(edited October 2023 for typos, oops!) Last week, I had the privilege of attending “Blood & Thunder,” author and scholar Mark Finn’s presentation on Robert E. Howard for the Dallas Historical Society, an in-person treatment of Finn’s identically-titled seminal biography of Howard. Finn makes a compelling case not only for Howard’s inclusion in the top … Continue reading BEYOND KING CONAN: MARK FINN’S CASE FOR ROBERT E. HOWARD AS A KING OF TEXAS LITERATURE