Red Shadows (Howard book) explained

Red Shadows
Author:	Robert E. Howard
Illustrator:	Jeff Jones
Cover Artist:	Jeff Jones
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Series:	Solomon Kane
Genre:	Fantasy
Publisher:	Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc.
Release Date:	1968
Media Type:	Print (hardback)
Pages:	381
Oclc:	2273652

Red Shadows is a collection of Fantasy short stories and poems by Robert E. Howard. It was first published in 1968 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 896 copies. The stories and poems feature Howard's character, Solomon Kane. Many of the stories first appeared in the magazine Weird Tales.

Contents

• "Skulls in the Stars"
• "The Right Hand of Doom"
• "Red Shadows"
• "Rattle of Bones"
• "The Castle of the Devil"
• "The Moon of Skulls"
• "The One Black Stain"
• "Blades of the Brotherhood"
• "The Hills of the Dead"
• "Hawk of Basti"
• "The Return of Sir Richard Grenville"
• "Wings in the Night"
• "The Footfalls Within"
• "The Children of Asshur"
• "Solomon Kane’s Homecoming"

Publication history

• 1968, US, Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc., Pub date 1968, Hardback, 896 copies
• 1971, US, Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc., Pub date 1971, Hardback, 741 copies
• 1978, US, Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc., Pub date 1978, Hardback, 1,350 copies, new cover and illustrations

References

• Book: Chalker, Jack L. . Jack L. Chalker

. Jack L. Chalker . Mark Owings . The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 . Westminster, MD and Baltimore . Mirage Press, Ltd.. 321, 325 . 1998.

• Web site: Contento . William G. . Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections . 2008-05-09 .
• Book: Tuck, Donald H. . Donald H. Tuck

. Donald H. Tuck . The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy . Chicago . . 221 . 1974. 0-911682-20-1.

External links

• The Solomon Kane Chronology
• Poetry Reading: The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane