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Invasion from Mars ed. Orson Welles (Dell, May 1949, 305, 25¢, 191pp, pb, an, cover by Malcolm Smith) 5 · Can a Martian Help It if He’s Colored Green? · Orson Welles · in 9 · Invasion from Mars · Howard Koch · pl Invasion from Mars by Hazel Gaudet, Princeton University Press, 1940 first broadcast on the CBS radio network on October 30, 1938. 36 · The Green Hills of Earth · Robert A. Heinlein · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 8 1947 49 · Zero Hour · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Fall 1947 60 · Expedition · Anthony Boucher · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories August 1943 77 · Incident on Calypso · Murray Leinster · ss Startling Stories Fall 1945 97 · The Star Mouse [Mitkey] · Fredric Brown · nv Planet Stories Spring 1942 121 · The Castaway · Nelson S. Bond · ss Planet Stories Winter 1940, as by George Danzell 142 · Victory Unintentional [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Super Science Stories August 1942 165 · Farewell to Eden · Theodore Sturgeon · ss 181 · The Million-Year Picnic [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Summer 1946

The Complete John Thunstone by Manly Wade Wellman (Haffner Press, January 2013, 978-1-893887-59-6, $40.00, xx+646pp, hc, co, cover by Raymond Swanland)     Collection featuring John Thunstone, with 16 stories and two novels: What Dreams May Come (1983) and The School of Darkness (1985). All but one of the stories were previously collected as part of Lonely Vigils (Carcosa 1981). Introduction by Ramsey Campbell. Illustrated by George Evans. Limited to 1000 copies. Details taken from online listing. ix · Manly Remembered · Ramsey Campbell · ar from The Devil Is Not Mocked and Other Warnings, Night Shade Books, 2001 1 · The Third Cry to Legba [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales November 1943 24 · The Golden Goblins [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales January 1944 42 · Hoofs [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales March 1944 56 · The Letters of Cold Fire [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales May 1944 76 · John Thunstone’s Inheritance [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales July 1944 95 · Sorcery from Thule [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales September 1944 110 · The Dead Man’s Hand [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales November 1944 131 · Thorne on the Threshold [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales January 1945 148 · The Shonokins [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales March 1945 164 · Blood from a Stone [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales May 1945 180 · The Dai Sword [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales July 1945 196 · Twice Cursed [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · nv Weird Tales March 1946 231 · Shonokin Town [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · nv Weird Tales July 1946 260 · The Leonardo Rondache [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales March 1948 273 · The Last Grave of Lill Warran [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · nv Weird Tales May 1951 298 · Rouse Him Not [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Kadath July 1982 311 · What Dreams May Come [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · n. 1983 483 · The School of Darkness [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · n. 1985

The Complete John the Balladeer: Volume 1 by Manly Wade Wellman (Haffner Press, April 2024, 978-1-893887-95-4, $110.00, xxi+568pp, hc, co, cover by Raymond Swanland)     Only available as a set with Volume 2 ($110 for the pair). A slipcased edition ($500.00 for the pair), limited to 100 numbered copies, signed by many contributors, bound with an exclusive chapbook (Unto John) and distributed with a copy of Not All a Dream was announced but has not yet been published. Details taken from online listing. ix · Manly Wade Wellman: The Voice of the Mountains · Stephen Jones · in 1 · O Ugly Bird! [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1951 15 · The Desrick on Yandro [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1952 31 · Vandy, Vandy [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1953 47 · One Other [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1953 65 · Call Me from the Valley [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1954 79 · The Little Black Train [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1954 97 · Shiver in the Pines [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1955 119 · Walk Like a Mountain [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1955 137 · On the Hills and Everywhere [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1956 147 · Old Devlins Was A-Waiting [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1957 171 · Nine Yards of Other Cloth [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1958 192 · Then I Wasn’t Alone [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1962 193 · You Know the Tale of Hoph [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1962 194 · Blue Monkey [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1962 195 · The Stars Down There [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1962 196 · Find the Place Yourself [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1962 196 · I Can’t Claim That [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1962 197 · Who Else Could I Count On [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1962 199 · John’s My Name [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · vi Who Fears the Devil? by Manly Wade Wellman, Arkham House, 1963 200 · Why They’re Named That [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · vi Who Fears the Devil? by Manly Wade Wellman, Arkham House, 1963 201 · None Wiser for the Trip [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · vi Who Fears the Devil? by Manly Wade Wellman, Arkham House, 1963 202 · Nary Spell [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · vi Who Fears the Devil? by Manly Wade Wellman, Arkham House, 1963 203 · Trill Coster’s Burden [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Whispers II ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1979 217 · The Spring [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Shadows 2 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1979 233 · The Old Gods Waken [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · n. Doubleday, 1979 391 · Owls Hoot in the Daytime [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Dark Forces ed. Kirby McCauley, Viking, 1980 405 · After Dark [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · n. Doubleday, 1980 563 · Afterword · Hedges Capers · aw

The Complete John the Balladeer: Volume 2 by Manly Wade Wellman (Haffner Press, April 2024, 978-1-893887-96-1, $110.00, xiii+541pp, hc, co, cover by Raymond Swanland)     Only available as a set with Volume 1 ($110 for the pair). Details taken from online listing. ix · They Say He Walks the Mountains Even Now · Patrick J. LoBrutto · in 1 · Can These Bones Live? [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Sorcerer’s Apprentice #11, Summer 1981 13 · Nobody Ever Goes There [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales #3 ed. Lin Carter, Zebra, 1981 27 · The Lost and the Lurking [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · n. Doubleday, 1981 183 · The Hanging Stones [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · n. Doubleday, 1982 341 · The Voice of the Mountain [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · n. Doubleday, 1985 497 · “Where Did She Wander?” [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Whispers October 1987 511 · Outline: The Valley So Low [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · uw 515 · Interview: Manly Wade Wellman · Karl Edward Wagner · iv Chacal v1 #2, 1977 [Ref. Manly Wade Wellman] 529 · The Old Captain Goes Home · Karl Edward Wagner · ar Fantasy Review #90, April 1986

Fearful Rock and Other Precarious Locales by Manly Wade Wellman (Night Shade Books, December 2001, 1-892389-21-5, $35.00, 299pp, hc, co)     Collection of eight stories, the third volume in “The Selected Stories of Manly Wade Wellman”, a projected series of five. Several of the stories were originally published as by Gans T. Field. 1 · Introduction · Stephen Jones · in 9 · Fearful Rock [Sgt. Jaeger] · Manly Wade Wellman · na Weird Tales February 1939 (+2) 67 · Coven [Sgt. Jaeger] · Manly Wade Wellman · nv Weird Tales July 1942 97 · Toad’s Foot · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1979 113 · For Love of a Witch · Manly Wade Wellman · nv Strange Stories December 1939 141 · The Hairy Ones Shall Dance [Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant] · Manly Wade Wellman · na Weird Tales January 1938 (+2), as by Gans T. Field 203 · The Black Drama [Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant] · Manly Wade Wellman · na Weird Tales June 1938 (+2), as by Gans T. Field 271 · The Dreadful Rabbits [Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales July 1940, as by Gans T. Field 283 · The Half-Haunted [Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales September 1941, as by Gans T. Field 299 · Some Notes on the Texts · John Pelan · ms

Lonely Vigils by Manly Wade Wellman (Carcosa House, 1981, 0-913796-03-4, $15.00, xii+376pp, hc, co, cover by George Evans) xi · Foreword · Manly Wade Wellman · fw 4 · The Hairy Ones Shall Dance [Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant] · Manly Wade Wellman · na Weird Tales January 1938 (+2), as by Gans T. Field 62 · The Black Drama [Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant] · Manly Wade Wellman · na Weird Tales June 1938 (+2), as by Gans T. Field 123 · The Dreadful Rabbits [Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales July 1940, as by Gans T. Field 134 · The Half-Haunted [Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales September 1941, as by Gans T. Field 148 · The Vigil · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Strange Stories December 1939, as by Hampton Wells 164 · The Third Cry to Legba [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales November 1943 181 · The Golden Goblins [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales January 1944 194 · Hoofs [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales March 1944 204 · The Letters of Cold Fire [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales May 1944 218 · John Thunstone’s Inheritance [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales July 1944 232 · Sorcery from Thule [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales September 1944 243 · The Dead Man’s Hand [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales November 1944 258 · Thorne on the Threshold [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales January 1945 270 · The Shonokins [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales March 1945 281 · Blood from a Stone [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales May 1945 292 · The Dai Sword [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales July 1945 304 · Twice Cursed [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · nv Weird Tales March 1946 329 · Shonokin Town [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · nv Weird Tales July 1946 349 · The Leonardo Rondache [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales March 1948 359 · The Last Grave of Lill Warran [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · nv Weird Tales May 1951

Not All a Dream by Manly Wade Wellman (Haffner Press, April 2024, 978-1-893887-67-1, 18pp, ph, ss, cover by Tim Kirk)     A previously unpublished short story, offered as a premium for those who preordered The Complete John the Balladeer from the publisher, and to be distributed with the slipcased edition of The Complete John the Balladeer. Details taken from online listing.

Romance in Black by Manly Wade Wellman (Haffner Press, January 2013, tp, co) [Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant]     Chapbook of five stories distributed with the limited edition of The Complete John Thunstone. · The Hairy Ones Shall Dance [Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant] · Manly Wade Wellman · na Weird Tales January 1938 (+2), as by Gans T. Field · The Black Drama [Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant] · Manly Wade Wellman · na Weird Tales June 1938 (+2), as by Gans T. Field · The Dreadful Rabbits [Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales July 1940, as by Gans T. Field · The Half-Haunted [Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales September 1941, as by Gans T. Field · Chastel [Lee Cobbett; Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant] · Manly Wade Wellman · nv The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series VII ed. Gerald W. Page, DAW, 1979

The Best of Arthur C. Clarke: 1937-1955 by Arthur C. Clarke ed. Angus Wells--- see under Arthur C. Clarke.

The Best of Arthur C. Clarke: 1937-1971 by Arthur C. Clarke ed. Angus Wells--- see under Arthur C. Clarke.

The Best of Arthur C. Clarke: 1956-1972 by Arthur C. Clarke ed. Angus Wells--- see under Arthur C. Clarke.

The Best of Clifford D. Simak by Clifford D. Simak ed. Angus Wells--- see under Clifford D. Simak.

The Best of Frank Herbert 1952-1964 by Frank Herbert ed. Angus Wells--- see under Frank Herbert.

The Best of Frank Herbert 1965-1970 by Frank Herbert ed. Angus Wells--- see under Frank Herbert.

The Best of Frank Herbert by Frank Herbert ed. Angus Wells--- see under Frank Herbert.

The Best of Isaac Asimov by Isaac Asimov ed. Angus Wells--- see under Isaac Asimov.

The Best of Robert Heinlein 1939-1942 by Robert Heinlein ed. Angus Wells--- see under Robert Heinlein.

The Best of Robert Heinlein 1947-1959 by Robert Heinlein ed. Angus Wells--- see under Robert Heinlein.

The Best of Robert Heinlein by Robert A. Heinlein ed. Angus Wells--- see under Robert A. Heinlein.

American Detective Stories ed. Carolyn Wells (Oxford University Press US, 1927, LC:27-25421, 250pp, hc, an) iii · Foreword · Carolyn Wells · fw 1 · The Gold-Bug · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Dollar Newspaper June 21 1843 (+1) 52 · The Twinkling of an Eye · Brander Matthews · nv Chapman’s Magazine September 1895 95 · The Corpus Delicti [Randolph Mason] · Melville Davisson Post · nv The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason by Melville Davisson Post, Putnam's, 1896 134 · The Long Arm · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (with Joseph E. Chamberlin) · na Chapman’s Magazine August 1895, as by Mary E. Wilkins 179 · The Ruby and the Caldron · Anna Katharine Green · nv The People’s Home Journal December 1903 217 · The Denton Boudoir Mystery · Gelett Burgess · nv 1912 238 · The Stolen Cigar-Case · Bret Harte · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 24 1900

American Mystery Stories ed. Carolyn Wells (Oxford University Press US, 1927, LC:27-254197, $1.50, 232pp, hc, an)     Mostly 19th Century weird fiction. iv · Foreword · Carolyn Wells · fw 1 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846 9 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843 21 · The Minister’s Black Veil · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Token and Atlantic Souvenir 1836, 1835, as by The Author of “Sights from a Steeple” 37 · Horror · John Berwick Harwood, uncredited · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1861 62 · The Mysterious Card [Mysterious Card] · Cleveland Moffett · ss The Black Cat February 1896 73 · The Mysterious Card Unveiled [Mysterious Card] · Cleveland Moffett · ss The Black Cat August 1896 93 · What Was It? [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited. 109 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885 134 · An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 13 1890 146 · The Little Room · Madeline Yale Wynne · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine August 1895 161 · The Sequel to “The Little Room” · Madeline Yale Wynne · ss The Little Room and Other Stories by Madeline Yale Wynne, Way & Williams, 1895 177 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892 198 · Circumstance · Harriet Prescott Spofford · ss The Atlantic Monthly May 1860, uncredited. 214 · The Lost Phoebe · Theodore Dreiser · ss The Century Magazine April 1916

Best American Mystery Stories I ed. Carolyn Wells (Boni, July 1932, 533pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Day 1931 as Best American Mystery Stories of the Year, Volume 1) anthology.

Best American Mystery Stories of the Year, Volume 1 ed. Carolyn Wells (Day, 1931, 533pp, hc, an) vii · Introduction · Carolyn Wells · in 3 · Man Afraid · Ben Ames Williams · nv The Saturday Evening Post April 26 1930 29 · Honor Among Thieves · Arthur Somers Roche · nv 1930 55 · The Farewell Murder [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · na Black Mask February 1930 113 · The Witness in the Metal Box [Colonel Braxton] · Melville Davisson Post · nv The American Magazine November 1929 135 · Up the Spout · Gelett Burgess · nv Collier’s December 14 1929 161 · Ramikin Rubies · Clarence Budington Kelland · nv The Saturday Evening Post June 14 1930 195 · The Ax · Ben Hecht · ss Cosmopolitan November 1930 205 · Mr. Picarelli Takes a Bath · James Warner Bellah · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 17 1930 237 · Atchison Always Wins! · Mrs. Wilson Woodrow & C. C. Waddell · nv Collier’s August 16 1930 263 · The Little Dry Sticks · Faraday Keene · nv Ladies’ Home Journal February 1930 289 · Madame the Cat [Deputy Parr; Oliver Armiston] · Frederick Irving Anderson · nv The Saturday Evening Post March 29 1930 317 · Alibi · William J. Neidig · nv The Saturday Evening Post April 12 1930 353 · The Unrepentant Thief · John B. Kennedy · ss Collier’s March 8 1930 363 · The Moll-Trap · Howard McLellan · nv Collier’s November 30 1929 395 · The Twenty-Fourth Hour · Jerome Beatty · nv Collier’s January 4 1930 417 · Fair and Stormy · Hugh MacNair Kahler · vi Collier’s August 2 1930 425 · Red Wine · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Adventure June 1 1930 459 · The Light at Three O’Clock · MacKinlay Kantor · nv Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories July 1930 481 · Drawing Room B · Allan Vaughan Elston · nv Adventure April 15 1930 509 · The Master of the Conjurers’ Guild · Joseph Szebenyei · nv Adventure March 15 1930