The Dark man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard Studies, Vol. 7, No. 1, December 2012. Contents: Prefatory Remarks By Mark E. Hall Articles The Writer’s Style: Sound and Syntax in Howard’s Sentences By David C. Smith "I ’n’ I A-Liberate Zimbabwe" Motifs of Africa and Freedom in Howard’s "The Grisly Horror" By Patrick R. Burger Robert E. Howard and the Lone Scouts