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The Vultures of Wahpeton

Robert E. Howard

First published 1973
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella

Western tale without any speculative elements. First appeared in Smashing Novels Magazine, December 1936.
Howard's original title was "The Vultures of Wahpeton".
Howard provided two endings, assuming the publisher would choose one. But the editors of Smashing Novels Magazine published both endings.
Treasures of Tartary similarly includes both endings. Other publications use only the most dramatic ending, although the alternative ending is published as a separate item of content in a number of places.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1973 Cover The Vultures: Showdown at Hell's Canyon Fictioneer Books Collection 9
1975 Cover The Vultures: Showdown at Hell's Canyon Fictioneer Books Collection 9
November 1975 Cover The Vultures of Whapeton Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp. Collection 5
March 1976 Cover The Vultures of Whapeton Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp. Collection 5
October 1976 Cover The Vultures of Whapeton Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp. Collection 5
January 1980 Cover The Vultures of Whapeton Berkley Books Collection 1
1999 Cover The "New" Howard Reader, #6 Autumn 1999 Joe & Mona Marek FANZINE 10
July 2004 Cover Treasures of Tartary and Other Heroic Tales Wildside Press Collection 146
April 2005 Cover The End of the Trail: Western Stories Bison Books Collection 187
April 2005 Cover The End of the Trail: Western Stories Bison Books Collection 187
July 2006 Cover Treasures of Tartary and Other Heroic Tales Wildside Press Collection 133
December 2007 Cover The Best of Robert E. Howard, Volume 2: Grim Lands Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 195
September 2009 Cover Heroes in the Wind: From Kull to Conan: The Best of Robert E. Howard Penguin Books Collection 244
October 2013 Cover Western Tales The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press Collection 227
July 2022 Cover The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter, Spring 2022 The Robert E. Howard Foundation FANZINE 6
August 2022 Cover The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter, Summer 2022 The Robert E. Howard Foundation FANZINE 3
November 2022 Cover The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter, Fall 2022 The Robert E. Howard Foundation FANZINE 3