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The Singer in the Mist

Robert E. Howard

First published April 1938
Type Poem
Series Sonnets Out of Bedlam #5

First published in Weird Tales, April 1938.
Parts of this poem appear in Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers by L. Sprague de Camp, Arkham House (lines 1-8 on p. 135); Dark Valley Destiny by L. Sprague de Camp, Bluejay (lines 1-8 on p. 18); and The Dark Barbarian, ed. Don Herron (line 13 on p. 41).

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
April 1938 Cover Weird Tales, April 1938 Popular Fiction Publishing Co. MAGAZINE 423
1947 Cover Dark of the Moon: Poems of Fantasy and the Macabre Arkham House Anthology 370
1947 Cover Dark of the Moon: Poems of Fantasy and the Macabre Arkham House Anthology 370
1957 Cover Always Comes Evening: The Collected Poems of Robert E. Howard Arkham House Collection 7
1969 Dark of the Moon: Poems of Fantasy and the Macabre Books for Libraries Press Anthology 370
November 1974 Cover Fantasy Crossroads, November 1974 Graceland College Comic Club FANZINE 44
June 1977 Cover Always Comes Evening Underwood-Miller Collection 61
June 1977 Cover Always Comes Evening Underwood-Miller Collection 61
March 1987 Cover Chants de guerre et de mort Néo Collection 129
March 1987 Cover Chants de guerre et de mort Néo Collection 128
April 1988 Cover Chants de guerre et de mort Néo Collection 121
April 1988 Cover Chants de guerre et de mort Néo Collection 120
2004 Cover Adventure Tales, #1 Winter 2004-2005 Wildside Press MAGAZINE 19
January 2006 Cover Odes at the Black Dog Paul Herman Collection 22
March 2006 Cover The Weird Writings of Robert E. Howard, Volume 2: August 1934-September 1954 Girasol Collectables Collection 476
March 2006 Cover The Weird Writings of Robert E. Howard, Volume 2: August 1934-September 1954 Girasol Collectables Collection 476
August 2008 Cover "... and Their Memory Was a Bitter Tree ...": Queen of the Black Coast and Others BlackBart Books Collection 411
August 2008 Cover "... and Their Memory Was a Bitter Tree ...": Queen of the Black Coast and Others BlackBart Books Collection 411
August 2008 Cover "... and Their Memory Was a Bitter Tree ...": Queen of the Black Coast and Others BlackBart Books Collection 411
2009 Cover Black Hounds of Death Wildside Press Collection 192
January 2009 Cover The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press Collection 238
April 2009 Cover The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press Collection 238
August 2009 Cover The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press Collection 238
October 2009 Cover Halloween at the Dog and Duck Dennis McHaney Collection 32
November 2009 Cover Robert E. Howard: Selected Poems Frank Coffman Collection 475
November 2009 Cover Robert E. Howard: Selected Poems Frank Coffman Collection 475
March 2010 Cover The Singer in the Mist & Others Stanza Press Collection 26
July 2011 Cover Black Hounds of Death Wildside Press Collection |16
July 2015 Cover Black Hounds of Death Wildside Press Collection
2019 Weird Tales (disc 4, part 2) Anthology 423|43104423