Boxing Stories

University of Nebraska Press, 2005. Cover by Gary Gianni. Out of print.

Stories

The Bull Dog Breed

Originally published in Fight Stories, February 1930.

The Champion of the Forecastle

Originally published as “Champ of the Forecastle” in Fight Stories, November 1930.

Crowd-Horror

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

Cultured Cauliflowers

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

An edited version of this story was published as “In High Society” in The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan (FAX Collectors Editions, 1974) with the names of the characters changed (Steve Costigan changed to Dennis Dorgan, etc). The version published in Boxing Stories is taken from Howard’s original typescript.

The Fightin’est Pair

Originally published as “Breed of Battle” in Action Stories, November 1931.

Fists of the Desert

Originally published as “Iron Jaw” in Dime Sports Magazine, April 1936.

Hard-Fisted Sentiment

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

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.

Kid Galahad

Originally published in Sport Story Magazine, December 25, 1931.

No apparent relation to either of the films with the same name, one made in 1937 with Bette Davis and the other in 1962 with Elvis Presley, although they are both about boxing as well.

A New Game For Costigan

First published as “Playing Journalist” in The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan (FAX Collectors Editions, 1974), as a Dennis Dorgan story.

The Steve Costigan version was published in Boxing Stories (University of Nebraska Press, 2005) and Fists of Iron Round 3 (REH Foundation Press, November 2014) as “A New Game for Costigan.”

The Pit of the Serpent

Originally published in Fight Stories, July 1929.

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.