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Robert E. Howard to Weird Tales, Jun 1936

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Letter to Weird Tales Magazine (1936)
by Robert Ervin Howard

Letter to "The Eyrie", the letters page of Weird Tales. Dated June 1936.[1]

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Enthusiasm impels me to pause from burning spines off cactus for my drouth-bedeviled goats long enough to give three slightly dust-choked cheers for the April cover illustration. The color combination is vivid and attractive, the lady is luscious, and altogether I think it's the best thing Mrs. Brundage[2] has done since she illustrated my Black Colossus. And that's no depreciation of the covers done between these master-pictures. I must also express my appreciation to Mr. Napoli, who has done a splendid job of illustrating my serial.[3] I hope the readers have liked the yarn as well as I liked writing it.

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Notes

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  1. Howard committed suicide by gunshot on June 11, 1936
  2. Margaret Brundage (bio/media)
  3. The serial referenced here is "The Hour of the Dragon" which had its fifth and final installment in the April 1936 issue.