The Devil is Not Mocked and Other Warnings
Wellman’s work will be remembered, and should be preserved because it combines the dark gothic tradition of the American pulps with a detailed snapshot of regional history and culture. This mixture is shown through the lens of the American modernist tradition, revealing something that is larger than the sum of its parts.
Contents:
- Manly Remembered (essay) by Ramsey Campbell
- The Devil Is Not Mocked
- The Pineys
- Hundred Years Gone
- Where the Woodbine Twineth
- Keep Me Away
- Come Into My Parlor
- Yare
- Chorazin
- The Petey Car
- Along About Sundown
- What of the Night
- Rock, Rock
- Lamia
- Caretaker
- The Ghastly Priest Doth Reign
- Goodman's Place
- Frogfather
- Dhoh
- Warrior in Darkness
- Young-Man-With-Skull-at-His-Ear
- Vigil
- The Kelpie
- Parthenope
- The Theater Upstairs
- Ever the Faith Endures
- Dead Dog
- The Cavern
- At the Bend of the Trail
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Manly Wade Wellman (1903–1986) was an American writer. He is best known for his fantasy and horror stories set in the Appalachian Mountains and for drawing on the native folklore of that region, but he wrote in a wide variety of genres including science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, detective fiction, western fiction, juvenile fiction and non-fiction. In the later 1920s, during the silent film era, Wellman wrote movie reviews for the Wichita Beacon. He also contributed to the writing of the comic book The Spirit while the franchise's creator, Will Eisner, was serving in the US military during World War II.
The Selected Stories of Manly Wade Wellman
The Selected Stories of Manly Wade Wellman consists of five books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
