Time and times are but cogwheels, unmatched, grinding on ob… - Robert E. Howard

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Time and times are but cogwheels, unmatched, grinding on oblivious to one another. Occasionally - oh, very rarely! - the cogs fit; the pieces of the plot snap together momentarily and give men faint glimpses beyond the veil of this everyday blindness we call reality.

Robert E. Howard

Bran Mak Morn: The Last King · May 31, 2005 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Robert Ervin Howard (22 January 1906 – 11 June 1936) was an American writer of fantasy and historical adventure pulp stories, published primarily in Weird Tales magazine in the 1930s.

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Pen Names: Patrick Ervin • Sam Walser • Patrick Mac Conaire • Steve Costigan • Patrick Howard • John Taverel

Birth Name: Robert Ervin Howard

Alternative Names: REH • R. E. Howard • Robert Howard • Two-Gun Bob • Bob Howard

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Mingle my dust with the burning brand,
Scatter it free to the sky
Fling it wide on the ocean’s sand,
From peaks where the vultures fly.

A long bow and a strong bow, and let the sky grow dark!
The cord to the nock, the shaft to the ear, and the king of Koth for a mark!

The five-foot blade crushed Strabonus' casque and skull, and the king's charger reared screaming, hurling a limp and sprawling corpse from the saddle. A great cry went up from the host, which faltered and gave back.

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