Read Like A Writer

There are two ways to learn how to write fiction: by reading it and by writing it. Yes, you can learn lots about writing stories in workshops, in writing classes and writing groups, at writers' conferences. You can learn technique and process by reading the dozens of books like this one on fiction writing and by reading articles in writers' magazines. But the best teachers of fiction are the great works of fiction themselves. You can learn more about the structure of a short story by reading Anton Chekhov's 'Heartache' than you can in a semester of Creative Writing 101. If you read like a writer, that is, which means you have to read everything twice, at least. When you read a story or novel the first time, just let it happen. Enjoy the journey. When you've finished, you know where the story took you, and now you can go back and reread, and this time notice how the writer reached that destination. Notice the choices he made at each chapter, each sentence, each word. (Every word is a choice.) You see now how the transitions work, how a character gets across a room. All this time you're learning. You loved the central character in the story, and now you can see how the writer presented the character and rendered her worthy of your love and attention. The first reading is creative—you collaborate with the writer in making the story. The second reading is critical.


John Dufresne, from his book, The Lie That Tells A Truth: A Guide to Writing Fiction

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Sunday, April 24, 2022

Manly Wade Wellman In Weird Tales (1927 - 1981)

 

Wellman In Weird Tales (1927 - 1981).

Manly Wade Wellman 

In Weird Tales 

(1927 - 1981)

This is a compilation of scans (with original illustrations) of all 47 of Manly Wade Wellman's stories (and one poem) from the pulp magazine Weird Tales (from 1927 to 1981).

The stories in the .pdf  have been bookmarked for ease of access. With the touch of your mouse pointer, you can instantly go to any story in the compilation.

CONTENTS:

1. BACK TO THE BEAST (Weird Tales, November 1927)
2. AT THE BEND OF THE TRAIL (Weird Tales, October 1934)
3. THE HORROR UNDYING (Weird Tales, May 1936)
4. THE KELPIE (Weird Tales, July 1936)
5. THE THEATER UPSTAIRS (Weird Tales, December 1936)
6. THE WEREWOLF SNARLS (Weird Tales, March 1937)
7. THE TERRIBLE PARCHMENT (Weird Tales, August 1937)
8. SCHOOL FOR THE UNSPEAKABLE (Weird Tales, September 1937)
9. THE GOLGOTHA DANCERS (Weird Tales, October 1937)
10. THE HAIRY ONES SHALL DANCE. (as Gans T. Field) (Three-Part Serial) (Weird Tales, January to March 1938)
11. THE BLACK DRAMA (as Gans T. Field) (Three-Part Serial)(Weird Tales, June to August 1938)
12. DEAD DOG (Weird Tales, August 1938)
13. THE CAVERN (with Gertrude Gordon) (Weird Tales, September 1938)
14. UP UNDER THE ROOF (Weird Tales, October 1938)
15. THESE DOTH THE LORD HATE (as Gans T. Field) (Weird Tales, January 1939)
16. FEARFUL ROCK (Three-Part Serial) (Weird Tales, February to April 1939)
17. THE VALLEY WAS STILL (Weird Tales, August 1939)
18. VOICE IN A VETERAN'S EAR (as Gans T. Field) (Poem) (Weird Tales, August 1939)
19. THE WITCH'S CAT (as Gans T. Field) (Weird Tales, October 1939)
20. THE SONG OF THE SLAVES (Weird Tales, March 1940)
21. THE DREADFUL RABBITS (Weird Tales, July 1940)
22. IT ALL CAME TRUE IN THE WOODS (Weird Tales, July 1941)
23. THE HALF-HAUNTED (as Gans T. Field) (Weird Tales, September 1941)
24. THE LIERS IN WAIT (Weird Tales, November 1941)
25. COVEN (Weird Tales, July 1942)
26. THE THIRD CRY TO LEGBA (Weird Tales, November 1943)
27. THE GOLDEN GOBLINS (Weird Tales, January 1944)
28. HOOFS (Weird Tales, March 1944)
29. THE LETTERS OF COLD FIRE (Weird Tales, May 1944)
30. JOHN THUNSTONE'S INHERITANCE (Weird Tales, July 1944)
31. SORCERY FROM THULE (Weird Tales, September 1944)
32. THE DEAD MAN'S HAND (Weird Tales, November 1944)
33. THORNE ON THE THRESHOLD (Weird Tales, January 1945)
34. THE SHONOKINS (Weird Tales, March 1945)
35. BLOOD FROM A STONE (Weird Tales, May 1945)
36. THE DAI SWORD (Weird Tales, July 1945)
37. SIN'S DOORWAY (Weird Tales, January 1946)
38. TWICE CURSED (Weird Tales, March 1946)
39. SHONOKIN TOWN (Weird Tales, July 1946)
40. FROGFATHER (Weird Tales, November 1946)
41. THE LEONARDO RONDACHE (Weird Tales, March 1948)
42. DHOH (Weird Tales, July 1948)
43. IN THAT SAME MOMENT (Weird Tales, January 1950)
44. HOME TO MOTHER (Weird Tales, March 1950)
45. THE PINEYS (Weird Tales, September 1950)
46. THE LAST GRAVE OF LILL WARRAN (Weird Tales, May 1951)
47. PARTHENOPE (Weird Tales, September 1953)
48. NOBODY EVER GOES THERE (Weird Tales, Fall 1981)

Manly Wade Wellman
Manly Wade Wellman (May 21, 1903 – April 5, 1986) was an American writer.

While his science fiction and fantasy stories appeared in such pulps as Astounding Stories, Startling Stories, Unknown and Strange Stories, Wellman is best remembered as one of the most popular contributors to the legendary Weird Tales, and for his fantasy and horror stories set in the Appalachian Mountains, which draw on the native folklore of that region. Karl Edward Wagner referred to him as "the dean of fantasy writers." Wellman also wrote in a wide variety of other genres, including historical fiction, detective fiction, western fiction, juvenile fiction, and non-fiction.

Wellman was a long-time resident of North Carolina. He received many awards, including the World Fantasy Award and Edgar Allan Poe Award. In 2013, the North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation inaugurated an award named after him to honor other North Carolina authors of science fiction and fantasy.

Three of Wellman's most famous recurring protagonists are (1) John, a.k.a. John the Balladeer, a.k.a. "Silver John", a wandering backwoods minstrel with a silver-stringed guitar, (2) the elderly "occult detective" Judge Pursuivant, and (3) John Thunstone, also an occult investigator. Wikipedia

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