Exorcisms and Ecstasies

Exorcisms and Ecstasies is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by author Karl Edward Wagner. The collection also includes a number of memoirs and articles about Wagner and is edited by Stephen Jones. It was released in 1997 by Fedogan & Bremer in an edition of 2,100 copies, of which 100 included Wagner's signature taken from a canceled check or contract. The limited edition was also signed by the artist, editor and other contributors to the collection. Many of the stories originally appeared in a number of different anthologies and collections or in the magazines Beyond Fantasy & Science Fiction, Kadath, Weird Tales, The Centralite, Midnight Sun, Fantasy Crossroads and Gauntlet.

Contents

• "Introduction: Talking with Karl", by Stephen Jones
• "Midnight Sun"
• Exorcisms and Ecstasies
  • "Various Encounters with Karl" by Peter Straub
  • "Did They Get You to Trade?"
  • "The Kind Men Like"
  • "Cedar Lane"
  • "The Slug"
  • "Final Cut"
  • "Locked Away"
  • "Endless Night"
  • "A Walk on the Wild Side"
  • "Passages"
  • "Little Lessons in Gardening"
  • "I’ve Come to Talk with You Again"
  • "An Awareness of Angels"
  • "But You’ll Never Follow Me"
  • "Plan 10 from Inner Space"
  • "Prince of the Punks"
  • "The Picture of Jonathan Collins"
  • "Gremlin"
  • "Brushed Away"
  • "In the Middle of a Snow Dream"
  • "The Big Dutchman", by Frances Wellman
• Silver Dagger: Kane"
  • "All Good Friends, by David J. Schow
  • "In the Wake of the Night"
  • "The Treasure of Lynortis"
  • "The Gothic Touch"
  • "At First Just Ghostly"
  • "Deep in the Depths of the Acme Warehouse"
  • "Friends Die", by Ramsey Campbell
• Satan’s Gun: Adrian Becker
  • "Doc Wagner", by Jenny Campbell
  • "Satan’s Gun"
  • "Hell Creek"
  • "One Paris Night"
  • "The Truth Insofar as I Know It, by David Drake
• Tell Me, Dark: Uncollected Stories
  • "Brother Karl: Stories First and Last, by James R. Wagner
  • "The Education of Gergy-doo-doo"
  • "Stardust"
  • "Killer"
  • "The Coming of Ghor"
  • "A Fair Cop"
  • "Karl Edward Wagner: Sassenach", by Brian Lumley
  • "Karl Edward Wagner: A Working Bibliography of English Language First Editions", by Scott F. Wyatt & Stephen Jones
  • "Afterword: Karl Edward Wagner—A Personal Farewell", by C. Bruce Hunter
  • "Death Angel’s Shadow"

References

• Brown, Charles N.; William G. Contento. "The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998)". Retrieved 2008-03-26. 
• Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. pp. 256–257.