Notes
First published in Weird Tales, August 1932.
Included in a Howard letter to H. P. Lovecraft, December 9, 1931 ("I would have answered you letter long ago...").
A slightly variant version is included in the story "The House in the Oaks" in Dark Things, ed. August Derleth, Arkham House and in Black Canaan, Berkley.
Lines 1-4 are included in Fantasy Commentator #45/46, Winter 1993-94.
Publications (30)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1932 |
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Weird Tales, August 1932 | Popular Fiction Publishing Co. | MAGAZINE | 217 |
| 1957 |
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Always Comes Evening: The Collected Poems of Robert E. Howard | Arkham House | Collection | 46 |
| 1975 |
|
Rhymes of Death | Dennis McHaney | Collection | 7 |
| 1975 |
|
Rhymes of Death | Dennis McHaney | Collection | 7 |
| June 1977 |
|
Always Comes Evening | Underwood-Miller | Collection | 26 |
| June 1977 |
|
Always Comes Evening | Underwood-Miller | Collection | 26 |
| May 1987 |
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Cthulhu: The Mythos and Kindred Horrors | Baen Books | Collection | 5 |
| May 1987 |
|
Cthulhu: The Mythos and Kindred Horrors | Baen Books | Collection | 5 |
| September 1989 | Cthulhu: The Mythos and Kindred Horrors | Baen Books | Collection | 5 | |
| March 1992 |
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Cthulhu: The Mythos and Kindred Horrors | Baen Books | Collection | 5 |
| 2002 |
|
Dear HPL: Letters, Robert E. Howard to H. P. Lovecraft 1930-1936 | Robert E. Howard Properties | Nonfiction | [85] |
| 2005 |
|
Wings in the Night | Wildside Press | Collection | 39 |
| January 2006 |
|
The Weird Writings of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: July 1925-June 1934 | Girasol Collectables | Collection | 379 |
| January 2006 |
|
The Weird Writings of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: July 1925-June 1934 | Girasol Collectables | Collection | 379 |
| October 2006 | Wings in the Night: The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard, Volume 4 | Wildside Press | Collection | 39 | |
| January 2007 |
|
Wings in the Night | Wildside Press | Collection | 53 |
| October 2007 |
|
The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume Two: 1930-1932 | The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press | Nonfiction | 280 |
| January 2009 |
|
The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard | The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press | Collection | 212 |
| April 2009 |
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The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard | The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press | Collection | 212 |
| August 2009 |
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The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard | The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press | Collection | 212 |
| September 2009 |
|
A Means to Freedom: The Letters of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard Volume 1: 1930-1932 | Hippocampus Press | Nonfiction | 238 |
| October 2009 |
|
Halloween at the Dog and Duck | Dennis McHaney | Collection | 21 |
| November 2009 |
|
Robert E. Howard: Selected Poems | Frank Coffman | Collection | 298 |
| November 2009 |
|
Robert E. Howard: Selected Poems | Frank Coffman | Collection | 298 |
| March 2010 |
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The Singer in the Mist & Others | Stanza Press | Collection | 17 |
| December 2010 |
|
The Book of The Howard Review: The Howard Review Anthology | Dennis McHaney | Collection | 51 |
| March 2011 |
|
A Means to Freedom: The Letters of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard Volume 1: 1930-1932 | Hippocampus Press | Nonfiction | 238 |
| July 2015 |
|
Wings in the Night | Wildside Press | Collection | |
| January 2017 |
|
A Means to Freedom: The Letters of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard Volume 1: 1930-1932 | Hippocampus Press | Nonfiction | 238 |
| 2019 | Weird Tales (disc 3, part 1) | Anthology | 217|32002217 |