Nocturnal Revelries
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a life dedicated to creepy old books
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yoga sucks. This week's book
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Pure shit
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John Russo’s Voodoo Dawn
John Russo wrote Night of the Living Dead with George Romero. I have been meaning to read something by him for years. I settled on his 1987 novel, Voodoo Dawn. Imagine – 1987 This was pure ga…
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2025/09/07/john-russos-voodoo-dawn/
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gross book
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Poppy Brite’s Most Extreme Novel: Exquisite Corpse
Ok, so I know I said that I was going to get to regular posting 2 weeks ago, but I went camping last weekend and had no internet. I finished this novel, Poppy Z. Brite’s Exquisite Corpse, a f…
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2025/08/31/poppy-brites-most-extreme-novel-exquisite-corpse/
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hey freaks, I've been away and not posting here. I have a few new reviews up on my site. Here's the latest
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The Haar and Rotten Tommy: Two Novels by David Sodergren
Greetings dear readers. I want to offer my apologies for the disruption of my weekly posts recently. I’ve been away, and I had to prioritize my family over my creepy book blog. I can’t …
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2025/08/17/the-haar-and-rotten-tommy-two-novels-by-david-sodergren/
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I pray to the Great Lord Satan that J.K. Rowling dies.
about 1 month ago
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Currently reading this. Herbert Lieberman's Crawlspace. It's making me very uncomfortable.
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mad stuff. really dumb
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Nick Redfern’s Bloodline of the Gods: Another Extremely Stupid Book about Aliens
I’ve read 2 Nick Redfern books in the last year. The first was about evil aliens and the end of the world, and the second was about progeria patients flying UFOs. Nothing I have read by this …
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2025/07/06/nick-redferns-bloodline-of-the-gods-another-extremely-stupid-book-about-aliens/
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one of the jewels of my collection. Happy Canada day on Tuesday!
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Weird, Rare and Bad: Otto Fredrick’s Count Dracula’s Canadian Affair
You may not know this, but Tuesday is Canada Day. People in Canada get the day off work to clean their moose and harvest their maple syrup. I’ve done a few posts on Canadian stuff in the past…
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2025/06/29/weird-rare-and-bad-otto-fredricks-count-draculas-canadian-affair/
3 months ago
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A real rarity. Are you jealous?
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Important stuff.
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Math, Dreams, Magic, all are one in Yog-Sothoth!
A few weeks ago, I was emailed a pdf of an academic paper on math. In 1992, Robert Birrell submitted his master’s thesis on the “analysis and construction of the small inverted retrosnu…
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2025/06/08/math-dreams-magic-all-are-one-in-yog-sothoth/
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I was interviewed about my blog on a conspiray theory podcast. Give it a listen.
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Bonversations | Ep #72 | Nocturnal Revelries (24-May-2025) – Bonversations
https://www.bonversations.com/bonversations-ep-72-nocturnal-revelries-24-may-2025/
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Some more books
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Robert Anton Wilson’s Advice for Stopping the Illuminati from Messing with your Head
Every now and again, I go back to Robert Anton Wilson. After reading his Illuminatus! Trilogy, I went on to theorize about his Sex Magicians. I then took a look at his Irish novel before returning …
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2025/06/01/robert-anton-wilsons-advice-for-stopping-the-illuminati-from-messing-with-your-head/
4 months ago
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this post took a lot of work. Are there Satanic entities encoded into the bricks of London churches?
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The Psychogeography and Megapolisomancy of Hawksmoor’s Churches in the Works of Sinclair, Ackroyd and Moore
Sinclair’s Lud Heat (1975) and Moore’s From Hell (1999) I first heard of Nicholas Hawksmoor when I read Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell’s From Hell, a graphic novel about the Jack t…
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2025/05/25/the-psychogeography-and-megapolisomancy-of-hawksmoors-churches-in-the-works-of-sinclair-ackroyd-and-moore/
4 months ago
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I'm rereading Alan Moore's From Hell. Just as upsetting as I remember.
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excellent ghost story
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Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black
I had originally planned a different post for this week, but I got about halfway through writing it and realised I needed to do more research. Luckily enough, I spent last Friday night reading Susa…
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2025/05/18/susan-hills-the-woman-in-black/
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Hail Satan!
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Joseph McCabe’s A History of Satanism
I’m currently working on a few multi-book posts, and I realised yesterday that I had nothing prepared for this week’s post. I went through the archives looking for something short enoug…
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2025/05/11/joseph-mccabes-a-history-of-satanism/
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extremely weird book by a horrible piece of trash nazi
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Bigfoot is a Dog-hating Alien who Loves Menstruating Women: Jim Brandon’s The Rebirth of Pan
I first came across the name Jim Brandon when i was researching James Shelby Downard last year. Brandon was the guy who was interviewing Downard on the Sirius Rising recording that resulted in Robe…
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2025/05/04/bigfoot-is-a-dog-hating-alien-who-loves-menstruating-women-jim-brandons-the-rebirth-of-pan/
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I didn't like this book at all.
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Matt Ruff’s Lovecraft Country
Lovecraft Country is an excellent title for a novel. Initially I assumed it was going to be Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas but with Cthulhu, the nightmarish diary of a drug user as they passed thro…
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2025/04/20/matt-ruffs-lovecraft-country/
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Let Jesus f**k you!
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William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist and Legion
The first time I heard of The Exorcist was when it was unbanned in Ireland in 1998. I was about 12 years old and still very Catholic. What I heard about this film was terrifying, and when I saw it …
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2025/04/13/william-peter-blattys-the-exorcist-and-legion/
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Abducted and molested by beings from Outer Space
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Clive Harold, Shaun Hutson and Nick Pope’s The Uninvited
Chainsaw Terror is soon to be rereleased, but a few years ago, the only way to read it without paying a fortune was to buy the Shaun Hutson omnibus containing Come the Night (the alternate title fo…
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2025/04/06/clive-harold-shaun-hutson-and-nick-popes-the-uninvited/
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Sandy Robertson, author of the Aleister Crowley Scrapbook and good friend of mine, died. He was such a cool guy. RIP
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A Chat with Sandy Robertson, Author of the Aleister Crowley Scrapbook
The Aleister Crowley Scrapbook – Sandy Robertson Foulsham – 1988 + 2002 Although I don’t practice Magick or believe in most of his bullshit, I have written about Aleister Crowley …
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2017/09/06/a-chat-with-sandy-robertson-author-of-the-aleister-crowley-scrapbook/
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The Curse of the Marquis de Sade: A Notorious Scoundrel, a Mythical Manuscript, and the Biggest Scandal in Literary History – Joel Warner
Crown – 2023 I read a few books by the Marquis de Sade when I was in my early twenties. I was thoroughly amused, but I haven’t really felt the need to revisit his work since. A few days…
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2025/03/30/the-curse-of-the-marquis-de-sade-a-notorious-scoundrel-a-mythical-manuscript-and-the-biggest-scandal-in-literary-history-joel-warner/
6 months ago
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Just read this. Haven't read anything about de Sade in a few years. Quite enjoyable
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the paper used to print this would have served better as shitter paper
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Anna Riva’s Secrets of Magical Seals and Domination
It is a rare occurence that a week goes by without a new post on this website. I try to arrange my reading so that I have something to post about every Sunday. Things have been a little busy recent…
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2025/03/23/anna-rivas-secrets-of-magical-seals-and-domination/
6 months ago
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Started this last night.
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This week, exorcisms in Ireland. Hail Satan. Brits out.
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The Dark Sacrament: Exorcism in Modern Ireland – David M. Kiely and Christina McKenna
It’s Saint Patrick’s day tomorrow, and by sheer coincidence, this week’s book is set in Ireland. I was quite excited when I found a book set in my home country about demonic posse…
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2025/03/16/the-dark-sacrament-exorcism-in-modern-ireland-david-m-kiely-and-christina-mckenna/
6 months ago
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Hadn't been to my favourite bookshop since before covid started. 30 dollars for all of these. Haven't had a score like this in a long time.
#bookhaul
#paperbacksfromhell
7 months ago
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Hail Satan
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Armageddon is Nigh! The Omen Novelisations
I’m not huge into novelisations. I’ve read the first 2 Halloween novels, the Jaws sequels and Teddy, but those books, or at least certain books in those series are known for being consi…
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2025/03/09/armageddon-is-nigh-the-omen-novelisations/
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I read this horrible book about people killing themselves. Pretty good.
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B.R. Yeager’s Negative Space
Apocalypse Party – 2020 I remember seeing the cover of this book a few years ago and being intrigued. It looked like the kind of thing I’d enjoy reading. Last December I decided that I&…
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2025/03/02/b-r-yeagers-negative-space/
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I've been running a horror and occult book blog for 10 years. Please check it out:
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10 Years of Nocturnal Revelries
After finishing secondary school, I did a degree in English literature, but I really only developed an interest in reading after finishing university. I spent a while reading important works of lit…
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2025/02/23/10-years-of-nocturnal-revelries/
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a truly beautiful cover
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Zebra Horror from 1992: Nightscape and Near Dead by Stephen R. George
I remember talking to some dickhead online a few years back who told me that the book that he wanted most in the world was Nightscape by Stephen R. George. I had never heard of it, but one look at …
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2025/02/16/zebra-horror-from-1992-nightscape-and-near-dead-by-stephen-r-george/
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obviously
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The RCMP and Aliens from the Sirius Star System are Collaborating to Control your Mind with Microwaves: Martti Koski’s My Life Depends on You!
A few weeks ago, while I was reading Jim Keith’s Saucers of the Illuminati, I came across a mention of a text called My Life Depends on You! by a guy named Martti Koski. After immigrating to …
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2025/02/09/the-rcmp-and-aliens-from-the-sirius-star-system-are-collaborating-to-control-your-mind-with-microwaves-martti-koskis-my-life-depends-on-you/
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How to become a Sensuous Witch. I've wanted to read this for ages
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How to Use Spam to Enchant your Man: Abragail and Valaria’s How the Become a Sensuous Witch
Paperback Library – 1971 This has been on my radar for years, but a cover like that will make finding a book difficult regardless of its contents. I assumed it was going to be kitschy trash, …
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2025/02/02/how-to-use-spam-to-enchant-your-man-abragail-and-valarias-how-the-become-a-sensuous-witch/
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Important book that should be in every classroom in America
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Freemasons Killed JFK as Sacrifice to Extraterrestrial Demons: Jim Keith’s Saucers of the Illuminati
After a decade of running this blog, I have encountered most of the leading figures and concepts in the realms of conspiracy theories, occultism and the UFO phenomenon. When I found this short book…
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2025/01/26/freemasons-killed-jfk-as-sacrifice-to-extraterrestrial-demons-jim-keiths-saucers-of-the-illuminati/
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a space classic. i hope i get abducted by aliens too
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“I went to a different planet where the spacemen drink coffee and don’t cheat on their wives.” Woodrow Derenberger’s Visitors from Lanulos
I would imagine that I have read more books on aliens than most sensible people, but in truth, I have only scratched the surface of UFO literature. Within ufology, there are texts that get mentione…
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2025/01/19/i-went-to-a-different-planet-where-the-spacemen-drink-coffee-and-dont-cheat-on-their-wives-woodrow-derenbergers-visitors-from-lanulos/
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another extremely mental book by an extremely insane author
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Threatening Werewolves and Having Tea with Satan: Rebecca Brown’s He Came to Set the Captives Free
1986 – Chick Publications I’ve read a fair few Satanic Panic texts. They’re all pretty ridiculous, from the Devil’s rhymes in Michelle Remembers to the creepy illustrations …
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2025/01/05/threatening-werewolves-and-having-tea-with-satan-rebecca-browns-he-came-to-set-the-captives-free/
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here's most of the books I reviewed this year.
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2024, The Year in Review
2024 is almost over, and in truth, it was a pretty bad year for this website. Google changed the way it searches, and I’ve seen another big drop in traffic here. I’ve also mostly abando…
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2024/12/29/2024-the-year-in-review/
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this weeks's book: Jack MacLane's Blood Dreams
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Jack MacLane’s Blood Dreams
Zebra – 1989 I read Jack MacLane’s Blood Dreams this week. It’s pretty much exactly the kind of thing that you’d expect from its awesome cover. This is a pretty standard …
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2024/12/22/jack-maclanes-blood-dreams/
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Michael McDowell’s The Elementals
I didn’t think I was going to get a post out today, but I managed to abandon my family and read this morning, and I’ve just finished Michael McDowell’s The Elementals. I’ve …
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2024/12/15/michael-mcdowells-the-elementals/
10 months ago
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another work of fine literature
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Turn Invisible and Invite God over for Tea: Graeme D. Brown’s Invisibility: Also The Evocation of God
I’ve had a pretty mad week, and I put all of my reading time into finishing Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood. It was a pretty good book, but it’s a bit far removed from the theme of …
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2024/12/08/turn-invisible-and-invite-god-over-for-tea-graeme-d-browns-invisibility-also-the-evocation-of-god/
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@victorlavalle.bsky.social
I read this book during the week. Pretty good! Victor LaValle's The Ballad of Black Tom
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Victor LaValle’s The Ballad of Black Tom
The Horror at Red Hook is probably H.P. Lovecraft’s most racist story. Sure, there are dodgy cats and demeaning comments in other tales, but Red Hook is as much a rant on how disgusting Howar…
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2024/12/01/victor-lavalles-the-ballad-of-black-tom/
10 months ago
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started this last night.
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definitely not the Zodiac killer
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No Gary, your Dad was not the Zodiac Killer. Gary L. Stewarts The Most Dangerous Animal of All
I’m no expert on the Zodiac killer, but I have read Graysmith’s books and least have a sense of how complicated the case is and what kind of evidence would be required to confirm the ki…
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2024/11/24/no-gary-your-dad-was-not-the-zodiac-killer-gary-l-stewarts-the-most-dangerous-animal-of-all/
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I read Nick Cutter's The Troop last week. Quite enjoyed it!
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“I got worms.” – Nick Cutter’s The Troop
I don’t read a lot of recent horror, but somehow I got the idea that Nick Cutter’s The Troop would be worth reading. I got an audiobook version from my local library, and spent a week l…
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2024/11/17/i-got-worms-nick-cutters-the-troop/
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Been missing reading about the Zodiac killer recently, so started this.
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The Bodies Recovered at Roswell Were actually just Disabled Asian People: Nick Redfern’s Body Snatchers in the Desert
The crash at Roswell is surely the most infamous UFO incident of all time. The story goes that a spaceship full of aliens crashed on a ranch and the government recovered parts of the craft and its …
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2024/11/10/the-bodies-recovered-at-roswell-were-actually-just-disabled-asian-people-nick-redferns-body-snatchers-in-the-desert/
11 months ago
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i read this
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John A. Keel’s Our Haunted Planet
I’ve been having a busy time juggling work, family and studying recently, and I’m struggling to find time to read for entertainment. Audiobooks are ideal for my current situation, but I…
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2024/10/27/john-a-keels-our-haunted-planet/
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high literature
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Aron Beauregard’s The Cuck
I saw this cover couldn’t resist. Independently Published – 2022 Two lads go to a lonely woman’s house to have sex with her. When they get there, an old man watches them. Afterwar…
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2024/10/20/aron-beauregards-the-cuck/
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