Pigeons from Hell

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"Pigeons from Hell"
Author Robert E. Howard
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
Genre(s) Horror short story
Published in Weird Tales
Media type Pulp magazine
Publication date May 1938

"Pigeons from Hell" is a short story by Robert E. Howard, first published by Weird Tales in 1938.

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[edit] Plot

Pigeons from Hell is a Southern Gothic tale of an abandoned house, where pigeons gather after dark.

[edit] Adaptations

[edit] TV

The story was the basis for an eponymous episode of the Boris Karloff-presented Thriller that aired in June 1961.[1]

[edit] Graphic novel

In 1988 it was adapted into a graphic novel by Scott Hampton, for Eclipse (ISBN 0913035688).

[edit] Comic book

Most recently, it has been turned into a four-issue comic book mini-series written by Joe R. Lansdale, with art by Nathan Fox, and published by Dark Horse Comics, starting in April 2008.[2] [3] [4]

[edit] See also

  • Conan, another comic adaptation of Howard's work
  • Solomon Kane, and another from Dark Horse

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