Copying A Master

by Candy Ray

Maurice, an idealistic painter, is pulled into an art fraud against his will. It is the 1950's, the time when Austin Spare was alive, and the premise of this book is that artists had already been painting magical sigils for millennia. So Maurice seeks a solution to his problem through a sigil spell.

Meanwhile the crisis of the fraud uproots him, wrecks his domestic life and drags him across three European countries as he flees the revenge he fears.

60 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 22, 2016

About the author

I grew up in London during the free and easy 1960’s and 70’s. When I was a child I always thought I would become a fiction writer because I wrote so many stories in exercise books. What in fact happened was that for a while I wrote a lot of poems and songs, and then nothing at all for twenty-four years.

My consuming interest has always been the occult and religion, and in 2014 I joined A.E.O.N. a chaos magic group on Facebook. It was described as: "A Unique Art-Magic Collective made up of Highly Creative Individual Rebel Artists: Writers, Graphic Designers, Crafters, Pranksters & Performers. Art Transcends All Reason!"

For the sole purpose of contributing to this group, I started to write short stories and novellas. I teamed up with a chaos muse, a non-human entity, and channelled material from her so that we each wrote some of the pieces. Then I began to self-publish the resulting books.The more I learn about the professional writing world the more I am discovering that I don’t have anything in common with them. Therefore, most of my books are now free.

I live on the south coast of England with my small family . The A.E.O.N. art group has faded from prominence now and has been succeeded by newer ones, but still:- Art Transcends All Reason!

My Facebook author page: https://www.facebook.com/Candy-Ray-88...

I have also written The Eoss Trilogy under the pen name Lena Chere.

Reviews

[Belladonna · Rating 4 out of 5]

I learned about the author and her books from occult forums. This is the only story I have read so far of hers. I plan to read and review the others as well.
I found this story to be enjoyable. A quick and light read, which is just what one needs sometimes.
Despite the seeming simplicity of the tale, it appears to harbor some real secrets.
After reading I had the interesting side effect of being more effective at my sigil work. It has never been my strong point.
I would recommend this book in particular to those who practice the occult arts who may be most likely to get something out of the finer workings of the tale, but also to anyone who enjoys occult 'fiction'.