(the hand, the pen and the book)
In this little corner of Supernatural World are collected a few short stories notable for the interest of their occult content.
Since the occult both frightens and fascinates, the stories tend to be a trifle horrifying. This is as it should be. When magic ceases to freeze the blood in the hearts of those who confront it, or generate shivers of panic that are an equal measure of awe and dread, then it will truly be lost to this world, and a long and terrible darkness of the soul will have descended upon the land.
For me, this is the true horror scenario -- a world completely ruled by science and materialism, where nothing but the measurable is real or valued, where all mystery and romance have been squeezed out of life like juice from a cluster of grapes beneath the tire of a UPS Delivery Van. I shudder at the thought!