Our Lady of Darkness (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Fritz Leiber
- First Published: 1977
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—occult
- Time of Work: 1976
- Setting: San Francisco, California
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy, Magical and occult fantasy
- Subjects: 1970’s, Authors or writers, Ghosts or apparitions, San Francisco
- Locales: San Francisco, CA
The Plot
Franz Westen, a writer of weird tales, has moved to a San Francisco apartment house following the death of his wife, Daisy, and a period of alcoholism. He has begun a tentative affair with Cal, a harpsichordist living in the apartment below whose music has a supernaturally healing influence. Still grieving, Franz avoids commitment with Cal, finding solace in his “Scholar’s Mistress,” a heap of occult books and weird pulp magazines, which he lines up every night on Daisy’s side of the bed.
While in an alcoholic haze, Franz had purchased two books:...
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