bucksnort | Argosy, 31 October 1936 | ||||
| While Smoke Rolled | Double Action Western, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gunman's Debt | The Last Ride, 1978 | ||||
| Law-Shooters of Cowtown | Cross Plains #4, Summer 1974 | Law Guns of Cowtown |
| Title | First published | Alternative title(s) | Source text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knife River Prodigal | Cowboy Stories, July 1937 | A Texas Prodigal | |||
| A Man-Eating Jeopard | Cowboy Stories, June 1936 | Sold for $49–55; Disputed/unknown copyright status | |||
| Texas John Alden | Masked Rider Western, May 1944 | Ring-Tailed Tornado, A Ringtailed Tornado | Texas John Alden (Wikisource) | Printed as a Breckinridge Elkins story; Public Domain |
AKA Steve Allison. He also appears in some of the El Borak stories.
| Title | First published | Alternative title(s) | Source text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brotherly Advice | The Sonora Kid, 1988 | ||||
| Desert Rendezvous | The Sonora Kid, 1988 | ||||
| The Devil's Joker | Cross Plains #6, 1975 | The Devil's Jest, Outlaw Trails | |||
| Knife, Bullet and Noose | The Howard Collector #6, Spring 1965 | Knife, Gun and Noose | |||
| Red Curls and Bobbed Hair | The Sonora Kid, 1988 | ||||
| The Sonora Kid-Cowhand | The Sonora Kid, 1988 | ||||
| The Sonora Kid's Winning Hand | The Sonora Kid, 1988 | ||||
| The West Tower | 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 | |||
| Title | First published | Alternative title(s) | Source text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Smalley and the Power of the Human Eye | The Dark Man #1, 1991 | The Power of the Human Eye | |||
| Boot-Hill Payoff | Western Aces, October 1935 | The Last Ride | Boot-Hill Payoff (Wikisource) | Novella; Finished work started by Robert Enders Allen; Sold for $78–110; Public Domain | |
| Drums of the Sunset | The Cross Plains Review, November 1928 - January 1929 | Riders of the Sunset | Sold for $20; Public Domain | ||
| The Extermination of Yellow Donory | Zane Grey Western Magazine, June 1970 | The Killing of Yellow Donory | |||
| Golden Hope Christmas | The Tattler, the Brownwood High School paper, December 1922 | ""Golden Hope" Christmas" (Wikisource) | |||
| Showdown at Hell's Canyon | The Vultures, 1973 | The Judgement of the Desert | |||
| Six-Gun Interview | Never published | Fragment; Public Domain | |||
| Vulture's Sanctuary | Argosy, November 1936 | ||||
| The Vultures of Whapeton | Smashing Novels Magazine, December 1936 | The Vultures, The Vultures of Teton Gulch, The Vultures of Wahpeton | The Vultures of Whapeton (Project Gutenberg of Australia) | Novella; Sold for 135–150; This story has two endings |
See also Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn and Turlough Dubh O'Brien for historical stories with fantasy elements.
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) | Novella; Disputed/unknown copyright status | ||
| The Coming of El Borak | The Coming of El Borak, September 1987 | ||||
| The Country of the Knife | Complete Stories, August 1936 | Sons of the Hawk | "The Country of the Knife" (Wikisource) | Novella; Sold for $120; Disputed/unknown copyright status | |
| The Daughter of Erlik Khan | Top-Notch, December 1934 | "The Daughter of Erlik Khan" (Wikisource) | Novella; 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) | Novella; 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) | Novella; Printed in both a long and shortened version; Edited by L. Sprague de Camp into a Conan story called The Flame Knife | |||
| The White Jade Ring | "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 | |||
A red-haired swordswoman in 16th Century France.
| Title | First published | Alternative title(s) | Source text | 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 |
A Norman/Gael knight fighting in the Crusades.
| Title | First published | Alternative title(s) | 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 |
An American posing as a Kurdish mercenary in Central Asia.
| Title | First published | Alternative title(s) | Source text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Plot: 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Night of the Wolf | Bran Mak Morn, 1969 | ||||
| Swords of the Northern Sea | Tigers of the Sea, 1974 | ||||
| The Temple of Abomination | Tigers of the Sea, 1974 | Fragment; Completed by Richard L. Tierney | |||
| Tigers of the Sea | Tigers of the Sea, 1974 | Fragment & Synopsis; Completed by Richard L. Tierney |
| Title | First published | Alternative title(s) | Source text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Further Adventures of Lal Singh | The Adventures of Lal Singh, 1985 | ||||
| Lal Singh, Oriental Gentleman | The Adventures of Lal Singh, 1985 | ||||
| The Tale of the Rajah's Ring | The Adventures of Lal Singh, 1985 |
An Irish pirate sailing the Caribbean.
| Title | First published | Alternative title(s) | Source text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Vulmea's Vengeance | Golden Fleece, November 1938 | "Black Vulmea's Vengeance" (Wikisource) | |||
| Swords of the Red Brotherhood | Black Vulmea's Vengeance, 1976 | "Swords of the Red Brotherhood" (Wikisource) | Novella; 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gates of Empire | Golden Fleece, January 1939 | The Road of the Mountain Lion | "Gates of Empire" (Wikisource) | ||
| Hawks Over Egypt | 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 | The King's Service, 1975 | "The King's Service" (Wikisource) | |||
| The Lion of Tiberias | Magic Carpet Magazine, July 1933 | "The Lion of Tiberias" (Wikisource) | Sold for $110 | ||
| Lord of Samarcand | 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 | ||
| Spears of the East | The Golden Caliph, 1923 | ||||
| The Track of Bohemund | The Road of Azrael, 1979 | ||||
| Under the Great Tiger | The All-Around Magazine, May–July 1923 | Collaboration with Tevis Clyde Smith; The All-Around Magazine was Howard & Smith's own amateur magazine | |||
| Red Blades of Black Cathay | Oriental Stories, February–March 1931 | "Red Blades of Black Cathay" (Wikisource) | Based on research by Tevis Clyde Smith; Sold for $118; Public Domain | ||
| The Road of Azrael | 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 | |||
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 | ||
| Dagon Manor | Shudder Stories #4, March 1986 | Fragment; Originally untitled; Completed by C. J. Henderson | |||
| Dig Me No Grave | Weird Tales, February 1937 | John Grimlan's Debt | Sold for $100 | ||
| The Dwellers Under the Tombs | 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 | ||
| The Thing on the Roof | Weird Tales, February 1932 | The Thing on the Roof (Project Gutenberg of Australia) | Sold for $40; It does not mention the narrator's name, but appears to be a Kirowan story |
| Title | First published | Alternative title(s) | Source text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Legend of Faring Town | Verses in Ebony, 1975 | Poem | |||
| Restless Waters | Spaceway Science Fiction, September–October 1969 | The Horror at the Window | |||
| Sea Curse | Weird Tales, May 1928 | "Sea Curse" (Wikisource) | Sold for $17-20. Copyright 1928 by Popular Fiction Publishing Company. Plot: 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. | ||
| Out of the Deep | Magazine of Horror #18, November 1967 | Disputed/unknown copyright status Plot: 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 | Alternative title(s) | Source text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In the Forest of Villefère | Weird Tales, August 1925 | In the Forest of Villefère (Wikisource) | Sold for $8 | ||
| Wolfshead | Weird Tales, April 1926 | Wolfshead (Wikisource) | Sold for $50 | ||
| Wolfsdung | Cromlech #3, 1988 |
Weird West stories are hybrids, a combination of a Western with another genre, usually horror, occult, or fantasy.
| Title | First published | Alternative title(s) | Source text | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Dead Remember | Argosy, August 1936 | Sold for $17.50 | ||
| For the Love of Barbara Allen | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1966 | Copyright 1966 by Mercury Press, Inc. Plot: 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. | ||
| The Haunted Hut | Weirdbook Two, 1969 | |||
| The Horror from the Mound | Weird Tales, May 1932 | The Monster from the Mound | The Horror from the Mound (Project Gutenberg of Australia) | Sold for $65 |
| A Horror in the Night | Cross Plains #3, March 1974 | |||
| The Man on the Ground | Weird Tales, July 1933 | Sold for $20 | ||
| Old Garfield's Heart | Weird Tales, December 1933 | Old Garrod's Heart | Sold for $35 | |
| Pigeons From Hell | Weird Tales, May 1938 | "Pigeons from Hell (Wikisource) | ||
| Secret of Lost Valley | Startling Mystery Stories #4, Spring 1967 | The Valley of the Lost | Included in Marchers of Valhalla | Copyright 1967 by Health Knowledge, Inc. Plot: 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 | The Shadow of the Beast, 1977 | |||
| The Shadow of Doom | The Howard Collector #8, Summer 1966 | |||
| The Thunder-Rider | Marchers of Valhalla, 1977 | Plot: 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. | ||
| Title | First published | Alternative title(s) | Source text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hound of Death | Weird Tales, November 1936 | Sold for $90–100; Public Domain | |||
| Black Talons | Strange Detective Stories, December 1933 | Talons in the Dark | Black Talons (Wikisource) | Sold for $55–65; Public Domain | |
| Black Wind Blowing | Thrilling Mystery, June 1936 | Black Wind Blowing (Project Gutenberg of Australia) | Sold for $40; Disputed/unknown copyright status | ||
| The Brazen Peacock | REH: Lone Star Fictioneer #3, Fall 1975 | ||||
| Devils of Dark Lake | WT 50: A Tribute to Weird Tales, 1974 | ||||
| The Grisly Horror | Weird Tales, February 1935 | Moon of Zambebwei | Moon of Zambebwei (Project Gutenberg of Australia) | Sold for $99–110; Public Domain | |
| Guests of the Hoodoo Room | Shudder Stories #1, June 1984 | ||||
| The Hand of Obeah | Crypt of Cthulhu #16, September 1983 | ||||
| The House of Om | Shudder Stories #2, December 1984 | Synopsis | |||
| The Return of Skull-Face | 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) | Novella; Sold for $300; Public Domain | ||
| The Spell of Damballah | Revelations of Yuggoth #1, November 1987 |
| Title | First published | Alternative title(s) | Source text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkham | Weird Tales, August 1932 | Sold for $1 | |||
| The Black Bear Bites | From Beyond the Dark Gateway #3, 1974 | ||||
| Black Eons | The Howard Collector #9, Spring 1967 | Fragment; Originally untitled; Completed & titled version by Robert M. Price first published in Fantasy Book, June 1985 | |||
| Candles | Poem | ||||
| The Challenge from Beyond | 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 | ||
| The Door to the Garden | Fantasy Crosswinds #2, January 1977 | The Door to the World | Fragment | ||
| The Fire of Asshurbanipal | 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 House in the Oaks | The Howard Reader #8, 2003 | The House | Fragment; Version completed by August Derleth first published in Dark Things, 1971 | ||
| Usurp the Night | Weirdbook Three, 1970 | The Hoofed Thing |
| Title | First published | Alternative title(s) | Source text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Country | 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 | ||
| Casonetto's Last Song | Etchings and Odysseys #1, 1973 | ||||
| The Cobra in the Dream | Weirdbook One, 1968 | ||||
| Dermod's Bane | Magazine of Horror #17, Fall 1967 | Disputed/unknown copyright status | |||
| The Devil's Woodchopper | The Grim Land and Others, 1976 | Fragment; Completed by Tevis Clyde Smith | |||
| The Dream Snake | Weird Tales, February 1928 | "The Dream Snake" (Wikisource) | Sold for $20 | ||
| The Fear-Master | Crypt of Cthulhu #22, April 1984 | ||||
| The Fearsome Touch of Death | Weird Tales, February 1930 | The Touch of Death | The Fearsome Touch of Death (Wikisource) | Sold for $18 | |
| The Hyena | Weird Tales, March 1928 | "The Hyena" (Wikisource) | Sold for $25; Public Domain | ||
| The Noseless Horror | Magazine of Horror #31, February 1970 | Disputed/unknown copyright status | |||
| The Return of the Sorcerer | Bicentennial Tribute to REH, 1976 | ||||
| Serpent Vines | Witchcraft and Sorcery #10, 1974 | ||||
| Spectres in the Dark | WT 50: A Tribute to Weird Tales, 1974 | ||||
| The Supreme Moment | Crypt of Cthulhu #25, September 1984 | ||||
| A Thunder of Trumpets | Weird Tales, September 1938 | With Frank Thurston Torbett. Copyright 1938 by Popular Fiction Publishing Company. Plot: 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 |
A police detective, often coming across weird cases on his River Street patrol in Chinatown.
| Title | First published | Alternative title(s) | Source text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Black Moon | Bran Mak Morn: A Play & Others, 1983 | ||||
| Fangs of Gold | Strange Detective Stories, February 1934 | People of the Serpent | "Fangs of Gold (Wikisource) | Sold for $85-100; Public Domain | |
| Graveyard Rats | Thrilling Mystery, February 1936 | "Graveyard Rat (Wikisource) | Disputed/unknown copyright status | ||
| The House of Suspicion | The Second Book of Robert E. Howard, 1976 | House of Fear | |||
| Lord of the Dead | Skull-Face, 1978 | Dead Man's Doom | |||
| The Mystery of Tannernoe Lodge | Lord of the Dead, 1981 | Fragment; Completed by Fred Blosser | |||
| Names in the Black Book | Super Detective Stories, May 1934 | "Names in the Black Book (Wikisource) | Sold for $85-100; Public Domain | ||
| The Silver Heel | Two-Fisted Detective Stories, May 1984 | ||||
| The Tomb's Secret | Strange Detective Stories, 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 | |
| The Voice of Death | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hand of the Black Goddess | Bran Mak Morn: A Play & Others, 1983 | Scarlet Tears | |||
| Sons of Hate | Two-Fisted Detective Stories, May 1984 |
| Title | First published | Alternative title(s) | Source text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Ghost with the Silk Hat | Writer of the Dark, 1986 | ||||
| Westward Ho! | Never published | Fragment; Public Domain | |||
| The Wild Man | Never published | Fragment | |||
| Untitled: | |||||
| "William Aloysius McGraw's father was red-headed and..." | Never published | Fragment | |||
| Title | First published | Alternative title(s) | Source text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After the Game | Yellow Jacket, October 1926 | "After the Game" (Wikisource) | |||
| Cupid vs. Pollux | Yellow Jacket, October 1927 | "Cupid vs. Pollux" (Wikisource) | |||
| Eighttoes Makes a Play | Red Blades of Black Cathay, 1971 | This story has two endings | |||
| Halt! Who Goes There? | Yellow Jacket, September 1924 | "Halt! Who Goes There?" (Wikisource) | |||
| Yellow Jacket, April 1927 | The Reformation of a Dream | "The Reformation: A Dream" (Wikisource) | |||
| The Sheik | The Tattler, the Brownwood High School paper, March 1923 | "The Sheik" (Wikisource) | |||
| Sleeping Beauty | Yellow Jacket, October 1926 | "Sleeping Beauty" (Wikisource) | |||
| The Thessalians | Yellow Jacket, January 1927 | "The Thessalians" (Wikisource) | |||
| Weekly Short Story | Yellow Jacket, November 1926 | "Weekly Short Story" (Wikisource) | |||
| West Is West | The Tattler, the Brownwood High School paper, December 1922 | "West Is West" (Wikisource) | |||
| Ye College Days | Yellow Jacket, January 1927 | "Ye College Days" (Wikisource) |
The "Spicy" pulp magazines printed stories that were considered scandalous at the time (elements of nudity and implied sex).
| Title | First published | Alternative title(s) | Source text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desert Blood | Spicy Adventure Stories, June 1936 | Revenge by Proxy | Public Domain | ||
| The Dragon of Kao Tsu | Spicy Adventure Stories, September 1936 | Sold for $26.50; Public Domain | |||
| Murderer's Grog | Spicy Adventure Stories, January 1937 | Outlaw Working | Sold for $27; Public Domain | ||
| The Purple Heart of Erlik | Spicy Adventure Stories, November 1936 | Nothing to Lose | "The Purple Heart of Erlik (Wikisource) | Sold for $26; Public Domain | |
| She Devil | Spicy Adventure Stories, April 1936 | The Girl on the Hell Ship | "She Devil (Wikisource) | Sold for $48–54; Public Domain | |
| Ship in Mutiny | The She Devil, 1983 |
| Title | First published | Alternative title(s) | Source text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bastards All! | Lewd Tales, 1987 | Play | |||
| Daughters of the Feud | Fantasy Crossroads #8, May 1976 | ||||
| Guns of Khartum | REH Lone Star Fictioneer #3 Fall 1975 | ||||
| Miss High-Hat | Risque Stories #4, October 1986 | ||||
| She-Cats of Samarcand | The New Howard Reader #4, January 1999 | ||||
| Songs of Bastards | Lewd Tales, 1987 | Play |
| Title | First published | Alternative title(s) | Source text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Block | Pay Day, 1986 | ||||
| The Curse of Greed | Fantasy Crosswinds #1, January 1977 | ||||
| The Devil in his Brain | Lurid Confessions #1, June 1986 | ||||
| Diogenes of Today | Red Blades of Black Cathay, 1971 | Written with Tevis Clyde Smith | |||
| Le Gentil Homme le Diable | The Toreador, June 1925 | ||||
| The Heathen | The Howard Collector #13, Fall 1970 | ||||
| The Ideal Girl | The Tattler, the Brownwood High School paper, January 1925 | "The Ideal Girl" (Wikisource) | |||
| The Loser | REH: Lone Star Fictioneer #1, Spring 1975 | ||||
| A Matter of Age | Lurid Confessions #1, June 1986 | ||||
| Midnight | The Junto, September 1929 | ||||
| Musings of a Moron | The Howard Collector #10, Spring 1968 | ||||
| Nerve | Pay Day, 1986 | ||||
| The Nut's Shell | Pay Day, 1986 | ||||
| Pay Day | Pay Day, 1986 | ||||
| Post Oaks & Sand Roughs | Post Oaks & Sand Roughs, 1990 | Semi-autobiographical | |||
| The Sophisticate | Pay Day, 1986 | ||||
| The Stones of Destiny | Pulp Magazine #1, March 1989 | ||||
| Sunday in a Small Town | The Howard Collector #11, Spring 1969 | ||||
| A Touch of Color | Pay Day, 1986 | ||||
| The Voice of the Mob | Lurid Confessions #1, June 1986 | ||||
| Wild Water | The Vultures of Whapeton, 1975 |
| Title | First published | Alternative title(s) | Source text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Abbey | Fantasy Crossroads #4-5, 1975 | Fragment | |||
| Aha! or The Mystery of the Queen's Necklace | The Tattler, the Brownwood High School paper, March 1923 | "Aha! or The Mystery of the Queen's Necklace" (Wikisource) | |||
| Ambition by Moonlight | The Junto, January 1929 | Ambition in the Moonlight | |||
| A Dream | The Howard Collector #14, Spring 1971 | Originally untitled | |||
| Etched in Ebony | The Junto, September 1929 | ||||
| Etchings in Ivory | Etchings in Ivory, 1968 | ||||
| The Ghost in the Doorway | The Howard Collector #11, Spring 1969 | ||||
| The Gondarian Man | Fantasy Crossroads #6, November 1975 | ||||
| The Hashish Land | Fantome #1, 1978 | ||||
| The Last Laugh | Fantasy Crossroads #9, August 1976 | ||||
| The Last White Man | The Howard Collector #5, Summer 1964 | Fragment | |||
| Unhand Me, Villain | The Tattler, the Brownwood High School paper, February 1923 | "Unhand Me, Villain" (Wikisource) | |||
| Spanish Gold on Devil Horse | The Howard Collector #17, Autumn 1972 |
| Title | First published | Alternative title(s) | Source text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Beast from the Abyss | "The Beast from the Abyss (Wikisource) | ||||
| The Galveston Affair | The Junto, 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 | The Junto, November 1928 | ||||
| Kid Dula Due To Be Champion | The Brownwood Bulletin, July 1928 | Public Domain | |||
| Midnight | The Junto, September 1928 | "Midnight" (Wikisource) | Public Domain | ||
| More Evidences of the Innate Divinity of Man | The Junto, October 1928 | ||||
| Them | The Junto, September 1928 | ||||
| With a Set of Rattlesnake Rattles | Leaves #1, Summer 1937 | "With a Set of Rattlesnake Rattles (Wikisource) | Public Domain |
See main article: Robert E. Howard bibliography (poems I–O) and Robert E. Howard bibliography (poems P–Z).
This list was based on the following articles:
With some additional material from these sources: