Howard Waldrop had a new book out last year:\u00a0 H’ARD STARTS: THE EARLY WALDROP, from Subterranean Press.\u00a0\u00a0 Brad Denton and I put it together.\u00a0 It was a collection of Howard’s earliest work — the stories he wrote for comic book fanzines in the 60s and early 70s, some plays from college, con reports, articles from CRAWDADDY, a sketch he wrote for Red Skelton (Red passed), sword and sorcery in the mode of Robert E. Howard, science fiction in the mode of Cordwainer Smith, and his earliest pro work, including his first sale, one of the last stories bought by John W. Campbell Jr.\u00a0 Plus the never-published “Davy Crockett Shoots the Moon,” a story purely in the mode of Howard Waldrop.\u00a0 All of it tied together by a series of interviews done by Brad Denton, wherein H’ard told the stories behind the stories, and how all this came to be.<\/p>\n
It’s a swell book, if I do say so myself.\u00a0\u00a0 Howard liked it too.\u00a0 If you missed it, you can still grab a copy from SubPress, autographed by me, Brad, and Howard himself.<\/p>\n