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• 1 • The Dance with Death • (1992) • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Adventurer's Mistress ("The fogs of night fling banners red...") 2007)
• 1 • Redflame • (1988) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
• 3 •  Letter to "The Eyrie" in Weird Tales Magazine ("'Thirsty Blades' is fine. It moves...") • [Letters to Weird Tales] • (1930) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter (Weird Tales, April 1930))
• 4 • When Death Drops Her Veil • (1977) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 5 •  Letter to E. Hoffmann Price, February 15, 1936 ("Dear Ed, / I've eventually found time...") • (1945) • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 6 • Heritage ("Saxon blood in the veins of me...") • (1975) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 6 • Black Country • (1973) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 8 • Nocturne • (1977) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 8 • Intrigue in Kurdistan • [El Borak] • (1986) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
• 12 •  Letter to August Derleth, ca. November 1933 ("Dear August: / I enjoyed reading your...") • [Letters to August Derleth] • (1972) • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 12 • The Doom Chant of Than-Kul • (1983) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 12 • Counterspells • (1990) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 12 •  Letter to Kirk Mashburn, no date ("Dear Mr. Mashburn: / I am writing to express my appreciation...") • (1965) • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 13 • A Song of the Werewolf Folk • (1987) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 13 • Halt! Who Goes There? • (1924) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 14 • Dreams • (1977) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 14 • The People of the Serpent • [Steve Harrison] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard (variant of Fangs of Gold)
• 21 •  Letter to Robert W. Gordon, January 2, 1926 ("My dear Mr. Gordon; / Upon seeing a request of yours in a late copy...") • [Letters to Robert W. Gordon] • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 21 • Wolfsdung • (1988) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 22 • Universe • (1989) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 22 •  Letter to R. H. Barlow, July 5, 1934 ("Dear Mr. Barlow: / Here, at last, is the ms. I promised...") • [Letters to R. H. Barlow] • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 22 • The Feud • (1978) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 22 •  Letter to Novalyne Price, July 4, 1935 ("Dear Novalyne, / I take my typewriter in hand to write you...") • [Letters to Novalyne Price] • (1986) • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 22 • The Strange Case of Josiah Wilbarger • (1967) • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 23 • Madame Goose's Rhymes • (1976) • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of Madam Goose's Rhymes)
• 24 •  Letter to Robert W. Gordon, February 4, 1925 ("Dear Sir: / I am sending you a few songs...") • [Letters to Robert W. Gordon] • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 24 • The Fear-Master • (1984) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
• 26 • What Is Love? • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 26 •  Letter to Carl Jacobi, ca. Summer 1934 ("Dear Mr. Jacobi: / Thank you for the kind comments you made...") • (1970) • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 27 • The Vicar of Wakefield • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 28 • Rules of Etiquette • (1924) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 28 •  Letter to "The Ring" Magazine ("Here is my opinion on the greatest heavyweights...") • (1926) • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 28 • Tides • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 28 • Untitled poem ("The times, the times stride on apace and fast...") • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 29 •  Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, September 7, 1924 ("Salaam, Clyde, / You ought to be here. / Palm-trees are waving...") • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 29 • Untitled poem ("Palm-trees are waving in the gulf-breeze...") • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 29 •  Mexican Soldiers, the Pride of the Nation • interior artwork by Robert E. Howard
• 29 •  Spig Acting Smart • interior artwork by Robert E. Howard
• 29 • The Feud Buster • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1935) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 33 • Verses in Ebony (1974) (facsimile) • [Robert E. Howard - Poetry Collections] • collection by Robert E. Howard (variant of Verses in Ebony 1974)
• 33 •  Letters of Comment (The "New" Howard Reader #5) • essay by uncredited
• 33 •  Letter (The "New" Howard Reader #5) • essay by Paul Herman
• 35 • Black Dawn • (1972) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 36 • The Road to Rome • (1972) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 37 • The Gold and the Grey • (1974) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 39 • A Song of the Naked Lands • (1973) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 40 •  Letter (The "New" Howard Reader #5) • essay by Patrice Louinet
• 40 • Afterword (The "New" Howard Reader #1) • (1998) • essay by Joe Marek