Robert E. Howard bibliography

A list of prose works by Robert E. Howard. The works are sorted by genre, by series and then alphabetically. Untitled works and fragments (incomplete and unfinished works) are listed separately by their opening line. Additional information is included where available, covering publication date and place, the amount Howard earned for the sale of the piece, any alternative titles and whether the work is in the public domain. Links to the freely available source texts, on wikisource or Project Gutenberg of Australia, are included in a separate column. These are marked with the appropriate icons.

Fantasy stories

Conan the Barbarian

Howard's most famous creation, the Cimmerian barbarian, thief, pirate and King of Aquilonia during the pre-Ice Age Hyborian Age. Many of the Conan stories not published during Howard's lifetime were edited by other authors before publication. The Fragment stories have all been completed by others since. Where either has occurred before the publication of the original material, this date is noted after the original material's publication date.

Kull

An Atlantean barbarian and King of Valusia in the ancient Thurian Age (predating Conan's Hyborian Age). He appears in the Bran Mak Morn story "Kings of the Night."

Solomon Kane

A Tudor-period Puritan adventurer, wandering across Europe and Africa.

Bran Mak Morn

The King of the Picts during the Roman invasion of Britain, eventually becoming the subject of a Cthulhu Mythos cult as the "Dark Man". He is referenced in the Kirowan story "The Children of the Night" and features in the Turlough O'Brien story "The Dark Man".

Turlogh Dubh O'Brien

An 11th-century Irish outcast.

James Allison

A 1930s Texan who recalls his past lives as ancient heroes. Not to be confused with Kid Allison.

Other fantasy

Boxing stories

Sailor Steve Costigan

A 1930s sailor and boxer, travelling between ports aboard the tramp steamer Sea Girl.

Sailor Dennis Dorgan

A renamed version of Sailor Steve Costigan sailing in the Python, published under the pseudonym Patrick Ervin.

Kid Allison

Not to be confused with James Allison.

Ace Jessel

A black, happy-go-lucky boxer.

Western stories

Breckinridge Elkins

Humorous stories of a kind, strong but not very smart cowboy. All stories with the note "(A Gent from Bear Creek)" were later edited together to become part of the 1937 novel A Gent from Bear Creek.

Pike Bearfield

Grizzly Elkins

Buckner Jeopardy Grimes

The Sonora Kid

AKA Steve Allison. He also appears in some of the El Borak stories.

Other Westerns

Historical stories

See also Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn and Turlough Dubh O'Brien for historical stories with fantasy elements.

El Borak

A Texan gunman in early 20th Century Afghanistan. Several of the El Borak stories also feature The Sonora Kid.

Dark Agnes de Chastillon

A red-haired swordswoman in 16th Century France.

Cormac Fitzgeoffrey

A Norman/Gael knight fighting in the Crusades.

Kirby O'Donnell

An American posing as a Kurdish mercenary in Central Asia.

Cormac Mac Art

An Irish pirate during the Dark Ages.

Lal Singh

Black Vulmea

An Irish pirate sailing the Caribbean.

Helen Tavrel

Howard's female pirate of the Caribbean.

Horror stories

John Kirowan

These stories are part of the Cthulhu Mythos

The Faring Town Saga

De Montour

A Norman werewolf.

Weird West

Weird West stories are hybrids, a combination of a Western with another genre, usually horror, occult, or fantasy.

Other Weird Menace

Detective stories

Steve Harrison

A police detective, often coming across weird cases on his River Street patrol in Chinatown.

Butch Gorman & Brent Kirby

Private detectives.

Steve Bender, Weary McGraw and the Whale

Comedy stories

Spicy stories

The "Spicy" pulp magazines printed stories that were considered scandalous at the time (elements of nudity and implied sex).

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