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The Best of Robert E. Howard Volume 1: Crimson Shadows

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There isn't much to complain about here. Sure, I would have a different "Best Of" list, but these stories are all superb. If you have the individual volumes of the Del Rey series, much of this volume will be repeated. But it makes an excellent introduction or review of Howard's work. I'm not 100% sure of my memory, but I believe this is the correct listing for the book:

-- Introduction
-- The Shadow Kingdom
-- The Ghost Kings
-- The Curse of the Golden Shell
-- Red Shadows
-- The One Black Stain
-- The Dark Man
-- The Marching Song of Connacht
-- Kings of the Night
-- Recompense
-- The Black Stone
-- The Song of a Mad Minstrel
-- The Fightin'est Pair
-- The Grey God Passes
-- The Song of the Last Briton
-- Worms of the Earth
-- An Echo from The Iron Harp
-- Lord of the Dead
-- Untitled
-- "For the Love of Barbara Allen"
-- The Tide
-- The Valley of the Worm
-- The Dust Dance: Selections, Version II
-- The People of the Black Circle
-- Beyond the Black River
-- A Word from the Outer Dark
-- Hawk of the Hills
-- Sharp's Gun Serenade
-- Lines Written in the Realization that I Must Die

Appendices:

-- Robert E. Howard: Twentieth-Century Mythmaker
-- A Short Biography of Robert E. Howard
-- Notes on the Original Howard Texts

Good stuff indeed!