The Early Adventures of El Borak

REH Foundation Press, 2010. Cover by Jim & Ruth Keegan. First printing limited to 150 copies. Currently in its second printing.

Stories

Brotherly Advice

First published in The Sonora Kid (Cryptic Publications, June 1988).

The Coming of El Borak

First published in French in El Borak L’Eternel (Nouvelles Editions Oswald, 1984). First English language publication in The Coming of El Borak (Cryptic Publications, 1987).

Desert Rendezvous

First published in The Sonora Kid (Cryptic Publications, June 1988).

El Borak

First published in French in El Borak L’Eternel (Nouvelles Editions Oswald, 1984). First English language publication in North of Khyber (Cryptic Publications, 1987).

The Further Adventures of Lal Singh

First published in The Adventures of Lal Singh (Cryptic Publications, 1985).

Intrigue in Kurdistan

First published in French in El Borak L’Eternel (Nouvelles Editions Oswald, 1984). First English language publication in Pulse Pounding Adventure Stories #1 (Cryptic Publications, December 1986).

The Iron Terror

First published in French in El Borak L’Eternel (Nouvelles Editions Oswald, 1984). First English language publication in The Coming of El Borak (Cryptic Publications, 1987).

Khoda Khan’s Tale

First published in French in El Borak L’Eternel (Nouvelles Editions Oswald, 1984). First English language publication in The Coming of El Borak (Cryptic Publications, 1987).

Lal Singh, Oriental Gentleman

First published in The Adventures of Lal Singh (Cryptic Publications, 1985).

The Land of Mystery

First published in French in El Borak L’Eternel (Nouvelles Editions Oswald, 1984). First English language publication in North of Khyber (Cryptic Publications, 1987).

The Lion Gate

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

North of Khyber

First published in French in El Borak L’Eternel (Nouvelles Editions Oswald, 1984). First English language publication in North of Khyber (Cryptic Publications, 1987).

A Power Among the Islands

First published in French in El Borak L’Eternel (Nouvelles Editions Oswald, 1984). First English language publication in North of Khyber (Cryptic Publications, 1987).

Red Curls and Bobbed Hair

First published in The Sonora Kid (Cryptic Publications, June 1988).

The Shunned Castle

First published in French in El Borak L’Eternel (Nouvelles Editions Oswald, 1984). First English language publication in North of Khyber (Cryptic Publications, 1987).

The Sonora Kid – Cowhand

First published in The Sonora Kid (Cryptic Publications, June 1988).

The Sonora Kid’s Winning Hand

First published in The Sonora Kid (Cryptic Publications, June 1988).

Spears of the East

Originally published in The Golden Caliph (Howard’s own amateur publication), August 1923.

The Tale of the Rajah’s Ring

First published in The Adventures of Lal Singh (Cryptic Publications, 1985).

Under the Great Tiger

Originally published in The All-Around Magazine, May-June and July, 1923. Written with Tevis Clyde Smith.

The West Tower

First published in The Sonora Kid (Cryptic Publications, June 1988).

Poems

The Song of Yar Ali Khan

First published in Always Comes Evening (Underwood-Miller, 1977).

The Sword of Lal Singh

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

Untitled (“Now bright, now red…”)

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

Miscellanea

Untitled story (“A blazing sun…”)

First published in The Sonora Kid (Cryptic Publications, June 1988).

Untitled story (“A Cossack and a Turk…”)

Originally self-published by Howard in The Golden Caliph, August 1923.

Untitled story (“Gordon, the American…”)

First published in French in El Borak L’Eternel (Nouvelles Editions Oswald, 1984). First English language publication in The Coming of El Borak (Cryptic Publications, 1987).

Untitled story (“I emptied my revolver…”)

First published in French in El Borak L’Eternel (Nouvelles Editions Oswald, 1984). First English language publication in The Coming of El Borak (Cryptic Publications, 1987).

Untitled story (“Madge Meraldson set her traveling-bag…”)

First published in The Sonora Kid (Cryptic Publications, June 1988).

Untitled story (“Steve Allison settled himself down…”)

First published in The Sonora Kid (Cryptic Publications, June 1988).

Untitled story (“…that is, the artistry…”)

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

Untitled story (“The Hades Saloon…”)

First published in The Sonora Kid (Cryptic Publications, June 1988).

Untitled story (“The hot Arizona sun…”)

First published in The Sonora Kid (Cryptic Publications, June 1988).

Untitled story (“The way it came about…”)

First published in The Sonora Kid (Cryptic Publications, June 1988).

Untitled story (“Thure Khan gazed out…”)

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

Untitled story (“Two men were standing…”)

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

Untitled story (“When Yar Ali Khan crept…”)

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

Untitled synopsis (Blood of the Gods)

First published in The Early Adventures of El Borak (REH Foundation Press, 2010).

The White Jade Ring (fragment)

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