A list of prose works by
Robert E. Howard
Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906June 11, 1936) was an American writer. He wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subge ...
. The works are sorted by genre, by series and then alphabetically. Untitled works and fragments (incomplete and unfinished works) are listed separately by their opening line.
Additional information is included where available, covering publication date and place, the amount Howard earned for the sale of the piece, any alternative titles and whether the work is in the public domain. Links to the freely available source texts, on wikisource or Project Gutenberg of Australia, are included in a separate column. These are marked with the appropriate icons.
Fantasy stories
Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian) is a fictional sword and sorcery hero who originated in pulp magazines and has since been adapted to books, comics, films (including '' Conan the Barbarian'' and '' Conan the Destroyer'') ...
Howard's most famous creation, the Cimmerian barbarian, thief, pirate and King of Aquilonia during the pre-Ice Age
Hyborian Age
The Hyborian Age is a fictional period of Earth's history within the artificial mythology created by Robert E. Howard, serving as the setting for the sword and sorcery tales of Conan the Barbarian.
The word "Hyborian" is derived from the l ...
.
Many of the Conan stories not published during Howard's lifetime were edited by other authors before publication. The Fragment stories have all been completed by others since. Where either has occurred before the publication of the original material, this date is noted after the original material's publication date.
Kull Kull may refer to:
Arts
* Kull of Atlantis, a fictional character created by Robert E. Howard
** ''Kull the Conqueror'', a 1997 fantasy action film based on Howard's character and starring Kevin Sorbo
* King Kull (DC Comics), a Fawcett Comics and D ...
An Atlantean barbarian and King of Valusia in the ancient
Thurian Age
Kull of Atlantis or Kull the Conqueror is a fictional character created by writer Robert E. Howard. The character was more introspective than Howard's subsequent creation, Conan the Barbarian, whose first appearance was in a re-write of a rejec ...
(predating Conan's
Hyborian Age
The Hyborian Age is a fictional period of Earth's history within the artificial mythology created by Robert E. Howard, serving as the setting for the sword and sorcery tales of Conan the Barbarian.
The word "Hyborian" is derived from the l ...
). He appears in the
Bran Mak Morn
Bran Mak Morn is a hero of five pulp fiction short stories by Robert E. Howard. In the stories, most of which were first published in ''Weird Tales'', Bran is the last king of Howard's romanticized version of the tribal race of Picts.Rusty Burke ...
story "Kings of the Night."
Solomon Kane
Solomon Kane is a fictional character created by the pulp magazine, pulp-era writer Robert E. Howard. A late-16th-to-early-17th century Puritan, Solomon Kane is a somber-looking man who wanders the world with no apparent goal other than to vanqu ...
A Tudor-period Puritan adventurer, wandering across Europe and Africa.
Bran Mak Morn
Bran Mak Morn is a hero of five pulp fiction short stories by Robert E. Howard. In the stories, most of which were first published in ''Weird Tales'', Bran is the last king of Howard's romanticized version of the tribal race of Picts.Rusty Burke ...
The King of the
Picts
The Picts were a group of peoples who lived in what is now northern and eastern Scotland (north of the Firth of Forth) during Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. Where they lived and what their culture was like can be inferred from ea ...
during the Roman invasion of Britain, eventually becoming the subject of a
Cthulhu Mythos
The Cthulhu Mythos is a mythopoeia and a shared fictional universe, originating in the works of American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. The term was coined by August Derleth
August William Derleth (February 24, 1909 – July 4, 1971) was an ...
cult as the "Dark Man". He is referenced in the Kirowan story "The Children of the Night" and features in the Turlough O'Brien story "The Dark Man".
Turlogh Dubh O'Brien
An 11th-century
Irish outcast.
James Allison
A 1930s Texan who recalls his past lives as ancient heroes. Not to be confused with
Kid Allison.
Other fantasy
Boxing stories
Sailor Steve Costigan
Sailor Steve Costigan is a fictional character created by American writer Robert E. Howard. He is a merchant sailor on the ''Sea Girl'' and is also its champion boxer. His only true companion is a bulldog named Mike (after his brother and fellow ...
A 1930s sailor and boxer, travelling between ports aboard the
tramp steamer ''Sea Girl''.
Sailor Dennis Dorgan
A renamed version of Sailor Steve Costigan sailing in the ''Python'', published under the pseudonym Patrick Ervin.
Kid Allison
Not to be confused with
James Allison.
Ace Jessel
A black, happy-go-lucky boxer.
Other Boxing stories
Western stories
Breckinridge Elkins
Humorous stories of a kind, strong but not very smart cowboy.
All stories with the note "(''A Gent from Bear Creek'')" were later edited together to become part of the 1937 novel ''
A Gent from Bear Creek
''A Gent from Bear Creek'' is a collection of Western fiction, Western short stories by Robert E. Howard. It was first published in the United Kingdom in 1937 in literature, 1937 by Herbert Jenkins. The first United States edition was published ...
''.
Pike Bearfield
Grizzly Elkins
Buckner Jeopardy Grimes
The Sonora Kid
The Sonora Kid, also known as Steve Allison, is a fictional cowboy created by Robert E. Howard. The stories were not printed until more than fifty years after the author's death. The Sonora Kid occasionally crossed over with El Borak, another ...
AKA Steve Allison. He also appears in some of the
El Borak stories.
Other Westerns
Historical stories
See also
Solomon Kane
Solomon Kane is a fictional character created by the pulp magazine, pulp-era writer Robert E. Howard. A late-16th-to-early-17th century Puritan, Solomon Kane is a somber-looking man who wanders the world with no apparent goal other than to vanqu ...
,
Bran Mak Morn
Bran Mak Morn is a hero of five pulp fiction short stories by Robert E. Howard. In the stories, most of which were first published in ''Weird Tales'', Bran is the last king of Howard's romanticized version of the tribal race of Picts.Rusty Burke ...
and
Turlough Dubh O'Brien for historical stories with fantasy elements.
El Borak
A Texan gunman in early 20th Century Afghanistan. Several of the El Borak stories also feature
The Sonora Kid
The Sonora Kid, also known as Steve Allison, is a fictional cowboy created by Robert E. Howard. The stories were not printed until more than fifty years after the author's death. The Sonora Kid occasionally crossed over with El Borak, another ...
.
Dark Agnes de Chastillon
A red-haired swordswoman in 16th Century France.
Cormac Fitzgeoffrey Cormac Fitzgeoffrey is a fictional character created by Robert E. Howard. He is a half-Norman, half-Gael Knight who is taking part in the Third Crusade. Howard wrote two short stories featuring the character and a synopsis that was later completed ...
A Norman/Gael knight fighting in the Crusades.
Kirby O'Donnell
An American posing as a Kurdish mercenary in Central Asia.
Cormac Mac Art
Cormac mac Airt, also known as Cormac ua Cuinn (grandson of Conn) or Cormac Ulfada (long beard), was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. He is probably the most famous of the ancient High King ...
An Irish pirate during the Dark Ages.
Lal Singh
Raja Lal Singh (died 1866) was Wazir of the Sikh Empire and commander of Sikh Khalsa Army forces during the First Anglo-Sikh War. Along with Tej Singh, Lal Singh was in the employ of the East India Company during the course of the war. Lal Sin ...
Black Vulmea
An Irish pirate sailing the Caribbean.
Helen Tavrel
Howard's female pirate of the Caribbean.
Other Historical stories
Horror stories
John Kirowan
These stories are part of the Cthulhu Mythos
The Faring Town Saga
De Montour
A Norman werewolf.
Weird West
Weird West
Weird West (aka Weird Western) is a term used for the hybrid genres of fantasy Western, horror Western and science fiction Western. The term originated with DC's ''Weird Western Tales'' in 1972, but the idea is older as the genres have been b ...
stories are hybrids, a combination of a
Western with another
genre
Genre () is any form or type of communication in any mode (written, spoken, digital, artistic, etc.) with socially-agreed-upon conventions developed over time. In popular usage, it normally describes a category of literature, music, or other for ...
, usually
horror
Horror may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Genres
*Horror fiction, a genre of fiction
** Japanese horror, Japanese horror fiction
**Korean horror, Korean horror fiction
* Horror film, a film genre
*Horror comics, comic books focusing o ...
, occult, or fantasy.
Other Weird Menace
Other
Cthulhu Mythos
The Cthulhu Mythos is a mythopoeia and a shared fictional universe, originating in the works of American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. The term was coined by August Derleth
August William Derleth (February 24, 1909 – July 4, 1971) was an ...
stories
Other horror stories
Detective stories
Steve Harrison
A police detective, often coming across weird cases on his River Street patrol in Chinatown.
Butch Gorman & Brent Kirby
Private detectives.
Steve Bender, Weary McGraw and the Whale
Comedy stories
Spicy stories
The "Spicy" pulp magazines printed stories that were considered scandalous at the time (elements of nudity and implied sex).
Wild Bill Clanton
Other Spicy stories
"True Adventure" stories
Other stories
Essays and articles
Poetry
Other fragments
* ''The Atavist'' (Public Domain)
* ''Age Lasting Love'' (First published in ''La Tombe Du Dragon'', 1990. Public Domain)
* ''The Battling Sailor''
* ''Blue River Blues''
* ''A Boy, a Beehive, and a Chinaman''
* ''The Brand of Satan'' (Public Domain)
* ''Circus Charade'' (Public Domain)
* ''The Dominant Male'' (Public Domain)
* ''The Drawing Card'' (Public Domain)
* ''The Drifter'' (Public Domain)
* ''A Faithful Servant'' (Public Domain)
* ''Fate is the Killer'' (Public Domain)
* ''The Feminine of the Species'' (Public Domain)
* ''The Ferocious Ape'' (Public Domain)
* ''The Fishing Trip'' (Public Domain)
* ''Fistic Psychology''
* ''The Folly of Conceit'' (Public Domain)
* ''Friends'' (Public Domain)
* ''The Funniest Bout'' (Public Domain)
* ''The Ghost Behind the Gloves'' (Public Domain)
* ''The Ghost of Bald Rock Ranch'' (Public Domain)
* ''In His Own Image'' (Public Domain)
* ''Incongruity'' (Public Domain)
* ''The Influence of the Movies'' (Public Domain)
* ''The Ivory Camel'' (Public Domain)
* ''The Land of Forgotten Ages'' (Public Domain)
* ''The Lion Gate'' (Public Domain)
* ''Lobo Volante'' (Public Domain)
* ''Man'' (Public Domain)
* ''A Man and a Brother'' (Public Domain)
* ''A Man of Peace'' (Public Domain)
* ''The Man Who Went Back'' (Public Domain)
* ''Mr. Dowser Buys a Car'' (Public Domain)
* ''Over the Rockies in a Ford'' (Public Domain)
* ''Pigskin Scholar'' (Public Domain)
* ''The Punch'' (Public Domain)
* ''The Recalcitrant'' (Public Domain)
* ''The Red Stone'' (Public Domain)
* ''The Slayer'' (Never published. Public Domain)
* ''A South Sea Storm'' (Never published. Public Domain)
* ''The Splendid Brute'' (Never published. Public Domain)
* ''Tallyho!'' (Public Domain)
* ''Ten Minutes on a Street Corner'' (Public Domain)
* ''Through the Ages'' (Public Domain)
* ''The Treasure of Henry Morgan'' (Public Domain)
* ''A Twentieth-Century Rip Van Winkle'' (Public Domain)
* ''A Unique Hat'' (Public Domain)
* ''The Weeping Willow''
* ''What the Deuce?'' (Public Domain)
* ''The Wheel Turns'' (Public Domain)
* ''The White Jade Ring'' (Public Domain)
* ''The Wild Man'' (Public Domain)
* ''The Wings of the Bat'' (Public Domain)
* ''Yellow Laughter'' (Public Domain)
Other untitled stories
* "As he approached the two, he swept off his feathered hat..."
* "Better a man should remain in kindly ignorance, than..."
* "Between berserk battle-rages, the black despair of melancholy..."
* "Franey was a fool."
* "From the black, bandit-haunted mountains of Kang..."
* "Help! Help! They're murderin' me!"
* "Huh?" I was so dumbfounded I was clean off..."
* "I", said Cuchulain, "was a man, at least."
* "I'm writing this with a piece of pencil on the backs of old..."
* "It was a strange experience, and I don't expect anyone..."
* "A land of wild, fantastic beauty; of mighty trees..."
* "The lazy quiet of the mid-summer day was shattered..."
* "A man", said my friend Larry Aloysius O'Leary..."
* "The matter seemed so obvious that my only answer..."
* "Maybe it doesn't seem like anything interesting and..."
* "Mike Costigan, writer and self-avowed futilist, gazed..."
* "The next day I was sluggish and inefficient in my work..."
* "Old Man Jacobsen crunched his powerful teeth through..."
* "So I set out up the hill-trail as if on a hunt and..."
* "So there I was..."
* "Spike Morissey was as tough a kid as ever came..."
* "The tale has always been doubted and scoffed at..."
* "that is, the artistry is but a symbol for the thought!"
* "Thure Khan gazed out across the shifting vastness..."
* "Trails led through dense jungle..."
* "Two men were standing in the bazaar at Delhi..."
* "You," said Shifty Griddle, pointing his finger at me..."
* "Joe Rogers had been working the stock markets..."
References
This list was based on the following articles:
The Works of Robert E. HowardThe Robert E. Howard United Press Association ''The Copyright and Ownership Status of the Works and Words of Robert E. Howard'' by Paul Herman
With some additional material from these sources:
Robert E. Howard: A Library of Classics*
Wikisource
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Project Gutenberg of Australia* ''Afterword'' by Stephen Jones; ''The Conan Chronicles Volume 1: The People of the Black Circle''; 2000;
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