The Vermilion Book
of Occult Fiction
Edited by Brian Stableford
The Vermilion Book of Occult Fiction, the second in a series of books of occult fiction of many colors, brings together eighteen tales from the French occult revival of the nineteenth century and the early part of the twentieth century. Including key figures, such as Jules Bois and the lifestyle fantasist Joséphin Péladan, and numerous other practitioners, such as Jane de La Vaudère and the highly entertaining Renée Dunan, this volume, much of the contents of which appears in English for the first time, is sure to give new insight into one of the most interesting periods of the occult.
Containing a varied and rich array of stories, about reincarnation and magic, visionaries and secret societies, The Vermilion Book of Occult Fiction, edited and translated by Brian Stableford, who also supplies a brilliant, scholarly introduction, is an indispensable addition to any library of the supernatural and occult.
About the Editor
Brian Stableford has been writing for fifty years. His fiction includes include eleven novels and seven short story collections in a series of “tales of the biotech revolution”; a series of metaphysical fantasies set in Paris in the 1840s, featuring Edgar Poe’s Auguste Dupin, most recently Yesterday Never Dies (2012); and a series of supernatural mysteries set in an artist’s colony, most recently The Pool of Mnemosyne (2018). Recent novels independent of any series include Vampires of Atlantis (2016) and The Tangled Web of Time (2016). He also translates antique works from the French, with particular interests in the Symbolist and Decadent Movements, roman scientifique and the fantastique.
CONTENTS:
Nineteenth-Century Texts:
ÉDOUARD DUJARDIN: The Dharana
JULES BOIS: The Succubus
GILBERT-AUGUSTIN THIERRY: Rediviva
CLAUDE VIGNON: The Dead Avenge Themselves
JANE DE LA VAUDÈRE: Reincarnation
CHARLES DE SIVRY: A Tale of the Other World
VICTOR-ÉMILE MICHELET: The Mystery of an Incarnation
REMY DE GOURMONT: Regelinde
THÉODORE DE BANVILLE: The Philter
JOSÉPHIN PÉLADAN: To an Unknown Sister
FRÉDÉRIC BOUTET: Like Children Who Run After a Mask
CHARLES-MARIE TORQUET: The Extinct Pipe
CAMILLE FLAMMARION: Love Among the Stars
FRANÇOIS JOLLIVET-CASTELOT: The Star of the Dead
JULES LERMINA: Burn This
Appendix: The Twentieth-Century Legacy
GABRIEL DE LAUTREC: The Temple
RENÉE DUNAN: Tsadé
RENÉ THIMMY (Maurice Magre): The Sect of Eternal Old Men
Paperback, 356 pages. Release date: September 20, 2022
ISBN-13: 978-1-64525-104-0
Price: US$24.00
Hardcover, 358 pages. Limited edition of 100 copies
Release date: September 20, 2022
Price: US$38.00
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The collection of Books of Occult Fiction of many Colors:
The Zinzolin Book of Occult Fiction
Edited by Brendan Connell
(2022, volume 1)
The Zaffre Book of Occult Fiction
edited by Brendan Connell
(2023, volume 3)
The Alabaster Book of Occult Fiction
edited by Brian Stableford
(2023, volume 4)
The Viridian Book of Occult Fiction
edited by Brendan Connell
(June 2024, volume 5)