Worse Things Waiting
Encyclopedia
Worse Things Waiting is a collection of fantasy and horror
Horror fiction
Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...

 short stories
Short Stories
Short Stories may refer to:*A plural for Short story*Short Stories , an American pulp magazine published from 1890-1959*Short Stories, a 1954 collection by O. E...

 by author Manly Wade Wellman
Manly Wade Wellman
Manly Wade Wellman was an American writer. He is best known for his fantasy and horror stories set in the Appalachian Mountains and for drawing on the native folklore of that region, but he wrote in a wide variety of genres, including science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, detective...

. It was released in 1973
1973 in literature
The year 1973 in literature involved several significant events and the writing of many notable books.-Events:*September 25 - The funeral of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda becomes a focus for protests against the new government of Augusto Pinochet...

 by Carcosa
Carcosa
Carcosa is a fictional city in the Ambrose Bierce short story "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" . In Bierce's story, the ancient and mysterious city is barely described, and is viewed only in hindsight by a character who once lived there....

 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
Weird Tales
Weird Tales is an American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine first published in March 1923. It ceased its original run in September 1954, after 279 issues, but has since been revived. The magazine was set up in Chicago by J. C. Henneberger, an ex-journalist with a taste for the macabre....

, Strange Stories, Unknown
Unknown (magazine)
Unknown was an American pulp fantasy fiction magazine, published from 1939 to 1943 by Street & Smith, and edited by John W. Campbell. Unknown was a companion to Street & Smith's science fiction pulp, Astounding Science Fiction, which was also edited by Campbell at the time; many authors and...

and Fantasy and Science Fiction.

Contents

  • Foreword
  • "The White Road"
  • "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"
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