Episode

Red Shadows, by Robert E Howard

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Golden Age Fiction
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Jul 5, 2026
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4814
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Summary

How far would you go to visit vengeance on the killer of someone you'd only just met, someone you didn't know. This novelette appeared in the August 1928 issue of Weird Tales. This was Howard's first published Soloman Kane story. ----- Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American writer who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He created the character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre. From the age of nine, Howard wanted to become an adventure fiction writer but did not have real success until he was 23. Thereafter Howard's writings were published in a wide selection of magazines—mainly Weird Tales—journals, and newspapers, and he became proficient in several subgenres. Howard was a fan of boxing, eventually taking up amateur boxing; he also spent some time in his late teens bodybuilding. Howard remains a highly read author, with his best works still reprinted. ----- If there's a particular story you'd like me to narrate, please let me know at [email protected] . ----- Music : "Mesmerizing Galaxy" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ .