The complete tales of Silver John. This is a compilation of stories that I read in a variety of scifi magazines while I was growing up. It was wonderful to find them now all in one book by Planet Stories. These stories are told by a man named John, or Silver John, who wanders the Appalachian Mountains with his silver stringed guitar. They are filled with folklore and old folk songs, and are tales of supernatural beings who live in the mountains, and other scary haunts. They are not quite like any other stories I've ever read. ( )

Highly recommended... likeable protagonist... interesting stories...original setting and mythology (compared to overused post-Tolkien tropes). ( )