A review by the_weirdling
Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood

5.0

This is Algernon Blackwood’s version of an Innsmouth type tale. Instead of fish people in New England and the sea, we’ve got rural France, the woods (obvious for Blackwood), cat people, witches, reincarnation (again, obviously), dream states, Satanism, queens, and princesses all in play. It’s a classic. While not as well written as Lovecraft’s Innsmouth, it has a great deal more going on. It’s more richly layered and textured. It’s a story that ought to be more revered by aficionados of Weird Fiction than it currently is.