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The First Mayflower Book Of Black Magic Stories by Michel Parry

sexton_blake's review against another edition

3.0

Despite the presence of a couple of clunkers (Aleister Crowley’s contribution is almost incomprehensible, though mercifully short), this collection is a pretty good one, with James Blish’s THERE SHALL BE NO DARKNESS providing the highlight (it’s the basis of the Abacus movie, THE BEAST MUST DIE). As with the previous volumes, the “black magic” brief is rather loosely interpreted, but variety is the consequence of that, so I can’t complain.