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Synopsis
Available again for the first time in 45 years, Shadowridge Press is proud to present Manly Wade Wellman’s WORSE THINGS WAITING, one of the cornerstone short story collections in the fantasy and horror genres. Originally published by the legendary imprint Carcosa, Worse Things Waiting gathers 28 stories and two poems, selected from over 100 stories—the cream of nearly a half-century of fiction taken from the pages of Weird Tales, Unknown, Strange Stories and many other Golden Age pulps. Included are such classic tales as—
The Undead Soldier- featuring the original ending that Weird Tales considered too horrific to publish.
The Devil Is Not Mocked and The Valley Was Still- adapted for TV on Night Gallery and The Twilight Zone respectively.
School For The Unspeakable and Larroes Catch Meddlers- both adapted for the early TV's hair-raising classic, Lights Out.
Frogfather and Sin’s Doorway- two early stories that feature John the Balladeer, not included in Who Fears The Devil?
Coven and Fearful Rock- Wellman’s two novelettes featuring Sgt. “Bible” Jaeger and his battles with diabolical evil in the Civil War south.
Also included are such classics as Where Angels Fear..., The Witch’s Cat, Dhoh, Come Into My Parlor, The Liers In Wait, Among Those Present, and many more.
The very best of Manly Wade Wellman, fully illustrated with over 30 ghoulish drawings by the legendary master of the macabre, Lee Brown Coye.
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About the Author
Born in Portuguese West Africa on May 21, 1903, Manly Wade Wellman’s ancestry reached back through the Confederate South to colonial Virginia—with the potent infusion of Gascon French and American Indian. Coming to America as a child, he travelled widely—as far West as Utah, as far East as New York, and a lot of places in between. He never stayed long in one place, however, until he settled in North Carolina after World War II. He attended college at Wichita State, where he played football, and later at Columbia. During these years his jobs included harvest hand, cowboy, bouncer in a tough roadhouse, and newspaper work—before he began to write full time in the 1930s. Since 1951 he and his wife lived in Chapel Hill—with frequent excursions to his cabin high on the slopes of Walnut Mountain in Madison County, North Carolina. He is the author of some sixty-five books and several hundred stories and articles. His books include biographies, regional histories, juveniles, mainstream fiction, mystery novels, science fiction and fantasy. Wellman was among the most popular writers for the legendary Weird Tales, where some fifty of his stories appeared. His best known work, the haunting stories of John the Balladeer, won great acclaim in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and were collected for the classic Arkham House book, Who Fears the Devil?—which has become one of the most prized volumes from that venerable publisher.
In his later years Wellman worked mostly in other areas of writing, but in the late 1970s he returned to the field of fantasy and horror, producing nearly two-dozen new short stories, as well as eight novels, many featuring his creations John the Balladeer and John Thunstone. He died in 1986.
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- PublisherShadowridge Press
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1946808989
- ISBN 13 9781946808981
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages474
- IllustratorCoye Lee Brown
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