Red Shadows (Howard book)

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Red Shadows
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Cover of the first edition
Author Robert E. Howard
Illustrator Jeff Jones
Cover artistJeff Jones
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Series Solomon Kane
Genre Fantasy
Publisher Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc.
Publication date
1968
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages381
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 .

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