Notes
DO NOT CONFUSE with the Howard poem "The Open Window".
First published in the magazine Weird Tales, September 1932.
Also appears in the story "Dark Shapes Rising" by James Shoffner in The Auburn Circle, Spring 1976.
Appears in World Fantasy Commentator #45/46, Winter 1993/94 and in The Book of Madness: Whispers Without, Chaos Within by Bill Bridges, Steven Brown, Sam Inabinet, Kathleen Ryan & Phil Brucato, White Wolf (p.15).
Appears in the story "The House in the Oaks", which was based on a Howard fragment titled "The House", completed after Howard's death by August Derleth. This story appears in Dark Things, Arkham House; Black Canaan, Berkley; In Lovecraft's Shadow, Battered Silicon Dispatch Box / Mycroft & Moran; and Nameless Cults, Chaoseum.
Publications (35)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1932 |
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Weird Tales, September 1932 | Popular Fiction Publishing Co. | MAGAZINE | 337 |
| 1957 |
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Always Comes Evening: The Collected Poems of Robert E. Howard | Arkham House | Collection | 33 |
| 1975 |
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Rhymes of Death | Dennis McHaney | Collection | 7 |
| 1975 |
|
Rhymes of Death | Dennis McHaney | Collection | 7 |
| June 1977 |
|
Always Comes Evening | Underwood-Miller | Collection | 48 |
| June 1977 |
|
Always Comes Evening | Underwood-Miller | Collection | 48 |
| May 1987 |
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Cthulhu: The Mythos and Kindred Horrors | Baen Books | Collection | 247 |
| May 1987 |
|
Cthulhu: The Mythos and Kindred Horrors | Baen Books | Collection | 247 |
| September 1989 | Cthulhu: The Mythos and Kindred Horrors | Baen Books | Collection | 247 | |
| March 1992 |
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Cthulhu: The Mythos and Kindred Horrors | Baen Books | Collection | 247 |
| 2004 |
|
Adventure Tales, #1 Winter 2004-2005 | Wildside Press | MAGAZINE | 24 |
| 2005 |
|
Wings in the Night | Wildside Press | Collection | 40 |
| January 2006 |
|
The Weird Writings of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: July 1925-June 1934 | Girasol Collectables | Collection | 379 |
| January 2006 |
|
The Weird Writings of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: July 1925-June 1934 | Girasol Collectables | Collection | 379 |
| October 2006 | Wings in the Night: The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard, Volume 4 | Wildside Press | Collection | 40 | |
| 2007 |
|
Winds of Time | Thomas Kovacs | Collection | 96 |
| January 2007 |
|
Wings in the Night | Wildside Press | Collection | 54 |
| July 2008 |
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The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 337 |
| October 2008 |
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The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 337 |
| October 2008 |
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The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | |337 |
| January 2009 |
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The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard | The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press | Collection | 187 |
| February 2009 |
|
A Word from the Outer Dark | Project Pride | Collection | 164 |
| February 2009 |
|
A Word from the Outer Dark | Project Pride | Collection | 164 |
| April 2009 |
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The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard | The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press | Collection | 187 |
| August 2009 |
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The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard | The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press | Collection | 187 |
| October 2009 |
|
Halloween at the Dog and Duck | Dennis McHaney | Collection | 21 |
| November 2009 |
|
Robert E. Howard: Selected Poems | Frank Coffman | Collection | 35 |
| November 2009 |
|
Robert E. Howard: Selected Poems | Frank Coffman | Collection | 35 |
| March 2010 |
|
The Singer in the Mist & Others | Stanza Press | Collection | 17 |
| March 2010 |
|
The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard | Tantor Media | Collection | |337 |
| September 2010 |
|
The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard | Subterranean Press | Collection | 337 |
| September 2010 |
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The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard | Subterranean Press | Collection | 337 |
| December 2010 |
|
The Book of The Howard Review: The Howard Review Anthology | Dennis McHaney | Collection | 51 |
| July 2015 |
|
Wings in the Night | Wildside Press | Collection | |
| 2019 | Weird Tales (disc 3, part 1) | Anthology | 337|32003337 |