Red Shadows (Howard book)

Red Shadows

Cover of the first edition
Author	Robert E. Howard
Illustrator	Jeff Jones
Cover artist	Jeff Jones
Language	English
Series	Solomon Kane
Genre	Fantasy
Publisher	Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc.
Publication date	1968
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	381
OCLC	2273652

Red Shadows is a collection of Fantasy short stories and poems by Robert E. Howard. It was first published in 1968 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 896 copies. The stories and poems feature Howard's character, Solomon Kane. Many of the stories first appeared in the magazine Weird Tales .

Contents

• "Skulls in the Stars"
• "The Right Hand of Doom"
• "Red Shadows"
• "Rattle of Bones"
• "The Castle of the Devil"
• "The Moon of Skulls"
• "The One Black Stain"
• "Blades of the Brotherhood"
• "The Hills of the Dead"
• "Hawk of Basti"
• "The Return of Sir Richard Grenville"
• "Wings in the Night"
• "The Footfalls Within"
• "The Children of Asshur"
• "Solomon Kane’s Homecoming"

Publication history

• 1968, US, Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. OCLC   2273652, Pub date 1968, Hardback, 896 copies
• 1971, US, Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. OCLC   2273652, Pub date 1971, Hardback, 741 copies
• 1978, US, Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. OCLC   17935688, Pub date 1978, Hardback, 1,350 copies, new cover and illustrations

References

• Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. pp. 321, 325.
• Contento, William G. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections". Archived from the original on January 23, 2009. Retrieved May 9, 2008.
• Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 221. ISBN   0-911682-20-1.

External links

• The Solomon Kane Chronology
• Poetry Reading: The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane
• Red Shadows public domain audiobook at LibriVox
• Skulls in the Stars public domain audiobook at LibriVox
• Rattle of Bones public domain audiobook at LibriVox