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Lucifer and the Child
Paperback
HorrorGeneral FictionHistorical Fiction
ISBN13: 9781783807703
Publisher: Swan River Press
Published: May 31 2023
Pages: 316
Weight: 0.68
Height: 0.71 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English
She did not want to be organised at all. She wanted to be solitary and free.
This is the story of Jenny Flower, London slum child, who one day, on an outing to the country, meets a Dark Stranger with horns on his head. It is the first day of August-Lammas-a witches' sabbath. Jenny was born on Hallowe'en, and possibly descended from witches herself . . .
Reminiscent of Machen's, The White People, Lucifer and the Child is a tale of witchcraft-or is it? The author does not commit herself; merely stating that the story is open to natural explanation; alternatively, she invites the willing suspension of disbelief.
There is never any name for the impact of strangeness on the commonplace, Mannin writes. With this sensibility Lucifer and the Child will at last be recognised as a classic of strange fiction and a work to be enjoyed by contemporary lovers of the genre.
Once banned in Ireland by the Censorship of Publications Board, Lucifer and the Child is now available worldwide in this splendid new edition from Swan River Press featuring an introduction by Rosanne Rabinowitz and cover by Lorena Carrington.
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