The Best Horror Stories of
Robert E Howard
Contents
Title Page
Dedication
Previous publication information for the stories contained in this work Illustrations
Foreword
Introduction
In the Forest of Villefere
A Song of the Werewolf Folk
Wolfshead
Up, John Kane!
Remembrance
The Dream Snake
Sea Curse
The Moor Ghost
Moon Mockery
The Little People
Dead Man's Hate
The Tavern
Rattle of Bones
The Fear That Follows
The Spirit of Tom Molyneaux
Casonetto's Last Song
The Touch of Death
Out of the Deep
A Legend of Faring Town
RestlessWaters
The Shadow of the Beast
The Dead Slaver's Tale
Dermod's Bane
The Hills of the Dead
Dig Me No Grave
The Song of a Mad Minstrel
The Children of the Night
Musings
The Black Stone
The Thing on the Roof
The Dweller in Dark Valley
The Horror from the Mound
A Dull Sound as of Knocking
People of the Dark
Delenda Est
The Cairn on the Headland
Worms of the Earth
The Symbol
The Valley of the Lost
The Hoofed Thing
The Noseless Horror
The Dwellers Under the Tomb
An Open Window
The House of Arabu
The Man on the Ground
Old Garfield's Heart
Kelly the Conjure-Man
Black Canaan
To a Woman
One Who Comes at Eventide
The Haunter of the Ring
Pigeons from Hell
The Dead Remember
The Fire of Asshurbanipal
Fragment
Which Will Scarcely Be Understood
Miscellanea
Golnor the Ape
Spectres in the Dark
The House
Untitled Fragment
Appendix
Notes on the Original Howard Texts
Acknowledgments
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Greg Staples
In the Forest of Villefere
first published in Weird Tales, August 1925
A Song of the Werewolf Folk
first published in Etchings and Odysseys, 1987
Wolfshead
first published in Weird Tales, April 1926
Up, John Kane!
first published in Up, John Kane!, 1977
Remembrance
first published in Weird Tales, April 1928
The Dream Snake
first published in Weird Tales, February 1928
Sea Curse
first published in Weird Tales, May 1928
The Moor Ghost
first published in Weird Tales, September 1929
Moon Mockery
first published in Weird Tales, April 1929
The Little People
first published in Coven 13, January 1970
Dead Man's Hate
first published in Weird Tales, January 1930
The Tavern
first published in Singers in the Shadows, 1970
Rattle of Bones
first published in Weird Tales, June 1929
The Fear That Follows
first published in Singers in the Shadows, 1970
The Spirit of Tom Molyneaux
first published in Ghost Stories, April 1929 (as The Apparition in the Prize Ring) Casonetto's Last Song
first published in Etchings and Odysseys, 1973
The Touch of Death
first published in Weird Tales, February 1930 (as The Fearsome Touch of Death) Out of the Deep
first published in Magazine of Horror, November 1967
A Legend of Faring Town
first published in Verses in Ebony, 1975
Restless Waters
first published in Witchcraft & Sorcery, 1974
The Shadow of the Beast
first published in The Shadow of the Beast, 1977
The Dead Slaver's Tale
first published in Weirdbook, 1973
Dermod's Bane
first published in Magazine of Horror, Fall 1967
The Hills of the Dead
first published in Weird Tales, August 1930
Dig Me No Grave
first published in Weird Tales, February 1937
The Song of a Mad Minstrel
first published in Weird Tales, February--March 1931
The Children of the Night
first published in Weird Tales, April--May 1931
Musings
first published in Witchcraft & Sorcery, January--February 1971
The Black Stone
first published in Weird Tales, November 1931
The Thing on the Roof
first published in Weird Tales, February 1932
The Dweller in Dark Valley
first published in Magazine of Horror, November 1965
The Horror from the Mound
first published in Weird Tales, May 1932
A Dull Sound as of Knocking
first published in A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems, 2007
People of the Dark
first published in Strange Tales, June 1932
Delenda Est
first published in Worlds of Fantasy, 1968
The Cairn on the Headland
first published in S trange Tales, January 1933
Worms of the Earth
first published in Weird Tales, November 1932
The Symbol
first appeared in Ariel, Autumn 1976
The Valley of the Lost
first published in Startling Mystery Stories, Spring 1967 (as The Secret of Lost Valley) The Hoofed Thing
first published in Weirdbook Three, 1970 (as Usurp the Night) The Noseless Horror
first published in Magazine of Horror, February 1970
The Dwellers Under the Tomb
first published in Lost Fantasies, 1976
An Open Window
first published in Weird Tales, September 1932
The House of Arabu
first published in Avon Fantasy Reader, 1952 (as The Witch from Hell's Kitchen) The Man on the Ground
first published in Weird Tales, July 1933
Old Garfield's Heart
first published in Weird Tales, December 1933
Kelly the Conjure-Man
first published in The Howard Collector, Summer 1964
Black Canaan
first published in Weird Tales, June 1936
To a Woman
first published in Modern American Poetry, 1933
One Who Comes at Eventide
first published in Modern American Poetry, 1933
The Haunter of the Ring
first published in Weird Tales, June 1934
Pigeons from Hell
first published in Weird Tales, May 1938
The Dead Remember
first published in Argosy, August 15, 1936
The Fire of Asshurbanipal
first published in Weird Tales, December 1936
Fragment
first published in Weird Tales, December 1937
Which Will Scarcely Be Understood
first published in Weird Tales, October 1937
Golnor the Ape