Winner Take All (short story)

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"Winner Take All"
by Robert E. Howard
Country United States
Language English
Series Sailor Steve Costigan
Genre(s)Boxing, Comedy
Published in Fight Stories
Publication type Pulp magazine
Publication dateJuly 1930

"Winner Take All" is a Sailor Steve Costigan short story by Robert E. Howard. It was originally published in the July 1930 issue of Fight Stories . [1] Howard earned $80 for the sale of this story [2] which is now in the public domain. [3]

It is also known as "Sucker Fight" after being published under that name in the Winter 1939-1940 issue of Fight Stories, with the authorship attributed to the pseudonym Mark Adams.

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References

  1. Publication history at Howard Works, retrieved 15 January 2008
  2. REHupa: Fiction Timeline, retrieved 15 January 2008
  3. The Robert-E-Howard: Electronic Amateur Press Association, The Copyright and Ownership Status of the Works and Words of Robert E. Howard by Paul Herman, retrieved 15 January 2008