The Sonora Kid

The Sonora Kid, also known as Steve Allison, is a fictional cowboy created by Robert E. Howard. The stories were not printed until more than fifty years after the author's death. The Sonora Kid occasionally crossed over with El Borak, another of Howard's characters.

Stories

Brotherly Advice (First published in The Sonora Kid, 1988)
Desert Rendezvous (First published in The Sonora Kid, 1988)
The Devil's Joker (First published in Cross Plains #6, 1975. Alternate titles: The Devil's Jest, Outlaw Trails)
Knife, Bullet and Noose (First published in The Howard Collector #6, Spring 1965. Alternate title: Knife, Gun and Noose)
Red Curls and Bobbed Hair (First published in The Sonora Kid, 1988)
The Sonora Kid-Cowhand (First published in The Sonora Kid, 1988)
The Sonora Kid's Winning Hand (First published in The Sonora Kid, 1988)
The West Tower (Fragment. First published in The Sonora Kid, 1988)

There were also several uncompleted Sonora Kid stories that have since been published. These are listed by their first line:

"A blazing sun in a blazing sky, reflected from..." (First published in The Sonora Kid, 1988)
"The Hades Saloon and gambling hall, Buffalotown..." (First published in The Sonora Kid, 1988)
"The Hot Arizona sun had not risen high enough to heat..." (First published in The Sonora Kid, 1988)
"Madge Meraldson set her traveling-bag on the station..." (First published in The Sonora Kid, 1988)
"Steve Allison settled himself down comfortably in..." (First published in The Sonora Kid, 1988)
"The way it came about that Steve Allison, Timoleon..." (First published in The Sonora Kid, 1988)

The character also appeared in several stories with another of Howard's characters, El Borak:

El Borak (First published in North of the Khyber, December 1987. Note: Two stories were printed under this title.)
The Land of Mystery (First published in North of the Khyber, December 1987)
North of Khyber (First published in North of the Khyber, December 1987)
A Power Among the Islands (First published in North of the Khyber, December 1987)
The Shunned Castle (First published in North of the Khyber, December 1987)
The White Jade Ring (Fragment. First published in The Last of the Trunk, November 2007)

Works by Robert E. Howard

Adventure

El Borak	"Blood of the Gods" "The Coming of El Borak" "The Country of the Knife" "The Daughter of Erlik Khan" "Hawk of the Hills" "The Lost Valley of Iskander" "North of Khyber" "Son of the White Wolf" "Three-Bladed Doom"

Fantasy

Conan	"Beyond the Black River" "Black Colossus" "The Black Stranger" "Cimmeria" "The Devil in Iron" "Drums of Tombalku" "The Frost Giant's Daughter" "The God in the Bowl" "The Hall of the Dead" "The Hand of Nergal" "The Hour of the Dragon" "Iron Shadows in the Moon" "Jewels of Gwahlur" "The People of the Black Circle" "The Phoenix on the Sword" "The Pool of the Black One" "Queen of the Black Coast" "Red Nails" "Rogues in the House" "The Scarlet Citadel" "Shadows in Zamboula" "The Snout in the Dark" "The Tower of the Elephant" "The Vale of Lost Women" "A Witch Shall be Born" "Wolves Beyond the Border" "Xuthal of the Dusk"

Solomon Kane	"The Right Hand of Doom"

Kull	"By This Axe, I Rule" "Exile of Atlantis" "The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune"

Bran Mak Morn	"The Children of the Night" "Worms of the Earth"

Comedy

Sailor Steve Costigan	"Alleys of Peril" "Blow the Chinks Down!" "Breed of Battle" "The Bull Dog Breed" "Champ of the Forecastle" "Circus Fists" "Dark Shanghai" "Fist and Fang" "General Ironfist" "Night of Battle" "The Pit of the Serpent" "Sailor's Grudge" "The Sign of the Snake" "The Slugger's Game" "Sluggers on the Beach" "Texas Fists" "The TNT Punch" "Vikings of the Gloves" "Waterfront Fists" "Winner Take All"

Breckinridge Elkins	"A Gent from Bear Creek"

Horror

John Kirowan	"The Children of the Night" "The Haunter of the Ring" "The Black Stone"

Other

Other stories	"Almuric" "Black Canaan" "Pigeons from Hell" "Post Oaks & Sand Roughs" "The Shadow of the Vulture" "Skull-Face" "The Sowers of the Thunder" "The Twilight of the Grey Gods"

Other characters	Cormac Fitzgeoffrey James Allison Red Sonya Dark Agnes de Chastillon Steve Harrison Turlogh Dubh O'Brien Kirby O'Donnell The Sonora Kid

See also	List of works by Robert E. Howard List of poems by Robert E. Howard "The Hyborian Age"

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