The Weiser Book of Horror and the Occult

The Weiser Book of Horror and the Occult: Hidden Magic, Occult Truths, and the Stories That Started It All 

Packed with stories selected and introduced by one of todays leading esoteric scholars, this book will do more than make your toes curl and your skin crawl. These tales reveal hidden truths and forbidden pursuits, and divulge the secrets of magical initiation. 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 Allan Poe * Robert W. Chambers * Ralph Adams Cram * H.P. Lovecraft * Dion Fortune * Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton *Bram Stoker

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

Publisher: Weiser Books
Dimensions: 15.24 x 2.54 x 22.23 cm
Format: Paperback
Release date: 9 December 2014
ISBN: 9781578635726
Page count: 352