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Robert Ervin Howard
(1906–1936)

writer of fantasy and historical adventure pulp stories.
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Robert Ervin Howard

Works

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Essays & articles

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Letters

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Novels

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  • The Hour of the Dragon (First published in Weird Tales, December 1935-April 1936. Alternative title: Conan the Conqueror)
  • A Gent from Bear Creek (First published in 1937)
  • Almuric (1939)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2035 due to Renewal R398455 (Serialised and each part separately renewed: R398455, R398456 & R398458)

Other

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Poetry

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Short Stories

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Conan the Barbarian

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  • The Phoenix on the Sword (1932)
  • The Scarlet Citadel (1933)
  • The Tower of the Elephant (1933)
  • Black Colossus (1934)
  • The Slithering Shadow (1934) (Alternate title: Xuthal of the Dusk)
  • The Pool of the Black One (1934)
  • Rogues in the House (1935)
  • Gods of the North (First Published in Fantasy Fan, March 1934.)
  • Shadows in the Moonlight (First published in Weird Tales, April 1934. Alternative title: Iron Shadows in the Moon)
  • Queen of the Black Coast (First published in Weird Tales, May 1934)
  • The Devil in Iron (First Published in Weird Tales, August 1934)
  • The People of the Black Circle (First published in Weird Tales, September, October and November 1934)
  • A Witch Shall Be Born (First published in Weird Tales, December 1934)
  • Jewels of Gwahlur (First Published in Weird Tales, March 1935. Alternative titles: Teeth of Gwahlur, The Servants of Bit-Yakin)
  • Beyond the Black River (First Published in Weird Tales, May and June 1935)
  • Shadows in Zamboula (First Published in Weird Tales, November 1935. Alternate title: The Man-Eaters of Zamboula)
  • Red Nails (First Published in Weird Tales, July, August-September, October 1936)
  • The Hyborian Age (First published in The Phantagraph, February-November 1936)
  • The God in the Bowl (de Camp) (1952)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2048 due to Renewal RE0000060714 (rewritten by Lyon Sprague de Camp)
  • The Frost Giant's Daughter (1953)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2049 due to Renewal RE096286 (rewritten by Lyon Sprague de Camp)
  • The Treasure of Tranicos (1953)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2049 due to Renewal RE096290 (version of "The Black Stranger"; rewritten by Lyon Sprague de Camp)
  • The Vale of Lost Women (1967)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • The Hall of the Dead (1974)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2070 (synopsis only)
  • The God in the Bowl (1975)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2071
  • The Frost-Giant's Daughter (1976)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2072 (Previously unpublished draft of "Gods of the North")
  • The Hand of Nergal (1976)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2072 (fragment)
  • The Snout in the Dark (1979)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2048 (fragment)
  • Drums of Tombalku (1986)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2048 (fragment)
  • The Black Stranger (1987)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2048
  • Wolves Beyond the Border (2001)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2048 (fragment)

Solomon Kane

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  • Red Shadows (First published in Weird Tales, August 1928. Alternate title: Solomon Kane)
  • Skulls in the Stars (First published in Weird Tales, January 1929)
  • Rattle of Bones (First published in Weird Tales, June 1929)
  • The Moon of Skulls (1930)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2026 due to Renewal R208380
  • The Hills of the Dead (1930)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2026 due to Renewal R208382
  • The Footfalls Within (1931)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2027 due to Renewal R230425
  • Wings in the Night (1932)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2028 due to Renewal R250140
  • Blades of the Brotherhood (1968)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2064
  • The Castle of the Devil (1968)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2064 (fragment)
  • The Children of Asshur (1968)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2064 (fragment)
  • Death's Black Riders (1968)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2064 (fragment)
  • Hawk of Basti (1968)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2064 (fragment)
  • The Right Hand of Doom (1968)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2064

Breckinridge Elkins

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  • Mountain Man (First published in Action Stories, March-April 1934)
  • Guns of the Mountains (First published in Action Stories, May-June 1934)
  • The Scalp Hunter (First appeared in Action Stories, August 1934. Alternate title: A Stranger in Grizzly Claw)
  • A Gent from Bear Creek (short story) (First published in Action Stories, October 1934)
  • The Road to Bear Creek (First published in Action Stories, December 1934)
  • The Haunted Mountain (First published in Action Stories, February 1935)
  • War on Bear Creek (First published in Action Stories, April 1935)
  • The Feud Buster (First published in Action Stories, June 1935)
  • Cupid From Bear Creek (First published in Action Stories, August 1935. Alternate title: The Peaceful Pilgrim)
  • The Riot at Cougar Paw (First published in Action Stories, October 1935)
  • The Apache Mountain War (First published in Action Stories, December 1935)
  • Pilgrims to the Pecos (First published in Action Stories, February 1936. Alternate title: Weary Pilgrims on the Road)
  • Pistol Politics (First published in Action Stories, April 1936)
  • Evil Deeds at Red Cougar (First published in Action Stories, June 1936)
  • High Horse Rampage (First published in Action Stories, August 1936. Alternate title: Gents on the Rampage)
  • No Cowherders Wanted (First published in Action Stories, September 1936. Alternate title: Gents in Buckskin)
  • The Conquerin' Hero of the Humbolts (First published in Action Stories, October 1936. Alternate titles: Politics at Blue Lizard, Politics at Lonesome Lizard)
  • The Curly Wolf of Sawtooth (1936)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2031
  • Sharp's Gun Serenade (First published in Action Stories, January 1937. Alternate title: Educate or Bust)
  • Texas John Alden (First published in Masked Rider Western, May 1944. Originally a Buckner J. Grimes story)
  • Mayhem and Taxes (1967)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • Striped Shirts and Busted Hearts (1967)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • Meet Cap'n Kidd (1968)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2064
  • When Bear Creek Came to Chawed Ear (1971)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2067

El Borak

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  • The Daughter of Erlik Khan (First published in Top-Notch, December 1934)
  • Hawk of the Hills (First appeared in Top-Notch, June 1935)
  • Blood of the Gods (First published in Top-Notch, July 1935)
  • The Country of the Knife (First published in Complete Stories, August 1936. Alternate title: Sons of the Hawk)
  • Son of the White Wolf (First published in Thrilling Adventures, December 1936)
  • The Lost Valley of Iskander (Alternate title: Swords of the Hills)
  • Three-Bladed Doom (short version) (1976)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2072
  • Three-Bladed Doom (long version) (1977)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2073
  • Intrigue in Kurdistan (1986)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2082
  • The Coming of El Borak (1987)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2083
  • El Borak (version 1) (1987)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2083
  • El Borak (version 2) (1987)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2083
  • The Iron Terror (1987)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2083
  • Khoda Khan's Tale (1987)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2083
  • The Land of Mystery (1987)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2083
  • North of Khyber (1987)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2083
  • A Power Among the Islands (1987)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2083
  • The Shunned Castle (1987)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2083
  • The White Jade Ring (Fragment. First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval, March 2007.)

Kull of Atlantis

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  • "The Shadow Kingdom" in Weird Tales, 14 (2) (August 1929)
  • "The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune" in Weird Tales, 14 (3) (September 1929)
  • The Altar and the Scorpion (1967)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • The Black City (1967)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • By This Axe, I Rule (1967)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • The Curse of the Golden Skull (1967)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • Delcardes' Cat (1967)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • Exile of Atlantis (1967)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • The Skull of Silence (1967)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • The Striking of the Gong (1967)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • Swords of the Purple Kingdom (1967)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063

Bran Mak Morn

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  • Kings of the Night (1930)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2026 due to Renewal R208385
  • The Dark Man (1931)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2027 due to Renewal R230428
  • Worms of the Earth (1932)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2028 due to Renewal R250144
  • The Lost Race (First published in Weird Tales, January 1927)
  • Men of the Shadows (1969)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2065
  • The Little People (1970)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2066
  • Bran Mak Morn: A Play (1983)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2079 (fragment)
  • Bran Mak Morn (1988)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2084 (synopsis only)

Black Vulmea

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Turlough O'Brien

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  • The Dark Man (1931)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2027 due to Renewal R230428
  • The Gods of Bal-Sagoth (1931)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2027 due to Renewal R230426
  • The Shadow of the Hun (1975)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2071 (fragment)
  • The Spears of Clontarf (1978)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2074
  • The Grey God Passes (1996)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2092

James Allison

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  • The Valley of the Worm (First published in Weird Tales, February 1934)
  • The Garden of Fear (First published in Marvel Tales, July-August 1934)
  • Black Eons (1967)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063 (fragment)
  • Marchers of Valhalla (1972)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2068
  • Genseric's Fifth-Born Son (1977)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2073
  • The Guardian of the Idol (1981)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2077 (fragment & synopsis, completed by Gerald W. Page)
  • Brachen the Kelt (1998)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2094 (fragment)
  • The Tower of Time (1998)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2094 (fragment)

Cormac Fitzgeoffrey

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  • Hawks of Outremer (First published in Oriental Stories, April-May-June 1931)
  • The Blood of Belshazzar (First published in Oriental Stories, Fall 1931)
  • The Slave-Princess (1979)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2048

Steve Harrison

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  • Fangs of Gold (First published in Strange Detective Stories, February 1934. Alternate title: People of the Serpent)
  • The Tomb's Secret (First published in Strange Detective Stories, February 1934. Alternate title: Teeth of Doom)
  • Names in the Black Book (First published in Strange Detective Stories, May 1934)
  • Graveyard Rats (First published in Thrilling Mystery, February 1936)
  • The House of Suspicion (1976)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2072
  • Lord of the Dead (1978)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2048
  • The Mystery of Tannernoe Lodge (1981)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2048 (fragment)
  • The Black Moon (1983)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2048
  • The Silver Heel (1984)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2048
  • The Voice of Death (1984)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2048

Sailor Steve Costigan

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Including the Sailor Dennis Dorgan stories (the same character with a different name).

  • The Pit of the Serpent (First published in Fight Stories, July 1929. Alternate title: Manila Manslaughter)
  • The Bull Dog Breed (First published in Fight Stories, February 1930. Alternate title: You Got to Kill a Bulldog)
  • Sailors' Grudge (First published in Fight Stories, March 1930. Alternate title: Costigan vs. Kid Camera)
  • Fist and Fang (First published in Fight Stories, May 1930. Alternate title: Cannibal Fists)
  • Winner Take All (First published in Fight Stories, July 1930. Alternate title: Sucker!)
  • Waterfront Fists (First published in Fight Stories, September 1930. Alternate title: Stand Up and Slug)
  • Champ of the Forecastle (First published in Fight Stories, November 1930. Alternate title: Champ of the Seven Seas, The Champion of the Forecastle)
  • Alleys of Peril (First published in Fight Stories, January 1931. Alternate title: Leather Lightning)
  • The TNT Punch (First published in Action Stories, January 1931. Alternate titles: The Waterfront Law, The Waterfront Wallop)
  • Texas Fists (First published in Fight Stories, May 1931. Alternate title: Shanghied Mitts)
  • The Sign of the Snake (First published Action Stories, June 1931)
  • Blow the Chinks Down! (First appeared in Action Stories, October 1931. Alternate title: The House of Peril)
  • Breed of Battle (First published in Action Stories, November 1931. Alternate title: The Fighten'est Pair and Sampson Had a Soft Spot)
  • Circus Fists (First published in Fight Stories, December 1931. Alternate title: Slugger Bait)
  • Dark Shanghai (First published in Action Stories, January 1932. Alternate title: One Shanghai Night)
  • Vikings of the Gloves (First published in Fight Stories, February 1932. Alternate title: Including the Scandinavian)
  • Night of Battle (First published in Fight Stories, March 1932. Alternate title: Shore Leave for a Slugger)
  • Alleys of Darkness (Published in Magic Carpet Magazine, January 1934. Alternate title: Alleys of Singapore. A Dennis Dorgan story)
  • The Slugger's Game (First published in Jack Dempsey's Fight Magazine, May 1934)
  • General Ironfist (First published in Jack Dempsey's Fight Magazine, June 1934)
  • Sluggers on the Beach (First published in Jack Dempsey's Fight Magazine, August 1934)
  • Alleys of Treachery (1966)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2062 (A Dennis Dorgan story)
  • Sailor Dorgan and the Jade Monkey (1971)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2067 (A Dennis Dorgan story)
  • The Destiny Gorilla (1974)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2070 (A Dennis Dorgan story)
  • In High Society (1974)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2070 (A Dennis Dorgan story)
  • A Knight of the Round Table (1974)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2070 (A Dennis Dorgan story)
  • Playing Journalist (1974)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2070 (A Dennis Dorgan story)
  • Playing Santa Claus (1974)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2070 (A Dennis Dorgan story)
  • The Turkish Menace (1974)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2070 (A Dennis Dorgan story)
  • The Yellow Cobra (1974)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2070 (A Dennis Dorgan story)
  • Sailor Costigan and the Swami (1977)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2073
  • By the Law of the Shark (1996)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2092
  • Flying Knuckles (1996)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2092
  • Hard-Fisted Sentiment (1996)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2092
  • The Honor of the Ship (1996)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2092
  • The Battling Sailor (First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval, March 2007)
  • Blue River Blues (First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval, March 2007)

Spicy stories

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All public domain spicies star the character Wild Bill Clanton.

  • She Devil (First published in Spicy Adventure Stories, April 1936. A Wild Bill Clanton story)
  • Desert Blood (First published in Spicy Adventure Stories, June 1936. Alternative title: Revenge by Proxy) A Wild Bill Clanton story
  • The Dragon of Kao Tsu (First published in Spicy Adventure Stories, September 1936) A Wild Bill Clanton story
  • The Purple Heart of Erlik (First published in Spicy Adventure Stories, November 1936) A Wild Bill Clanton story
  • Murderer's Grog (First published in Spicy Adventure Stories, January 1937. Alternative title: Outlaw Working) A Wild Bill Clanton story
  • Guns of Khartum (1975)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2071
  • Daughters of the Feud (1976)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2072
  • Ship in Mutiny (1983)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2079 (A Wild Bill Clanton story)
  • Miss High-Hat (1986)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2082
  • Bastards All! (1987)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2083
  • Songs of Bastards (1987)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2082
  • She-Cats of Samarcand (1999)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2095

Other Boxing stories

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  • Cupid vs. Pollux (First published in Yellow Jacket, October 1927)
  • Apparition in the Prize Ring (First published in Ghost Stories, April 1929. Alternative title: The Spirit of Tom Molyneaux. An Ace Jessel story)
  • Crowd Horror (1929)
  • College Socks (1931)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2026 (Alternative title: A Student of Sockology. A Kid Allison story)
  • Man with the Mystery Mitts (1931)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2026 (A Kid Allison story)
  • The Good Knight (1931)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2026 (Alternative title: Kid Galahad. A Kid Allison story)
  • Iron-jaw (1936)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2032
  • Fists of the Revolution (1976)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2072
  • They Always Come Back (1976)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2072
  • Double Cross (1983)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2079 (An Ace Jessel story)
  • The Mark of the Bloody Hand (1986)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2082
  • The Voice of Doom (1986)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2082
  • The Drawing Card (First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval, March 2007. A Kid Allison story)
  • The Ferocious Ape (First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval, March 2007)
  • The Fighting Fury (First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval, March 2007)
  • Fighting Nerves (First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval, March 2007. A Kid Allison story)
  • Fistic Psychology (First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval, March 2007. A Kid Allison story)
  • The Jinx ((First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval, March 2007. A Kid Allison story)
  • A Man of Peace (First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval, March 2007)
  • Misto' Demsey (First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval, March 2007)
  • Right Hook (First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval, March 2007)
  • Shackled Mitts (First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval, March 2007)
  • The Texas Wildcat (First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval., March 2007 Alternative title: The Wildcat and the Star. A Kid Allison story)
  • A Tough Nut to Crack (First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval, March 2007. A Kid Allison story)
  • Trail of the Snake (First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval, March 2007)
  • Weeping Willow (First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval, March 2007)
  • Night Encounter (First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval, March 2007. Fragment.)

Other Historical stories

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  • Spears of the East (First self-published in The Golden Caliph, 1922 or 1923)
  • Under the Great Tiger (First self-published in The All-Around Magazine, in two parts May-June 1923 and July 1923. Collaboration with Tevis Clyde Smith, who died in 1984.)
  • Red Blades of Black Cathay (Published in Oriental Stories, February-March 1931)
  • Lord of Samarcand (First published in Oriental Stories, Spring 1932. Alternative title: The Lame Man)
  • The Sowers of Thunder (First published in Oriental Stories, Winter 1932)
  • The Lion of Tiberias (Published in Magic Carpet Magazine, July 1933)
  • The Shadow of the Vulture (First published in Magic Carpet Magazine, January 1934. Featuring Red Sonya)
  • The Treasure of Tartary (Published in Thrilling Adventures, January 1935. A Kirby O'Donnell story)
  • Gates of Empire (Published in Golden Fleece, January 1939. Alternative title: The Road of the Mountain Lion)
  • The Night of the Wolf (1969)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2065 (A Cormac Mac Art story)
  • Two Against Tyre (1970)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2066
  • The Road of Azrael (1970)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2066
  • Mistress of Death (1971)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2067 (A Dark Agnes story)
  • The King's Service (Fragment. First published in The King's Service, 1973)
  • The Isle of Pirate's Doom (First published in Isle of Pirate's Doom, 1975) (A Helen Tavrel story)
  • Swords of the Northern Sea (1974)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2070 (A Cormac Mac Art story)
  • The Temple of Abomination (1974)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2070 (A Cormac Mac Art story)
  • Tigers of the Sea (1974)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2070 (A Cormac Mac Art story)
  • Blades for France (1975)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2071 (A Dark Agnes story)
  • Hawks Over Egypt (1975)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2071
  • Sword Woman (1975)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2071 (A Dark Agnes story)
  • The Curse of the Crimson God (1976)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2072 (A Kirby O'Donnell story)
  • Swords of Shahrazar (1976)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2072 (A Kirby O'Donnell story)
  • The Track of Bohemund (1979)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2075
  • The Road of the Eagles (1979)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2075
  • The Further Adventures of Lal Singh (1985)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2081 (A Lal Singh story)
  • Lal Singh, Oriental Gentleman (1985)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2081 (A Lal Singh story)
  • The Tale of the Rajah's Ring (1985)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2081 (A Lal Singh story)

Other Horror stories

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  • In the Forest of Villefère (First published in Weird Tales, August 1925. A De Montour story)
  • Wolfshead (First published in Weird Tales, April 1926. A De Montour story)
  • The Dream Snake (First published in Weird Tales, February 1928)
  • The Hyena (First published in Weird Tales, March 1928)
  • Sea Curse (First published in Weird Tales, May 1928. A Faring Town story)
  • Skull-Face (First published in Weird Tales, October-December 1929)
  • The Fearsome Touch of Death (Published in Weird Tales, February 1930)
  • The Black Stone (1931)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2027 due to Renewal R230427
  • The Cairn on the Headland (First published in Strange Tales, January 1933)
  • Old Garfield's Heart (1931)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2027 due to Renewal R270000
  • The Haunter of the Ring (First published in Weird Tales, June 1934)
  • The Grisly Horror (First published in Weird Tales, February 1935. Alternative title: Moon of Zambebwei)
  • The Challenge from Beyond (First published in Fantasy Magazine, September 1935) With C. L. Moore, A. Merritt, H. P. Lovecraft, and Frank Belknap Long
  • Black Hound of Death (First published in Weird Tales, November 1936)
  • The Dead Remember (1936)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2032
  • Dig Me No Grave (First published in Weird Tales, February 1937. Alternative title: John Grimlan's Debt)
  • Pigeons from Hell (1938)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2034 due to Renewal R369102
  • For the Love of Barbara Allen (1966)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2062
  • The Shadow of Doom (1966)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2062
  • Black Eons (1967)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063 (Fragment)
  • Dermod's Bane (1967)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • Out of the Deep (1967)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063 A Faring Town story)
  • Secret of Lost Valley (1967)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2063
  • The Cobra in the Dream (1968)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2064
  • The Haunted Hut (1969)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2065
  • Restless Waters (1969)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2065
  • The Hoofed Thing (1970)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2066 (Alternative title: Usurp the Night)
  • The Noseless Horror (1970)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2066
  • Casonetto's Last Song (1973)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2069
  • Black Country (1973)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2069
  • The Black Bear Bites (1974)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2070
  • Devils of Dark Lake (1974)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2070
  • A Horror in the Night (1974)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2070
  • Serpent Vines (1974)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2070
  • Spectres in the Dark (1974)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2070
  • The Brazen Peacock (1975)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2071
  • The Devil's Woodchopper (1976)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2072 (Fragment)
  • The Dwellers Under the Tombs (1976)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2072
  • The Return of the Sorcerer (1976)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2072
  • The Door to the Garden (1977)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2073 (Fragment)
  • The Return of Skull-Face (1977)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2073 (Fragment completed by Richard A. Lupoff)
  • The Shadow of the Beast (1977)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2073
  • The Hand of Obeah (1983)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2079
  • The Fear-Master (1984)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2080
  • Guests of the Hoodoo Room (1984)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2080
  • The House of Om (1984)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2080 (Synopsis only)
  • The Supreme Moment (1984)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2080
  • Dagon Manor (1986)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2082 (Fragment)
  • The Spell of Damballah (1987)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2083
  • The House in the Oaks (2003) (Fragment)

Other Western stories

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  • "Golden Hope" Christmas (First published in The Tattler, the Brownwood High School paper, December 1922)
  • Drums of the Sunset (First published in The Cross Plains Review, November 1928 - January 1929. Alternative title: Riders of the Sunset)
  • Black Talons (First published in Strange Detective Stories, December 1933. Alternative title: Talons in the Dark)
  • Boot Hill Payoff (Published in Western Aces, October 1935. Alternative title: The Last Ride)
  • The Vultures of Whapeton (First published in Smashing Novels Magazine, December 1936. Alternativee titles: The Vultures, The Vultures of Wahpeton, The Vultures of Teton Gulch)
  • A Gent from the Pecos (1936)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2032 (A Pike Bearfield story)
  • Gents on the Lynch (1936)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2032 (A Pike Bearfield story)
  • A Man-Eating Jeopard (1936)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2032
  • The Riot at Bucksnort (1936)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2032 (A Pike Bearfield story)
  • Vulture's Sanctuary (1936)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2032
  • Knife River Prodigal (1937)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2033
  • While the Smoke Rolled (First published in Double-Action Western, December 1956. A Pike Bearfield story)
  • Knife, Bullet and Noose (1965)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2061 (A Sonora Kid story)
  • The Extermination of Yellow Donory (1970)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2066
  • Showdown at Hell's Canyon (1973)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2069
  • Law-Shooters of Cowtown (1974)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2070
  • The Devil's Joker (1975)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2071 (A Sonora Kid story)
  • Gunman's Debt (1978)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2074
  • Bill Smalley and the Power of the Human Eye (1981)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2077
  • The Diablos Trail (1983)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2079 (A Pike Bearfield story)
  • Brotherly Advice (1988)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2084 (A Sonora Kid story)
  • Desert Rendezvous (1988)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2084 (A Sonora Kid story)
  • Red Curls and Bobbed Hair (1988)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2084 (A Sonora Kid story)
  • The Sonora Kid-Cowhand (1988)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2084 (A Sonora Kid story)
  • The Sonora Kid's Winning Hand (1988)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2084 (A Sonora Kid story)
  • The West Tower (1988)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2084 (A Sonora Kid story)
  • Six-Gun Interview (Fragment. First published in The Robert E. Howard Foundation Holiday Special, December 2009)

Other Fantasy stories

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  • Spear and Fang (First published in Weird Tales, July 1925)
  • People of the Dark (First published in Strange Tales, June 1932)
  • The Voice of El-Lil (First published in Oriental Stories, November 1930. Alternative title: Temptress of the Tower of Torture and Sin)
  • Black Canaan (First published in Weird Tales, June 1936)
  • Witch from Hell's Kitchen (First published in Avon Fantasy Reader, 1952. Alternative title: The House of Arabu)
  • Valley of the Lost (1966)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2062
  • Delenda Est (1968)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2064
  • Under the Baobab Tree (1974)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2070
  • Nekht Semerkeht (1977)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2073 (Fragment)
  • The Thunder-Rider (1977)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2073
  • The Tomb of the Dragon (1977)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2073
  • The Isle of the Eons (1979)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2075
  • Golnor the Ape (1985)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2081

Hawkshaw the Detective

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Inspired by or based on Gus Mager's Hawkshaw the Detective.

Other humor

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  • Musings of a Moron (First published in The Howard Collector, Spring 1968)
  • After the Game (First published in Yellow Jacket, October 1926)
  • The Reformation: A Dream (First published in Yellow Jacket, April 1927. Alternative title: The Reformation of a Dream)
  • The Sheik (First published in The Tattler, the Brownwood High School paper, March 1923)
  • Sleeping Beauty (First published in Yellow Jacket, October 1926)
  • The Thessalians (First published in Yellow Jacket, January 1927)
  • Weekly Short Story (First published in Yellow Jacket, November 1926)
  • West Is West (First published in The Tattler, the Brownwood High School paper, December 1922)
  • Ye College Days (First published in Yellow Jacket, January 1927)
  • Eighttoes Makes a Play (1971)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2067
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  • Le Gentil Homme le Diable (1925)
  • Ambition by Moonlight (First published in The Junto, January 1929)
  • Midnight (First published in The Junto, September 1929)
  • Etched in Ebony (First published in The Junto, September 1929)
  • The Last White Man (1964)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2060 (Fragment)
  • Etchings in Ivory (1968)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2064
  • The Ghost in the Doorway (1969)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2065
  • Sunday in a Small Town (1969)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2065
  • The Heathen (1970)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2066
  • Diogenes of Today (1971)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2067 (Co-authored by Tevis Clyde Smith)
  • A Dream (1971)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2067
  • Spanish Gold on Devil Horse (1972-73)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2069
  • The Abbey (1975)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2071 (Fragment)
  • The Gondarian Man (1975)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2071
  • The Loser (1975)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2071
  • Wild Water (1975)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2071
  • The Last Laugh (1976)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2072
  • The Curse of Greed (1977)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2073
  • The Hashish Land (1978)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2074
  • Hand of the Black Goddess (1983)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2079
  • Sons of Hate (1984)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2080
  • The Block (1986)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2082
  • The Devil in his Brain (1986)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2082
  • The Ghost with the Silk Hat (1986)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2082 (A Steve Bender, Weary McGraw and the Whale story.)
  • A Matter of Age (1986)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2082
  • Nerve (1986)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2082
  • The Nut's Shell (1986)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2082
  • Pay Day (1986)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2082
  • The Sophisticate (1986)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2082
  • A Touch of Color (1986)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2082
  • The Voice of the Mob (1986)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2082
  • The Stones of Destiny (1989)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2085
  • Post Oaks & Sand Roughs (1990)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2086 (Semi-autobiography)
  • Westward Ho! (Fragment. First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval, March 2007. A Steve Bender, Weary McGraw and the Whale story.)
  • The Wild Man (Fragment. First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval, March 2007. A Steve Bender, Weary McGraw and the Whale story.)

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