THE STRATAGEM AND OTHER STORIES.
Brighton, England: Temple Press Limited, 1990. Octavo, boards. Second edition, enlarged. Crowley's only collection of short fiction, first published in London by The Mandrake Press in 1929. The 1929 edition collected three stories, including "The Testament of Magdalen Blair," "a description of after death experiences as the brain decays ... one of the most horrible stories ever written." - Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 106-07. "... a remarkable achievement, as one of the most unpleasant stories in the genre." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 457. "... spectacularly nasty-minded ..." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-56. This 1990 Temple Press edition adds "Which Things Are An Allegory?, probably the earliest extant Crowley short story. [Reference: Bleiler (1978), p. 53. Reginald 03666]. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (31065). Item #31065
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