Fearful Rock and Other Precarious Locales

Originally written over a span from 1938 to 1979 for various fantasy pulps- mostly ‘Weird Tales’- these stories are great short horror stories. They range from the grim (Fearful Rock) to the almost silly (The Dreadful Rabbits, which I almost can’t resist referring to as ‘The Rascally Rabbits’). Included in this volume are the stories of Judge Pursuivant, an investigator of folklore and occult matters, and the tales of Sergeant Jaeger, who brings both Christianity and folk magic to the Fearful Rock area, as well as a couple of unrelated stories. A couple of these stories managed to raise a chill on my back and that’s not an easy thing to do. I’m looking forward to reading other volumes of Wellman’s work!