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John the Balladeer
Manly Wade Wellman
Edited with an introduction by Karl Edward Wagner
Foreword by David Drake


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In John the Balladeer, Manly Wade Wellman created one of the great characters in all of horror and fantasy literature. Armed with his silver-stringed guitar and an endless trove of folk songs, John travels the backwoods of Appalachia, battling supernatural evil with his own brand of down-home charm and endless resourcefulness. In these tales, John wanders the Southern mountains, encountering hoodoo men and witch women, strange supernatural beasts, malevolent spirits, and even George Washington's ghost.

Edited by horror legend Karl Edward Wagner, this volume contains the complete John the Balladeer stories in their original, unaltered form, as they first appeared in magazines and anthologies between 1951 and 1987. Also featured is a foreword by Wellman's friend and literary executor David Drake and an introduction by Wagner.


BOOK DETAILS
ISBN: 
1960241028
ISBN-13:  978-1960241023​
$34.99 US, 270 pp.
Case Laminate Hardcover
Published 2023
BOOK DETAILS
ISBN: 
1-960241-03-6
ISBN-13:   978-1-960241-03-0​
$19.99 US, 270 pp.
Trade paper
Published 2023
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