As writes in his introduction, horror takes its time. It creeps in, seeps in, and lingers. These stories will take you hours to read, but they will stay with you, biting at your heels from the shadows, eternally. The book is packed with stories that will make your toes curl and your skin crawl. These tales reveal hidden truths, inspire forbidden pursuits, and divulge the secrets of magical initiation in the guise of fiction. Covering topics from rituals to hauntings to Satanism, this is a one-of-a-kind volume includes selections from Aleister Crowley, Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Dion Fortune, Sir Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, Bram Stoker and several others. Don't say you weren't warned.