(For previous ballads about the balladeer, click the "On the Road with Silver John" label under Features in the right sidebar.)
"Shiver in the Pines"
A pleasant evening's interrupted when a wanderer
Gets John and his rustic friends to come follow
On a nocturnal quest for legendary riches
Buried in a cave deep within Black Pine Hollow.
Yet surprise is in store, because the stranger
And the local witch-doctor are curiously connected.
Worse, the discovery that the eldritch Ancients
Have not left their hidden treasure unprotected.
Manley Wade Wellman's short story "Shiver in the Pines" can be found in Owls Hoot in the Daytime & Other Omens.
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