The passage describes a fictional duel that took place on New Year's Eve in the year 2000 between Two-Gun Bob and Wild Wolf of West Shokan. Full of absurd events and bizarre descriptions, the piece introduces around thirty colorful characters, each of whom is a reflection of someone from H.P. Lovecraft's environment, under meaningful pseudonyms.
Glossary of Names:
Two-Gun Bob — Robert E. Howard
Knockout Bernie, the Wild Wolf of West Shokan — Bernard Austin Dwyer, of West Shokan, N.Y.
Bill Lum Li — William Lumley
Wladislaw Brenryk — H. Warner Munn
D. H. Killer — David H. Keller
M. Gin Brewery — Miles G. Breuer
A. Hijacked Barrell — A. Hyatt Verrill
G. A. Scotland — George Allan England
Frank Chimesleep Short, Jr — Frank Belknap Long, Jr.
The Effjoy of Akkamin — Forrest J. Ackerman
Mrs. M. Blunderage — Margaret Brundage (artist for Weird Tales)
Mr. C. Half-Cent — C. C. Senf (artist for Weird Tales)
Mr. Goofy Hooey — Hugh Rankin (artist for Weird Tales)
W. Lablache Talcum — Wilfred Blanch Talman
Horse Power Hateart — Howard Phillips Lovecraft
M. le Comte d’Erlette — August Derleth (author of Evening in Spring)
J. Caesar Warts — Julius Schwartz
H. Kanebrake — H. C. Koenig (employed by the Electrical Testing Laboratories)
H. Wanderer — Howard Wandrei
Robertieff Essovitch Karovsky — Robert S. Carr
Teaberry Quince — Seabury Quinn
Malik Taus, the Peacock Sultan — E. Hoffmann Price
Sing Lee Bawledout — F. Lee Baldwin
Ivor K. Rodent — Hugo Gernsback
Rev. D. Vest Wind — Unknown
Klarkash-Ton — Clark Ashton Smith
Windy City Grab-Bag — Weird Tales
W. Peter Chef — W. Paul Cook
Smearum & Weep — Dauber & Pine
Samuelus Philanthropus — Samuel Loveman
Mr. De Merit — A. Merritt (author of The Dwellers in the Mirage)
Wurst’s Weekly Americana — Hearst’s American Weekly
