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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."
Two tales from renowned fantasy author Many Wade Wellman, winner of
both the World Fantasy Award and Edgar Allan Poe Award.
The Rock Bred Evolution in Reverse Devil's Asteroid appeared in the
July 1941 issue of Comet. "It was not very large, as asteroids go,
but about it clung a silvery mist of atmosphere. Deeper flashes
through the mist betokened water, and green patches hinted of rich
vegetation. The space-patroller circled the little world
knowledgeably, like a wasp buzzing around an apple. In the control
room, by the forward ports, the Martian skipper addressed his
Terrestrial companion." The Golgotha Dancers appeared in the
October 1937 issue of Weird Tales. "A curious and terrifying story
about an artist who sold his soul that he might paint a living
picture." Manly Wade Wellman was an American writer best known for
his fantasy and horror stories set in the Appalachian Mountains and
for drawing on the native folklore of that region.
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.
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
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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.
A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the
latest in digital technology to make available again books from our
distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These
editions are published unaltered from the original, and are
presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both
historical and cultural value.
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