The Zinzolin Book of Occult Fiction
Edited by Brendan Connell
The Zinzolin Book of Occult Fiction, the first in a planned series of books of occult fiction of many colours, brings together twenty-two tales, dating from 1888-1911, from the occult revival of the British Isles.
Containing a varied and rich array of stories, about dreams and séances, visionaries and madmen, The Zinzolin Book of Occult Fiction, edited by Brendan Connell, is an indispensable addition to any library of the supernatural and occult.
Contents:
ANNA KINGSFORD: The Enchanted Woman
H.P. BLAVATSKY: Karmic Visions
CHARLES E. BENHAM: Was He Mad?
HELEN FAGG: Zarina!
LETTICE GALBRAITH: In the Séance Room
WILLIAM SHARP: The Last Quest
A.E.: The Story of the Star
X.L.: Aut Diabolus Aut Nihil
ARTHUR MACHEN: The Novel of the White Powder
M.P. SHIEL: Xélucha
ROBERT HICHENS: The Face of the Monk
H. G. WELLS: The Stolen Body
DORA SIGERSON SHORTER: Transmigration
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE: Playing with Fire
H. RIDER HAGGARD: Only a Dream
FLORENCE FARR: A Dialogue of Vision
ZURESTA: A Weird Experience
EVELYN UNDERHILL: How Something came from Somewhere
ALESTAIR CROWLEY: The Soul-Hunter
EDWARD STORER: The Three Worms
M.R. JAMES: Casting the Runes
G.M. IRVINE: The Middle Age.
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.
Publisher Weekly Review, April 7, 2022.
Paperback, 334 pages. Release date, June 28, 2022
ISBN-13: 978-1-64525-098-2
Price: US$22.00
Hardcover, 336 pages. Limited edition of 100 copies.
Release date, June 28, 2022
Price: US$36.00
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The collection of Books of Occult Fiction of many Colors:
The Vermilion Book of Occult Fiction
edited by Brian Stableford
(September 2022, volume 2)
The Zaffre Book of Occult Fiction
edited by Brendan Connell
(March 2023, volume 3)
The Alabaster Book of Occult Fiction
edited by Brian Stableford
(September 2023, volume 4)
The Viridian Book of Occult Fiction
edited by Brendan Connell
(June 2024, volume 5)