Fearful Rock, and Other Precarious Locales (The Selected Stories of Manly Wade Wellman #3)
Manly Wade Wellman
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Fearful Rock, and Other Precarious Locales (The Selected Stories of Manly Wade Wellman #3)
Manly Wade Wellman
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
Publication Year: 2001
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If you're interested in the American pulp tradition of the early 20th Century, you must read Manly Wade Wellman. Wellman was a prolific writer of tales of the supernatural, with a focus on rural America and Appalachia. This collection includes stories starring his popular heroes Sgt. Jaeger and Judge Pursuivant. John the Balladeer, who figured in the recent film "Hellboy: The Crooked Man," is included in other volumes of this collection. The stories span haunted houses, demonic possession, vampires, werewolves, and more. It's all great fun! While reading this, however, one gets a sense of why Wellman hasn't remained popular. His stories feel very much of a time, a time when the Civil War was in living memory, race and class worked differently, and volume of writing outweighed beauty of prose. Nevertheless, I'm glad I read this book. It made for a spooky, entertaining time - in a throwback kinda way. You may enjoy it, too.
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