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"Finding
a Home" by Paul Herman (Introduction)
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Pictures in the Fire
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"For
the Love of Barbara Allen"
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"Two
Against Tyre"
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"The Voice of El-Lil"
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"Spear and Fang"
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"Black Canaan"
(early version) (see Notes)
"Black Canaan" (final version) (see Notes)
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"The
Cobra in the Dream"
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"The Ghost in the
Doorway"
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"A
Thunder of Trumpets" by REH and Frank Thurston Torbett
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"The
Shadow of Doom"
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"The
Haunted Hut"
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"Under
the Baobab Tree"
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"The
Hyena"
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| "Black
Country" |
Fragments,
Drafts, and other Esoterica
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"Nekht
Semerkeht"
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Untitled, "As he approached . .
."
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"The
Abbey"
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"Age Lasting Love"
(with outline)
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"The Devil’s
Woodchopper"
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"The
Door of the World"
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"Redflame"
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"Serpent
Vines"
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Untitled Synopsis ("Black Canaan")
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"The
Isle of the Eons" (all drafts & outline)
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"The Brand of
Satan"
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"Dagon Manor"
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"Dear Mrs. Shane"
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"Fate Is the Killer"
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"Incongruity"
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"The
Jade God"
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"The Slayer"
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"Through the Ages"
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"The Wings of the Bat"
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Untitled, " ‘You,’ said Shifty
Griddle . . ."
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Untitled, "Better that a man should
remain . . ."
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Untitled, "From the black, bandit-haunted
mountains . . ."
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Untitled, "I’m writing this . .
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Untitled, "Old Man Jacobson . .
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Untitled, "The matter seemed so
obvious . . ."
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Untitled, "The next day I was sluggish
. . ."
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"Songs of Bastards"
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"Bastards All!"
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"Pictures
in the Fire"
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"The Dominant Male"
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"Miss High Hat"
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"Etched in Ebony"
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Untitled, "Arrange, Madame, arrange!"
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"Letter of a Chinese Student"
(1)
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"Letter of a Chinese Student"
(2)
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"For the Honor of the School"
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Poetry
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"A
Rattlesnake Sings in the Grass" (poem)
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"The
Masque" (poem)
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"A High
Land" (poem)
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"Whence
Cometh Erlik?" (poem)
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"Lost
Nisapur" (poem)
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"Abhorrent
Gods" (poem)
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"A Song of Praise"
(poem)
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"The Tale of Glory"
(poem)
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"The
Race Without Name" (poem)
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"Let Me Dream by a Silver
Stream" (poem)
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"My Animal Instinct"
(poem)
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"The Wind Blows"
(1, poem)
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"The
Wind Blows" (2, poem)
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Notes
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Edited
by Paul Herman
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All the texts were obtained
from Howard's original manuscripts, typescripts, carbons, or transcripts
thereof, with the following exceptions:
"Etched in Ebony" from The Junto, September
1929
"The Hyena" from Weird Tales,
March 1928
"Spear and Fang" from Weird
Tales, July 1925
"A Thunder of Trumpets" from Weird
Tales, September 1938
"The Voice of El-Lil" from
Oriental Stories, October - November 1930
"Letter of a Chinese Student" (1)
"Letter of a Chinese Student" (2)
"For the Honor of the School"
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First appearance:
"A Song of Praise" (poem)
"The Tale of Glory" (poem)
"The Race Without Name" (poem)
"Let Me Dream by a Silver Stream" (poem)
"The Wind Blows" (1, poem)
"The Wind Blows" (2, poem) |
"Black Canaan"
After publication of the first printing of PICTURES IN THE FIRE, it was discovered
that the typescript used for "Black Canaan" was Howard's final version, rather
than the earlier version that was intended. To correct this error, the REH
Foundation Press issued this chapbook and included it with copies of the
first print run. Future print runs of PICTURES IN THE FIRE will have the
early version of "Black Canaan" included in the book.
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Limited edition
of 200 copies
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