"Fearful Rock and Other Precarious Locales" is the 3rd volume of Night Shade Books' five volume "Selected Stories of Manly Wade Wellman". This volume is made up of eight novella length stories. It reprints Wellman's "Judge Pursivant" and "Sergeant Jaeger" stories, as well as a lost classic that has not been reprinted since its original publication in Strange Stories, in 1939. In addition, it features an introduction by Wellman's long time friend, Stephen Jones, who provides a heartwarming bit of historical perspective on Wellman, and the influential shadow that his work as cast over the genre. The contents are: Introduction by Stephen Jones, "Fearful Rock", "Coven", "Toad's Foot", "For the Love of a Witch", "The Hairy Ones Shall Dance", "The Black Drama", "The Dreadful Rabbits", "The Half-Haunted", and Some Notes on the Texts by John Pelan.
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By RIJU GANGULY
After the "cracking" short stories in the first & second volumes, this volume, containing some of Wellman's longer works describing the evil-fighting heroics of Sergeant Jagger and Judge Pursuivant were a bit let down. Yes, the classic werewolf novella "The Hairy Ones Shall Dance" is there, along with several top-notch works evoking memories of post-Civil War American south, and other "precarious locales". Nevertheless, perhaps I am biased towards shorter works, my span of attention getting shortened now-a-days, and that's why I would like to drop a star in my review.
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Heroic Weird Horror from Pulp Master
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By rampageous_cuss
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This is a volume (3) in the five-volume "Selected Stories of Manley Wade Wellman" published by Night Shade Books. The series reprints Wellman's weird short stories and novellas originally published in magazines such as the famed "Weird Tales;" the full-length books are not included.
Wellman favored heroic characters conquering evil; his most famous creation, John the Balladeer (or "Silver John") stars in the volume V collection "Owls Hoot in the Daytime." This volume contains eight novella-length stories featuring Sergeant Jaeger ("Fearful Rock," "Coven," and "Toad's Foot") and Judge Pursuivant ("The Hairy Ones Shall Dance," "The Black Drama," "The Dreadful Rabbits," and "The Half-Haunted") as well as a historical fiction set in the Jamestown colony, "For the Love of a Witch."
Jaeger is a former Union sergeant who, like many Wellman heroes, acts as a sort of mentor and savior of characters who become embroiled in occult difficulties, in this case in the post-Civil War period. Pursuivant is a sort of 'elder-occultsman' who performs the same role in a "contemporary" (1950s - '60s) time period.
Manley Wade Wellman's concerns are very different from Lovecraft, C.A. Smith, or Robert E. Howard. Wellman's main theme is almost always the power of good and the inferiority of evil; his stories are more occult adventure than horror per se. They rely heavily (and wonderfully) on setting and characterization. If you like these stories, be sure to try the ones featuring Silver John (Wellman's best IMHO), and you'll certainly like Volume I, "The Third Cry to Legba and Other Invocations."
Wellman favored heroic characters conquering evil; his most famous creation, John the Balladeer (or "Silver John") stars in the volume V collection "Owls Hoot in the Daytime." This volume contains eight novella-length stories featuring Sergeant Jaeger ("Fearful Rock," "Coven," and "Toad's Foot") and Judge Pursuivant ("The Hairy Ones Shall Dance," "The Black Drama," "The Dreadful Rabbits," and "The Half-Haunted") as well as a historical fiction set in the Jamestown colony, "For the Love of a Witch."
Jaeger is a former Union sergeant who, like many Wellman heroes, acts as a sort of mentor and savior of characters who become embroiled in occult difficulties, in this case in the post-Civil War period. Pursuivant is a sort of 'elder-occultsman' who performs the same role in a "contemporary" (1950s - '60s) time period.
Manley Wade Wellman's concerns are very different from Lovecraft, C.A. Smith, or Robert E. Howard. Wellman's main theme is almost always the power of good and the inferiority of evil; his stories are more occult adventure than horror per se. They rely heavily (and wonderfully) on setting and characterization. If you like these stories, be sure to try the ones featuring Silver John (Wellman's best IMHO), and you'll certainly like Volume I, "The Third Cry to Legba and Other Invocations."
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It's not Silver John, but it's great
6 Nov 2005
By John Oconnor
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Anything by Manly Wade Wellman is worth reading. This is no exception. He was so great at regional horror as well as traditional horror and even Lovecraftian horror. Please, if you love good horror, get all 5 of Wellman's books from Night Shade Books. They are all well bound, good looking books and they all have Wellman's wonderful prose.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Great book
17 Mar 2005
By Dr Bloodmoney
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This is a wonderful book from Night Shade Books. They always put in such loving care to their products. I love the bindings, the paper, and the typeset. Overall, lovely.
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