Fists of Iron Round 1

REH Foundation Press, February 2013. Cover by Tom Gianni. The first of four volumes. First printing limited to 200 copies. Currently out of print.

Stories

Crowd-Horror

Originally published in Argosy All Story Weekly, July 20, 1929.

Double Cross

First published in Bran Mak Morn: A Play and Others (Cryptic Publications, 1983).

Iron Men (long version)

First published in Boxing Stories (University of Nebraska Press, 2005).

Originally published in a heavily edited form as “The Iron Man” in Fight Stories, June 1930. Published as “Fall Guy” in Fight Stories, June 1938.

The long version is taken from Howard’s original unedited typescript, and is 10,000 words longer.

Iron Men (short version)

Originally published in a heavily edited form as “The Iron Man” in Fight Stories, June 1930. The long version that appears in Boxing Stories (University of Nebraska Press, 2005) and Fists of Iron Round 1 (REH Foundation Press, 2013) is taken from Howard’s original unedited typescript, and is 10,000 words longer.

The Mark of a Bloody Hand

First published in Writer of the Dark (Dark Carneval Press, 1986).

The Right Hook

First published in French in Poings d’acier (Nouvelles Editions Oswald, June 1989). First published in English in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval (Paradox Entertainment, 2007).

The Spirit of Tom Molyneaux (version 1)

Originally published as “The Apparition in the Prize Ring” in Ghost Stories, April 1929, attributed to Howard’s pseudonym John Taverel.

There are two versions of this story: this one, written in the third person, and another written in the first person with more emphasis on the supernatural elements.

The Spirit of Tom Molyneaux (version 2)

First published in The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard (Del Rey, 2008).

There are two versions of this story: the original version written in the third person and originally published in Ghost Stories in 1929, and this one, written in the first person with more emphasis on the supernatural elements.

The Trail of the Snake

First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval (Paradox Entertainment, 2007).

The Voice of Doom

First published in Crypt of Cthulhu #39 (Cryptic Publications, April 1986).

The Weeping Willow

First published in French in Poings d’acier (Nouvelles Editions Oswald, June 1989). First published in English in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval (Paradox Entertainment, 2007).

Poems

Aw Come On and Fight!

First published in The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume 2 (REH Foundation Press, October 2007).

The Champ

First published in Robert E. Howard’s Fight Magazine #2, September 1990.

The Cooling of Spike McRue

First published in Writer of the Dark (Dark Carneval Press, 1986).

Down the Ages

First published in A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems (Robert E. Howard Properties LLC, 2002).

Fables for Little Folks

First published in The Daniel Baker Collegian, March 15, 1926.

In the Ring

First published in Robert E. Howard’s Fight Magazine #4, October 1996.

Jack Dempsey

Originally self-published by Howard in The Right Hook #2, April-May 1925.

John L. Sullivan

Originally self-published by Howard in The Right Hook #2, April-May 1925.

Kid Lavigne is Dead

Originally published in The Ring, June 1928.

Slugger’s Vow

First published in Robert E. Howard’s Fight Magazine #4, October 1996.

Untitled (“And Dempsey climbed into the ring…”)

First published in The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume 1 (REH Foundation Press, June 2007).

Untitled (“They matched me up that night…”)

First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval (Paradox Entertainment, 2007).

Untitled (“We are the duckers of crosses…”)

First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval (Paradox Entertainment, 2007).

When You Were a Set-up and I Was a Ham

Written in 1925. First published in Robert E. Howard’s Fight Magazine #2, September 1990. Title suggested by Glenn Lord.

Miscellanea

A Man of Peace

First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval (Paradox Entertainment, 2007).

The Atavist (unfinished)

First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval (Paradox Entertainment, 2007).

Cupid vs. Pollux

First published in The Howard Payne College Yellowjacket, February 10, 1927.

The Ferocious Ape (fragment)

First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval (Paradox Entertainment, 2007).

The Folly of Conceit (unfinished)

First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval (Paradox Entertainment, 2007).

The Ghost Behind the Gloves (fragment)

First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval (Paradox Entertainment, 2007).

Lobo Volante (fragment)

First published in Fists of Iron Round 1 (REH Foundation Press, June 2013).

Night Encounter (incomplete)

First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval (Paradox Entertainment, 2007).

The Spirit of Brian Boru

First published in French in La Tombe du Dragon (Nouvelles Editions Oswald, February 1990). First published in English in The New Howard Reader #6, October 1999.

Untitled fragment (“I had just hung…”)

First published in The Howard Review #2, March 1975, with two other fragments as “The Perils of Sailor Costigan.”

Untitled fragment (“Spike Morissey was as tough a kid…”)

First published in Fists of Iron Round 1 (REH Foundation Press, June 2013).

Untitled fragment (“The tale has always been…”)

First published in Fists of Iron Round 1 (REH Foundation Press, June 2013).