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Author: Robert E. Howard
Year: 1938
Type: POEM
Language: English
ISFDB Record Number: 108853
Note: First published in Weird Tales, December 1938.
Parts of this poem appear in Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers by L. Sprague de Camp, Arkham House (lines 7-9 on p. 270) and in Dark Valley Destiny, L. Sprague de Camp, Bluejay (lines 1-3 on p. 238).
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Variant Titles:
- The Ghost Kings (1938) - Robert Ervin Howard
- Les rois fantômes [French] (1987) - Robert E. Howard
Publications:
- Weird Tales, December 1938, (Dec 1938, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Weird Tales, $0.25, 132pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: Ray Quigley - [VERIFIED]
- Dark of the Moon: Poems of Fantasy and the Macabre, (1947, ed. August Derleth, publ. Arkham House, $3.00, xvi+418pp, hc, anth) Cover: Frank Utpatel - [VERIFIED]
- Always Comes Evening, (1957, Robert E. Howard, publ. Arkham House, $3.00, x+86pp, hc, coll) Cover: Frank Utpatel - [VERIFIED]
- Fantasy Crossroads #3, May 1975, (May 1975, ed. Jonathan Bacon, publ. Jonathan Bacon, $2.00, 64pp, quarto, fanzine) Cover: Sam de la Rosa - [VERIFIED]
- Night Images: A Book of Fantasy Verse, (1976, Robert E. Howard, publ. Morning Star Press, $50.00, 103pp, hc, coll) Cover: Frank Frazetta - [VERIFIED]
- Night Images: A Book of Fantasy Verse, (1976, Robert E. Howard, publ. Morning Star Press, $150.00, 103pp, hc, coll) Cover: Frank Frazetta - [VERIFIED]
- Always Comes Evening, (Jun 1977, Robert E. Howard, publ. Underwood-Miller, 0-934438-01-3, $10.00, 110pp, hc, coll) Cover: Keiko Nelson - [VERIFIED]
- Always Comes Evening, (Jun 1977, Robert E. Howard, publ. Underwood-Miller, 0-934438-01-3, $31.00, 110pp, hc, coll) Cover: Keiko Nelson - [VERIFIED]
- Dark Fantasy, June 1978, (Jun 1978, ed. Howard E. Day, publ. Shadow Press, $1.00, 44pp, digest, fanzine) Cover: George Freeman - [VERIFIED]
- Chants de Guerre et de Mort, (Mar 1987, Robert E. Howard, publ. Nouvelles éditions Oswald, 2-7304-0433-3, 155pp, tp, coll) Cover: Jean-Michel Nicollet - [VERIFIED]
- Chants de Guerre et de Mort, (Mar 1987, Robert E. Howard, publ. Nouvelles éditions Oswald, 2-7304-0433-3, 155pp, tp, coll) Cover: Jean-Michel Nicollet - [VERIFIED]
- Chants de guerre et de mort, (Apr 1988, Robert E. Howard, publ. Nouvelles éditions Oswald, 2-7304-0488-0, 145pp, tp, coll) Cover: Jean-Michel Nicollet - [VERIFIED]
- Chants de guerre et de mort, (Apr 1988, Robert E. Howard, publ. Nouvelles éditions Oswald, 2-7304-0488-0, 145pp, tp, coll) Cover: Jean-Michel Nicollet - [VERIFIED]
- Odes at the Black Dog, (Jan 2006, Robert E. Howard, publ. Paul Herman, $10.00, 32pp, ph, coll) Cover: Tom Foster - [VERIFIED]
- The Weird Writings of Robert E. Howard, Volume 2: August 1934-September 1954, (Mar 2006, Robert E. Howard, publ. Girasol Collectables, $100.00, vi+631pp, hc, coll) Cover: Neal Adams - [VERIFIED]
- The Weird Writings of Robert E. Howard, Volume 2: August 1934-September 1954, (Mar 2006, Robert E. Howard, publ. Girasol Collectables, $112.50, vi+631pp, hc, coll) Cover: Neal Adams - [VERIFIED]
- The Best of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: Crimson Shadows, (Aug 2007, Robert E. Howard, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-49018-5, $16.95, xxii+503pp, tp, coll) Cover: Jim Keegan and Ruth Keegan - [VERIFIED]
- The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard, (Jan 2009, Robert E. Howard, publ. The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, $59.00, lxxix+728pp, hc, coll) - [VERIFIED]
- The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard, (Apr 2009, Robert E. Howard, publ. The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, $59.00, lxxix+728pp, hc, coll) - [VERIFIED]
- The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard, (Aug 2009, Robert E. Howard, publ. The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, $59.00, lxxix+728pp, hc, coll) - [VERIFIED]
- Crimson Shadows: The Best of Robert E. Howard, Volume One, (Aug 2009, Robert E. Howard, publ. Subterranean Press, 978-1-59606-263-4, $150.00, xxii+503pp, hc, coll) Cover: Ruth Keegan and Jim Keegan - [VERIFIED]
- Crimson Shadows: The Best of Robert E. Howard, Volume One, (Aug 2009, Robert E. Howard, publ. Subterranean Press, 978-1-59606-263-4, $400.00, xxii+503pp, hc, coll) Cover: Ruth Keegan and Jim Keegan - [VERIFIED]
- Robert E. Howard: Selected Poems, (Nov 2009, Robert E. Howard, publ. Frank Coffman, $37.00, xxix+527pp, hc, coll) - [VERIFIED]
- Robert E. Howard: Selected Poems, (Nov 2009, Robert E. Howard, publ. Frank Coffman, $23.50, xxix+527pp, tp, coll) - [VERIFIED]
- A Thunder of Trumpets, (2010, Robert E. Howard, publ. Wildside Press, 978-0-8095-7170-3, $35.00, 206pp, hc, coll) Cover: Stephen Fabian - [VERIFIED]
- The Singer in the Mist & Others, (Mar 2010, Robert E. Howard, publ. Stanza Press (The Complete Poems from Weird Tales #2), 978-1-84863-079-6, £11.99, xii+33pp, hc, coll) Cover: Gary Gianni - [VERIFIED]
- Conan's Brethren, (Jan 2011, Robert E. Howard, publ. Gollancz, 978-0-575-08987-7, £20.00, [12]+719pp, hc, coll) Cover: Les Edwards - [VERIFIED]