Robert Irwin Howard (1906–1936) is a legendary American writer, a classic of horror literature, and a man from Lovecraft’s circle. This book presents the best of his mystical tales and stories. Horror... It lurks nearby. The southwestern United States is not the safest region. Here, every now and then, horrors come to life, which old blacks talk about with shudder in their huts. The southwest is inhabited by mysterious, ominous creatures and is full of mysteries that it is better not to try to solve.