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Robert Ervin Howard was an American writer. He wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.
Chink is an English-language ethnic slur usually referring to a person of Chinese descent. The word is also sometimes indiscriminately used against people of East Asian and Southeast Asian appearance. The use of the term describing eyes with epicanthic fold is considered extremely offensive and highly racist, with some sources equating the word chink as offensive as the word nigger.
Sailor Steve Costigan is a fictional character created by American writer Robert E. Howard. He is a merchant sailor on the Sea Girl and is also its champion boxer. His only true companion is a bulldog named Mike.
The talk about sex, often colloquially referred to as "the birds and the bees" or "the facts of life", is generally the occasion in most children's lives when their parents explain what sex is and how to do it.
"The Haunter of the Ring" is a 1934 short story by American writer Robert E. Howard, belonging to the Cthulhu Mythos. It was first published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales in the June 1934 issue. Howard earned $60 for this publication. This story is set in the modern age but includes a relic from the Hyborian Age of the Conan the Barbarian stories, the ring of Thoth-Amon.
El Borak, otherwise known as Francis Xavier Gordon, is a fictional character created by Robert E. Howard. Gordon was a Texan gunfighter from El Paso who had travelled the world and settled in Afghanistan. He is known in Asia for his exploits in that continent.
"The TNT Punch" is a Sailor Steve Costigan short story by Robert E. Howard. It was originally published in the January 1931 issue of Action Stories. It has been reprinted under the titles "The Waterfront Law" and "The Waterfront Wallop" since Howard's death. The story was sold to Action Stories publisher Fiction House in August 1930 for $75.
"Vikings of the Gloves" is a Sailor Steve Costigan short story by Robert E. Howard. It was originally published in the February 1932 issue of Fight Stories. It was reprinted under the title "Including the Scandinavian!" after Howard's death and attributed to the Fight Stories housename "Mark Adam". Howard earned $65 for the sale of this short story.
A list of prose works by Robert E. Howard. The works are sorted by genre, by series and then alphabetically. Untitled works and fragments are listed separately by their opening line.
"Alleys of Peril" is a Sailor Steve Costigan short story by Robert E. Howard. It was originally published in the January 1931 issue of Fight Stories.
"The Pit of the Serpent" is a Sailor Steve Costigan short story by Robert E. Howard. It was originally published in the July 1929 issue of Fight Stories.
"Breed of Battle" is a Sailor Steve Costigan short story by Robert E. Howard. It was originally published in the November 1931 issue of Action Stories.
"The Sign of the Snake" is a Sailor Steve Costigan short story by Robert E. Howard. It was originally published in the June 1931 issue of Action Stories.
"Champ of the Forecastle" is a Sailor Steve Costigan short story by Robert E. Howard. It was originally published in the November 1930 issue of Fight Stories.
"Texas Fists" is a Sailor Steve Costigan short story by Robert E. Howard. It was originally published in the May 1931 issue of Fight Stories.
"Circus Fists" is a Sailor Steve Costigan short story by Robert E. Howard. It was originally published in the December 1931 issue of Fight Stories.
"Dark Shanghai" is a Sailor Steve Costigan short story by Robert E. Howard. It was originally published in the January 1932 issue of Action Stories. Howard earned $75 for the sale of this story.
"Fist and Fang" is a Sailor Steve Costigan short story by Robert E. Howard. It was originally published in the May 1930 issue of Fight Stories. Howard earned $100 for the sale of this story. It is also known by the title Cannibal Fists.
Kirby O'Donnell is a fictional character created by Robert E. Howard. He is an American treasure hunter in early-twentieth century Afghanistan disguised as a Kurdish merchant, "Ali el Ghazi". Howard only wrote three stories about O'Donnell, one of which was not published within his lifetime.
"Soldier From Tomorrow" is a 1957 science fiction short story by Harlan Ellison, originally published in Fantastic Universe in October 1957. Its protagonist is Qarlo Clobregnny, a soldier from thousands of years in the future, who has been conditioned from birth by the State solely to fight and kill the enemy. After time traveling to the present, Qarlo is "civilized" by Lyle Sims, a government agent, and Soames, a philologist, and eventually goes on a lecture tour to warn of the coming armageddon. Ellison loosely adapted the story for his script for the 1964 The Outer Limits episode "Soldier".
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- ↑ Publication history at Howard Works, retrieved 20 December 2007
