Exorcisms and Ecstasies


Exorcisms and Ecstasies is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by author Karl Edward Wagner. The collection also includes a number of memoirs and articles about Wagner and is edited by Stephen Jones. It was released in 1997 by Fedogan & Bremer in an edition of 2,100 copies, of which 100 included Wagner's signature taken from a canceled check or contract. The limited edition was also signed by the artist, editor and other contributors to the collection. Many of the stories originally appeared in a number of different anthologies and collections or in the magazines Beyond Fantasy & Science Fiction, Kadath, Weird Tales, The Centralite, Midnight Sun, Fantasy Crossroads and Gauntlet.

Contents

  • "Introduction: Talking with Karl", by Stephen Jones
  • "Midnight Sun"
  • Exorcisms and Ecstasies
  • * "Various Encounters with Karl" by Peter Straub
  • * "Did They Get You to Trade?"
  • * "The Kind Men Like"
  • * "Cedar Lane"
  • * "The Slug"
  • * "Final Cut"
  • * "Locked Away"
  • * "Endless Night"
  • * "A Walk on the Wild Side"
  • * "Passages"
  • * "Little Lessons in Gardening"
  • * "I’ve Come to Talk with You Again"
  • * "An Awareness of Angels"
  • * "But You’ll Never Follow Me"
  • * "Plan 10 from Inner Space"
  • * "Prince of the Punks"
  • * "The Picture of Jonathan Collins"
  • * "Gremlin"
  • * "Brushed Away"
  • * "In the Middle of a Snow Dream"
  • * "The Big Dutchman", by Frances Wellman
  • Silver Dagger: Kane"
  • * "All Good Friends, by David J. Schow
  • * "In the Wake of the Night"
  • * "The Treasure of Lynortis"
  • * "The Gothic Touch"
  • * "At First Just Ghostly"
  • * "Deep in the Depths of the Acme Warehouse"
  • * "Friends Die", by Ramsey Campbell
  • Satan’s Gun: Adrian Becker
  • * "Doc Wagner", by Jenny Campbell
  • * "Satan’s Gun"
  • * "Hell Creek"
  • * "One Paris Night"
  • * "The Truth Insofar as I Know It, by David Drake
  • Tell Me, Dark: Uncollected Stories
  • * "Brother Karl: Stories First and Last, by James R. Wagner
  • * "The Education of Gergy-doo-doo"
  • * "Stardust"
  • * "Killer"
  • * "The Coming of Ghor"
  • * "A Fair Cop"
  • * "Karl Edward Wagner: Sassenach", by Brian Lumley
  • * "Karl Edward Wagner: A Working Bibliography of English Language First Editions", by Scott F. Wyatt & Stephen Jones
  • * "Afterword: Karl Edward Wagner—A Personal Farewell", by C. Bruce Hunter
  • * "Death Angel’s Shadow"