On the Road with Silver John: "On the Hills and Everywhere"

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"On the Hills and Everywhere"

At Christmastime, John tells his friends a story:
Not his usual kind about supernatural danger,
But rather the relief brought to two sore neighbors
And the healing touch of one miraculous stranger.


Manly Wade Wellman's short story "On the Hills and Everywhere" can be found in Owls Hoot in the Daytime & Other Omens.