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O Ugly Bird!

Manly Wade Wellman

First published December 1951
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story
Series John the Balladeer

Notes

"With this story we introduce a new character who's bound, we feel sure, to become a noted figure of American folk-fantasy: the wandering minstrel name of John ..." -- editor's intro to story

Publications (41)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
December 1951 Cover The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1951 Fantasy House, Inc. MAGAZINE 34
May 1955 Cover Galaxy of Ghouls Lion Library Anthology 92
1959 Cover Off the Beaten Orbit Pyramid Books Anthology 92
December 1961 Cover Off the Beaten Orbit Pyramid Books Anthology 92
1963 Cover Who Fears the Devil? Arkham House Collection 2
November 1964 Cover Who Fears the Devil? Ballantine Books Collection 16
1965 Cover A Red Skeleton in Your Closet Grosset & Dunlap Anthology 133
June 1968 Cover Red Skelton's Favorite Ghost Stories Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap Anthology 101
June 1968 Cover Monster Mix Mayflower / Dell Anthology 235
August 1968 Cover Monster Mix Mayflower / Dell Anthology 235
May 1969 Red Skelton's Favorite Ghost Stories Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap Anthology 101
July 1971 Cover Red Skelton's Favorite Ghost Stories Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap Anthology 101
June 1973 Cover The Edge of Never: Classic and Contemporary Tales of the Supernatural Fawcett Premier Anthology 233
May 1975 Cover Who Fears the Devil? Star Collection 10
February 1980 Cover Who Fears the Devil? Dell Collection 15
June 1982 Cover The Eureka Years Bantam Books Anthology 150
October 1983 Cover The Fantasy Hall of Fame Arbor House Anthology 282
October 1986 Cover Sorcerers! Ace Fantasy Books Anthology 12
November 1986 Cover Sorcerers! Ace Fantasy Books Anthology 12
June 1988 Cover The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats Robinson Anthology 282
July 1988 Cover John the Balladeer Baen Books Collection 9
July 1988 Cover John the Balladeer Baen Books Collection 9
January 1989 Cover John the Balladeer Baen Books / SFBC Collection 1
July 1990 Cover The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats Robinson Anthology 282
September 2002 Cover The American Fantasy Tradition Tor Anthology 129
March 2003 Cover Owls Hoot in the Daytime and Other Omens Night Shade Books Collection 5
September 2003 Cover The American Fantasy Tradition Tor Anthology 129
October 2003 The Drake Disk Baen Books Omnibus |14.05
2004 Cover Great Fantasy W. H. Smith Anthology 282
October 2004 Cover Mountain Magic (Wellman version) Baen Books Omnibus |3.05
May 2007 Cover The 1634: The Baltic War Disk Baen Books Omnibus |33.07
May 2007 Mountain Magic (Wellman version) Baen Books Omnibus |3.05
May 2007 The 1634: The Baltic War Disk Baen Books Omnibus |33.07
May 2007 Mountain Magic (Wellman version) Baen Books Omnibus |3.05
March 2008 The David Drake When the Tide Rises Disk Baen Books Omnibus |15.05
July 2013 Cover Sorcerers! Baen Books Anthology
October 2013 Cover Sin's Doorway and Other Ominous Entrances Audible Frontiers Collection |290
November 2013 Cover Owls Hoot in the Daytime and Other Omens Audible Frontiers Collection |5
July 2020 Cover The Big Book of Modern Fantasy Vintage Books Anthology 46
July 2020 Cover The Big Book of Modern Fantasy Vintage Books Anthology |46
2023 Cover The Complete John the Balladeer Haffner Press Omnibus 1