Last updated 9/4/08

 

WADE, ELIZABETH

 

Ashes of Tamar, The  (Zebra, 1978.)

 

An ancient witch who exists in spiritual form somewhat like that of a genie escapes from her container when it is disturbed by a team of archaeologists.  Now she is free to roam the world and rebuild her arcane powers, if she can overcome a single obstacle ‑ a modern day sorcerer whose powers are devoted to good rather than evil ends.

 

WAGER, WALTER

 

My Side by King Kong  (C. Nichols, 1976, Star, 1977.)

 

This spoof has never to my knowledge been available in the United States.  The giant ape explains his side of the story, and proves Denham and his crew of kidnappers to be the true villains in the classic story. 

 

WAGGONER, TIM

 

Darkness Wakes  (Leisure, 2006.)

 

                An exclusive club conceals a supernatural evil.

 

Gangrel  (White Wolf, 2004.)

 

A World of Darkness novel.

 

                Rival vampire clans battle during the 13th Century.

 

Like Death  (Leisure, 2005.)

 

                The lone survivor of a massacre grows up and discovers that there is another world parallel to our own, where dark things live.

 

Pandora Drive  (Leisure, 2006.)

 

                A woman has the ability to make other people's dreams turn real.

 

Protege (Black Flame, 2005.)

 

A Nightmare on Elm Street novel.

 

                Freddy Krueger takes an apprentice.

 

WAGNER, KARL EDWARD

 

Exorcisms and Ecstasies  (Fedogan and Bremer, 1997.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

In a Lonely Place  (Warner, 1983.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Unthreatened by the Morning Light  (Pulphouse, 1989.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Where the Summer Ends  (Pulphouse Paperback, 1991.)

 

                Short story in paperback form about the mysterious murders of several street people.  First published in 1980.

 

Why Not You and I?  (Tor, 1987, Dark Harvest, 1987.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

WAGNER, SHARON

 

Country of the Wolf  (Lancer, 1970.)

 

Two women plan a vacation skiing in Montana, but never anticipate finding themselves the targets of a worshipper of an animalistic religion who has supernatural powers including the ability to control their minds from a distance.

 

Curse of Still Valley, The  (Lancer, 1969.)

 

An amnesiac is told that she is part of a remote and mysterious household, but her suspicions are aroused when she realizes what dark forces her supposed husband is dealing with.  After seeing him command a flock of birds to do his will, she fears for her own life.

 

Echoes of an Ancient Love  (Ballantine, 1976.)

 

A well written but familiar tale of two people who discover they are recreating a love affair from ancient times, and that if they do not find a way to alter a predestined fate, they will also recreate the fateful end to that earlier trysting.

 

Maridu   (Lancer, 1970.)

 

When Donna decides to cater to her fascination with the civilization of ancient Sumeria by joining a group reconstructing an archaeological site there, she is unaware that her presence serves a darker purpose.  An ancient line of Sumerian priestesses which has existed in limbo for millennia is prepared to enlist her into their number, willingly or not.

 

Shades of Evil  (Beagle, 1974.)

 

                A woman's new marriage goes from pleasure to terror when her husband vanishes and she finds herself the target of a vengeful woman assisted by others who worship at her satanic altar.  Resistance is difficult when the sorceress demonstrates that she can seize control of the woman's mind.

 

WAKEFIELD, H. RUSSELL

 

Best Ghost Stories of H. Russell Wakefield, The  (Murray, 1978.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Clock Strikes 12, The  (Jenkins, 1939, Arkham House, 1946, Ballantine, 1961, Ash Tree, 1998.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Ghostly Company, A  (Jonathan Cape, 1935.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Ghost Stories (Jonathan Cape, 1932.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Imagine a Man in a Box  (Appleton, 1931, Allan, 1931, Ash Tree, 1997.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Old Man’s Beard  (Appleton, 1929, Ash-Tree, ?   Bles, 1929, as Others Who Returned.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Others Who Returned  (See Old Man’s Beard.)

 

Reunion at Dawn  (Ash Tree, 2000.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Strayers from Sheol  (Arkham House, 1961, Ash –Tree, 1999.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

They Return at Evening  (Appleton, 1928, Allan, 1928, Ash-Tree, 2005.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

WALKER, JERRY

 

Mission Accomplished  (Cosmos, 1947, Mitre, 1947.)

 

                An atomic war.

 

WALKER, PAUL

 

Altar, The  (Pocket, 1983.)

 

An entire town lives in terror of a mysterious figure which kills young virgins, and some even make an attempt to appease the killer by performing pagan rituals.  For a while, it seems to work, but then the young women begin to disappear once more.  A blend of gangsters, mystery, and scientific experimentation gone horribly wrong.

 

WALKER, ROBERT W.  (See also Geoffrey Caine and Evan Kingsbury.)

 

Aftershock  (St. Martin's, 1987.)

 

 A secret biological laboratory working on a top secret government project that violates international law is disrupted when an earthquake devastates Los Angeles.  The ensuing plague is bad enough, but something has escaped from the laboratory, something which moves through the buried buildings, claiming its victims and murdering them horribly as it seeks revenge for its own horrible condition.

 

Brain Watch  (Leisure, 1985.)

 

A twisted genius experimenting with the powers of the human mind oversteps the boundaries of legitimate research and turns some of his subjects into virtual laboratory animals as he seeks to discover even greater sources of mental power.

 

Disembodied, The  (St Martin's, 1988.)

 

A psychic investigator is brutally murdered, but his personality continues to exist on the astral plane.  Then he contacts his former assistant and enlists her aid in defeating a disembodied intelligence which intends to embark on a larger campaign of death and destruction.

 

Salem's Child  (Leisure, 1987.)

 

 A boy becomes possessed by the evil spirits of the executed witches of Salem, powerless for so many decades but still nursing their old hatreds and dreams of power and horror.  Now they have an agent among the living, a conduit through which their dark powers can spread throughout the world.

 

WALKER, SHILOH

 

Hunter's Salvation  (Berkley, 2007.)

 

Hunter #2.

 

A vampire hunter who wishes to return to a normal life gets involved with a psychic woman trying to track down a serial killer.

 

Hunting the Hunter  (Berkley, 2006.)

 

Hunter #1.

 

                A vampire romance involving a human policeman hunting a relatively benevolent vampire.

 

WALLACE, BARBARA BROOKS

 

Miss Switch to the Rescue  (Abingdon, 1981, Archway, 1982.)

 

Children's fare with storybook witches and warlocks kidnapping a young girl, who must be rescued by the resourceful Miss Switch.

 

WALLACE, MAY NICKERSON

 

Ghost of Dibble Hollow, The  (SBS, 1965.)

 

                Young adult.  A ghost reappears to lead a living teenager to a lost treasure.  Light fair even for its target audience.

 

WALLACE, PATRICIA

 

Children's Ward, The  (Zebra, 1985.)

 

An innocent girl is sent to a hospital where the angry spirits of an old injustice reach out to invade her mind, turning her into an instrument of terror and death to the living.  Another demon child story, though intelligently handled.

 

Lullabye  (Zebra, 1990.)

 

Trapped in a coma, a woman seems totally uninvolved with a series of inexplicable tragedies that occur to those around her.  Only her daughter suspects the unconscious woman has escape her body and is causing the trouble through supernatural means.

 

Monday's Child  (Zebra, 1989.)

 

                 When Jill was born, her mother literally vanished.  Years later, a thoughtful teacher suspects that Jill is responsible for a series of bizarre events, but is unprepared for the frightening intensity of the girl's mental powers.

 

See No Evil  (Zebra, 1988.)

 

 When a dead child's eyes are transplanted into the heads of two living children, the consequences are decidedly distasteful. Not only are they able to look directly into the depths of the human soul, they are also able to strike out with immaterial weapons and destroy those who oppose them.

 

Taint, The   (Zebra, 1983.)

 

                 A drifting sailor whose life seems a matter of indifference to the rest of the world donates blood for money, and the curse that has been placed on him travels along with that fluid, infecting others, spreading a supernatural evil as it courses through the veins of innocent people.

 

Thrill  (Zebra, 1990.)

 

                A high tech amusement park in the near future becomes the scene of a deadly game when the programming of the master computer takes a deadly turn and the robot attendants are transformed into agents of death.

 

Traces  (General Paperbacks, 1982.)

 

                When a man suffers a cerebral hemorrhage, his doctors consider his chances of recovery minimal.  But he makes an outstanding improvement, and indeed seems to have thrown off the ill effects entirely.  Except that he no longer seems to have the same personality and he has developed extraordinary new powers, almost as if a new intelligence lived behind his eyes.

 

Twice Blessed  (Zebra, 1986.)

 

A pair of twins become ever closer as they grow older, sharing more than the intimacy of normal children, developing a mutual personality and the power to affect material objects through force of will.

 

Water Baby  (Zebra, 1987.)

 

 When a child loses her parents and sister in a boating accident, her new guardian worries about her mental balance. Then there are more tragic deaths, and the possibility of coincidence grows less likely.  The bond between the sisters, living and dead, still exists, and has opened a breach in the wall between the world of the living and that of the dead.

 

WALLOP, DOUGLAS

 

Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant, The  (Norton, 1954, Pocket, 1958.  Later reprinted in paperback by J. Lowell Pratt as part of the American Sports Library.)

 

 The novel which was the basis of the play and movie, Damn Yankees.  An amusing and near classic story of a baseball fan who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for the ability to become such a superior player that he can join a professional baseball team and win them a pennant.

 

WALPOLE, HORACE

 

Castle of Otranto, The  (Bathoe & Lownds 1765. Dodsley, 1791, Baynes, 1825, Bentley, 1834, Grey Walls, 1950, Collier, 1963, Wildside, 2002.)

 

Noteworthy for its historical significance, rather than its literary qualities.  A cavalcade of supernatural occurrences concerning a wealthy family under a curse.

 

WALPOLE, HUGH

 

Tarnhelm  (Tartarus, 2003.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

WALTER, ELIZABETH

 

Come and Get Me and Other Uncanny Invitations  (Harvill, 1973.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Davy Jones’ Tale and Other Supernatural Stories  (Harvill, 1971.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Dead Woman and Other Haunting Experiences  (Harvill, 1975.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

In the Mist and Other Uncanny Encounters (Arkham House, 1979.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Sin Eater, The  (Stein & Day, 1968.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Snowfall and Other Chilling Events  (Harvill, 1965, Stein & Day, 1966, Fontana, 1968.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

WALTERS, R.R.

 

Ladies in Waiting  (Tor, 1986.)

 

A creepy mansion that once belonged to a famous painter who was murdered is the setting for this tale of horror and revenge. The new resident discovers a group of missing paintings, and notices a strange quality to the texture of the portraits, almost as if they held life.  The subjects of those paintings have had their very souls imprisoned in the canvas.

 

Lily  (Tor, 1988.)

 

 A modern woman engages in a struggle against an immortal angel of death, a female spirit who has existed through the ages, drawing nourishment by taking the lives of young children. 

 

Ludlow's Mill  (Tor, 1981.)

 

A lamia, a creature something like a succubus in the physical form of a serpent, hides near a mill, waiting for potential victims.  Two sisters come to visit the mill, enjoying its picturesque nature, unaware that they are exposing themselves to an incredible danger.

 

Ritual, The  (Charter, 1980.)

 

A group of teenagers embraces an evil older than time, willingly resorting to ritual sacrifice and cannibalism in order to increase their stature with the forces of Hell.

 

Wind Chimes  (Zebra, 1991.)

 

                Beneath an ancient tree lies the entrance to a fantasy world that is visible only to a young child.  Her parents dismiss it as her imagination, until a series of manifestations warns them that something beyond their experience is taking place.

 

WALTON, EVANGELINE

 

Witch House  (Arkham House, 1945, Skeffington, 1950, Monarch, 1962, Ballantine, 1979, Collier, 1991, Award,?)

 

                The terms of a will force the heirs to occupy the family home for period of time, but they are plagued by supernatural apparitions, the unexplained deaths of their pets, and other phenomena.  Finally they call in a professional exorciser, who tells them they are locked in a battle with the darkest sorcery of his experience.  One of the best haunted house tales.

 

WANDOR, MICHELENE

 

Guests in the Body  (?, 1986.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories not all of which are horror.

 

WANDREI, DONALD

 

Web of Easter Island, The  (Arkham House, 1948, Consul, 1961.)

 

                Not seen.  A Cthulhu Mythos novel.

 

WANDREI, HOWARD

 

Eerie Mr. Murphy, The  (Fedogan & Bremer, 2003.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

WARD, C.E.

 

Vengeful Ghosts  (Sarob, 1998.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

WARD, ELIZABETH STUART

 

Men, Women, and Ghosts  (Houghton Mifflin, 1869.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

WARD, J.R.  (Pseudonym of Jessica Bird.)

 

Dark Lover  (Signet Eclipse, 2005.)

 

Dagger Brotherhood #1.

 

                Vampire romance.

 

Lover Awakened (Signet Eclipse, 2006.)

 

Dagger Brotherhood #3.

 

Vampire romance.

 

Lover Eternal  (Signet Eclipse, 2006.)

 

Dagger Brotherhood #2.

 

                Vampire romance.

 

Lover Revealed  (Onyx, 2007.)

 

Dagger Brotherhood #4.

 

Vampire romance.

 

Lover Unbound  (Onyx, 2007.)

 

Dagger Brotherhood #5.

 

Vampire romance.

 

WARDLAW, JAMES C.

 

Pools of Dreams  (PublishAmerica, 2004.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

WARNER, SYLVIA TOWNSEND

 

Lolly Willows, or The Loving Huntsman  (Viking, 1926, Chatto & Windus, 1926, Women's Press, 1978.)

 

                A woman senses a supernatural presence and meets the devil.

 

WARNER‑CROZETTI, R.

 

Widderburn Horror, The  (Leisure, 1971.)

 

                An occult adventurer travels to a small village where he finds a cult of satanists who have opened a genuine link to Hell. This was apparently supposed to be the first in a series, but I don't believe any subsequent volumes ever appeared.

 

WARRINGTON, FREDA

 

Dance in Blood Velvet, A  (Pan, 1994.)

 

Vampire #2.

 

                ?

 

Dark Blood of Poppies, The  (?, 1995.)

 

Vampire #3.

 

                ?

 

Dark Cathedral  (Signet UK, 1997.)

 

Witch #1.

 

                Not seen.  Witchcraft.

 

Dracula the Undead  (Penguin, 1997.)

 

                Dracula’s spirit survives the death of his body and begins to stir again in this direct sequel.

 

Pagan Moon  (Signet UK, 1997.)

 

Witch #2.

 

                Not seen.

 

Taste of Blood Wine, A  (Pan, 1992, Meisha Merlin, 2001.)

 

Vampire #1.

 

                Not seen. 

 

WARTOFSKY, VICTOR

 

Passage, The  (Tower, 1980.)

 

An experiment to prove the existence of consciousness after death backfires in frightening fashion, resulting in the death of a number of innocent people.

 

WASSER, MARGARET

 

Priory, The  (Pocket, 1989.)

 

                Murder and treachery in a creepy building rumored to be haunted, mostly explained as more conventional murder, but with a genuine ghostly appearance.


WATERS, DANIEL

 

Generation Dead  (Hyperion, 2008.)

 

Satiric horror in which teenagers begin returning from the dead and taking up their old lives.

 

WATERS, HEATHER

 

Devil's Possession, The  (Berkley, 2007.)

 

In historic Scotland, a woman helps the man she loves escape the devil's curse.

 

WATKIN, LAWRENCE EDWARD

 

Darby O'Gill and the Little People   (Dell, 1959, from the screenplay by H.T. Kavanaugh.)

 

Although this novel is taken from a Walt Disney film which was aimed at younger viewers, it is actually quite frightening at times, with its banshees wailing in the night and leprechauns kidnapping people and threatening to imprison them.

 

On Borrowed Time  (Knopf, 1937, Pocket, 1945.)

 

More of a parable than a horror novel, this deals with a mysterious figure imprisoned in a tree by an elderly man who suspects the figure is death personified.

 

WATKINS, E.F.

 

Dance with the Dragon  (Amber Quill, 2003.)

 

                A good psychic is enlisted to rescue a young woman from a cult of what turns out to be some non-traditional vampires.

 

WATKINS, GRAHAM

 

Dark Wind  (Berkley, 1989.)

 

As a child, the protagonist was captivated by the picture of a beautiful woman he discovered among his father's things.  Now an adult, he is settling the estate when he encounters the same picture and decides to investigate, only to discover that the woman was not a human being.

 

Fire Within, The  (Berkley, 1991.)

 

                A group of people all of whom suffer from particularly unpleasant and violent nightmares  win a vacation to an island resort.  Shortly after arriving, they discover that their dreams are linked to bizarre rituals performed among the native population, and that they have been selected to play a pivotal part in rituals to come.

 

Kaleidoscope Eyes  (Carroll & Graf, 1993.)

 

A mysterious kaleidoscope provides unspecific but oddly stimulating images which involve three couples in increasingly violent and eventually dangerous erotic rituals.

  

WATKINS, IVOR

 

Demon  (Macdonald, 1983, Futura, 1983.)

 

An embodied demon stalks England, and the only man with the power to defeat it refuses to believe in his own abilities.

 

WATSON, IAN

 

Fire Worm, The  (Gollancz, 1988.)

 

                A psychiatrist discovers that people are being preyed on by primordial intelligences.

 

Meat  (Headline, 1988.)

 

                A war between vegetarians and meat eaters is triggered by a supernatural force..

 

Power, The  (Headline, 1987.)

 

                A supernatural entity triggers a new world war.

 

WATSON, JUDE

 

Disappearance  (Scholastic, 2005.)

 

Premonitions #2.

 

A teenager with psychic powers must deal with the sudden return of her father.

 

Premonitions  (Scholastic, 2004.)

 

Premonitions #1.

 

A teenager has psychic powers.

 

WATT-EVANS, LAWRENCE

 

Nightmare People, The  (Onyx, 1990, Wildside, 2002.)

 

                A very original monster story.  The protagonist discovers that everyone in his apartment building except himself disappeared briefly one night, and believes that they have been replaced by supernatural creatures never before known on Earth.  Clever plot and some nicely conceived monsters.

 

WAUGH, HILLARY

 

Shadow Guest, The  (Doubleday, 1971, Dell, 1972.)

 

                 An excellent murder mystery that appears to be a genuine ghost story up until the concluding chapter, where almost everything is explained in mundane terms.  There is, however, a genuine psychic event during the course of the story.

 

WAUGH, MICHAEL

 

Back from the Dead  (Vampire Mystery, 1955.)

 

                Short story in pamphlet form.

 

Living Dead, The  (Vampire Mystery, 1955.0

 

                Short story in pamphlet form.

 

WEAGLY, JOHN

 

Undertow of Small Town Dreams, The  (Twilight Tales, 2003.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories, not all of which are horror.

 

WEATHERSBY, LEE

 

Kiss of the Vampire  (Zebra, 1992.)

 

                An evil vampire escapes imprisonment and seeks revenge on his brother, also a vampire, but one who has decided to abandon preying on human beings.  But the evil one is the older, and has more powerful abilities, and the younger's resolution is wavering.

 

WEBB, WENDY

 

Bee Movie  (Marietta, 2003.)

 

Beluga Stein #2.

 

                A psychic detective on the set of a cheap horror film gets mixed up with murder and sabotage.

 

Last Resort   (Marietta, 2003.)

 

Beluga Stein #1.

 

                A psychic visiting a health resort gets mixed up with murder and the supernatural.


WEBBER, MINDA

 

Bustin'  (Love Spell, 2007.)

 

Humorous vampire romance.

 

Reinvented Mrs. Bluebeard, The  (Love Spell, 2007.)

 

Humorous romance about an asylum for monsters.

 

Reluctant Miss Van Helsing, The  (Lovespell, 2006.)

 

                A young woman from a family of vampire killers doesn't want to follow the family tradition.

 

Remarkable Miss Frankenstein, The  (Love Spell, 2005.)

 

?

 

WEBSTER, JOSH

 

Beckoning, The  (Dell, 1980.)

 

 A doctor whose belief in the rational world seems unshakable must contend with a young boy under his care who seems to be possessed by a bodiless devil, as a result of which, evil forces walk the hospital corridors, claiming victims one by one.

 

Ceremonies  (Berkley, 1982.)

 

 A young woman returns to her home town, expecting to be resented because of her past attitude, discovering instead an ambivalent acceptance.  Then she learns of a secret cult that practices forbidden ceremonies in a concealed cave, ceremonies in which she is scheduled to have a starring role.

 

WEDEL, STEVEN E.

 

Darkscapes  (PublishAmerica, 2002.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

WEINBERG, LARRY

 

Curse, The  (Bantam, 1984.)

 

                ?

 

Frankenstein  (Random House, 1982, based on the novel by Mary Shelley.)

 

                Young readers’ adaptation.

 

Ghost Hotel  (Rainbow Bridge, 1994.)

 

                A young girl runs into some friendly ghosts as well as the mystery of a girl who disappeared more than a century before.  Shortly thereafter, she finds herself cast back through time to the days of the Underground Railroad.

 

Island of the Walking Dead  (Wanderer, 1986.)

 

A Chuck Norris novel.

 

                ?

 

WEINBERG, ROBERT  (See also collaboration which follows.)

 

Armageddon Box, The  (Wildside, 1991, Leisure, 1991.)

 

                A legendary box contains the source of a magical power to shape the entire future of mankind.  It appears to have fallen into the possession of forces prepared to unleash its powers, and unless it can be retrieved before they learn to make full use of its potential, a new Dark Age looms on the horizon.

 

Black Lodge, The  (Pocket, 1991.)

 

                A psychic detective becomes involved with a secret society which practices magic.  A malevolent sorcerer conjures a creature to wreak havoc among those he feels do not deserve to live.  Has much the feel of pulp adventure novels of a generation ago.

 

Bloodwar  (White Wolf, 1995.)

 

A World of Darkness novel.

 

                More battles among the various clans of vampires.

 

Dead Man's Kiss  (Pocket, 1992.)

 

                A white supremacist steals a magical artifact as part of his quest to reunite himself with an ancient aspect of his personality.  But the spirit he seeks is more powerful than he expects, and threatens indiscriminate slaughter.

 

Devil's Auction, The  (Owlswick,  1988, Leisure, 1990.)

 

                A fantastic adventure story as much as a horror novel.  An object of great mystical value is about to be auctioned off, and several warlocks and magicians share a determination to possess it. With werewolves, golems, and other supernatural entities.

 

Dial Your Dreams  (Darktales, 2001.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Occult Detective, The  (Twilight Tales, 2006.)

 

                Collection of related stories.

 

Unbeholden, The  (White Wolf, 1996.)

 

A White Wolf novel.

 

                A vampire intent upon seizing control of secret societies that rule the world is unaware that his demonic allies have their own agenda.  Opposed to him are two humans who are determined to prevent him from getting his way.

 

Unholy Allies  (White Wolf, 1995.)

 

A World of Darkness novel.

 

                More battles between an ambitious vampire and his followers, backed by creatures from another universe, and opposed by two shrewd mortals.

 

WEINBERG, ROBERT & HAGEN, MARK REIN

 

Embrace, The  (White Wolf, 1995.)

 

The journal of a young man tormented by dreams, ultimately seduced by and turned into a vampire.  When he is driven to murder the women he loves, he contrives to commit suicide.

 

WEINSTEIN, SOL & ALBRECHT, HOWARD

 

Exerciser, The  (Ballantine, 1974.)

 

An unfunny satire of The Exorcist featuring a woman possessed by the demon of gluttony.

 

WEISER, MELVIN

 

Trespasser, The  (Avon, 1981.)

 

When Sharon died, that should have been the end of it. But some new persona seems to have taken possession of her corpse, which has returned to life and seeks lovers to embrace in a hideous parody of affection before leading them to their deaths.

 

WEISS, BOBBY JG  (See collaborations with David Cody Weiss.)

 

WEISS, DAVID CODY  (See also collaborations which follow.)

 

Tale of the Shimmering Shell, The  (Minstrel, 1997.)

 

                ?

 

WEISS, DAVID CODY & WEISS, BOBBY JG.

 

Tale of the Ghost Cruise, The  (Minstrel, 1998.)

 

                ?

 

Tale of the Stalking Shadow, The  (Minstrel, 1998.)

 

                ?

 

WELLES, PATRICIA

 

Ghost of S.W. 1, The.  (See Sara’s Ghost.)

 

Sara's Ghost  (Paperjacks, 1987. Donald Fine, 1986 as The Ghost of S.W. 1.)

 

A psychic researcher in London discovers that her apartment is the home of the ghost of a Victorian man who is saddened by his separation from the woman he loved, a woman who was virtually the researcher's double.  Now her goal is to find a way to reunite the two spirits, and remove his affectionate concentration from herself.

 

WELLINGTON, DAVID

 

Monster Island  (Thunder's Mouth, 2006.)

 

                Zombies take over the world, but one of them retains his self identity.

 

Monster Nation  (Thunder's Mouth, 2006.)

 

                This prequel to Monster Island describes the initial outbreak of the plague of zombies.

 

99 Coffins  (Three Rivers, 2007.)

 

Laura Caxton #2.

 

Long dormant vampires return to unlife.

 

13 Bullets  (Three Rivers, 2007.)

 

Laura Caxton #1.

 

                A policewoman discovers that vampires are real.

 

WELLMAN, MANLY WADE

 

After Dark  (Doubleday, 1980, Berkley, 1984.)

 

A Silver John novel.

 

An ancient race that lives hidden in Appalachia, masquerading as humans, tries to trick a wandering musician with magical powers into providing them with the key to a resurgence of their former power and supremacy over the human race.

 

Beyonders, The  (Warner, 1977.)

 

A sleepy Appalachian town is menaced by a mysterious creature which roams the hills, and which we eventually learn is the harbinger of an invasion of Earth from another dimension.

 

Devil Is Not Mocked and Other Warnings, The  (Night Shade, 2001.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Fearful Rock and Other Precarious Locales (Night Shade, 2001.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Hanging Stones, The  (Doubleday, 1982, Berkley, 1984.)

 

A Silver John novel.

 

 An eccentric millionaire attempts to build an amusement park with an occult theme in a remote part of Appalachia.  What he doesn't realize is that he is disturbing the supernatural beings who inhabit the forests nearby, and who do not take kindly to anyone poking fun at their nature.

 

John the Balladeer  (Baen, 1988.)

 

                Slightly different contents from Who Fears the Devil?

 

Lonely Vigils  (Carcosa, 1981.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Lost and the Lurking, The  (Doubleday, 1981, Berkley, 1984.)

 

A Silver John novel.

 

 A powerful witch begins operating in a remote rural area, extending her influence so widely that even the government has to take notice.  Silver John, a wandering musician with unique knowledge of the occult, is asked to investigate and bring an end to her arcane practices.

 

Old Gods Waken, The  (Doubleday, 1979, Berkley, 1984.)

 

A Silver John novel.

 

A group of men who wish to carry on Druid traditions in the New World come to Appalachia and begin a series of ceremonies designed to waken ancient Indian spirits. The occultist hero and an Indian companion must overcome several supernatural barriers in order to stop them.

 

Owls Hoot in the Daytime and Other Omens  (Night Shade, 2003.)

 

                Collection of Silver John stories.

 

Sin's Doorway and Other Ominous Entrances  (Night Shade, 2003.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Third Cry to Legba and Other Invocations, The  (Nightshade, 2000.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Valley So Low  (Doubleday, 1987.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Voice from the Mountain, The  (Doubleday, 1985.)

 

A Silver John novel.

 

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Who Fears the Devil?  (Arkham House, 1963, Ballantine, 1964, Dell, ?, Star, ?, Baen, 1988)

 

                Collection of Silver John stories.

 

Worse Things Waiting  (Carcosa, 1973.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

WELLS, GEORGE

 

Taurus  (Signet, 1982.)