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•  The Second Book of Robert E. Howard • interior artwork by Jeff Jones
• 10 • Introduction (The Second Book of Robert E. Howard) • essay by Glenn Lord
• 13 •  Letter: Robert E. Howard to Wilfred B. Talman, circa September 1931 • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to William Blanch Talman, circa September 1931 ("Dear Mr. Talman: / Thank you very much for the letter...") 1975)
• 21 • Sword Woman • [Agnes de Chastillon] • (1975) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 81 • Which Will Scarcely Be Understood • (1937) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 85 • The Striking of the Gong • [Kull of Valusia] • (1967) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 95 • The Song of Horsa's Galley • (1970) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 97 • The Good Knight • [Kid Allison] • (1931) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 131 • A Word from the Outer Dark • (1974) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 135 • Black Canaan • (1936) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 191 • The Song of a Mad Minstrel • (1931) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 195 • Kelly the Conjure-Man • (1964) • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 201 • Surrender ("I will rise someday when the day is done...") • (1962) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 204 • The Footfalls Within • [Solomon Kane] • (1931) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 231 • Knife-River Prodigal • non-genre • [Buckner J. Grimes] • (1937) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 257 • Musings ("The little poets sing of little things ...") • (1968) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 258 • Life ("They bruised my soul with a proverb...") • (1973) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 260 • The House of Suspicion • [Steve Harrison] • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 301 • Reuben's Brethren • (1969) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 302 • Two Against Tyre • (1970) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 327 • The Guise of Youth • (1975) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 328 • "For the Love of Barbara Allen" • (1966) • short story by Robert E. Howard (variant of For the Love of Barbara Allen)
• 341 • Guns of Khartum • (1975) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 368 • Lines Written in the Realization That I Must Die • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard