James asked me to look for this story and by amazing luck, someone had uploaded it to archive in 2020.
https://archive.org/details/howard-collector-05-1964-summer/page/28/mode/2up
As you know, James’ eyes have been giving him a lot of trouble, so I have read the story aloud here for him, and for you. The concept and the imagery in this short piece are strikingly similar to the Nords Saga, which LaFond began years ago. I really believe that James and Howard share something uncanny that we can witness in their fiction. If you enjoy the reading, you might be interested in Who Writes the Songs of Night?
The Last White Man