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Apparition in the Prize Ring
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This early work by Robert E. Howard was originally published in 1929 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Apparition in the Prize Ring' is a ghostly story involving the boxer Ace Jessel. It is also known by the title 'Sucker Fight'. Robert Ervin Howard was born in Peaster, Texas in 1906. During his youth, his family moved between a variety of Texan boomtowns, and Howard - a bookish and somewhat introverted child - was steeped in the violent myths and legends of the Old South. At fifteen Howard began to read the pulp magazines of the day, and to write more seriously. The December 1922 issue of his high school newspaper featured two of his stories, 'Golden Hope Christmas' and 'West is West'. In 1924 he sold his first piece - a short caveman tale titled 'Spear and Fang' - for $16 to the not-yet-famous Weird Tales magazine. Howard's most famous character, Conan the Cimmerian, was a barbarian-turned-King during the Hyborian Age, a mythical period of some 12,000 years ago. Conan featured in seventeen Weird Tales stories between 1933 and 1936 which is why Howard is now regarded as having spawned the 'sword and sorcery' genre. The Conan stories have since been adapted many times, most famously in the series of films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5‘Apparition in the Prize Ring’ is one of Robert E. Howard’s short boxing stories.This one is narrated by John, who is a boxing trainer. Ace Jessel is the boxer who takes on the supposedly unbeatable Gomez. The majority of this tale takes place in the ring and it has a supernatural twist.I have previously read ‘The Forest of Villefere’ in a collection of Howard’s horror stories, so didn’t read it again here. It seems odd to include it with the other two tales, as this is the first part of a werewolf trilogy. Surely it’d make more sense to keep that trilogy together.‘Hawks of Outremer’ is an historical short story with revenge as the main theme. Cormac FitzGeoffrey is a fearless Irish-Norman warrior of the twelfth century. The story is set during the crusades, featuring cameos by King Richard the First of England and the legendary Saladin.