"Spear and Fang": Howard's First Fiction Sale

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Spear and Fang is a story of conflict between Cro-Magnons and Neanderthals. It was REH's first literary sale, getting his foot in the door at Weird Tales and leading on to publication in more prestigious, higher-paying venues like Argosy. Patrice Louinet seems to have found evidence that Howard "wrote it to order", so to speak, for WT editor, Farnsworth Wright.

www.rehtwogunraconteur.com/the-wright-hook-or-the-origin-of-spear-and-fang/


You can read the full text here:

www.trussel.com/prehist/spearandfang.htm

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G. W. Thomas, over on the Dark Worlds Quarterly blog, published an article titled, "Spear and Fang: A Prehistoric Premier." It addresses Robert E. Howard's first fiction sale and the development of cavemen fiction. 

Link to it here: darkworldsquarterly.gwthomas.org/spear-and-fang-a-prehistoric-premiere/

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Hope this isn't off topic, but Spear And Fang was a strong inspiration for parts of the film 10'000BC from Roland Emmerich, something the director mentions himself in the publicity material. I thoght Emmerich's barbaric world setting felt a lot more authentic that the Cimmeria we got on CtB 2011.