Favorite overlooked books of superntural fiction. #1
Discover hidden gems in supernatural fiction with our top picks of overlooked books. Unearth thrilling reads and underrated tales that will captivate any fan of the genre.
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The Moonchild
by Aleister Crowley
Crowley's most famous novel. A young girl is drawn into a magical war between two men and is forced to choose between them. The reader is taken through an incredibleseries of magical intrigues involving a Black Lodge. Written from personal experience, this work describes the methods and theories of modern magical practices. First published in 1917.
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Shapes in the Fire
by M. P. Shiel
August Derleth said M.P. Shiel was ." . . the Grand Viscount of the Grotesque . . . [with a] refulgently fanciful imagination and magical command of the English language." Arthur Machen said, "Here is a wilder wonderland than Poe ever dreamt of . . . It is Poe, perhaps, but Poe with an unearthly radiance." "Shapes in the Fire" is an extraordinary collection of Shiel's work: don't miss it.
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Nineteen Impressions
by J. D. Beresford
These visions are personal mysteries, and as various in their manner of revelation as the modes of art or religion. We touch them here or there, according to our individual equipment. Anyone of the five senses may be the immediate means of communication, conveying the sudden stimulus by which the inner self finds its brief eternity of release. And there are some who cannot find their ecstasy in any book; there are others who find it in a few books, but will not find it here. To them I offer an apology, and ask in return that they shall not write and ask me what I mean. . . . -- J.D. Beresford
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Death's Jest-book
by Thomas Lovell Beddoes
'Death's Jest-Book' is the extravagant expression of Thomas Lovell Beddoes's lifelong obsession with mortality and immortality, a surrealising of Renaissance revenge tragedy, alight with treachery, murder, sorcery and haunting.
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The Black Pullet
by Anonymous
First surfacing in France in the 18th century, The Black Pullet is a guide to the construction and use of magical talismanic rings. With the use of these rings, people attained extraordinary powers. Perhaps the most wonderful secret revealed is thepower to produce the Black Pullet, otherwise known as the "Hen with the Golden Eggs." Unlimited wealth was granted to the person who achieved the creation of this incredible Hen. *Includes complete instructions for creating the Black Pullet.
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Black Spirits and White
by Ralph Adams Cram
Ralph Adams Cram (1863-1942) was an American architect of collegiate and ecclesiastical buildings, often in the Gothic style, an author and a lecturer. Born at Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, he moved to Boston in 1881 and spent five years in the architectural office of Rotch & Tilden, after which he left for Rome. From 1898 to 1914, he was in partnership with Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue in the Boston firm then known as Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson. His work is represented on a number of campuses, including Cornell University, the University of Notre Dame and others. He is most closely associated with Princeton, where he was awarded a Doctor of Letters and served as Supervising Architect from 1907 to 1929. For seven years he headed the Architectural Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and was lecturer on architectural design at Harvard University from 1908. His works include: Black Spirits and White: A Book of Ghost Stories (1895), Impressions of Japanese Architecture (1905), Excalibur: An Arthurian Drama (1909), Heart of Europe (1916), The Substance of Gothic (1917), Towards the Great Peace (1922) and My Life in Architecture (1937).
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The Twilight of the Gods and Other Tales
by Richard Garnett
"The Twilight of the Gods and Other Tales", by Richard Garnett, 1903 edition
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A Night on the Moor and Other Tales of Dread
by R. Murray Gilchrist
Robert Murray Gilchrist (1868-1917) was a master of mystery and horror, as this richly varied collection shows.