Originally published in Fantasy Fan, September 1934.
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Aw Come On and Fight!
First published in The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume 2 (REH Foundation Press, October 2007).
Untitled (“And Dempsey climbed into the ring…”)
First published in The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume 1 (REH Foundation Press, June 2007).
Old Faro Bill
First published in The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard (REH Foundation Press, June 2007).
Untitled (“The east is red and I am dead…”)
First published in The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume 1: 1923-1929, REH Foundation Press, 2007.
Cowboy
First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval (Paradox Entertainment, March 2007).
Untitled (“They matched me up that night…”)
First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval (Paradox Entertainment, 2007).
The Dancer
First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval, Paradox Entertainment, 2007.
The Madness of Cormac
First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval, Paradox Entertainment, 2007.
Untitled (“I am the spirit of war!”)
First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval, Paradox Entertainment, 2007.
At the Inn of the Gory Dagger
First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval (Paradox Entertainment, 2007).
Bill Boozy Was a Pirate Bold
First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval (Paradox Entertainment, 2007).
Untitled (“Against the blood red moon…”)
First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval, Paradox Entertainment, 2007.
Untitled (“Now bright, now red…”)
First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval (Paradox Press, 2007).
Untitled (“We are the duckers of crosses…”)
First published in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval (Paradox Entertainment, 2007).
Summer Morn
First published in Kull: Exile of Atlantis, Del Rey 2006.
Untitled poem (There’s a bell that hangs…)
First published in Bran Mak Morn: The Last King, Del Rey, 2005.
Adventure (“I am the spur…”)
First published in The Cross Plainsman, August 2004.
The Sword of Lal Singh
First published in A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems (Robert E. Howard Properties LLC, 2002).
Over the Old Rio Grandey
First published in A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems (Robert E. Howard Properties LLC, 2002).
Down the Ages
First published in A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems (Robert E. Howard Properties LLC, 2002).
The Pirate
First published in A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems (Robert E. Howard Properties LLC, 2002).
Ace High
First published in A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems (Robert E. Howard Properties LLC, 2002).
The Sign of the Sickle
First published in A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems, 2002.
Am-ra the Ta-an
First published in A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems, 2002.
A Dull Sound as of Knocking
First published in A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems, Robert E. Howard Properties, 2002.
In the Ring
First published in Robert E. Howard’s Fight Magazine #4, October 1996.
Slugger’s Vow
First published in Robert E. Howard’s Fight Magazine #4, October 1996.
The Champ
First published in Robert E. Howard’s Fight Magazine #2, September 1990.
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.
A Song of the Anchor Chain
First published in Shadow of Dreams (Donald M. Grant, 1989).
The Ballad of King Geraint
First published in The Ballad of King Geraint (Gibbelins Gazette Press, 1989).
A Song of the Werewolf Folk
First published in Etchings and Odysseys #10, The Strange Company, 1987.
Silence Falls on Mecca’s Walls
First published in Cthulhu: the Mythos and Kindred Horrors (Baen, 1987).
The Cooling of Spike McRue
First published in Writer of the Dark (Dark Carneval Press, 1986).
The Sand-Hills’ Crest
First published in A Robert E. Howard Memorial, June 1986.
Buccaneer Treasure
First published in Amazing Science Fiction Stories, January 1985.
Never Beyond the Beast
First published in The Ghost Ocean and Other Poems of the Supernatural, Gibbelins Gazette Publications, 1982.
Memories of Alfred
First published in The Ghost Ocean and Other Poems of the Supernatural (Gibbelins Gazette Publications, 1982).
The Song of the Last Briton
First published in The Ghost Ocean and Other Poems of the Supernatural (Gibbelins Gazette Publications, 1982).
The Seven-Up Ballad
First published in Costigan Special #1 (Glenn Lord, November 1982).
The Feud
First published in Fantasy Crossroads #13, June 1978.
The Song of Yar Ali Khan
First published in Always Comes Evening (Underwood-Miller, 1977).
A Dying Pirate Speaks of Treasure
First published in Up John Kane! and Other Poems (Roy Squires, 1977).
Up, John Kane!
First published in Up, John Kane! and Other Poems, Roy Squires, 1977.
The Grim Land
First published in The Grim Land and Others, Stygian Isle Press, 1976.
A Pirate Remembers
First published in The Grim Land and Others (Stygian Isle Press, 1976).
A Buccaneer Speaks
First published in Night Images (The Morning Star Press, 1976).
A Thousand Years Ago
First published in Night Images, 1976.
The Tide
First published in Omniumgathum, Stygian Isle Press, October 1976.