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The Devil is Not Mocked and Other Warnings

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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

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…

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