Manly Wade Wellman (May 21, 1903 - April 5, 1986) was an American writer of fiction and non-fiction. He is best known for his horror stories set in the Appalachian Mountains, many of which featured the wandering minstrel with the silver-stringed guitar, Silver John. Wellman also wrote in other genres including: science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, detective fiction, western fiction, juvenile fiction and non-fiction. A rainy day in the Great Smoky Mountains, Western North Carolina The Appalachian Mountains (French: les Appalaches) are a vast system of North American mountains, partly in Canada, but mostly in the United States, forming a zone, from 100 to 300 miles wide, running from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, 1500... Silver John is a fictional character from a series of fantasy stories by Manly Wade Wellman. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... // For other meanings see Fantasy (disambiguation) Fantasy is a genre of art, literature, film, television, games and music that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of either plot, theme, setting, or all three. ... A historical novel is a novel in which the story is set among historical events, or more generally, where the time the action takes place in predates the time of the first publication -- distinguish and contrast the genre of alternate history. ... Detective fiction is a branch of crime fiction that centres upon the investigation of a crime, usually murder, by a detective, either professional or amateur. ... Western fiction is a genre of literature that is typically set in any of the American states west of the Mississippi River and between the years of approximately 1860 and 1900. ... // Basic characteristics There is some debate as to what constitutes childrens literature. ... Non-fiction is an account or representation of a subject which is presented as fact. ...

During the 1950s, he wrote several science-fiction novels. In the area of horror (or weird fiction), he created several 'occult detective' characters, such as Judge Pursuivant and John Thunstone, and his most well known character, Silver John (also known as John the Balladeer). JOhn Thunstone is a fictional character and the hero of a series of stories by author Manly Wade Wellman. ... Silver John is a fictional character from a series of fantasy stories by Manly Wade Wellman. ...

Works

SF/Weird Fiction

• Sojarr of Titan (1941)
• The Beasts from Beyond (1950) [also known as Strangers on the Heights]
• Twice in Time (1957)
• The Dark Destroyers (1959) [short version of Nuisance Value]
• Giants from Eternity 91959)
• Island in the Sky (1961)
• The Solar Invasion (1968) (Captain Future novel)
• Worse Things Waiting (1973) (collection) (Winner, World Fantasy Award for Best Collection, 1975)
• Sherlock Holmes' War of the Worlds [With Wade Wellman] (1975)
• The Beyonders (1977)
• Cahena (1986)
• The Valley So Low: Southern Mountain Stories (1987) (Ed. Karl E. Wagner, collection)

Silver John stories & novels Captain Future is a fictional character, the creation of science fiction writer Edmond Hamilton. ... First awarded in 1975, the World Fantasy Awards are handed out annually at the World Fantasy Convention (WFC) to recognize outstanding achievement in the field of fantasy. ...

• Who Fears the Devil? (1963) (collection of short stories)
• The Old Gods Waken (1979)
• After Dark (1980)
• The Lost and Lurking (1981)
• The Hanging Stones (1982)
• Voice of the Mountain (1984)
• John the Balladeer (1988) (Ed. Karl E. Wagner, revised collection of short stories)

John Thunstone stories & novels

• Lonely Vigils (1981) (Thunstone and Judge Pursuivant short stories)
• What Dreams May Come (1983)
• The School of Darkness (1985)

Nightshade Books collections

1. The Third Cry to Legba and Other Invocations (2000) (John Thunstone and Lee Corbet stories)
2. The Devil is Not Mocked and Other Warnings (2001)
3. Fearful Rock and Other Precarious Locales (2001) (Judge Pursivant and Sergeant Jaeger stories)
4. Sin’s Doorway and Other Ominous Entrances (2003)
5. Owls Hoot in the Daytime & Other Omens (2003) (John the Balledeer stories)

Youth Adult

• The Lion Roared. (Thrilling Tales) 1927.
• The Sleuth Patrol. 1947.
• The Mystery of Lost Valley. 1948.
• The Raiders of Beaver Lake. 1950.
• The Haunts of Drowning Creek. 1951.
• Wild Dogs of Drowning Creek. 1952.
• The Last Mammoth. 1953.
• Gray Riders: Jeb Stuart and His Men. 1954.
• Rebel Mail Runner. 1954.
• Flag on the Levee. 1955.
• To Lands Unknown. 1956.
• Young Squire Morgan. 1956.
• Lights over Skelton Ridge. 1957.
• The Master of Scare Hollow. 1957.
• Third String Center. 1960.
• Rifles at Ramsour's Mill: A Tale of the Revolutionary War. 1961.
• Battle for King's Mountain. 1962.
• Clash on the Catawba. 1962.
• The South Fork Rangers. 1963.
• The River Pirates. 1963.
• Settlement on Shocco: Adventures in Colonial Carolina. 1963.
• Mystery at Bear Paw Gap. 1964.
• The Specter of Bear Paw Creek. 1966.
• Battle at Bear Paw Gap. 1966.
• Jamestown Adventure. 1967.
• Brave Horse: The Story of Janus. 1968.
• Carolina Pirate. 1968.
• Frontier Reporter. 1969.
• Mountain Feud. 1969.
• Fast Break Five. 1971.
  • The Ghost Battalion: A Story of the Iron Scouts. 1958.
  • Ride, Rebels!: Adventures of the Iron Scouts. 1959.
  • Appomattox Road: Final Adventures of the Iron Scouts. 1960.

Non-Fiction

• Giant in Gray: A Biography of Wade Hampton of South Carolina. 1949.
• Dead and Gone: Classic Crimes of North Carolina. 1954.
• Rebel Boast: First at Bethel, Last at Apppomattox. 1956.
• Fastest on the River: The Great Race Between the Natchez and the Robert E. Lee. 1957.
• The Life and Times of Sir Archie. With Elizabeth A. C. Blanchard. 1958.
• The County of Warren, 1586-1917. 1959.
• They Took Their Stand: The Founders of the Confederacy. 1959.
• The Rebel Songster: Songs the Confederates Sang. 1959.
• Harpers Ferry, Prize of War. 1960.
• The County of Gaston. With Robert F. Cope. 1961.
• The County of Moore, 1947-1947. 1962.
• Winston-Salem:The Founders. 1966.
• Napoleon of the West: A Story of the Aaron Burr Conspiracy. 1970.
• The Story of Moore County. 1974.
• A City's Culture: Painting, Music, Literature. 1976.

Awards

• North Carolina Writers' Network Literary Hall of Fame inductee, 1996
• British Fantasy Award winner, Lifetime Achievement 1985
• World Fantasy Award winner, Life Achievement 1980
• World Fantasy Award nominee, Best Short Fiction 1976, The Ghastly Priest Doth Reign
• World Fantasy Award winner, Best Collection/Anthology 1975, Worse Things Waiting
• Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Award winner, Best Story 1946, A Star For A Warrior
• Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime Story 1956, Dead and Gone

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External links

• Voice of the Mountains - fan site
• North Carolina Writers' Network Literary Hall of Fame
• Manly Wade Wellman at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database