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. Manly Wade Wellman's Silver John is one of the most beloved figures in fantasy, a true American folk hero of the literary age. 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. 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!

    This collection of light fantastic stories will fill you with nostalgia for the older, gentler ways; and happily, it will assure you that some of those ways are still around.

    He lives in a cheap hotel just within his pay bracket. He goes to work every day. He has hundreds of friends and associates who could attest to his good character.Yet, hidden behind three gaudy clown paintings in Roy's pallid hotel room, sits fifty-two thousand dollars--the money Roy makes from his short cons, his "grifting." For years, Roy has effortlessly maintained control over his house-of-cards life--until the simplest con goes wrong, and he finds himself critically injured and at the mercy of the most dangerous woman he ever met: his own mother.THE GRIFTERS, one of the best novels ever written about the art of the con, is an ingeniously crafted story of deception and betrayal that was the basis for Stephen Frears' and Martin Scorsese's 1990 critically-acclaimed film of the same name.

    "Introduction" by August Derleth"The Voice of El-Lil""Pigeons From Hell""The Dark Man""The Gods of Bal-Sagoth""People of the Dark""The Children of the Night""The Dead Remember""The Men on the Ground""The Garden of Fear""The Thing on the Roof""The Hyena""Dig Me No Grave""The Dream Snake""In the Forest of Villefere""Old Garfield's Heart"

    

    A critical look at the idea of men as a collective entity, and how the behavior of the individual differs greatly from that of men as a group.

    Together with his best friend, Bill, he has built car Number Seven into a machine that matches and can often best the best in its class.But he made a promise to his family when he graduate form high school. He told his father that, if he followed the career of his choice and did not make good within two years, he would quit racing. At the time, two years seemed long enough.Someday, Johnny still hopes he will drive in this country's biggest race - the Indianapolis 500 - with an Offy engine screaming him to a 150-mile-an-hour speed.First, though, he must win enough points to qualify for the Little Grand National. And he has just two races do it in. Two races for the needed win points, two races in which to beat out Frank Merle and whoever else it is who is trying to make Johnny Blake lose!

    They agreed to trade wives...