Worse Things Waiting
Not to be confused with Worse Things Waiting, a horror novel by Brian McNaughton.
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Author | Manly Wade Wellman |
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Illustrator | Lee Brown Coye |
Cover artist | Lee Brown Coye |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | fantasy and horror short stories |
Publisher | Carcosa |
Publication date | 1973 |
Media type | Print (Hardback) |
Pages | xii, 353 pp |
ISBN | ISBN 0-913796-00-X |
OCLC | 1469816 |
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 by the author
- "The White Road" (poem)
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
- ↑ "1975 World Fantasy Award Winners and Nominees". World Fantasy Convention. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
References
- Contento, William G. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections". 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. p. 136.