And was he not a symbol of Man, staggering among the tooth-marked bones and severed grinning heads of humans, brandishing a futile ax, and screaming … - Robert E. Howard

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And was he not a symbol of Man, staggering among the tooth-marked bones and severed grinning heads of humans, brandishing a futile ax, and screaming incoherent hate after the grisly, winged shapes of Night that make him their prey, chuckling in demoniac triumph above him and dripping into his mad eyes the pitiful blood of their human victims.

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About Robert E. Howard

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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