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The Road to Hell

Robert E. Howard

First published 1970
Type Poem

First published in Singers in the Shadows, Grant.
The first and last stanzas appeared in a letter from Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. September 1927 ("Salaam: / Having just got your letter I'll write now...").
The first four lines are virtually the same as the last four lines of "The Dust Dance" ("For I, with the shape of my kin, the Ape...").

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1970 Cover Singers in the Shadows Donald M. Grant Collection 53
1977 Cover Singers in the Shadows Science Fiction Graphics Collection 56
March 1987 Cover Ein Träumer aus Texas: Leben und Werk Robert E. Howards EDFC Nonfiction 168
March 1987 Cover Ein Träumer aus Texas: Leben und Werk Robert E. Howards EDFC Nonfiction 169
January 2009 Cover The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press Collection 144
April 2009 Cover The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press Collection 144
August 2009 Cover The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press Collection 144