The Robert E. Howard Foundation has a new book due to ship. Post Oaks and Sand Roughs collects the most autobiographical material from Howard’s work. Shipping in June 2019. It has a selection of Costigan tales, where relevant, and…

“also contains other items that reveal details about the people and places in Howard’s life, including the “Lost Plains” stories, items from The Junto, personal essays, and more, all restored to the original text, where available.”

There’s a full contents-list and it looks fascinating. Sadly it’s only 200 numbered copies, in print, and would thus cost me a whopping $100 to get to the UK. Hopefully there will be a $10 Kindle ebook, in due course, but that’s just my guess.

It could be interesting to do something similar for H.P. Lovecraft. A life-story collection of the most pertinent fiction and poetry that is also firmly autobiographical, with explications of exactly what aspect or event in his life each extract draws on or depicts.