A small time crook named Sugg Harpole is sent by his boss to remove the finger and bring it back. The story concerns a statue on a pinnacle beside an isolated ridge that supposedly has a finger that can heal. And that collection is out of print and never had an electronic edition, although copies can be had on the secondary market. Sin’s Doorway is the only collection of Wellman’s in which “The Finger of Halugra” has appeared. It was reprinted in T he Best New Horror Volume 7 (AKA The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume 7). The story first saw print in another small press publication, Deathrealm, in the spring 1995 issue. The story languished in Wellman’s files and wasn’t rediscovered until some years after the author’s death, when Karl Edward Wagner came across it. It was originally written in the early 70s for a small press publication that folded before the story could see print. “The Finger of Halugra” is vintage Wellman, but it may not be familiar to many of you. May 21, 1903) and instead could write about something that would be of interest to people. The I realized it was Manly Wade Wellman’s birthday (b. It’s been a while since I posted anything, and so I was going to do an update.
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