The Zaffre Book of Occult Fiction
Edited by Brendan Connell
The Zaffre Book of Occult Fiction, the third volume of the books of occult fiction of many colours, brings together twenty-one tales, dating from 1908-1937, from the occult revival of the British Isles.
Including both well-known figures, such as Dion Fortune and Algernon Blackwood, and lesser-known practitioners, such as Ethel Archer and the eccentric Prince Immanuel of Jerusalem, the present instalment is sure to fall within the sphere of beatific approval of not only seekers, adherents and occult enthusiasts, but also Masters and Ascendants.
Containing a varied and luxuriant array of stories, about visions and hauntings, mystical agencies and seers, The Zaffre Book of Occult Fiction, edited by Brendan Connell, is an indispensable addition to any library of the supernatural and occult.
About the Editor
BRENDAN CONNELL was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1970. He has had fiction published in numerous places, including McSweeney’s, Adbusters, and the World Fantasy Award winning anthologies Leviathan 3 (The Ministry of Whimsy 2002), and Strange Tales (Tartarus Press 2003). His works of fiction include Unpleasant Tales (Eibonvale Press, 2013), The Architect (PS Publishing, 2012), Lives of Notorious Cooks (Chômu Press, 2012), Miss Homicide Plays the Flute (Eibonvale Press, 2013), Cannibals of West Papua (Zagava, 2015), Jottings from a Far Away Place (Snuggly Books, 2015), and Against the Grain Again: The Further Adventures of Des Esseintes (Tartarus Press, 2021).
As editor he has worked on various projects, including The Neo-Decadent Cookbook (Eibonvale Press, 2020), which was co-edited by Justin Isis.
Contents:
W. B. YEATS: Rosa Alchemica
C. W. LEADBEATER: The Perfume of Egypt
E. F. BENSON: The Confession of Charles Linkworth
WILLIAM T. HORTON: A Legend of Life
JACK EDWARDS: The Ghost Friend
ALGERNON BLACKWOOD: The Wings of Horus
JESSIE DOUGLAS-KERRUISH: The Swaying Vision
NEVILLE MEAKIN: The Paper Man
PRINCE IMMANUEL OF JERUSALEM: When I was Dead
RALPH SHIRLEY: The Man Who Killed God
D.N.J.: The Moon-Gazer
ETHEL ARCHER: The Unfinished Prayer-Mat
AMYAS NORTHCOTE: Mr. Oliver Carmichael
DION FORTUNE: Blood Lust
MAY SINCLAIR: The Token
KENNETH MORRIS: Bach’s Fugue in D-Minor
L. ADAMS BECK: Hell
TOM LEON: Cat Souls
CHARLES WILLIAMS: Et in Sempiternum Pereant
MONTAGUE SUMMERS: The Grimoire
MARY BUTTS: Mappa Mundi
Paperback, 366 pages. Release date, March 14, 2023
ISBN-13:978-1-64525-115-6
Price: US$24.00
Hardcover, 368 pages. Limited edition of 100 copies.
Release date, March 14, 2023
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
(6.2022, volume 1)
The Vermilion Book of Occult Fiction
edited by Brian Stableford
(9.2022, volume 2)
The Alabaster Book of Occult Fiction
edited by Brian Stableford
(9.2023, volume 4)
The Viridian Book of Occult Fiction
edited by Brendan Connell
(June 2024, volume 5)