American author of pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. Best known for his character, Conan the Barbarian, he is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.
Notable work(s) - Conan the Cimmerian (series), Solomon Kane (series), The Hour of the Dragon, "Worms of the Earth", "Pigeons from Hell"
Contents
Pigeons from Hell
The Horror From The Mound
Black Talons
Moon of Zambebwei
Skull-Face
Black Wind Blowing
Boot-Hill Payoff
The Vultures of Whapeton
The Purple Heart of Erlik
Winner Take All
Waterfront Fists
Vikings of the Gloves
The Gods of Bal-Sagoth
The Dark Man
The Slugger's Game
The Slugger's Game-
It is a Sailor Steve Costigan short story. Sailor Steve Costigan is a fictional character created by 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.
Vikings of the Gloves-
Through a red mist I seen Hakon's eyes blazing with a unearthly light. He was plumb berserk, like them old Vikings which was his ancestors. And all the Irish fighting madness took hold of me, and we ripped and tore like tigers. We was the center of a frenzied whirlwind of gloves, ripping smashes to each other's bodies which you could hear all over the house, and socks to each other's heads that spattered blood all over the ring. Every blow packed dynamite and had the killer's lust behind it. It was a test of endurance.
Pigeons from Hell-
The story title derives from an image present in many of Howard's grandmother's ghost stories, that of an old deserted plantation mansion haunted by ghostly pigeons.
