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•  The Best of Robert E. Howard Volume 1: Crimson Shadows • (2007) • interior artwork by Jim Keegan and Ruth Keegan
• xiii • Foreword (The Best of Robert E. Howard Volume 1: Crimson Shadows) • (2007) • essay by Jim Keegan and Ruth Keegan
• xv • Introduction (The Best of Robert E. Howard Volume 1: Crimson Shadows) • (2007) • essay by Rusty Burke
• 1 • The Shadow Kingdom • [Kull of Valusia] • (1929) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 27 • The Ghost Kings • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 29 • The Curse of the Golden Skull • [Kull of Valusia] • (1967) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 33 • Red Shadows • [Solomon Kane] • (1928) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 59 • The One Black Stain • [Solomon Kane] • (1962) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 63 • The Dark Man • [Turlogh O'Brien] • (1931) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 85 • The Marching Song of Connacht • (1972) • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of Marching Song of Connacht)
• 87 • Kings of the Night • [Bran Mak Morn] • (1930) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 119 • Recompense • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 121 • The Black Stone • [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] • (1931) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 137 • The Song of a Mad Minstrel • (1931) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 139 • The Fightin'est Pair • non-genre • [Sailor Steve Costigan] • (1931) • short story by Robert E. Howard (variant of Breed of Battle)
• 153 • The Grey God Passes • [Turlogh O'Brien] • (1962) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 183 • The Song of the Last Briton • (1982) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 185 • Worms of the Earth • [Bran Mak Morn] • (1932) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 213 • An Echo from the Iron Harp • (1974) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 217 • Lord of the Dead • [Steve Harrison] • (1978) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 247 • Untitled ("You have built a world of paper and wood ... ") • (1964) • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of A Warning ("You have built a world of paper and wood ... "))
• 249 • "For the Love of Barbara Allen" • (1966) • short story by Robert E. Howard (variant of For the Love of Barbara Allen)
• 257 • The Tide • (1976) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 259 • The Valley of the Worm • [James Allison] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 279 • The Dust Dance: Selections, Version II • (1968) • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Dust Dance ("The sin and jest of the times am I..."))
• 283 • The People of the Black Circle • [Conan] • (1934) • novella by Robert E. Howard
• 353 • Beyond the Black River • [Conan] • (1935) • novella by Robert E. Howard
• 403 • A Word from the Outer Dark • (1974) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 405 • Hawk of the Hills • [El Borak] • (1935) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 453 • Sharp's Gun Serenade • non-genre • [Breckinridge Elkins] • (1937) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 469 • Lines Written in the Realization That I Must Die • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 473 • Robert E. Howard: Twentieth-Century Mythmaker (The Best of Robert E. Howard Volume 1: Crimson Shadows) • (2007) • essay by Charles Hoffman
• 485 • A Short Biography of Robert E. Howard • (1998) • essay by Rusty Burke
• 497 • Notes on the Original Howard Texts (The Best of Robert E. Howard Volume 1: Crimson Shadows) • (2007) • essay by uncredited