Complete Weird Western Horror Thriller of Robert E. Howard

American author of pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. Best known for his character, Conan the Barbarian, he is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.


Notable work(s) - Conan the Cimmerian (series), Solomon Kane (series), The Hour of the Dragon, "Worms of the Earth", "Pigeons from Hell"

Contents

Pigeons from Hell

The Horror From The Mound

Black Talons

Moon of Zambebwei

Skull-Face

Black Wind Blowing

Boot-Hill Payoff

The Vultures of Whapeton

The Purple Heart of Erlik

Winner Take All

Waterfront Fists

Vikings of the Gloves

The Gods of Bal-Sagoth

The Dark Man

The Slugger's Game

The Slugger's Game-

It is a Sailor Steve Costigan short story. Sailor Steve Costigan is a fictional character created by Robert E. Howard. He is a merchant sailor on the Sea Girl and is also its champion boxer. His only true companion is a bulldog named Mike.

Vikings of the Gloves-

Through a red mist I seen Hakon's eyes blazing with a unearthly light. He was plumb berserk, like them old Vikings which was his ancestors. And all the Irish fighting madness took hold of me, and we ripped and tore like tigers. We was the center of a frenzied whirlwind of gloves, ripping smashes to each other's bodies which you could hear all over the house, and socks to each other's heads that spattered blood all over the ring. Every blow packed dynamite and had the killer's lust behind it. It was a test of endurance.

Pigeons from Hell-

The story title derives from an image present in many of Howard's grandmother's ghost stories, that of an old deserted plantation mansion haunted by ghostly pigeons.