- Skull-Face and Others
Infobox Book
name = Skull-Face and Others
title_orig =
translator =
image_caption = Dust-jacket illustration byHannes Bok for "Skull-Face and Others"
author =Robert E. Howard
illustrator =
cover_artist =Hannes Bok
country =United States
language = English
series =
genre = fantasy, horrorshort stories
publisher =Arkham House
release_date =1946
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = x, 475 pp
isbn = NA
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followed_by ="Skull-Face and Others" is a collection of fantasy and horror
short stories by authorRobert E. Howard . It was the author's third book and was published byArkham House in 1946 in an edition of 3,004 copies.Most of the stories had originally appeared in the magazine "
Weird Tales ".Contents
"Skull-Face and Others" contains the following tales:
# "Foreword" by
August Derleth
# "Which Shall Scarcely Be Understood"
# "Robert Ervin Howard: A Memorium" byH. P. Lovecraft
# "A Memory of R.E. Howard" byE. Hoffmann Price
# "Wolfshead"
# "The Black Stone "
# "The Horror from the Mound"
# "The Cairn on the Headland"
# "Black Canaan"
# "The Fire of Asshurbanipal"
# "A Man-Eating Jeopard"
# "Skull Face "
# "The Hyborian Age "
# "Worms of the Earth "
# "The Valley of the Worm"
# "Skulls in the Stars"
# "Rattle of Bones"
# "The Hills of the Dead"
# "Wings in the Night"
# "The Shadow Kingdom"
# "The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune"
# "Kings of the Night"
# "The Phoenix on the Sword "
# "The Scarlet Citadel "
# "The Tower of the Elephant "
# "Rogues in the House "
# "Shadows in Zamboula "
# "Lines Written in the Realization That I Must Die"Reprints
*Jersey, UK: Neville Spearman, 1974.
*St. Albans, UK: Panther, 1976 (3 vols.; as "Skull-Face Omnibus").References
*cite book | last=Jaffery | first=Sheldon | authorlink=Sheldon Jaffery | title=The Arkham House Companion | location=Mercer Island, WA | publisher=Starmont House, Inc.| pages=18| date=1989 | id=ISBN 1-55742-005-X
*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=29 | date=1998
*cite book | last=Joshi | first=S.T. | authorlink=S.T. Joshi | title=Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography | location=Sauk City, WI | publisher=Arkham House| pages=34-35 | date=1999 | id=ISBN 0-87054-176-5
*cite book | last=Nielsen | first=Leon | title=Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide | location=Jefferson, NC and London | publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.| pages=57 | date=2004 | id=ISBN 0-7864-1785-4
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