Project Gutenberg 2023-07-24 Public domain in the USA. 177 Howard, Robert E. (Robert Ervin) 1906 1936 Howard, Robert Ervin Rankin, Hugh 1878 1956 Copp, Hugh Doak Doak DOAK Skull-face $aUnited States :$bPopular Fiction Publishing Company, $c1929. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull-Face Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Skull-Face" by Robert E. Howard is a work of fiction written in the late 1920s and falls within the genre of weird and horror tales. The narrative introduces Stephen Costigan, an American hashish addict who becomes entwined in a dark web of drug use, visions, and sinister characters. Throughout the story, the presence of a chilling and enigmatic antagonist, known as the Skull-Faced Man, looms large, suggesting themes of addiction and moral decline amidst a backdrop of tension between Eastern mystique and Western civilization. The opening portion of the story illustrates Costigan's haunting dreams influenced by hashish, leading him into encounters with fantastical and horrific imagery, including the Skull-Faced Man and a beautiful girl named Zuleika. As he struggles with his addiction and the surreal experiences that come with it, he finds himself drawn into a world of opium dens, danger, and malevolent forces. His gradual awakening to the reality of his situation hints at deeper plots involving drug trafficking and a powerful, shadowy figure who seeks to manipulate him. The narrative explores themes of despair, the consequences of addiction, and a burgeoning mysterious plot that promises danger and intrigue. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20230310111100howard 1929 US Reading ease score: 79.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Fantasy fiction Magicians -- Fiction Drug addicts -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: American Literature 229030 2025-07-28T08:32:54.470138 text/html 227649 2023-07-24T18:59:59 text/html 846950 2025-07-28T08:32:59.893073 application/epub+zip 851016 2025-07-28T08:32:56.322096 application/epub+zip 299143 2025-07-28T08:32:55.153143 application/epub+zip 1243545 2025-07-28T08:33:02.525082 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1233540 2025-07-28T08:32:59.208102 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 209213 2025-07-28T08:32:53.982115 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 208933 2023-07-24T18:59:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19444 2025-07-28T08:33:02.671057 application/rdf+xml 33386 2025-07-28T08:32:55.557109 image/jpeg 5420 2025-07-28T08:32:55.354098 image/jpeg 81476 2023-07-24T19:00:01 application/octet-stream application/zip 2422639 2023-07-24T19:00:01 application/octet-stream application/zip 2446754 2025-07-28T08:32:54.527140 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia