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.

Works

SF/Weird Fiction

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• Sojarr of Titan (1941)
• The Beasts from Beyond (1950)
• Twice in Time (1957)
• The Dark Destroyers (1959)
• Giants from Eternity 91959)
• Island in the Sky (1961)
• The Solar Invasion (1968) (Captain Future novel)
• Worse Things Waiting (1973) (collection)
• Sherlock Holmes' War of the Worlds (1975)
• The Beyonders (1977)
• Cahena (1986)
• The Valley So Low: Southern Mountain Stories (1987) (Ed. Karl E. Wagner, collection)

Silver John stories & novels

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• Who Fears the Devil? (1963) (collection of short stories)
• The Old Gods Waken (1979)
• After Dark (1980)
• The Lost and Lurking (1981)
• The Hanging Stones (1982)
• Voice of the Mountain (1984)
• John the Balladeer (1988) (Ed. Karl E. Wagner, revised collection of short stories)

John Thunstone stories & novels

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• Lonely Vigils (1981) (Thunstone and Judge Pursuivant short stories)
• What Dreams May Come (1983)
• The School of Darkness (1985)

Nightshade Bookscollections

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• The Third Cry to Legba and Other Invocations (2000) (John Thunstone and Lee Corbet stories)
• The Devil is Not Mocked and Other Warnings (2001)
• Fearful Rock and Other Precarious Locales (2001) (Judge Pursivant and Sergeant Jaeger stories)
• Sin?s Doorway and Other Ominous Entrances (2003)
• Owls Hoot in the Daytime & Other Omens (2003) (John the Balledeer stories)

Youth Adult

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• The Sleuth Patrol. 1947.
• The Mystery of Lost Valley. 1948.
• The Raiders of Beaver Lake. 1950.
• The Haunts of Drowning Creek. 1951.
• Wild Dogs of Drowning Creek. 1952.
• The Last Mammoth. 1953.
• Gray Riders: Jeb Stuart and His Men. 1954.
• Rebel Mail Runner. 1954.
• Flag on the Levee. 1955.
• To Lands Unknown. 1956.
• Young Squire Morgan. 1956.
• Lights over Skelton Ridge. 1957.
• The Master of Scare Hollow. 1957.
• Third String Center. 1960.
• Rifles at Ramsour's Mill: A Tale of the Revolutionary War. 1961.
• Battle for King's Mountain. 1962.
• Clash on the Catawba. 1962.
• The South Fork Rangers. 1963.
• The River Pirates. 1963.
• Settlement on Shocco: Adventures in Colonial Carolina. 1963.
• Mystery at Bear Paw Gap. 1964.
• The Specter of Bear Paw Creek. 1966.
• Battle at Bear Paw Gap. 1966.
• Jamestown Adventure. 1967.
• Brave Horse: The Story of Janus. 1968.
• Carolina Pirate. 1968.
• Frontier Reporter. 1969.
• Mountain Feud. 1969.
• Fast Break Five. 1971.
• The Ghost Battalion: A Story of the Iron Scouts. 1958.
• Ride, Rebels!: Adventures of the Iron Scouts. 1959.
• Appomattox Road: Final Adventures of the Iron Scouts. 1960.

Non-Fiction

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• Giant in Gray: A Biography of Wade Hampton of South Carolina. 1949.
• Dead and Gone: Classic Crimes of North Carolina. 1954.
• Rebel Boast: First at Bethel, Last at Apppomattox. 1956.
• Fastest on the River: The Great Race Between the Natchez and the Robert E. Lee. 1957.
• The Life and Times of Sir Archie. With Elizabeth A. C. Blanchard. 1958.
• The County of Warren, 1586-1917. 1959.
• They Took Their Stand: The Founders of the Confederacy. 1959.
• The Rebel Songster: Songs the Confederates Sang. 1959.
• Harpers Ferry, Prize of War. 1960.
• The County of Gaston. With Robert F. Cope. 1961.
• The County of Moore, 1947-1947. 1962.
• Winston-Salem:The Founders. 1966.
• Napoleon of the West: A Story of the Aaron Burr Conspiracy. 1970.
• The Story of Moore County. 1974.
• A City's Culture: Painting, Music, Literature. 1976.