A. E. W. Mason – The Prisoner In The Opal

A. E. W. Mason – The Prisoner In The Opal   [#10] (Sphere, 1974)

‘The Two Men were standing face to face, the priest sheltering what knowledge he had behind a stolid face, Hanaud towering over him, like an inquisitor …

“You did not find all your vestments in the sacristy this morning. For one of them is in the mortuary at Villeblanch stained with the blood of a young woman who dined at the same table with you in this house last night, and was savagely murdered afterwards.””

The Prisoner In The Opal is #10 in the Dennis Wheatley Library Of The Occult.

Donald McCormick – The Hellfire Club

Donald McCormick – The Hellfire Club [#26]  (Sphere, 1976)

Blurb
Many myths have grown up around the activities of the Hell-Fire Club, deep in the caves at the heart of West Wycombe Hill. The mysterious rites, Satanic practices and masked orgies of some of the most elevated figures in the land – including the Prime Minister – captured the public imagination.
This book reveals the fascinating truth behind the legends of the infamous club.

The Hell-Fire Club is Volume 26 in the Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult

grateful thanks to ‘nosferatu‘ for gifting me copies of The Hellfire Club, War In Heaven, Brood of the Witch Queen, Uncanny Tales #1, The Mighty Atom, Frankenstein and The Affair Of The Poisons. this board would be all the poorer for their omission.

Mary Shelley – Frankenstein

Mary Shelley – Frankenstein [#39]  (Sphere, 1976)

Blurb:
“I suddenly beheld the figure of a man, at some distance, advancing towards me with superhuman speed. He bounded over the crevices in the ice, among which I had walked with caution; his stature also, as he approached, seemed to exceed that of a man. I was troubled: a mist came over my eyes and I felt a faintness seize me.’

Such is Dr Frankenstein’s horrified reaction to the sudden encounter with the monster he has created. Filled with remorse at the ghastly results of his experiment, he feels that he must make amends…

Frankenstein is Volume 39 in the Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult

Marie Corelli – The Mighty Atom

Marie Corelli – The Mighty Atom [#27]  (Sphere, 1976)

Blurb:
Lionel Valliscourt was an only child; and when you’ve only got one boy you expect a great deal of him.
Deprived by his father of youthful pleasures and the company of other children, surrounded by petty tyrannies and a rigorous system of  ‘intellectual training’, Lionel became pale and silent.

Lionel’s tutor went so far as to accuse his father of child-murder….

The Mighty Atom is Volume 27 in the Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult

Charles Williams – War In Heaven

Charles Williams – War In Heaven [#44] (Sphere, 1976)

Blurb

A DEMONIC PLOT FOR HUMAN SACRIFICE
Lionel Rackstraw returned from lunch one day to find a dead body under his desk. Then this bizarre murder was overshadowed by the strange occurrences in a much more sinister mystery, a mystery surrounding the legendary Holy Grail. Lionel found himself caught up in a maelstrom of evil, as two unscrupulous Satanists struggled to gain possession of the Grail, with its occult powers, for their own sinister ends. And at the centre of their plot was the horrific ritual sacrifice of Lionel’s own son to the Devil …

War In Heaven is Volume 44 in the Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult