The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard

Name: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.9 (18 reviews)
Author: Robert E. Howard
ISBN: 9781467699068

Author: Robert E. Howard

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Unabridged: 3 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Red Door Consulting

Published: 07/06/2015

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Short Stories, Mystery & Detective, Collections & Anthologies

Synopsis

Robert Ervin Howard (1906 – 1936) was an American author who was best known for his macabre horror stories and weird tales. This collection brings together a highly representative selection of his creepy stories, written very much after the Lovecraftian style.

• Rattle of Bones
• Sea Curse
• Pigeons from Hell
• In the Forest of Villefore
• The Dream Snake
• The Fearsome Touch of Death
• The Right Hand of Doom
• The Thing on the Roof

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 Peter

I thought this was an interesting read. None of the stories jumped out at me, but all were worth going through. I just felt they were all either way too short or way too long. But needless to say, you'll find creatures ranging from demons to ghosts to werewolves and everything between. So any old sc......more

Goodreads review by Mike (the Paladin)

I vacillated constantly between 3 and 4 stars for this book. When it's good it's great. Howard can spin terror to a hair fine thread that like the "monomolecular" wire in some Science fiction stories can cut straight through. Unfortunately all the stories in this volume don't quite make it to that l......more