Friday, January 30, 2015

Crossover Cover: The Voice of the Mountain

A sorcerer’s assistant named Alka used to be a librarian at Miskatonic University in Arkham, Massachusetts. This reference connects Wellman's Silver John stories to the Cthulhu Mythos.


  1. Is this the first Silver John story that crossovers with a work not written by Wellman?
    I'm pretty sure that previous to this John was brought in with connections to other works by Wellman. (The appearance of the Shonokins in one novel, and Judge Pursuivant in another.)

    1. I thought so. I know the Necronomicon appeared in a John Thunestone story.

      I always believe that Wellman deserved more recognition than he got. It's worth noting that Wellman was in some ways the opposite of Lovecraft. Lovecraft was unfortunately a racist, while Wellman's stories are mostly devoid of stereotypes. (Which itself goes against stereotypes since Wellman was a proud Southerner and Lovecraft was from New England.) In Lovecraft's stories good and evil are mere human concepts; in Wellman's the struggle between the two is a presiding theme. Lovecraft's prose was often broke (and in his early stories turgid, but he got better); Wellman's was smooth and simple.