Hidden Magic, Occult Truths, and the Stories That Started It All

Horror takes its time. Looking for a thoughtful fright? Or perhaps a frightful thought? Packed with stores selected by one of today's esoteric scholars, this books will do more than make your toes curl and your skin crawl. These tales reveal hidden truths, inspire forbidden pursuits, and divulge the secrets of magical initiation in the guise of fiction. Covering topics from rituals to hauntings to the Devil himself, this one-of-a-kind volume includes selections from:

Aleister Crowley
Ambrose Bierce
Arthur Machen
Edgar Allen Poe
Robert W. Chambers
Ralph Adams Cram
H.P. Lovecraft
Dion Fortune
Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Bram Stoker

As DuQuette writes in his introduction, horror takes its time. It creeps in, seeps in, and lingers. These stories will take you hours to read, but they will stay with you, biting at your heels from the shadows, eternally. Don't say we didn't warn you...

Paperback: 315 pages
Dimensions: 6" x 9" x 1"

Weiser Book of Horror and the Occult