Occult Fiction

Books in the occult genre are based on stories that touch on the adversaries of good, the enemies of the forces of righteousness as expressed in religious philosophy. The stories often contain, but aren’t limited to: devils, demons, demonic possession, witchcraft, sorcery, magic, necromancy, voodoo, hoodoo, and antichrist figures. The idea behind most of these stories is to show the opposite of good, to show that there is an opposing side – a darkness to counter the light.

A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1)
The Sea Priestess
Ninth House (Ninth House Trilogy, #1)
Foucault’s Pendulum
Angel of the West Window
Shadow of Night (All Souls, #2)
The Book of Life (All Souls, #3)
Là-Bas (Down There)
The Illuminatus! Trilogy
Rivers of London (Rivers of London, #1)
The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2)
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
The Adept  (Adept #1)
Definitely Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #6)
Dead to the World (Sookie Stackhouse, #4)
Arthur Shattuck O'Keefe
The policeman driving the Black Maria brought the horses to a halt near another police wagon just short of the pier. Stern and Donnelly stepped onto the street, its stone paving still wet from a recent rain. The lingering smell of ozone hung in the air. The thunder had been shattering, and Stern was glad they hadn’t had to come out in the storm. He would in theory have preferred a motorized truck, but they were notoriously delicate things, prone to breakdown. At least the models publicly availab ...more
Arthur Shattuck O'Keefe, The Spirit Phone

Arthur Shattuck O'Keefe
I am not a stage magician who does sleight of hand. I am a practitioner of - allow me to spell it - m-a-g-i-c-k. Magick. Occult knowledge and powers. Gained by way of tapping into the very wellspring of the universe.
Arthur Shattuck O'Keefe, The Spirit Phone

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