OCCULT FICTION
ISBN-13: 979-8-9876810-2-2
Softcover, $16.24, 266 pages ISBN-13: 979-8-9876810-5-3 Hardcover, $23.24 266 pages Amazon Purchase Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C1J1WLQ5?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860 Published April, 2023 |
The Black Magician (1924) by Paul Madsack (Strange Novels #1)
THE BLACK MAGICIAN ("Der Schwarze Magier") (1924) is a strange occult terror novel from Germany's Paul Madsack, concerning The Master, a popular sculptor (and "influencer" of his day), who uses his powers of dark sorcery to expand his influence (and profit), even as he attempts to bring the unsuspecting, small-town painter Fiedler under his sway. A far-ranging novel, this includes glimpses of the political and cultural realities of Germany at the time, as background for a supernatural stew of weird scenarios and visionary excess. Includes an Afterword by the Translator.
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ISBN-13: 979-8-9876810-6-0
Softcover, $16.24, 175 pages ISBN-13: 979-8-9876810-7-7 Hardcover, $23.24 175 pages PURCHASE - AMAZON: www.amazon.com/dp/B0BW2ZM1WD/ Published February, 2023 |
Includes an Afterword by the Translator. THE SPHINX ("Esfinge") published in 1908 by Brazil's Coelho Neto, and here translated into English for the first time, is a strange mixture of Symbolist and Occult Novel, concerning a boarding house in Rio de Janeiro whose characters are attracted to, annoyed with or intrigued by their mysterious fellow boarder, Englishman James Marian, who possesses a virile masculine body but the beautiful features of a woman. Our narrator agrees to translate a strange text for Marian, one which reveals his complicated and metaphysical origins, even as tragedy strikes the small compliment of friends and associates. An intriguing, if abstracted, meditation on gender and love, this novel deserves a larger audience. Includes an Afterword by the Translator.
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