Tevis Clyde Smith, Jr. (February 11, 1908 – December 24, 1984) was an American historian,

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writer, poet, and amateur publisher, known for his association with

Robert E. Howard Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American writer who wrote pulp magazine, pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He created the character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sor ...

. Most of his writing appeared as by Tevis Clyde Smith; he also wrote as T. C. Smith, Jr., and under his full name, Tevis Clyde Smith, Jr. He lived in Brownwood, Brown County,

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Writing career

Smith self-published several chapbooks on the history, biography and genealogy of Brown County,

, and others of his poetry and short fiction. As a young man he collaborated on three short stories with

. Late writings focused on his association with Howard.

Smith and Howard

Smith met Robert E. Howard while both attended Brownwood High School and they remained friends until Howard's death. At the time, Smith was publishing a small amateur journal. He and Howard collaborated on a story that was meant to run in Smith's magazine, ''Under the Great Tiger'', though they abandoned the project. Smith did other collaborations with Howard, one of which they sold to the magazine '' Oriental Stories''. Several of their collaborations were collected in ''

Red Blades of Black Cathay ''Red Blades of Black Cathay'' is a collection of Fantasy short stories by Robert E. Howard and Tevis Clyde Smith. It was first published in 1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, Februar ...

'', published by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in 1971.

Bibliography

History

* ''Frontier's Generation : The Pioneer History of Brown County, with Sidelights on the Surrounding Territory'' (1931; enlarged edition 1980; reprint of 1931 edition with added index 1982) * ''From the Memories of Men'' (1954) * ''Pecan Valley Days'' (1956)

Biography

* ''Report on a Writing Man and Other Reminiscences of Robert E. Howard'' (1991)

Other nonfiction

* "How the Stories Came to Be" (introduction to ''Red Blades of Black Cathay'') (1971) * "Foreword" (to ''Shadow of the hun'' by Robert E. Howard) (1975) * "Background to 'Questions'" (1976) * "Foreword" (to ''One Who Walked Alone: Robert E. Howard, The Final Years'' by Novalyne Price Ellis) (1986)

Fiction

* "Red Blades of Black Cathay" (with

) (short story) (1931; 1975 chapbook) * ''The Cardboard God'' (collection) (1970) * "Diogenes of today" (with

) (short story) (1971) * "Eighttoes makes a play" (with

) (short story) (1971) * ''

'' (with

) (collection) (1971)

Poetry

* ''Images out of the sky'' (1966 collection) * ''Don't blame the python'' (1975 collection) * "Questions (To Robert E. Howard)" (1976) * "Rescue By a Certain Lady" (1976)

References

Sources

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External links

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