Graham Masterton

At first he thought it was a black plastic garbage bag that some Traveller had tossed into the river, full of dirty nappies or strangled puppies. Shite, he said, under his breath

a step back on to the pavement.

If theres one thing the devil cant bear, its mockery.

Natural History, by Pliny the Elder, and a thick volume bound in cracked black leather, Czarny Ksiązka – The Black Book, by the Blessed Wincenty Kadłubek.

The Process, a dreamlike story about an American university professor crossing the Sahara.

Albertus Magnus when he was Bishop of Ratisbon in the year 1261. He called it “Verwirrung

Doctor John Dee, the famous English mystic from the days of Queen Elizabeth the First

The Book of Stones by the great Arab alchemist Abu Musa Jābir ibn Hayyān.

‘You’re sure it’s not your hearing aid? If you turn the volume up too high, you’ll get feedback.’

Mrs Bellman emphatically shook her

refuses to stop until you have been consumed.