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"If the devil suddenly materialized, horns, tail, hooves, brimstone
and all, sneaking in at the midnight hour and sat down beside one
of us ordinary disbelieving mortals--well, that's my own idea of a
good weird story! Most stories react upon one rather distantly. They
communicate merely a distant mental fear, and not a physical fear. If
I were to choose the most entertaining book I have ever read, I would
unquestionably name 'Seven Footprints to Satan' by A. Merritt. Just
as unhesitatingly I would name him as the insuperable weird writer,
since I have never experienced the physical fleshly cowardice of the
preternatural, either in actual life or in imaginative reconstruction
of fiction, more vividly than when I contacted Lucifer in person in
that book. What is the best weird fiction narrative ever penned? Vote
one from yours truly goes to 'Seven Footprints to Satan'."--J. Harvey
Haggard
"Seabury Quinn is my favorite author for his clever little brain-child,
Jules de Grandin. Bless his li'l heart--the monsieur can combine
humor with work before one can bat an eyelash. Pouff!--the mystery is
solved. The very manner the author uses in his writings suits me best
of all--one is held in suspense until almost the end when a few brief
explanations solve the whole riddle."--Gertrude Hemken.
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