THE DEEP ONES: "Old Garfield's Heart" by Robert E. Howard

"Old Garfield's Heart" by Robert E. Howard

Discussion begins July 26, 2023.

First published in the December 1933 issue of Weird Tales.



BIBLIOGRAPHY

https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?61896

SELECTED PRINT VERSIONS

Pigeons from Hell
The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard
American Supernatural Tales
Cthulhu: The Mythos and Kindred Horrors

ONLINE VERSIONS

http://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks08/0801211h.html

ONLINE AUDIO VERSIONS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFJT7D-Lprc

MISCELLANY

https://rehfoundation.org/
https://blasphemoustomes.com/2021/09/27/the-life-of-robert-e-howard/
https://conan.com/the-life-and-death-of-robert-e-howard/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2790/robert-e-howard
https://tinyurl.com/4vbxpmv2

Nice to find a Two-Gun Bob story actually starting off with a tale told on a porch, since he had heard many such while growing up and they were a formative influence on his storytelling prowess. I really liked this one. It moves along at a good clip, with plenty of grue and a satisfying, if not wholly unexpected, finish. I liked the magical/spiritual tie between Ghost Man and Garfield as an explanation for events.

Once Kirby was introduced, I knew where this story was going, but I found the scenes with Ghost Man or where he was mentioned to be nicely weird and atmospheric. A not bad weird western.