John the Balladeer

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Note! John the Balladeer is a revised collection containing all Silver John short stories. Owls Hoot in the Daytime and Other Omens (2003, Night Shade Books) also contains all Silver John short stories.

Contents:

  • Foreword: Manly in the Mountains by David Drake
  • Introduction: Just Call Me John by Karl Edward Wagner
  • O Ugly Bird!
  • The Desrick on Yandro
  • Vandy, Vandy
  • One Other
  • Call Me From the Valley
  • The Little Black Train
  • Shiver in the Pines
  • Walk Like a Mountain
  • On the Hills and Everywhere
  • Old Devlins Was A-Waiting
  • Nine Yards of Other Cloth
  • Wonder as I Wander: Some Footprints on John's Trail Through Magic Mountains
  • Farther Down the Trail
  • Trill Coster's Burden
  • The Spring
  • Owls Hoot in the Daytime
  • Can These Bones Live?
  • Nobody Ever Goes There
  • Where Did She Wander?
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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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