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The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard & Pulp Studies
Prefatory Remarks, by Mark E. Hall
In Memoriam: Larry Richter (1949-2014), remembrance by Rusty Burke
The Least of Bob Howard, by Larry Richter
Theosophy and the Thurian Age: Addendum, by Jeffrey Shanks
The Chromlechers: The Story of the First Scholarly Robert E. Howard Journal, by Lee A. Breakiron
Less an Archive, More an Agenda, review by Mark Finn
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The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard & Pulp Studies
Prefatory Remarks, by Mark E. Hall
The Writer’s Style: Sound and Syntax in Howard’s Sentences, by David C. Smith
I ’n’ I A-Liberate Zimbabwe: Motifs of Africa and Freedom in Howard’s "The Grisly Horror," by Patrick R. Burger
Robert E. Howard and the Lone Scouts, by Rob Roehm
"Sword Woman," review by Charles Hoffman
"Solomon Kane and the Castle of the Devil," review by Charles Gramlich
"John Carter of Weird Worlds," review by Charles Gramlich
"Reflections on Le Fanu," review by Charles Gramlich
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The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard & Pulp Studies
Prefatory Remarks, by Mark E. Hall
Jeffrey Catherine Jones (1944 - 2011), rememberance by Charles Hoffman
"Ode," poem in memoriam by Charles Hoffman
Howard's Escape?, letter by Barbara Barrett
Castration Anxiety, letter by Jeffrey Shanks
Acknowledgements
Faction and Fiction in "Barack the Barbarian," by Jeffrey Kahan
Gloria, by Rusty Burke and Rob Roehm
Theosophy and the Thurian Age: Robert E. Howard and the Works of William Scott-Elliot, by Jeffrey Shanks
"Howard's Horror," review by Jason Ray Carney
"Black Wings:" Lovecraft's Widening Gyre, review by John Goodrich
"Malygris, Malnéant, and Malinbois, Nut No Malfeasance," review by Steve Tompkins
Briefly Noted, by …
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The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard & Pulp Studies
Editorial, by Mark Hall
The Man Who Helped Conan: An Interview with Roy Thomas, by Jeffrey Kahan
Fandom at a Crossroads: Jonathon Bacon and The Legacy of Robert E. Howard, by Lee A. Breakiron
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The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard & Pulp Studies
"The Shadow of the Beast:" A Closer Look, by Charles Hoffman
"Marchers of Valhalla," Creation, and the Cult of Castration, by Jeffrey Kahan
Celtic Influences in the Works of Robert E. Howard, by Philip Emery'
A Second Look: "The Lost Land of Lemuria," by Morgan Holmes
Visualizing Howard's World: "The Savage Sword of Conan," by Charles Hoffman
The Good, the Bad, and Howard in the "Cross Plains Universe," by Morgan Holmes
Remembering "Wolfshead," by Charles Hoffman
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The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard & Pulp Studies
Articles:
From Mark Hall’s Desk (The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard Studies, June 2009), by Mark Hall
On Editing Robert E. Howard, by Rusty Burke
On Steve Tompkins, by Charles Hoffman
Elements of Sadomasochism in the Fiction and Poetry of Robert E. Howard, by Charles Hoffman
Giant Intelligent Crabs, Oh My!: Haggard and Howard,
by Robert M. McIlvaine
An Honorable Retreat: Robert E. Howard as Escapist Writer, by Brian Murphy (I)
Reviews:
The Lost Land of Lemuria: Fabulous Geographies, Catastrophic Histories by Sumathi Ramaswamy, review by David R. Werner
Night Voices, Night Journeys by 朝松健?, review by …
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The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard & Pulp Studies
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From the Editor’s Desk (The Dark Man V4n1), by Mark Hall
Reviews of “Braddock: The Rise of the Cinderella Man” by Jim Hague and “Cinderella Man: James Braddock, Max Baer, and the Greatest Upset in Boxing History” by Jeremy Schaap, by Chris Gruber
Review of “Jack London and the Klondike: The Genesis of an American Writer” by Franklin Walker, by Steve Trout
A Comparison of the Ideology of Robert E. Howard’s Conan Tales and J. R. R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings”, by Ian Nichols
Reviews:
The Lord of Samarcand and Other Adventure Stories of the Old Orient …
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Editorial Comments (The Dark Man V3n2),by Charles Allen Gramlich [as by Charles Gramlich]
The Influence of Joseph A. Altsheler’s “Young Trailers” Series on Howard’s Pictish Wilderness Fiction, by Robert M. McIlvaine
Mind-forg’d Manacles? Back to School with Robert E. Howard, by Steve Tompkins
Conan the Shakespearean / Hamlet the Barbarian, by Jeffrey Kahan
News (The Dark Man V3n2), by Paul Herman and S. T. Joshi
Letters to the Editor (The Dark Man V3n2), by Jeffrey Kahan
Letter (The Dark Man V3n2), by Mark Finn
Letter (The Dark Man V3n2), by Chris Gruber
Letter (The Dark Man V3n2), by Darrell …
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Introduction (The Dark Man V3n1) by Mark Hall
The Mysterious Isle by Patrice Louinet
Short Stories:
“The Isle of the Eons”, Draft a1 — circa July 1925, novelette by Robert E. Howard
“The Isle of the Eons”, Outline — circa April 1926, short fiction by Robert E. Howard
“The Isle of the Eons”, Draft a2 — circa April or May 1926, short story by Robert E. Howard
“The Isle of the Eons”, Draft a3 — circa spring 1928, short story by Robert E. Howard
“The Isle of the Eons”, Draft b1 — circa second half of 1929 , novelette …
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The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard & Pulp Studies
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Editorial Comments (The Dark Man V2n1/2), by Mark Hall
Robert E. Howard and Poetic Narrative: The Bardic Tradition and “Popular Modernities”, by Frank Coffman
Robert E. Howard: New Deal Heroic Fantasist, by Rusty Burke
Crash Go the Civilizations: Some Notes on Robert E. Howard’s Use of History and Anthropology, by Mark Hall
“Red Shadows” Through the Lens of Northrop Faye’s Archetypal Criticism, by Patrick R. Burger
Letters to the Editor (The Dark Man V2n1/2), by Mark Hall
Letter (The Dark Man V2n1/2), by Mark Finn
Letter (The Dark Man V2n1/2), by Jeffrey Kahan
Letter (The Dark Man V2n1/2), by …
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The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard & Pulp Studies
Editor's Corner, by Mark Hall and Charles Gramlich
Texas as Character in Robert E. Howard's Fiction, by Mark Finn
Robert E. Howard in the Gothic Tradition, by Charles Gramlich
Two Views on The Barbaric Triumph, by Fred Blosser and S.T. Joshi
Adventures - Imperial and Otherwise, by Mark E. Hall
"Power of the Writing Mind," review by Scotty Henderson
"Graveyard Rats," review by Charles Hoffman
"Through a Prism, Darkly," review by David Robbins
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The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard & Pulp Studies
Editor's Corner, by Frank Coffman, Mark Hall, Charles Gramlich, and Scotty Henderson
The Robert E. Howard Collections found in the University of California at Berkeley’s Bancroft Library, by Edward Waterman
Bibliography of the Robert E. Howard Collections held at the University of California at Berkeley's Bancroft Library, by Glenn Lord
The Past is Dead, The Past is Deadly: Three Dragons in One Hour, by Steven Tompkins
Call for Papers
Comments, by Charles Gramlich
"The Del Rey Conan Collection," review by Fred Blosser
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The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard & Pulp Studies
"Hate's Dawn," poem by Robert E. Howard
"A Son of Spartacus," poem by Robert E. Howard
Notes on Two Versions of an Unpublished Poem by Robert E. Howard, by Frank Coffman
Spartacus to the Gladiators at Capua, by Elijah Kellogg, Jr.
The Lives and Deaths of Three Writers: A Speculative Essay on London, Howard and Hemingway, by Dr. Charles Gramlich
"Kutoru Shinwa Jiten (Dictionary of the Cthulhu Mythos)" by Higashi, Masao, review by Dr. Mark Hall
A Short History of the Kull Series, by Patrice Louinet
A Note from the Editor, by Frank Coffman
The Last Celt REH Letter Citations, …
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The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard & Pulp Studies
Editor's Welcome, by Frank Coffman
When Kull Rode the Range, by Fred Blosser
All Fled, All Done, by Rusty Burke
The Tower of the Elephant: A Modern Fable, by Gary Romeo
Escape from Eden: Genesis Subverted in the "Garden of Fear," by Charles Hoffman
James Allison's Incarnations, by Joe Marek
Soldiering for Fortune: Robert E. Howard's Kirby O'Donnell and "The Treasures of Tartary," by Dr. Gary Hoppenstand
Dating "Wolfshead," by Edward Waterman
"Ghor Kin-Slayer," review by Fred Blosser
The Cairn (Letters from Contributors), Introduced by Frank Coffman
Lock Box 313 (Letters from Contributors), Introduced by Frank Coffman
A Previously Unpublished …
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The Birth of Conan, by Patrice Louinet
The Origin of Cimmeria, by Rusty Burke
The Star Rover and the People of the Night, by Fred Blosser
Howard Publishing in Eastern Europe, by Glenn Lord
Conan & Robert E. Howard on the Internet, by Edward A. Waterman
Remembrances: Jim Neal, by Fred Blosser
Remembrances: Harold Preece, by Rusty Burke
Remembrances: Karl Edward Wagner, by Rusty Burke
Review of “The Whole Wide World” a movie directed by Dan Ireland, by David C. Smith
Reviews:
Cormac Mac Art by Robert E. Howard, review by Rusty Burke
Kull by Robert E. Howard, review …
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From Cross Plains to the Stars: Robert E. Howard’s Science Fiction, by Fred Blosser
Cosmic Filth: Howard’s View of Evil, by Charles Hoffman
Robert E. Howard Winner of Essay Medal While in High School (1936), by uncredited
“What the Nation Owes to the South” (variant of What the Nation Owes to the South 1923) [as by Robert Howard], by Robert E. Howard
The Active Voice: Robert E. Howard’s Personae, by Rusty Burke
Reviews (The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard Studies, April 1993), by Bill Cavalier, Vernon M. Clark, & S.T. Joshi
Reviews of three issues of …
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The Horror Fiction of Robert E. Howard, by Steven R. Trout
Solomon and Sorcery, by Michael Kellar
The Old Deserted House: Images of the South in Howard’s Fiction, by Rusty Burke
“Come Back to Valusia Ag’in, Kull Honey!”: Robert E. Howard and Mainstream American Literature, by Marc A. Cerasini
On Howadian Fairyland, by Don Herron
Cultural Trends in Literature, by Thomas R. Reid
Barbarian Aftermath, by Don Herron
A Voice from the Past, by Paul Spencer
The Expurgated Solomon Kane, by Vernon M. Clark & Steven R. Trout
The Robert E. Howard Home, by Rusty Burke
Short Story:
“Bill …
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The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard & Pulp Studies
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Editorial, by Rusty Burke
Swords at the Academy Gates; or, Robert E. Howard Is There, Where are the Critics?, by Don Herron
King Conan and the Aquilonian Dream, by Steven R. Trout
Toward Other Lands. An Approach to Robert E. Howard, by Rusty Burke
The Howard Complex, by Dan Stumpf
Herbert Klatt, by Glenn Lord
Short Story:
“The Frost Giant’s Daughter”, an Early Draft, by Robert E. Howard