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Rune

Robert E. Howard

First published 1957
Type Poem
Series Bran Mak Morn

This poem appears as a wizard's chant in the Howard story "Men of the Shadows", first published in Bran Mak Morn, Dell, 1969.
Howard's original title for the poem was "Rune of the Ancient Ones".
Published first without the story in Always Comes Evening, Arkham House.
Line 22 appears on p. 38 of The Dark Barbarian, ed. Don Herron.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1957 Cover Always Comes Evening: The Collected Poems of Robert E. Howard Arkham House Collection 61
1973 Cover Etchings & Odysseys MinnCon Publications FANZINE 39
June 1977 Cover Always Comes Evening Underwood-Miller Collection 88
June 1977 Cover Always Comes Evening Underwood-Miller Collection 88
March 1987 Cover Ein Träumer aus Texas: Leben und Werk Robert E. Howards EDFC Nonfiction 52
March 1987 Cover Ein Träumer aus Texas: Leben und Werk Robert E. Howards EDFC Nonfiction 49|49.1
June 1996 Cover Pfade ins Fantastische: Band 1 EDFC Anthology 103|103.1
June 1996 Cover Pfade ins Fantastische: Band 1 EDFC Anthology 103|103.2
June 1996 Cover Pfade ins Fantastische EDFC Anthology 103|103.1
June 1996 Cover Pfade ins Fantastische EDFC Anthology 103|103.2
2007 Cover Winds of Time Thomas Kovacs Collection 58
2007 Cover Winds of Time Thomas Kovacs Collection 57
January 2009 Cover The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press Collection 121
April 2009 Cover The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press Collection 121
August 2009 Cover The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press Collection 121
November 2009 Cover Robert E. Howard: Selected Poems Frank Coffman Collection 438
November 2009 Cover Robert E. Howard: Selected Poems Frank Coffman Collection 438
November 2009 Cover Bran Mak Morn Bragelonne Collection 337
November 2009 Cover Bran Mak Morn Bragelonne Collection 339