Veils of the Unseen: Classic Tales of Occult Horror & Forbidden Knowledge (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789699292989)

Step beyond the veil into realms of forbidden knowledge, mysticism and terror. Veils of the Unseen gathers classic tales of occult horror and visionary mystery-featuring Arthur Machen, H. P. Lovecraft, Dion Fortune, Robert W. Chambers, and more-for readers of weird fiction, folk horror, and esoteric fantasy.

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Veils of the Unseen gathers classic tales of occult horror and visionary mystery, featuring Arthur Machen, H. P. Lovecraft, Dion Fortune, Robert W. Chambers, and other masters of the strange. From ritualistic initiations to cosmic horrors, from haunted landscapes to the transmuted minds and souls, each story reveals the unknown.

Perfect for readers of weird fiction, occult mysteries, folk horror, and mystical allegories, this anthology invites you to witness the weird, the forbidden, and the secret forces that shape our world as the worlds beyond.

Foreword by André Consciência

Part I: Opening Invocations

1. "Blood-Lust" - Dion Fortune

2. "The Mask" - Robert W. Chambers

Part II: Initiations
3. "The White People" - Arthur Machen
4. "The Willows" - Algernon Blackwood

Part III: Revelations of Horror
5. "The Dunwich Horror" - H. P. Lovecraft
6. "The Monkey's Paw" - W. W. Jacobs

Part IV: Cosmic Currents
7. "The Story of Mimi-Nashi-Hoichi" - Lafcadio Hearn
8. "The Golden Key" - George MacDonald

Appendices

• Author Biographies

• Star Lore Publishing Authors' Spotlight

The Forbidden Realms Anthologies bring together classic and visionary works of occult horror, mysticism, allegory, and supernatural fiction. Each volume is carefully curated to reveal hidden pathways through the literature of the strange-where forbidden knowledge, esoteric rites, and cosmic mysteries wait behind the veil.