![]() ![]() The I realized it was Manly Wade Wellman’s birthday (b. It’s been a while since I posted anything, and so I was going to do an update. Manly Wade Wellman’s “The Finger of Halugra” This entry was posted in birthday, Fantasy and Science Fiction, Manly Wade Wellman, Weird Tales and tagged birthday, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Manly Wade Wellman, Weird Tales on by Keith West. ![]() If you haven’t figured it out by now, Wellman is a favorite around these here parts, so in honor of his birth, in addition to raising a glass in his honor later this evening, I’m going to look at three of his stories that feature the same character, Sergeant Jaeger. Wellman’s stories were among the first I read when I picked up an issue with his name on the cover. Someone who had had a subscription had sold an almost complete run to the local second hand bookstore when I was in high school. He had a number of stories published there in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. I first discovered Wellman’s short stories in the pages of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. But he wrote a lot of other things, as well. ![]() Wellman is best remembered for his stories of the John the Balladeer, set in the Appalachian mountains. ![]() Today, May 21, marks the birth of Manly Wade Wellman (1903-1986). ![]()
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