Red Shadows (collection)

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Red Shadows
Cover of the first edition
Author	Robert E. Howard
Illustrator	Jeff Jones
Cover artist	Jeff Jones
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Solomon Kane
Genre(s)	Fantasy short stories, poems
Publisher	Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc.
Publication date	1968
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	381 pp
ISBN	NA
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.

[edit] Contents

• "Skulls in the Stars"
• "The Right Hand of Doom"
• "Red Shadows"
• "Rattle of Bones"
• "The Castle of the Devil"
• "The Moon of Skulls"
• "The One Black Stain"
• "Blades of the Brotherhood"
• "The Hills of the Dead"
• "Hawk of Basti"
• "The Return of Sir Richard Grenville"
• "Wings in the Night"
• "The Footfalls Within"
• "The Children of Asshur"
• "Solomon Kane’s Homecoming"

[edit] Publication history

• 1968, USA, Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. OCLC 2273652, Pub date 1968, Hardback, 896 copies
• 1971, USA, Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. OCLC 2273652, Pub date 1971, Hardback, 741 copies
• 1978, USA, Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. OCLC 17935688, Pub date 1978, Hardback, 1,350 copies, new cover and illustrations

[edit] References

• Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd., 321, 325. 
• Contento, William G.. Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections. Retrieved on 2008-05-09.
• Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent, 221. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.