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A Word from the Outer Dark

Robert E. Howard

First published 2009
Series Robert E. Howard - Poetry Collections
Publisher Project Pride
Format Trade Paperback
Type Collection
Cover art David Burton
Pages xiv+213

Available only at the Robert E. Howard Museum in Cross Plains, TX.
Compiled and edited by Paul Herman, although his name does not appear in this first printing of 40 copies.
The poem "Shadows from Yesterday" is incorrectly identified as "Shadows of Yesterday", in the table of contents. This was corrected in the second printing.

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Texas and the Old West uncredited Essay
2 Cimmeria Robert E. Howard Poem
4 The Kiowa's Tale Robert E. Howard Poem
6 The Grim Land Robert E. Howard Poem
8 The Feud Robert E. Howard Poem
9 But the Hills Were Ancient Then Robert E. Howard Poem
11 The Ballad of Buckshot Roberts Robert E. Howard Poem
14 The Alamo Robert E. Howard Poem
15 John Ringold Robert E. Howard Poem
16 The Lost San Saba Mine Robert E. Howard Poem
19 Ghost Dancers Robert E. Howard Poem
21 San Jacinto ("Flowers bloom on San Jacinto...") Robert E. Howard Poem
22 The Sand-Hills' Crest Robert E. Howard Poem
25 Wanderlust uncredited Essay
26 Adventure ("Adventure, I have followed your beck ...") Robert E. Howard Poem
28 The Outgoing of Sigurd the Jerusalem-Farer Robert E. Howard Poem
30 Crusade Robert E. Howard Poem
32 The Return of the Sea-Farer Robert E. Howard Poem
35 Ocean-Thoughts Robert E. Howard Poem
36 Ancestral Echoes uncredited Essay
37 Heritage ("My people came from Munster and rugged Nevis-side...") Robert E. Howard Poem
40 The Song of Horsa's Galley Robert E. Howard Poem
41 The Harp of Alfred Robert E. Howard Poem
42 Singing Hemp Robert E. Howard Poem
43 Black Harps in the Hills Robert E. Howard Poem
46 Viking's Trail Robert E. Howard Poem
47 Dreaming on Downs Robert E. Howard Poem
49 The Song of the Last Briton Robert E. Howard Poem
50 Other Places uncredited Essay
51 The Isle of Hy-Brasil Robert E. Howard Poem
55 Desert Dawn Robert E. Howard Poem
56 Easter Island Robert E. Howard Poem
57 Twilight on Stonehenge Robert E. Howard Poem
58 Ancient History uncredited Essay
59 Men of the Shadows Robert E. Howard Poem
61 Dreams of Nineveh Robert E. Howard Poem
62 Empire's Destiny Robert E. Howard Poem
64 Hadrian's Wall Robert E. Howard Poem
65 The Bible uncredited Essay
66 Flight Robert E. Howard Poem
68 Two Men Robert E. Howard Poem
71 Poems on Poetry uncredited Essay
72 The Adventurer Robert E. Howard Poem
75 Shadow of Dreams Robert E. Howard Poem
77 Recompense Robert E. Howard Poem
79 Autumn Robert E. Howard Poem
80 The Joy of Life uncredited Essay
81 A Moment Robert E. Howard Poem
82 Earth-Born Robert E. Howard Poem
84 This Is a Young World Robert E. Howard Poem
85 The Ages Stride on Golden Feet Robert E. Howard Poem
86 Humor uncredited Essay
87 Roses Laughed in Her Pretty Hair Robert E. Howard Poem
88 The Seven-Up Ballad Robert E. Howard Poem
91 An American Epic Robert E. Howard Poem
92 The Kissing of Sal Snooboo Robert E. Howard Poem
94 Love uncredited Essay
95 The Gladiator and the Lady Robert E. Howard Poem
97 Scarlet and Gold Are the Stars Tonight Robert E. Howard Poem
98 The Bride of Cuchulain Robert E. Howard Poem
100 The Times and World of REH uncredited Essay
101 A Dawn in Flanders Robert E. Howard Poem
102 Emancipation Robert E. Howard Poem
103 The Campus at Midnight Robert E. Howard Poem
104 Roundelay of the Roughneck Robert E. Howard Poem
108 Self-Reflection uncredited Essay
109 Symbols Robert E. Howard Poem
110 There Were Three Lads Who Went Their Destined Ways Robert E. Howard Poem
113 The Ecstasy of Desolation Robert E. Howard Poem
114 Boxing uncredited Essay
115 In the Ring Robert E. Howard Poem
118 Kid Lavigne Is Dead Robert E. Howard Poem
120 John L. Sullivan Robert E. Howard Poem
122 Fables for Little Folks Robert E. Howard Poem
123 When You Were a Set-Up and I Was a Ham Robert E. Howard Poem
125 Barbarism Ascendant uncredited Essay
126 A Word from the Outer Dark Robert E. Howard Poem
128 Heroic Verse uncredited Essay
129 A Warning to Orthodoxy Robert E. Howard Poem
131 The One Black Stain Robert E. Howard Poem
135 The King and the Oak Robert E. Howard Poem
137 A Song of the Race Robert E. Howard Poem
141 The Return of Sir Richard Grenville Robert E. Howard Poem
143 The Hour of the Dragon Robert E. Howard Poem
144 A Crown for a King Robert E. Howard Poem
146 Solomon Kane's Homecoming Robert E. Howard Poem
150 The Scary Stuff uncredited Essay
151 Musings ("The little poets sing of little things ...") Robert E. Howard Poem
152 Up John Kane! Robert E. Howard Poem
154 Miser's Gold Robert E. Howard Poem
155 The Dweller in Dark Valley Robert E. Howard Poem
157 Drake Sings of Yesterday Robert E. Howard Poem
160 Remembrance Robert E. Howard Poem
161 The Ride of Falume Robert E. Howard Poem
163 Black Seas Robert E. Howard Poem
164 An Open Window Robert E. Howard Poem
165 Shadow Thing Robert E. Howard Poem
167 Buccaneer Treasure Robert E. Howard Poem
178 Dead Man's Hate Robert E. Howard Poem
181 The Lost Galley Robert E. Howard Poem
183 Shadows of Dreams Robert E. Howard Poem
187 The Bell of Morni Robert E. Howard Poem
189 Forbidden Magic Robert E. Howard Poem
190 The Ghost Ocean Robert E. Howard Poem
191 Shadows ("Grey ghost, dim ghost...") Robert E. Howard Poem
192 Drowned Robert E. Howard Poem
193 A Pirate Remembers Robert E. Howard Poem
194 Moon Mockery Robert E. Howard Poem
195 The Moor Ghost Robert E. Howard Poem
196 Shadows from Yesterday Robert E. Howard Poem
199 The Ghost Kings Robert E. Howard Poem
201 Facing the End uncredited Essay
202 A Man Robert E. Howard Poem
203 Nights to Both of Us Known Robert E. Howard Poem
205 The Tide Robert E. Howard Poem
207 The Adventurer's Mistress ("The fogs of night fling banners red...") Robert E. Howard Poem
211 The Day That I Die Robert E. Howard Poem
213 Afterword (A Word from the Outer Dark) uncredited Essay
xi Robert E. Howard, The Poet uncredited Essay
xiv A Note on the Text uncredited Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
A Word from the Outer Dark Cover 2009 Project Pride Trade Paperback Collection David Burton xiv+213