Fearful Rock and Other Precarious Locales
Fearful Rock and Other Precarious Locales is the 3rd volume of Night Shade Books' five volume "Selected Stories of Manly Wade Wellman." This volume is made up of eight novella length stories. It reprints Wellman's "Judge Pursivant" and "Sergeant Jaeger" stories, as well as a lost classic that has not been reprinted since its original publication in Strange Stories, in 1939. In addition, it features an introduction by Wellman's long time friend, Stephen Jones, who provides a heartwarming bit of historical perspective on Wellman, and the influential shadow that his work as cast over the genre.
Contents:
- Introduction by Stephen Jones
- Fearful Rock
- Coven
- Toad's Foot
- For the Love of a Witch
- The Hairy Ones Shall Dance
- The Black Drama
- The Dreadful Rabbits
- The Half-Haunted
- Some Notes on the Texts by John Pelan
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Manly Wade Wellman
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.
