Ar-I-E'ch and the Spell of Cthulhu: 
An Informal Guide to Robert E. Howard's Lovecraftian Fiction
by Fred Blosser 
Now available!

What Lurks in Realms Beyond
Robert E. Howard's correspondence with H.P. Lovecraft inspired the two-fisted creator of Conan the Barbarian to pit his square-jawed modern heroes against cosmic horrors, colossal beasts, and cannibalistic children of the night, in a short-lived effort to open new markets for his fiction.

In this book, the first in the "Informal Guide to Robert E. Howard" series, Howard scholar Fred Blosser analyzes each of REH's Cthulhu Mythos stories, unpacking their plots, their themes, and their unexpected linkages to Howard's other works.

Along with his stories set in the Cthulhu Mythos, REH also wrote tales inspired by Lovecraftian themes, but not part of the Mythos itself. Blosser looks at each of these stories as well.

Though Howard couldn't match Lovecraft's dreamy, sinuous prose, nor did he much care for the timid Lovecraftian "hero", his small canon of Cthulhu fiction expanded the Mythos and gave us men (and sometimes women) not afraid to challenge the cosmic terrors that threatened their sanity and their souls.

With Blosser as your guide, you'll shake loose from Conan and experience an important but often overlooked facet of Robert E. Howard's storytelling genius.

The book includes a selected reading list, a study of elder horrors in the Kull stories, and an examination of a trio of tales that REH set in a most unlikely locale (for him): the haunted seaport.

Paperback: 124 pages
Publisher: Pulp Hero Press
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.3 x 8.5 inches
$14.95

Available on Amazon

Western Weirdness and Voodoo Vengeance: 
An Informal Guide to Robert E. Howard's American Horrors
By Fred Blosser
Now available!

What Stalks the American West...
Before he invented the Hyborian Age and Conan the Barbarian, Robert E. Howard populated the arid plains of his native Texas and the fetid swamps of nearly Lousiana with cultists, demons, dark gods, and unspeakable things from the dawn of time and from fever-haunted realms of lunacy.

In this book, the second in the "Informal Guide to Robert E. Howard" series, Howard scholar Fred Blosser analyzes each of REH's regional stories, unpacking their plots, their themes, and their unexpected linkages to Howard's other works.

Despite its quality, Howard's regional fiction is relatively unknown today. Instead of lusty barbarians, the heroes in these tales are two-fisted rural everymen caught up in infernal schemes beyond their ken. With six-shooter in place of sword, they meet toe-to-toe the depraved horrors and gibbering monstrosities that gather in remote cabins, dismal plantations, and small, secret-ridden towns.

With Blosser as your guide, you'll shake loose from Conan and experience an important but often overlooked facet of Robert E. Howard's storytelling genius.

The book includes a selected reading list and a lengthy discussion of Roy Thomas' adaptation of REH's better regional fiction into sword-and-sorcery tales for Marvel's Conan the Barbarian comic book.

Paperback: 158 pages
Publisher: Pulp Hero Press
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.4 x 8.5 inches
$14.95

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Dear Mr. Jacobi; Cordially, Robert E. Howard 
by Bobby Derie

New post at the On An Underwood No. 5 blog.
https://onanunderwood5.blogspot.com/2018/05/dear-mr-jacobi-cordially-robert-e.html

New at Howard Works

Rea  (Polish)
Conan barbarzynca (2012 & 2015 editions)
Featuring:
"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"
"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"
"Red Nails"
"The Hour of the Dragon"
http://howardworks.com/Conan_barbarzynca-Rea.html

Fabryka Slów (Polish)
Wielka ksiega fantasy
Featuring:  "The Valley of the Worm"
http://howardworks.com/Wielka_ksiega_fantasy-Fabryka_Slow.html

Glénat (French)
Conan le Cimmérien: La reine de la côte noire
Featuring: "Queen of the Black Coast"
http://howardworks.com/Conan_le_Cimmerien-La_reine_de_la_cote_noire-Glenat.html

Murania Press
Blood ‘n’ Thunder Presents #4: Pulpourri
Featuring: "Black Talons"
http://howardworks.com/BloodnThunderPresents4-Pulpourri-MuraniaPress.html

Pictures in the Fire

The next offering from the REH Foundation Press is PICTURES IN THE FIRE.
The cover art is by Howard Days 2018 Guest of Honor Bill Cavalier.

This should be available in early June.

Thanks to Rob Roehm for the info.

New at Howard Works 

Agharta  (Polish)
Królestwo Cieni i inne opowiadania z mitologii Cthulhu
Featuring:
"Arkham" (poem)
"The Black Stone"
"The Thing on the Roof"
"The Fire of Asshurbanipal" (1)
"The Shadow Kingdom"
"Worms of the Earth"
"The Children of the Night"
"People of the Dark"
"The Black Bear Bites"
"Dig Me No Grave"
"The Hoofed Thing"
"The Challenge from Beyond" (fragment)
"Black Eons" (fragment)
"The House in the Oaks" (fragment)
"The Door to the World" (fragment)
http://howardworks.com/Krolestwo_Cieni_i_inne_opowiadania_z_mitologii_Cthulhu-Agharta.html

Fabryka Slów  (Polish)
Wielka ksiega potworów. Tom 1
Featuring: "The Horror from the Mound"
http://howardworks.com/Wielka_ksiega_potworow-Fabryka_Slow.html

Glénat (French)
Conan le Cimmérien: Le Colosse noir
Featuring:  "Black Colossus"
http://howardworks.com/Conan_le_Cimmerien-Le_Colosse_noir-Glenat.html

Thanks to Scotty Henderson for the scans and info.

Bill Cavalier
Cold Steel #10
Featuring:
Untitled ("The Baron of Fenland . . .") (poem)
"Flight" (poem, lines 1-2, 5-8, 15-20, 23-24)
http://howardworks.com/ColdSteel10-REHupa88-BillCavalier.html

Updated at Howard Works
Thanks to Scotty Henderson for the scans and info.

Thomas Kovacs
Barnswoggle #1
Featuring: "Neolithic Love Song" (poem)
http://howardworks.com/Barnswoggle1-REHupa88-ThomasKovacs.html

The Fabulous Conan Series
1957 Gnome Press Catalog page

Doug Ellis has posted a rare bit of Robert E. Howard Conan ephemera on Facebook.  

Doug Ellis says:
Below is the front page of the 1957 Gnome Press catalog.
The catalog is four pages long, printed on an 11" x 17" sheet of paper folded in half.

Among other books, it advertises "The Fabulous Conan Series," stating "CONAN, the very-human splendid barbarian, who found high adventure and fought both men or demon in his climb to kingship in the magical pre-dawn lands of Hyboria." And then followed by a quote on the Conan stories from a professor in the History Department at SMU.

Inside was a one sided sheet offering their Christmas Discount Offer, 10 books for $12.
I'd gladly pay that!

Thanks to Doug Ellis for posting this!