![]() ![]() Or semi-contemporary the setting is really a fantasy land based on Wellman’s love of Appalachian folklore and the spirit of its musical tradition. He’s part Weird Tales, a touch of Unknown, plus Pete Seeger and Johnny Cash.Īlso called “Silver John” in promotional material because he strings his guitar with silver, but always simply referred to as “John” within the stories, Wellman’s hero is a variant on the bard of the Middle Ages who wanders the contemporary Appalachians. He’s a contemporary fantasy hero who uses folk songs instead of swords, and faces wonders from the mountain legendry of Appalachia. ![]() Who Fears the Devil?, the complete tales of Manly Wade Wellman’s “John the Balladeer” character, is one of the Planet Stories volumes I’ve most anticipated there’s no other fantasy character quite like John, and no one else but Wellman could have created him. ![]() Paizo Publication’s Planet Stories has brought forth another collection of the kind of grand and weird fantasy that the chain bookstores want to keep hidden from you. Manly Wade Wellman (Paizo Publishing, 2010) ![]()
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