Who Fears the Devil?

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Who Fears the Devil?

Dust-jacket illustration by Lee Brown Coye for Who Fears the Devil?
Author Manly Wade Wellman
Cover artist Lee Brown Coye
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Fantasy, Horror short stories
Publisher Arkham House
Publication date 1963
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 213 pp
ISBN NA

Who Fears the Devil? is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by American author Manly Wade Wellman. It was released in 1963 by Arkham House in an edition of 2,058 copies and was Wellman's only book released by Arkham House. The collection consists of all of Wellman's Silver John stories that had been published at the time. They had all previously appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Wellman contributed new linking espisodes to the book.

[edit] Contents

Who Fears the Devil? contains the following tales:

  1. "John's My Name: O Ugly Bird!"
  2. "Why They're Named That: One Other"
  3. "Then I Wasn't Alone: Shiver in the Pines"
  4. "You Know the Tale of Hoph: Old Devlins Was A-Waiting"
  5. "Find the Place Yourself: The Desrick on Yandro"
  6. "The Stars Down There: Vandy, Vandy"
  7. "Blue Monkey: Dumb Supper"
  8. "I Can't Claim That: The Little Black Train"
  9. "Who Else Could I Count On: Walk Like a Mountain"
  10. "None Wiser for the Trip: On the Hills and Everywhere"
  11. "Nary Spell: Nine Yards of Other Cloth"

[edit] Reprints

  • New York: Ballantine, 1964.
  • New York: Baen, 1988 (expanded edition).

[edit] References

  • Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc., 67. ISBN 1-55742-005-X. 
  • Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd., 40. 
  • Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 80-81. ISBN 0-87054-176-5. 
  • Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 88. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.