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Edited by Leo Grin | Illustrated by Jason Castagna This issue was printed in two editions. The deluxe edition, numbered 1–75, uses a black linen cover with foil-stamped blood-red text. The limited edition, numbered 76–225, uses a blood-red cover with solid black text.<\/p>\n DELUXE COPIES DESTROYED: 0<\/p>\n LIMITED COPIES DESTROYED: 37<\/p>\n Features full coverage of Howard Days 2004, including thousands of words of commentary from numerous attendees, many pictures from the event, a transcript of the keynote address at the Howard Days banquet, a recollection of meeting someone who knew Howard, a poetic tribute to Howard by Frank Coffman, Letters, Announcements, and more.<\/p>\n EXCERPTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n As always, the trek up Caddo Peak was a joy. Once again the unbroken views of the Texas landscape found at this peak provide a most satisfying reward for those daring souls who risk life and limb (and cardiac arrest for some very un-barbarian-like fans) to scale its rough hide. We were warned by the local ranch hands, who escort us to the top of Caddo Peak each year, to keep a wary eye out for rattlesnakes, chiggers, and Pigeons from Hell — the latter apparently had been spotted in increasing numbers on June 10.<\/p>\n — Chris Gruber, from “Cross Plains Memories” by Leo Grin<\/em><\/p>\n My parents weren’t upset because they saw nothing wrong with collecting books. After all, how many paperbacks or magazines could I accumulate? — from “Sacred Ground” by Robert Weinberg<\/em><\/p>\n One gaunt land there, seeming to shun the sun, — from “A Spirit on the Wind” by Frank Coffman<\/em><\/p>\n According to Baker, Robert E. Howard “talked real slow” and “his voice was kind of like. . . ”<\/p>\n — from “‘He Was Deadly'” by Don Herron<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Edited by Leo Grin | Illustrated by Jason Castagna 40 pages This issue was printed in two editions. The deluxe edition, numbered 1–75, uses a black linen cover with foil-stamped blood-red text. The limited edition, numbered 76–225, uses a blood-red cover with solid black text. DELUXE COPIES DESTROYED: 0 LIMITED COPIES DESTROYED: 37 Features full […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-551","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5991,"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/551\/revisions\/5991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n40 pages<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n(laughter)
\nSooner or later, as my mother said one day, “how long can you do it before it gets boring?” My mother, who turned eighty-nine this year, still wonders when that’s going to happen.<\/p>\n
\nClouds piled forever, arching hill on hill:
\nCimmeria! Its dark woods stir again,
\nRustling in shadows deep — then all goes still.<\/p>\n