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• 1 • A Song of the Naked Lands • (1973) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 2 • The Touch of Death • (1930) • short story by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Fearsome Touch of Death)
• 3 • The Tower of Time (fragment) • [James Allison] • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
• 5 •  Letter to "The Eyrie" in Weird Tales Magazine ("Your last three issues have been...") • [Letters to Weird Tales] • (1927) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter (Weird Tales, June 1927))
• 5 • Zukala's Love Song • [The Zukala Poems: A Narrative Cycle • 4] • (1991) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 6 •  Letter to Carl Jacobi, postmarked March 22, 1932 ("Dear Mr. Jacobi: / I found your recent letter very interesting...") • (1985) • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 6 • Red Thunder • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 6 • The Ghost in the Doorway • (1969) • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 7 • For Man Was Given the Earth to Rule • (1986) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 8 • Spectres in the Dark • (1985) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 11 •  Letter to August Derleth, no date ("Dear Mr. Derleth: / I should have told you that I meant...") • [Letters to August Derleth] • (1972) • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 12 • Golnor the Ape • (1985) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 13 • Buccaneer Treasure • (1985) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 14 • The Sands of the Desert • (1980) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 14 •  Letter to Emil Petaja, July 23, 1935 ("Dear Mr. Petaja: / Please believe my delay in answering your letter...") • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 14 • Custom • (1990) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 15 • A Dream • (1971) • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 15 • Memories ("Shall we remember, friend of the morning...") • (1988) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 15 • The Heathen • (1970) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 16 • A Dungeon Opens • (1987) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 17 • The Symbol • (1976) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 17 • Miss High-Hat • (1986) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 17 •  Letter to R. H. Barlow, no date ("Dear Mr. Barlow: / Price tells me that you are interested in the collection...") • [Letters to R. H. Barlow] • (1993) • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 18 • The Tale of Am-ra • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
• 18 • The Viking of the Sky • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 18 •  Letter to Harold Preece, postmarked September 5, 1928 ("Salaam: / Yes, I Iike the idea of Eldorado...") • [Letters to Harold Preece] • (1967) • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 19 • Dreaming on Downs • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 20 •  Letter to Novalyne Price, no date ("Dear Novalyne, / Like my meal-ticket, Conan the Cimmerian...") • [Letters to Novalyne Price] • (1986) • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 20 • Echo from the Ebon Isles • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 20 • To a Woman ("Though fathoms deep you sink me in the mold...") • (1933) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 20 • One Who Comes at Eventide • (1933) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 20 • To a Man Whose Name I Never Knew • (1968) • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 20 • An Outworn Story • (1987) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 21 •  Letter to Robert W. Gordon, February 15, 1926 ("Dear Mr. Gordon; / I was delighted to receive your letter...") • [Letters to Robert W. Gordon] • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 21 • Aha! or The Mystery of the Queen's Necklace • non-genre • (1923) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 22 • A Young Wife's Tale • (1987) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 22 • Musings • (1968) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 22 • L'envoi ("Harlots and choir girls...") • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 22 •  Letter to Hugh G. Schonfeld, June 15, 1933 ("Dear Sir: / As I promised, in answer to your letter...") • (1975) • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 23 • Untitled poem ("And Bill, he looked at me and said...") • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 23 •  Letter to Argosy All-Story Magazine, no date ("I was born in Texas about twenty-three years ago...") • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of To "Argosy All-Story Weekly", ca. Spring 1929 ("I was born in Texas about...") 1929)
• 23 • A Man • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 23 • Mountain Man • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1934) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 27 •  Letters of Comment (The "New" Howard Reader #2) • essay by uncredited
• 27 •  Letter (The "New" Howard Reader #2) • essay by Mark Iacampo
• 27 •  Letter (The "New" Howard Reader #2) • essay by Rusty Burke
• 27 •  Letter (The "New" Howard Reader #2) • essay by Steve Trout
• 27 •  Letter (The "New" Howard Reader #2) • essay by Dennis McHaney
• 27 •  Letter (The "New" Howard Reader #2) • essay by Glenn Lord
• 27 •  Letter (The "New" Howard Reader #2) • essay by Patrice Louinet
• 28 • Afterword (The "New" Howard Reader #1) • (1998) • essay by Joe Marek