Western Tales: The Ultimate Edition is a definitive collection of Robert E. Howard’s traditional and weird western stories, showcasing his unique blend of action, adventure, and vivid storytelling. This 646-page volume features restored classics, rare fragments, and never-before-published content, including alternate drafts and synopses, along with poems and essays that delve into the untamed frontier and the eerie Weird West. A must-have for fans of westerns, pulp fiction, and one of America’s greatest literary talents.
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Acknowledgments
Robert E. Howard: Western Pulp Pioneer – introduction by James Reasoner
Western Tales
Drums of the Sunset – A Tales of the West of Twenty Years Ago
The Lost San Saba Mine
John Ringold
The Extermination of Yellow Donory
Old Faro Bill
Modest Bill
The Judgment of the Desert
The Sand-Hills’ Crest
Gunman’s Debt
The Devil’s Joker
The Feud
Knife, Bullet and Noose
Law-Shooters of Cowtown
Wild Water
Cowboy
The Last Ride – with Robert Enders Allen
The Vultures of Wahpeton
Vultures’ Sanctuary
Ace High
The Ballad of Buckshot Roberts
The End of the Glory Trail
The Alamo
San Jacinto (1)
San Jacinto (2)
Ghost Dancers
Intro to the Mexico Set of Poems (editor comment)
The Bandit
Farewell, Proud Munster
Over the Old Rio Grandey
The Trail of Gold
The Weird West
The Horror from the Mound
The Valley of the Lost
The Man on the Ground
Old Garfield’s Heart
The Thunder-Rider
The Dead Remember
Essays
The Strange Case of Josiah Wilbarger
The Ghost of Camp Colorado
The Ghost of Camp Colorado – photographs
Miscellanea
Six-Gun Interview (unfinished)
‘I met him first at the Paradise Saloon . . .’ (untitled and unfinished)
The Killer’s Debt (untitled and unfinished fragment)
Gunman’s Debt (four synopses)
Wild Water Timing
The Devil’s Joker (alternate version)
The Vultures of Whapeton (untitled synopsis)
Vultures’ Sanctuary (untitled synopsis)
Juvenilia
A Faithful Servant
‘Golden Hope’ Christmas (from The Tattler, December 22, 1922)
The Sonora Kid-Cowhand
The Sonora Kid’s Winning Hand
Red Curls and Bobbed Hair
‘Madge Meraldson’ (untitled and unfinished)
‘The Hades Saloon’ (untitled and unfinished)
‘A blazing sun’ (untitled and unfinished)
‘The way it came about’ (untitled and unfinished)
‘The hot Arizona sun’ (untitled and unfinished)
‘Steve Allison’ (untitled and unfinished)
Brotherly Advice (unfinished)
Desert Rendezvous (unfinished)
The West Tower (unfinished)
‘Drag’ (unfinished)