"Hold on, there!" came a sharp challenge from the stairs behind and below me. "What are you doing? And what's that picture doing?"

It was one of the Museum's guards.

"I was going to ask somebody that same question," I told him as austerely as I could manage. "What about this picture? I thought there was a B cklin hanging here."

The guard relaxed. "Oh, I beg your pardon, sir. I thought you were somebody else--the man who brought that thing." He nodded at the picture. "Personally, I think it's plain beastly."

"And the Museum has accepted it at last?" I asked.

He shook his head. "Oh, no, sir."

I, too, came close. There was no plate beneath the painting. But in the lower left-hand corner of the canvas were sprawling capitals, pale paint on the dark, spelling out the word "GOLGOTHA." Beneath these, in small, barely readable script:

"I sold my soul that I might paint a living picture."

Two tales from renowned fantasy author Many Wade Wellman, winner of both the World Fantasy Award and Edgar Allan Poe Award.

This is a new release of the original 1957 edition.

Sam Ward was yearning for adventure when a Cherokee man arrived from a distant village with a tale of a monstrous hairy creature threatening his land. The formerly peaceful beast went rogue upon the death of its mate, and the chief of the Twilight People sent Otter to ask for help. Sam's quest quickly turns dangerous with new challenges and new enemies, but using their wits, skills, and courage, Sam and Otter finally face Giluhda, last of the living mammoths.

This is a new release of the original 1957 edition.

Few Americans triumphed more gallantly over odds, wore honors more gracefully, or were so honestly mourned after death than Sir Archie, forefather of such great horses as Man O'War, Gallant Fox, War Admiral, and Native Dancer. The depiction of the antebellum life of which Sir Archie was a part is as colorful and exciting as his career.
Originally published in 1958.
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"Hold on, there!" came a sharp challenge from the stairs behind and below me. "What are you doing? And what's that picture doing?"

It was one of the Museum's guards.

"I was going to ask somebody that same question," I told him as austerely as I could manage. "What about this picture? I thought there was a B cklin hanging here."

The guard relaxed. "Oh, I beg your pardon, sir. I thought you were somebody else--the man who brought that thing." He nodded at the picture. "Personally, I think it's plain beastly."

"And the Museum has accepted it at last?" I asked.

He shook his head. "Oh, no, sir."

I, too, came close. There was no plate beneath the painting. But in the lower left-hand corner of the canvas were sprawling capitals, pale paint on the dark, spelling out the word "GOLGOTHA." Beneath these, in small, barely readable script:

"I sold my soul that I might paint a living picture."