u/GaryREHfan

Review of the 2025 Atlantean Award Winning Book. https://spraguedecampfan.wordpress.com/2026/08/18/review-robert-e-howards-hyborian-age-by-rodolfo-martinez/

Review of unauthorized Cormac Mac Art and Tarzan stories. Kinda crazy stuff. https://spraguedecampfan.wordpress.com/2026/08/17/review-the-odyssey-of-the-gael-by-james-l-richardson/

Some info about Jack Scott, the Cross Plains newspaperman, who reported on REH's death. Quote from his oral history that I'm sure most have never seen. And finally a small shocker that could have changed Howard Days as we know it. https://spraguedecampfan.wordpress.com/2026/08/02/jack-scott-of-cross-plains/

Some info about Gerta Aison (not much) the editor of Modern American Poetry. Includes REH letters regarding the publication. Interesting info about REH's poems in their first book publication. Plus a letter where REH refers to Conan as his "meal ticket." https://spraguedecampfan.wordpress.com/2026/08/01/robert-e-howard-in-modern-american-poetry/

Matthew John writes a Howardian Cormac Mac Art story. https://spraguedecampfan.wordpress.com/2026/07/28/cormac-mac-art-isle-of-swords-by-matthew-john/

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REH received a postcard from the American Fiction Guild about submitting stories to Warner Brothers. Read all about it. https://spraguedecampfan.wordpress.com/2026/07/21/robert-e-howard-and-the-american-fiction-guild/

https://spraguedecampfan.wordpress.com/2026/07/16/north-american-cryptid-museum-a-rogues-gallery-for-conan-the-barbarian/

Phil Sawyer does an overview of de Camp's "The Miscast Barbarian: Robert E. Howard." Thorough overview with some disagreements and support for de Camp's essay. Worth the read. https://spraguedecampfan.wordpress.com/2026/07/06/thoughts-on-robert-e-howard/

Review of the newest King Kull e-book. Hardly a classic but entertaining enough to spend the time reading it. https://spraguedecampfan.wordpress.com/2026/06/30/review-the-heart-of-pirinach-by-george-mann/

Howard Day 2026, brief look at the 30 year celebration of The Whole Wide World film. Includes a reprint of an article by screenwriter Michael Scott Myers about the film. https://spraguedecampfan.wordpress.com/2026/06/20/howard-days-2026-the-whole-wide-world/

Detailed journalistic coverage of the 2026 Howard Days Emerging Writers Workshop. Lots of photos, quotes, and writing advice. A must read for people that were unable to attend. https://spraguedecampfan.wordpress.com/2026/06/19/howard-days-2026-emerging-writers-workshop/

Despite my opening paragraph this is a review of the latest Conan e-book. I've noted some proof reading mistakes and young Conan bragging out of character. Not the best review, not the best e-book. https://spraguedecampfan.wordpress.com/2026/06/02/review-conan-the-green-god-of-leng-by-gavin-g-smith/

For some reason, "Spear and Fang," came to mind today. Here are scans of the editorial that prompted REH to write the story, a reminiscence by REH's friend Lindsay Tyson, and scans from the pages of Weird Tales. Howard in Weird Tales – Spear and Fang by Robert E. Howard

Vincent Darlage reviews Faces of Doom by Matthew John. A very short story and a short review, but Mr. Darlage manages to point out some things I missed. https://spraguedecampfan.wordpress.com/2026/05/22/review-faces-of-doom-by-matthew-john/

Stephen Gaspar strives to tell good stories featuring Robert E. Howard's characters. Here is a review of his latest book. https://spraguedecampfan.wordpress.com/2026/05/10/review-4-blades-of-ruin-by-stephen-gaspar/

The latest Heroic Legends e-book. Young Kull is a thinker and has a plan. https://spraguedecampfan.wordpress.com/2026/04/28/review-the-undoomed-man-by-adam-rose/