Sunday, March 25, 2018

New at Howard Works

RSW Prasa-Ksiazka-Ruch (Polish)
Fantastyka 09 (24) 1984
Featuring: "The Shadow Kingdom"
http://howardworks.com/Fantastyka_09_24-RSW_Prasa-Ksiazka-Ruch.html


RSW Prasa-Ksiazka-Ruch (Polish)
Fantastyka 01 (28) 1985
Featuring: "The Tower of the Elephant"
http://howardworks.com/Fantastyka_01_28-RSW_Prasa-Ksiazka-Ruch.html


Robert E. Howard Foundation
The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter Volume 11 Number 3/4
Featuring:
Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, Undated, unsent,
     "Show this to Truett . . ."
"To an Earth Bound Soul" (poem)
"To All the Lords of Commerce" (poem)
"Son of the White Wolf"
Letter to unknown recipient, Undated, unsent,
     "Salaam; Seems that you owe me a letter . . ."
"The Road to Hell" (poem, lines 1-4)
"Long Ago" (2, poem)
"The Men That Walk with Satan" (poem)
"Flight" (poem, lines 1-16, 29-32, 45-48)
"A Negro Girl" (poem)
"The Dust Dance" (2, poem, lines 1-80)
"Destiny" (1, poem)
"The Song of Horsa's Galley" (poem, variant version with the lines
rearranged)
"The Gods I Worshipped" (poem)
Untitled story fragment (" Two men were standing in the bazaar . . .")
http://howardworks.com/rehfoundationsnewsletterV11N3-4.html



The Cross Plains Review
The Cross Plains Review Volume 19 Number 40
Featuring:  "Drums of the Sunset" (Part 7 of 9)
http://howardworks.com/CrossPlainsReviewV19N40-1928-12-14.html




Robert E. Howard House & Museum Archaeology Project

Coming in April... Project Pride in Cross Plains, The Southeast Archaeology Foundation, and the National Park Service will be sponsoring an excavation of the buried cellar behind the Robert E. Howard House, thought to contain items from the from the period in which Howard lived there. More information will be coming soon on how you can help support this project and be a part of the team.


Thanks to Jeffrey Shanks for the information!

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

2018 REH Foundation Awards – Preliminary Ballot

The preliminary ballot for the 2018 REHF Awards has now been released. This ballot contains all of the eligible candidates for this year’s awards.

REHF Legacy Members will choose three official Nominees in each of the categories from this list and those Nominees will be announced in a few weeks. From those three Nominees the full membership will vote for the winners who will be announced at Howard Days in June. Legacy Members will soon be receiving an email with voting instructions.

The eligible candidates are listed at the following link:
http://www.rehfoundation.org/the-robert-e-howard-foundation-awards/2013097-2/






KULL ETERNAL ANNUAL 2018 
Coming in June!

(Writer) Tom Waltz (Art/Cover) Luca Pizzari

Robert E. Howard's legendary warrior king returns!

A would-be king's quest approaches its stunning finale as Kull and his comrades take their war to Antarctica and the serpent men! It's winner take all in this final battle for the New Atlantean throne in this bloody and bullet-riddled conclusion to KULL ETERNAL!

40 pages, Full Color, $7.99, On sale June 27.

KULL ETERNAL ANNUAL is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 28).
The Diamond Item Code is APR180345.

IDW Publishing

Bêlit’s Bane: Where the Falling Demon Meets the Rising Ape 
by Bobby Derie

New post at Mighty Thor JRS.
https://mightythorjrs.com/2018/03/21/belits-bane-where-the-falling-demon-meets-the-rising-ape-by-bobby-derie/

Sunday, March 18, 2018

New at Howard Works

Versus (Polish)
Barbarzynca i marzyciel
Featuring:
Letter to P.S. Miller, March 10, 1936 ("I feel indeed honored . . .")
"The Vale of Lost Women"
"Black Colossus"
"The Phoenix on the Sword"
http://howardworks.com/Barbarzynca_i_marzyciel-Versus.html


V  (Polish)
Conan grom
Four REH stories were rewritten to feature Conan.
"The Shadow of the Vulture"
"The Lion of Tiberias"
"The Sowers of the Thunder"
"Lord of Samarcand"
http://howardworks.com/Conan_grom-V.html


Sir Angels
Rogues in the House
Featuring: "Rogues in the House"
http://howardworks.com/RoguesintheHouse-SirAngels.html


The Cross Plains Review
The Cross Plains Review Volume 19 Number 39
Featuring:  "Drums of the Sunset" (Part 6 of 9)
http://howardworks.com/CrossPlainsReviewV19N39-1928-12-07.html



Friday, March 16, 2018

Contributors wanted!

This is a open call to Robert E. Howard fans and scholars.

To help fill the void since the loss of the REHTGR website, MESSAGES FROM CROM will henceforth be willing to accept articles on or about REH for posting on this site.

You will retain all rights to your work.
MESSAGES FROM CROM will provide first time posting only.

If you are interested in submitting an article, please contact me at bthom1@cox.net.
If you do not have illustrations for your article, I may be able to provide some.




Sunday, March 11, 2018


New at Howard Works

Thanks to Marko Fancovic for the information on this title.

Hangar 7 (Croatian)
Kraljica crne obale
Featuring:
"The Phoenix on the Sword"
"The Scarlet Citadel"
"Queen of the Black Coast"
"Red Nails"
http://howardworks.com/Kraljica_crne_obale-Hangar7.html


Thanks to Marko Fancovic for the information on this title.

Hangar 7 (Croatian)
Titan 2
Featuring: "The Valley of the Worm"
http://howardworks.com/Titan2-Hangar7.html


Thanks to Lee Breakiron for some of the information on this title.

Easton Press
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-EastonPress.html


The Cross Plains Review
The Cross Plains Review Volume 19 Number 38
Featuring:  "Drums of the Sunset" (Part 5 of 9)
http://howardworks.com/CrossPlainsReviewV19N38-1928-11-30.html






Thursday, March 8, 2018

Robert E. Howard on the Llano Estacado and the Collection at Texas Tech University’s Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library by Rob King

New post at the On An Underwood No. 5 blog.
https://onanunderwood5.blogspot.com/2018/03/robert-e-howard-on-llano-estacado-and.html?spref=fb



Sunday, March 4, 2018

New at Howard Works

Wydawnictwo Iskry (Polish)
Ludzie Czarnego Kregu
Featuring: "The People of the Black Circle"
http://howardworks.com/Ludzie_Czarnego_Kregu-Wydawnictwo_Iskry.html


Wydawnictwo Iskry (Polish)
Plomien Assurbanipala
Featuring:
"The Fire of Asshurbanipal" (1)
"The Thing on the Roof"
"Wings in the Night"
http://howardworks.com/Plomien_Assurbanipala-Wydawnictwo_Iskry.html


Sir Angels
Red Nails
Featuring:  "Red Nails"
http://howardworks.com/RedNails-SirAngels.html


The Cross Plains Review
The Cross Plains Review Volume 19 Number 37
Featuring: "Drums of the Sunset" (Part 4 of 9)
http://howardworks.com/CrossPlainsReviewV19N37-1928-11-23.html




Thursday, March 1, 2018

Upcoming REH related publications.
Estimated ship dates as of 03/01/2018
All dates are subject to change.

Available since last update
WONDER WOMAN / CONAN #6 (OF 6) (DC/Dark Horse)

In your future

04/11/2018
KULL ETERNAL #3 (IDW)

05/09/2018
CONAN OMNIBUS VOLUME 4 TPB (Dark Horse)
KULL ETERNAL #4 (IDW)

06/13/2018
WONDER WOMAN/CONAN Hardcover (DC Comics/Dark Horse)

06/27/2018
KULL ETERNAL #5 (IDW)

07/04/2018
CONAN OMNIBUS VOLUME 5 TPB (Dark Horse)

Date to be announced
KULL ETERNAL TPB
PICTURES IN THE FIRE (REH Foundation Press)
THE ROBERT E. HOWARD GUIDE by Patrice Louinet (Skelos Press)
Queen by Fire and Steel and Slaughter: Bêlit’s Hymn 
By Karen Joan Kohoutek

New post at the On An Underwood No. 5 blog.
https://onanunderwood5.blogspot.com/2017/10/queen-by-fire-and-steel-and-slaughter.html