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The Stratagem and Other Stories
A collection of Crowley’s sinister, decadent, occult, and darkly comic short fiction.
- 1929
About Aleister Crowley
The story, briefly
Spoiler-freeCrowley’s stories move through sinister situations, black humor, occult ideas, decadence, and people entering experiences they would have been wiser to avoid.
What's inside
A varied collection of short fiction shaped by occult ideas, decadence, menace, and black comedy.
Why we recommend it
More of Crowley’s strange fiction
The collection offers occult ideas, sinister situations, decadence, and black humor in shorter doses.
What this book explores
Book editions
- Paperback
- Temple Press
- 1990
- 9781871744101
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1The Stratagem and Other Stories
NovelAleister Crowley, 1929Used forThe primary text represented by this page, used for descriptions of the work’s contents and for any quoted passages shown here.
2Aleister Crowley bibliography
Official recordOpen British National BibliographyUsed forOfficial record used to verify names, dates, institutional details, or other factual information on this page.
3Crowley, Aleister (1875–1947) — authority record
Official recordBibliothèque nationale de FranceUsed forOfficial record used to verify names, dates, institutional details, or other factual information on this page.
4The Yorke Collection
ArchiveThe Warburg Institute, University of LondonUsed forArchival evidence used to document the historical record connected to The Stratagem and Other Stories.
5Aleister Crowley in Paris: Sex, Art, and Magick in the City of Light
BiographyTobias Churton (Inner Traditions)Used forBiographical evidence used to verify chronology, relationships, and historical context connected to The Stratagem and Other Stories.
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