Rattle of Bones, Robert E. Howard
Rattle of Bones, Robert E. Howard
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Rattle of Bones

Author: Robert E. Howard

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Unabridged: 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/20/2015

Synopsis

Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) was an American writer of weird tales and horror fiction.

Rattle of Bones is a tale featuring one of Howard's most popular heroes, the stalwart English puritan, Solomon Kane. In this tale Kane meets another traveller while journeying through the Black Forest, and the two arrive at a sinister, lonely inn, which bears the sign of a cleft skull. In the course of the night, the two uncover the terrible and macabre secret of the tavern....

About Robert E. Howard

Robert E. Howard (1906–1936) was an American pulp fiction writer who is best known as the creator of Conan, a character that has been featured in film, television, comics, and other media. Despite his suicide at the age of thirty, Howard wrote a huge number of stories in a variety of genres, including fantasy, westerns, horror, and even boxing stories.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on February 27, 2016

REH is best known for Conan, but he does horror well. This short piece manages a lot of mood & characterization.......more

Goodreads review by Tim on April 08, 2018

Solomon Kane is one of Howard's best drawn characters - a dour haunted seventeenth century Puritan whose occult adventures in Africa and Europe resulted in some fine short examples of pulp horror. This one was published in Weird Tales in 1929. The story is pure Gothic with some splatter added - an in......more

Goodreads review by Michael on November 02, 2018

Kane runs into a traveler out on the road, a traveler who Kane vaguely seems to recognize. The innocent traveller reveals himself to be none other than Gaston the Butcher, a brutal bandit that lures travelers into a den of nightmares disguised as a tavern. Kane and Gaston have a bloody clash in the......more

Goodreads review by Alison on January 02, 2021

My first Soloman Kane story from one of my favorite authors. I wish this short story was a little bit longer but loved what was there. A nice eerie tale.......more

Goodreads review by Liz on December 24, 2020

Originally published in Weird Tales in 1929, it involves one of REHs recurring characters, Solomon Kane. This is the first story I have read with this character, and I am looking forward to what else is on offer. The story it short, taut, and tightly written, just as a good short story should be. Tw......more

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