– Customer review on 19/05/2010

This is a collection of some of the public domain horror stories of Robert E. Howard, in general. There are several very good stories here.

This book can be had by Australians from the Book Depository for less than the price of mailing it from one state to another locally, as such.

Skull-Face is one for the fans of Big Trouble In Little China, for sure.

Others if you are going to just pick a few:- The Fire of Asshurbanipal, The Horror From the Mound, People of the Dark.

A fine deal.


Haunter of the Ring and Other Tales : In the Forest of Villefere
Haunter of the Ring and Other Tales : Wolfshead - Robert E. Howard
Haunter of the Ring and Other Tales : The Dream Snake - Robert E. Howard
Haunter of the Ring and Other Tales : The Hyena - Robert E. Howard
Haunter of the Ring and Other Tales : Sea Curse - Robert E. Howard
Haunter of the Ring and Other Tales : Skull-Face - Robert E. Howard
Haunter of the Ring and Other Tales : The Fearsome Touch of Death - Robert E. Howard
Haunter of the Ring and Other Tales : The Children of the Night - Robert E. Howard
Haunter of the Ring and Other Tales : The Black Stone - Robert E. Howard
Haunter of the Ring and Other Tales : The Thing On the Roof - Robert E. Howard
Haunter of the Ring and Other Tales : The Horror from the Mound - Robert E. Howard
Haunter of the Ring and Other Tales : People of the Dark - Robert E. Howard
Haunter of the Ring and Other Tales : The Cairn on the Headland - Robert E. Howard
Haunter of the Ring and Other Tales : Black Talons - Robert E. Howard
Haunter of the Ring and Other Tales : Fangs of Gold - Robert E. Howard
Haunter of the Ring and Other Tales : Names in the Black Book - Robert E. Howard
Haunter of the Ring and Other Tales : The Haunter of the Ring - Robert E. Howard
Haunter of the Ring and Other Tales : Graveyard Rats - Robert E. Howard
Haunter of the Ring and Other Tales : Black Wind Blowing - Robert E. Howard
Haunter of the Ring and Other Tales : The Fire of Asshurbanipal - Robert E. Howard
Haunter of the Ring and Other Tales : Pigeons from Hell - Robert E. Howard

Hanging around Spanish noble types is bad for your health. This time, it took a while to work out whether this gentleman Was Don Leopard, or Don Lupin. The latter was the case, and causes quite a few problems.

3.5 out of 5


Scary snooze leaves sleeper smooshed.

2.5 out of 5


Shapeshifter of the not so high class variety.

3 out of 5


A group of local seamen and basically criminals, and when they cause the death of a girl, a woman curses them, quite impressively :-

'I curse you by sea and by land, by earth and by air, by the demons of the swamplands, the fiends of the forest and the goblins of the hills! And you'--her lean finger stabbed at Lie-lip Canool and he started backward, his face paling--'you shall be the death of John Kulrek and he shall be the death of you! You shall bring John Kulrek to the doors of hell and John Kulrek shall bring you to the gallows-tree! I set the seal of death upon your brow, John Kulrek! You shall live in terror and die in horror far out upon the cold grey sea! But the sea that took the soul of innocence to her bosom shall not take you, but shall fling forth your vile carcass to the sands!'

This is what she causes them to run into :-

'From the hell of lost craft Satan sent a ship of bygone ages!'

Needless to say, not good for them.

3 out of 5


Chinese master villains, Egyptian sorcerers, Atlantean myths, Afghan killers, voodoo, magic elixirs, no wonder Steve Costigan is bewildered. Holey crapadoley.

4 out of 5


Dead dude's digits dancing.

3 out of 5


Anthropological arguments and reminiscences over Cthulhu cults.

3 out of 5


A Cthulhoid type venture. Not somewhere you want to be. Fairly proficiently done.

3.5 out of 5


A book collector acquires a copy of Nameless Cults. It motivates the man he got it for to go back to th temple of the Toad God.

The amulet he acquires there has very unfortunate consequences.

3 out of 5


If an old priest tells you that the body in the tomb is an undead Spanish nobleman, and you happen to be a credulous cowboy, next time, believe him!

4 out of 5


'I came to Dagon's Cave to kill Richard Brent.' 10 out of 10 for courage, minus several million for common sense. Luckily, there is a bit of reincarnated presence ancient barbarian named Conan and other action here so not everybody dies.

4 out of 5


Another reincarnation type horror, with a Norse flavor. Nice to be given necessary supernatural artifacts via the reapparance of centuries dead ancestors, when that happens, that is for sure.

3.5 out of 5


Brill's execution murder postponed by leopard man.

3 out of 5


Swamp Cat more voodoo than tiger Steve Harrison finds, knife work here.

3 out of 5


Harrison has a few problems on river street. There are bad Khans around. Ok, how many stories are the Khans the good guys? No, female drummers don't count, sorry. The odd scary publication and object to go along with it.

3.5 out of 5


Egyptian sorcerer makes placid wife a bit accidentally murderous.

3 out of 5


Rodents start at the head, not the knees, as far as human bodies go, as scared men have Harrison on the trail of a murderer.

3.5 out of 5


Devil cult's family reduction attempt.

3.5 out of 5


If you suspect a priceless gemstone with a magic-type name may be connected to cthulhoid alien monsters, well, I would suggest that trying to rob your local jewellery store bare-handed is a less hazardous activity than the acquisition of such an artifact.

4 out of 5


A man is murdered, and in no ordinary fashion. When law enforcement investigates this is the story he gets from a witness:

'and my God, sir, he was dead! His head had been split open. I saw brains and clotted blood oozing down his face, and his face,,,'

It appears there is a zuvembie in town, the long awaited aftermatch of a property that had white women mistreating their black slaves, badly.

4 out of 5



3.5 out of 5