Sunday, November 12, 2017

New at Howard Works

Wydawnictwo PiK (Polish)
Czerwone cienie
Featuring:
"Wings in the Night"
"The Children of Asshur"
"The Right Hand of Doom"
"Red Shadows"
"Rattle of Bones"
"The Castle of the Devil"
"Blades of the Brotherhood" (1)
"Solomon Kane's Homecoming  (1, poem)
http://howardworks.com/Czerwone_cienie-Wydawnictwo_PiK.html


Wydawnictwo PiK (Polish)
Ksiezyc czaszek
Featuring:
"The Return of Sir Richard Grenville" (poem)
"The Moon of Skulls"
"Skulls in the Stars"
"The Footfalls Within"
"The Hills of the Dead"
"The Hawk of Basti"
http://howardworks.com/Ksiezyc_czaszek-Wydawnictwo_PiK.html


DimensionBucket Media
The Phoenix on the Sword
Featuring:  "The Phoenix on the Sword"
http://howardworks.com/ThePhoenixontheSword-DimensionBucketMedia.html


CreateSpace
The Scarlet Plague
Featuring:  "The Scarlet Citadel"
http://howardworks.com/TheScarletPlague-CreateSpace.html



Updated with new information.

Donald Grant
One Who Walks Alone
Featuring:
"To a Woman" (2, poem)
"One Who Comes At Eventide" (poem)
Letter to Novalyne Price, September 27, 1934,
"How about going to the show . . ."
Letter to Novalyne Price, ca. December 1934,
"Like my meal-ticket, Conan the Cimmerian . . ."
Letter to Novalyne Price, June 19, 1935,
"The weather is good . . ."
Letter to Novalyne Price, June 19, 1935,
"Dear Novalyne . . . cordially . . ."
Letter to Novalyne Price, July 4, 1935,
"I take my typewriter . . ."
Letter to Novalyne Price, July 8, 1935,
"Thank you for your invitation to call . . ."
Letter to Novalyne Price, February 14, 1936,
"I heard yesterday you had . . ."
Letter to Novalyne Price, February 15, 1936,
"I’m sorry but I won’t be able . . ."
Letter to Novalyne Price, March 5, 1936,
"I just now read the letter . . ."
Letter to Novalyne Price, May 27, 1936,
"You needn’t have bothered . . ."
http://howardworks.com/onewho.htm





Thursday, November 9, 2017

WONDER WOMAN / CONAN #3 (of 6)  
Arriving in comic shops November 15!

(Writer) Gail Simone (Art) Aaron Lopresti, Matt Ryan (Covers) Darick Robertson

Conan saved the island princess he’s chained to, but even as Diana’s memories start to return, their situation grows ever more dire.
For they learn the Corvidae are meddling in their fates, hoping to provoke a battle.
And what these witches want, they are determined to get!

Co-published by DC Comics and Dark Horse Comics.

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99


Sunday, November 5, 2017

New at Howard Works

Wydawnictwo PiK (Polish)
Conan wojownik
Featuring:
"Red Nails"
"The Jewels of Gwalhur"
"Beyond the Black River"
http://howardworks.com/Conan_wojownik-Wydawnictwo_PiK.html


Wydawnictwo PiK (Polish)
Conan zdobywca
Featuring: "Conan the Conqueror"
http://howardworks.com/Conan_zdobywca-Wydawnictwo_PiK.html


Joe Marek
The Work and Life of Robert E. Howard
Featuring articles about REH and his works
http://howardworks.com/TheWorkandLifeofRobertEHoward-CreateSpace.html


CreateSpace
The Phoenix on the Sword
Featuring: "The Phoenix on the Sword"
http://howardworks.com/ThePhoenixontheSword-CreateSpace.html







Friday, November 3, 2017

Gouged Eyes and Chawed Ears: 
The Rough and Tumble World of Breckenridge Elkins 

This is a paper read by Jeffrey Shanks at the 2011 Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference.

New post at Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West.
http://davycrockettsalmanack.blogspot.com/2017/11/gouged-eyes-and-chawed-ears-rough-and.html



Sunday, October 29, 2017

New at Howard Works

Wydawnictwo PiK (Polish)
Conan ryzykant
Featuring:
"The People of the Black Circle"
"The Slithering Shadow"
"Drums of Tombalku"
"The Pool of the Black One"
http://howardworks.com/Conan_ryzykant-Wydawnictwo_PiK.html


Wydawnictwo PiK (Polish)
Conan uzurpator
Featuring:
"The Treasure of Tranicos" 
"Wolves Beyond the Border"
"The Phoenix on the Sword"
"The Scarlet Citadel" 
http://howardworks.com/Conan_uzurpator-Wydawnictwo_PiK.html



Thanks to Patrice Louinet for the info on the letters.
Editions ActuSF (French)
Lovecraft : Au cœur du cauchemar
Featuring:
To Weird Tales, ca. April 1928,
"Mr. Lovecraft’s latest story . . ."
To H.P. Lovecraft, ca. July 1, 1930,
"I am indeed highly honored to have received . . ."
To Tevis Clyde Smith, late July or early August 1930,
"Well, Fear Finn: / I haven’t heard from our story, . . ."
To H. P. Lovecraft, ca. December 1932,
"Having read your latest letter . . ."
To H. P. Lovecraft, ca. July 1934,
"I started writing this months ago . . ."
To H. P. Lovecraft, May 13, 1936,
"I am indeed sorry to hear . . ."
http://howardworks.com/Lovecraft-Au_coer_du_cauchemar-Actusf_Editions.html



Added the hardcover multimedia & audio editions
Pulp-Lit Press & Audible Audio
Robert E. Howard's Conan the Cimmerian Barbarian: 
The Complete Weird Tales Omnibus 
Featuring:
"The Shadow Kingdom"
"Red Shadows"
"Rattle of Bones"
"The Hyborian Age"
"The Phoenix on the Sword"
"The Scarlet Citadel"
"The Tower of the Elephant"
"Black Colossus"
"The Slithering Shadow"
"The Pool of the Black One"
"Rogues in the House"
"Gods of the North"
"Shadows in the Moonlight"
"Queen of the Black Coast"
"The Devil in Iron"
"The People of the Black Circle"
"A Witch Shall Be Born"
"Jewels of Gwahlur"
"Beyond the Black River"
"Shadows in Zamboula"
"The Hour of the Dragon"
"Red Nails"
http://howardworks.com/RobertEHowardsConantheCimmerianBarbarian-TheCompleteWeirdTalesOmnibus-Pulp-LitProductions.html



Monday, October 23, 2017

The Work and Life of Robert E. Howard
by Joseph William Marek
Now available! 

This volume examines in detail the work and life of Robert E. Howard, paying special attention to the characters of Kull, Conan, Bran Mak Morn, Cormac Mac Art and Turlogh O’Brien. The book also makes the case for a coherent collection of Howard’s Fantasy and Horror stories that are set in the American South and Southwest.

Paperback: 236 pages
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches
$19.13

Available from Amazon.com