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• 1 • Cimmeria • (1965) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 1 • The Devils of Dark Lake • (1974) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 7 • Brachan the Kelt • [James Allison] • (1981) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 9 • Ambition in the Moonlight • (1929) • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 9 • Drake Sings of Yesterday • (1981) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 9 •  Letter to "Thrills of the Jungle" Magazine, no date ("Dear Sir: / I enclose herewith a short story manuscript Black Country...") • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 9 • Rebellion • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 10 • The Sand-Hills' Crest • (1986) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 11 •  Letter to E. Hoffmann Price, June 3, 1936 ("Dear Ed: / Sorry to hear Pawang Ali has been banished...") • (1945) • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 11 • The Last Laugh • (1976) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
• 11 • The Shadow of Doom • (1966) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 12 • All Hallows Eve • (1986) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 12 • John L. Sullivan • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 12 •  Letter to Carl Jacobi, Saint Patrick's Day, 1933 ("Dear Mr. Jacobi: / I am glad to write to Wright...") • (1985) • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 12 • Only a Shadow on the Grass • (1978) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 13 • Untitled fragment ("The night was damp, misty, the air possessing...") • [Gordon] • (1976) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
• 14 • Flint's Passing • (1975) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 14 • The Shadow in the Well (synopsis) • (1987) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
• 14 • The Supreme Moment • (1984) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 14 • The Sword of Mahommed • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 16 •  Letter to August Derleth, December 11, 1934 ("Dear August: / I recently found your letter of October 18...") • [Letters to August Derleth] • (1972) • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 16 •  Letter to Emil Petaja, March 6, 1935 ("Dear Mr. Petaja: / Glad the ms. proved satisfactory...") • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 16 • The King and the Oak • [Kull of Valusia] • (1939) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 16 • Untitled fragment ("The wind from the Mediterranean ...") • (1959) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
• 17 •   Review: Something about Eve by James Branch Cabell • (1930) • review by Robert E. Howard
• 17 •  Letter to Novalyne Price, no date ("Dear Novalyne, / How about going to the show...") • [Letters to Novalyne Price] • (1986) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of To Novalyne Price, September 27, 1934 ("Dear Novalyne, / How about going to the show in Brownwood...") 2008)
• 17 •  Letter to R. H. Barlow, no date ("Dear Mr. Barlow: / I'll be glad to sign the title pages...") • [Letters to R. H. Barlow] • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 17 • The Maiden of Kercheezer • (1924) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 17 • Untitled poem ("A Chinese washer, Ching-Ling...") • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 18 • The House of Om (synopsis) • (1984) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
• 20 • Them • (1968) • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 20 • Untitled poem ("This is a young world...") • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 21 • The Whoopansat of Humorous Kookooyam • (1984) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 22 •  Letter to Harold Preece, no date ("Well, Harold, I'm sorry to hear your nose...") • [Letters to Harold Preece] • (1964) • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 22 •  Letter to Robert W. Gordon, April 9, 1926 ("Dear Sir: / I must really ask your pardon...") • [Letters to Robert W. Gordon] • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 22 • The Cuckoo's Revenge • (1987) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 23 •  "Relentless" Reginald and his partner in crime, "Chorus-girl" Percival Vanderbilt • interior artwork by Robert E. Howard
• 23 • Candles (facsimile) • (1975) • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of Candles 1979)
• [29] • Afterword (The "New" Howard Reader #1) • essay by Joe Marek