Monday, February 17, 2020

Renegade Swords
Coming in March!

This anthology contains rare, obscure, or overlooked sword and sorcery tales by some of the masters of the genre. Paperback and digital editions will be available in early March.

Stories included:

“The House of Arabu” by Robert E. Howard
“Necromancy in Naat” (unabridged version) by Clark Ashton Smith
“The Woman of the Wood” (previously unpublished version) by A. Merritt
“The Slaughter of the Gods” (the final Kardios story) by Manly Wade Wellman
“People of the Dragon” by Lin Carter
“The Pillars of Hell” by Lin Carter
“The Rune-Sword of Jotunheim” by Glenn Rahman and Richard L. Tierney
“Princess of Chaos” by Bryce Walton





Sunday, February 16, 2020

New at Howard Works

Newton Compton Editori (Italian) 
Solomon Kane
Featuring:
"Skulls in the Stars"
"The Right Hand of Doom"
"Red Shadows"
"Death's Black Riders"
"Rattle of Bones"
"The Castle of the Devil"
"The Moon of Skulls"
"The One Black Stain" (poem)
"Blades of the Brotherhood"  (1)
"The Hills of the Dead"
"Hawk of Basti"
"The Return of Sir Richard Grenville" (poem)
"Wings in the Night"
"The Footfalls Within"
"The Children of Asshur"
"Solomon Kane's Homecoming" (1, original, poem)
http://howardworks.com/SolomonKane-Newton_Compton.html


Newton Compton Editori (Italian)  
Storie dell'orrore
Featuring:
"In the Forest of Villefere"
"Delenda Est"
"The Horror from the Mound"
 "Lord of the Dead"
http://howardworks.com/Storie_dellorrore-Newton_Compton.html


Fiction House Press
Magazine of Horror #31
Featuring:  "The Noseless Horror"
http://howardworks.com/magazineofhorror31.html


Marvel Comics
The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1 Number 32
Featuring:  "The Flame Knife" (Part 2 of 2)
http://howardworks.com/SavageSwordofConanV1N32-Marvel.html



Updated to add information on the 2nd edition which includes illustrated endpapers by Stephen Fabian.  Info and scans courtesy of Dennis McHaney.

Fictioneer Books
The Vultures 2nd edition
Featuring:
"The Vultures"
"Showdown at Hell's Canyon"
http://howardworks.com/vulturef.htm







Friday, February 14, 2020

ROBERT E. HOWARD CHANGED MY LIFE
Personal Essays about an Extraordinary Legacy
Now available for pre-order!

A collection of personal essays examining the influence of REH and many of his characters on the lives of 32 contributors: Barbara Baum, Fred Blosser, Rusty Burke, Bill Cavalier, Becky Cloonan, Adrian Cole, Nancy A. Collins, Bobby Derie, Jason Durall, Steven Erikson, Mark Finn, Jaym Gates, Chris Gruber, Dierk Guenther, Dave Hardy, John C. Hocking, Cecelia Holland, Matthew John, Howard Andrew Jones, Karen Joan Kohoutek, Joe R. Lansdale, Patrice Louinet, Michael Moorcock, Scott Oden, Deuce Richardson, Charles Saunders, Jeffrey Shanks, David C. Smith, Keith J. Taylor, Roy Thomas, Todd B. Vick, and C. L. Werner. Cover art by Didier Normand. Edited by Jason M Waltz.

Hard cover with dust jacket
300 pages
US $42.00
Kindle
US $9.99

SPECIAL Offer good till 3/31/2020: $37.00

A portion of each sale of the hardcover and electronic book will be donated by RBF to Project Pride, the agency that sustains the Howard Home and Museum in Cross Plains, Texas, each year.



Wednesday, February 12, 2020

The Cimmerian: Queen of the Black Coast #1

Guess what was just sent to the printer?
None other than the long awaited Queen of the Black Coast #1!

The Cimmerian: Queen of the Black Coast #1 will be in stores everywhere March 4th!



    
CONAN - Daughter of the gel giant “Director's Cut” 
with wood laminate
Very limited availability from  February 20, 2020

Limited to 60 copies - This version is associated with a Large Format illustration, hanging hook provided (Format 27 x 42 cm) printed on wood and signed by the author. 2 possible visuals.
Robin Recht (script & drawing)
A 168 page album , format 29.5 × 37.5 cm,

The event album of one of the most beautiful adaptations of CONAN, numbered and signed by Robin Recht! The author has made numerous modifications in order to offer a version suitable for black and white.

Containing:
- The entire 70 pages of the album in Black & White, printed on beautiful paper from the Fedrigoni collection for an amazing black and white rendering.
- 56 pages of graphic notebook , in color, commented by Robin Recht who goes backstage behind the scenes,
- A selection of 20 original plates with an introduction by Robin Recht,
- 7 pages of a one-on-one interview with Robin Recht with the legend Jean Pierre Dionnet!
- Unpublished screen print 6 passages format 14 x 35 cm.
- Dust jacket printed on offset paper, cover exclusive to this version,
-The book is protected in a cardboard packaging with marking.

EXCLUSIVE BONUS Angoulême 2020, also available while  stocks last for site buyers.
Hard effect cardboard cover with embossing and hot stamping of the title , book with sharp cuts,
Printing on a  beautiful ivory Gardapat paper - 150g,
Slices painted blue with inscription of the author's name!

Sent in armored cardboard packaging.



SAVAGE AVENGERS #10 (Featuring Conan) 
Now available!

Gerry Duggan (Writer) • Patch Zircher (Art)
Cover by Valerio Giangiordano

The Quest to Kill Kulan Gath Part 2

Dr. Strange, Dr. Doom and Conan the Barbarian set out to kill Kulan Gath before he grows stronger! The team-up you never knew you couldn’t live without concludes. We hope you’ll be okay.

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99


Sunday, February 9, 2020

New at Howard Works

Newton Compton Editori (Italian)
Conan il barbaro
Featuring:
"The Tower of the Elephant"
"The Hall of the Dead"
"The God in the Bowl"
"Rogues in the House"
"The Frost-Giant's Daughter"
"Queen of the Black Coast"
"The Vale of Lost Women"
"Black Colossus"
"Shadows in the Moonlight"
"A Witch Shall Be Born"
"Shadows in Zamboula"
"The Devil in Iron"
"The People of the Black Circle"
"The Slithering Shadow"
"The Pool of the Black One"
"Red Nails"
"Jewels of Gwahlur"
"Beyond the Black River"
"The Treasure of Tranicos"
"The Phoenix on the Sword"
"The Scarlet Citadel"
"The Hour of the Dragon"
"The Hyborian Age"
http://howardworks.com/Conan_il_barbaro-NewtonCompton.html


Newton Compton Editori (Italian)
L'orrore di Cthulhu
Featuring: "The Black Stone"
http://howardworks.com/Lorrore_di_Cthulhu-Newton_Compton.html


Thanks to Leo Grin for scanning this publication.
Thanks to Dennis McHaney for providing me with the scans.

Bo Cribbs
Absinthe Pissed [Distributed in REHupa 119]
Featuring: "The Haunted Hut"
http://howardworks.com/AbsinthePissed-REHupa119-BoCribbs.html



Marvel Comics
The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1 Number 31
Featuring:    "The Flame Knife"
http://howardworks.com/SavageSwordofConanV1N31-Marvel.html