Mike PalumboJun 1, 2024

#MayReads

THE CASTLE OF LLYR, Lloyd Alexander
LIGHT, M. John Harrison
THIS SKIN WAS ONCE MINE, Eric LaRocca
THE LANGUAGE OF THE NIGHT, Ursula K. Le Guin
THE BIRTHGRAVE, Tanith Lee
FORGOTTEN SISTERS, Cynthia Pelayo
JAPANESE TALES OF MYSTERY & IMAGINATION, Edogawa Ranpo
JOHN THE BALLADEER, Manly Wade Wellman

My thoughts in the replies...

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Show threadMike Palumbo

JOHN THE BALLADEER doesn’t fit neatly into a single genre, sitting along the intersection of fantasy and horror. Wellman immerses the reader in the Appalachian setting through the use of regional folklore and dialogue, which never feels hokey or overdone.

Happy to see this back in print at last.

Jun 1, 2024 at 4:34pmWeb
Show threadSanjay MathewJun 30, 2024
@MikePalumbo The short stories are excellent. I've intermittently bene reading the Silver John novels- After Dark and the Hanging Stones- but haven't been likewise captivated. John works best in short narratives, the novels lose the campfire story feel.