Worse Things Waiting

Worse Things Waiting is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by author Manly Wade Wellman. It was released in 1973 by Carcosa in an edition of 2,867 copies, of which 536 pre-ordered copies were signed by the author and artist. Many of the stories originally appeared in the magazines Weird Tales, Strange Stories, Unknown and Fantasy and Science Fiction.

Awards

• 1975, World Fantasy Award, Best Collection/Anthology^[1].

Contents

• Foreword
• "The White Road"
• "Pages from a Memory Book"
• "Up Under the Roof"
• "Among Those Present"
• "The Terrible Parchment"
• "Come Into My Parlor"
• "Frogfather"
• "Sin’s Doorway"
• "The Undead Soldier"
• "Gray Voices"
• "The Pineys"
• "The Kelpie"
• "Changeling"
• "The Devil Is Not Mocked"
• "For Fear of Little Men"
• "'Where Angels Fear...'"
• "The Witch’s Cat"
• "School for the Unspeakable"
• "Warrior in Darkness"
• "Dhoh"
• "Larroes Catch Meddlers"
• "The Night Side of History"
• "Voice in a Veteran’s Ear"
• "These Doth the Lord Hate"
• "The Liers in Wait"
• "Young-Man-With-Skull-At-His-Ear"
• "The Hairy Thunderer"
• "The Song of the Slaves"
• "When It Was Moonlight"
• "His Name on a Bullet"
• "The Valley Was Still"
• "Longer in the Telling"
• "Fearful Rock"
• "Coven"

Notes

References

• Contento, William G.. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections". http://www.philsp.com/homeville/ISFAC/t101.htm#A2253. Retrieved 2008-04-05. 
• Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd.. pp. 136.