There are some brilliant and evocative stories waiting up ahead for you."-Mike Resnick, author of Stalking the Dragon "One of science fiction's few authentic, legitimate artists.entertaining, familiar in a racial-memory sort of way, and educational, also comforting and uplifting.stories that somehow feel exactly right. They are like nothing you've ever read before." Karl Edward Wagner, creator of Kane Tolkien brilliantly created a modem British myth cycle, so did Manly Wade Wellman give to us an imaginary world of purely American fact, fantasy, and song.These stories are chilling and enchanting, magical and down-to-earth, full of wonder and humanity. "A superb writer at his best, and at his best, I think, when writing Silver John."-Michael Moorcock Having all these tales in one place is both fitting tribute and pure delight!"-Greg Bear, author of Darwin's Radio "From pulp magazines to Arkham House to "The Twilight Zone," Manly Wade Wellman is a legend-and one of the finest regional fantasists of his day.
Manly Wade Wellman not only wrote the stuff, he lived it-exploring the Ozark storytelling traditions at first hand for many years, and shaping the tales he heard into unforgettable fiction."-Robert Silverberg, author of Lord Valentine's Castle "This is the real thing-a book of haunting fantasies with their roots going down deep into the American folk tradition. Lost, out of print, or buried in expensive hardcover editions, the seminal, unforgettable tales of Who Fears the Devil? stand ready for a new generation ready to continue the folk tradition of Silver John!-Print ed. For the first time the Planet Stories edition of Who Fears the Devil? collects all of John's adventures published throughout Wellman's life, including two stories about John before he got his silver-stringed guitar that have never previously appeared in a Silver John collection.
Manly Wade Wellman's Silver John is one of the most beloved figures in fantasy, a true American folk hero of the literary age. In his wanderings John encounters a parade of benighted forest creatures, mountain spirits, and shapeless horrors from the void of history with only his enduring spirit, playful wit, and the magic of his guitar to preserve him. There's a traveling man the Carolina mountain folk call Silver John for the silver strings strung on his guitar.
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