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New Wellman "Silver John" discovery!
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FANS OF MANLY
WADE WELLMAN,
things
just keep
getting better
and better! If
you're reading
this newsletter,
you're likely
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is: HERE
Our
previous
newsletter (December 14, 2021)
held this
information,
but it appears
we didn't give
this enough of
a ballyhoo. In
the meantime,
we have added
another gold
nugget to THE COMPLETE JOHN THE BALLADEER. So,
read on!
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The Original
Proposal for
•• THE VALLEY
SO LOW ••
NFORMED
READERS of
Manly Wade
Wellman, and
followers of
John the
Balladeer in
particular,
know that
prior to his
death, the
"Old Captain"
was planning a
sixth novel in
Doubleday's
"Silver John"
series to be
called THE
VALLEY SO LOW.
FYI, Wellman
detested the
"Silver John"
appellation
and we almost
never use it;
it's "John the
Balladeer,"
"John the
Wanderer," or
just "John."
Following
Wellman's
passing, Karl
Edward Wagner
edited a
posthumous
collection of
Wellman's
recent short
stories titled
The
Valley So Low:
Southern
Mountain
Stories in
1987.
Haffner Press
is pleased as
pinecones to
share that we
are including
Wellman's
4-page outline
for the
unwritten
novel, THE
VALLEY SO LOW,
in Vol. Two of
THE
COMPLETE
JOHN THE
BALLADEER.
So now all of
you have the
opportunity to
learn what
Manly Wade
Wellman
planned for
John's final
song. Of
course, artist
Tim Kirk
will be
contributing a
brand new
interior
illustration
for Wellman's
proposal for THE
VALLEY SO LOW.
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Just added:
"The Old
Captain Goes
Home"
by Karl Edward
Wagner
THINK MANLY
HAD THE LAST
LAUGH."
These words
appear in the
the remembrance
of Manly
Wade Wellman
written by Karl
Edward Wagner
for the
editors of Fantasy
Review,
April 1986.
This
remembrance,
"The Old
Captain Goes
Home," appears
courtesy of
James R.
Wagner of The
Karl Edward
Wagner
Literary Group
and will
appear
alongside
Wagner's 1977
interview with
Wellman from Chacal
magazine.
Rest assured,
Manly will
have the last
word in this
project.
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Six Copies Remain
of the
1/100
Slipcased
Edition of
THE COMPLETE
JOHN THE
BALLADEER
Not
surprisingly,
demand for the
1/100 Slipcased
Edition
has been high.
If you want in
on this, you
better hurry.
Sold
exclusively
with the
100-copy
Slipcased
Edition and
the 26-copy
Lettered
Edition of THE
COMPLETE JOHN
THE BALLADEER,
UNTO JOHN: THE
MAKING OF THE
BALLADEER
is a chapbook
of four
stories that
are seminal or
tangential to
John's
adventures.
They are:
• ”The
Liers in Wait”
•
”Frogfather”
• ”Sin’s
Doorway”
•
”Arimetta”
Also included
in this
chapbook are Selected
Letters
revolving
around John
between
Wellman and
his
editors/publishers
from across
the decades.
Get the inside
dope on the
John's genesis
with letters
between
Wellman and Anthony
Boucher
&
J. Francis
McComas
at The
Magazine of
Fantasy &
Science
Fiction.
Travel with
John as he
makes his
first journey
into book-form
with the
guiding hand
of August
Derleth at
Arkham
House.
Step into the
late 70s/early
80s with
correspondence
from
super-agent Kirby
McCauley
and Wellman's
editors at
Doubleday
& Company
as they
shepherd
John's
novel-length
adventures
into print
(and
reprint!).
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The
1/26 Lettered
Edition of
THE COMPLETE
JOHN THE
BALLADEER
We've
been lying low
on taking
preorders for
the 26-copy
Lettered
Edition,
but we're very
close to
announcing
pricing as
well as
sharing a
digital
mock-up of
this insanely
beautiful
edition. As of
this writing,
we have taken
four
reservations.
if you want to
be added to
the list for
this edition,
send us an e-MAIL
and we'll let
you know how
to order just
as soon as we
can.
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