Surf Wiki
Save to docs
general/1973-short-story-collections

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Worse Things Waiting

FieldValue
nameWorse Things Waiting
imageWorse things waiting.jpg
captionDust-jacket from the first edition
authorManly Wade Wellman
illustratorLee Brown Coye
cover_artistLee Brown Coye
countryUnited States
languageEnglish
genreFantasy, horror
publisherCarcosa
release_date1973
media_typePrint (hardback)
pagesxii, 353
isbn0-913796-00-X
oclc1469816

Worse Things Waiting is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by American writer Manly Wade Wellman, with illustrations by Lee Brown Coye. It was released in 1973 by Carcosa in an edition of 2,867 copies, of which 536 pre-ordered copies were signed by the author and artist. Many of the stories originally appeared in the magazines Weird Tales, Strange Stories, Unknown, and Fantasy and Science Fiction.

Awards

  • 1975, World Fantasy Award, Best Collection/Anthology.{{cite web | access-date = 2008-04-05 }}

Contents

Foreword by the author

  • "The White Road" (poem) PAGES FROM A MEMORY BOOK
  • "Up Under the Roof"
  • "Among Those Present"
  • "The Terrible Parchment"
  • "Come Into My Parlor"
  • "Frogfather"
  • "Sin’s Doorway"
  • "The Undead Soldier" GRAY VOICES
  • "The Pineys"
  • "The Kelpie"
  • "Changeling"
  • "The Devil Is Not Mocked"
  • "For Fear of Little Men"
  • "'Where Angels Fear...'"
  • "The Witch’s Cat"
  • "School for the Unspeakable"
  • "Warrior in Darkness"
  • "Dhoh"
  • "Larroes Catch Meddlers" THE NIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY
  • "Voice in a Veteran’s Ear"
  • "These Doth the Lord Hate"
  • "The Liers in Wait"
  • "Young-Man-With-Skull-At-His-Ear"
  • "The Hairy Thunderer"
  • "The Song of the Slaves"
  • "When It Was Moonlight"
  • "His Name on a Bullet"
  • "The Valley Was Still" LONGER IN THE TELLING
  • "Fearful Rock"
  • "Coven"

Notes

References

  • {{cite web | access-date = 2008-04-05 }}
Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

1973-short-story-collections horror-short-story-collections fantasy-short-story-collections manly-wade-wellman-works world-fantasy-award–winning-works
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Worse Things Waiting — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report