Manly Wade Wellman

Manly Wade Wellman (1903-1986) was a writer. He is best known for his horror stories set in the Appalachian Mountains, many of which featured the wandering ministrel Silver John. Wellman also wrote in other genres including: science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, detective fiction, western fiction, juvenile fiction and non-fiction.

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During the 1950s, he wrote several science-fiction novels. In the area of horror (or weird fiction), he created several 'occult detective' characters, such as Judge Pursuivant and John Thunstone, and his most well known character, Silver John (also known as John the Balladeer).

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Appalachian Mountains: The Appalachian Mountains are a system of North American mountains running from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada to Alabama in the United States, although the northernmost mainland portion ends at the Gasp? Peninsula of Quebec. The system is divided into a series of ranges, with the individual mou...

Silver John: Silver John is a fictional character from a series of fantasy stories by Manly Wade Wellman. Though fans refer to him as Silver John or as John the Balladeer, the character only ever gives his name as John....

Science fiction: Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology upon society and persons as individuals. In common with most fiction, science fiction is written mainly to entertain people. The borders of this genre are not well defined, and the...

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