James Allison is one of Robert E. Howard’s most unique creations—a modern man burdened with memories of countless past lives. Crippled by illness in the present, Allison recalls earlier incarnations where he lived and died as warriors, wanderers, and heroes across forgotten ages.
Through these visions, Howard connects modern storytelling with prehistoric adventure. Allison becomes a narrative bridge, allowing readers to experience epic battles, tribal conflicts, and primeval worlds through the eyes of legendary figures he once was.
Howard used James Allison to explore fate, reincarnation, and the eternal cycle of heroism. He stands apart as a reflective, introspective character whose memories unlock entire eras of the author’s mythic imagination.
My Rating “Part Four – Unity Or Death” The truth has been revealed to Kull, Conan, and John Kirowan. Set, the great serpent god and earth mother, has spirited the three heroes through time and space for a proposed alliance. But why? What has caused a god of such power to tremble with fear before […]
My Rating “The Valley of the Worm” Bragi’s clan had been slaughtered there in the place of broken stone. Niord, the warrior Gorm had called yellow-hair, stood upon the crest looking down at the carnage. This was no man who killed the Aesir clan, this tragedy was handed down by the beast feared by all
My Rating “Battle Of The Black Stone – Part 04 The Future Yet Unwritten” Conan lay dying in the arms of his love, Brissa of the Gurian tribe. Fate had seen their roles reversed. For, it was not long ago that Brissa had been lost during Conan’s raid on the Black Stone Fortress erected deep
My Rating “Battle Of The Black Stone – Part 03 Quest Into Darkness” Into the jungle they shall follow and death will come to three. But which marked by the Eldritch sigil is doomed to remain in the Hyborian Age? Over the next several days, Brissa of the Gurian tribe will use her piece of
My Rating “Battle Of The Black Stone – Part 02 Bond Of The Black” The beast emerged from the Eldritch portal with the power of a Brahma bull. Everyone within charging distance inside the Wanderer’s club scattered towards the edges of the hall. For some, it was too late. The monster began swiping indiscriminately with
My Rating “Battle Of The Black Stone – Part 01 Eyes Upon Us” Chicago, the windy city – 1936, El Borak sat hunched over a dark wood table staring intently at the glyph sketched on a cocktail napkin as the noise of the nightclub swirled around him. How did Professor Kirowan have knowledge of the
My Rating “Prelude: The Staring Sigil” James Allison sat behind his typewriter staring at a blank piece of paper loaded onto the platen. It had been almost two weeks since he wrote anything new, and the stress was beginning to wear on him. The memories had always come to him in patterns. His past lives,
