Placed on the Preliminary Ballot for Nomination for the 2018 Atlantean Award: "Outstanding Achievement, Book" (non-anthology/collection) - Robert E. Howard Foundation This volume examines in detail the work and life of Robert E. Howard, paying special attention to the characters of Kull, Conan, Bran Mak Morn, Cormac Mac Art and Turlogh O'Brien. The book also makes the case for a coherent collection of Howard's Fantasy and Horror stories that are set in the American South and Southwest.