James Darke – Witches #3: The Torture

James Darke – Witches #3: The Torture (Sphere, 1983)

THE TRAIL OF TERROR

With the memory of a brave friend’s lynching and the destruction of another of his fiendish pursuers seared into his fear-crazed brain, John Ferris continues his gruesome pursuit of the father of darkness. For the reign of Robert Monk, torturer and despoiler of the innocent, is not yet over: in the guise of a witchfinder he blights the land with a plague of fire and lust – and with him rides John Ferris’ beloved, the sweet-faced Mary Villers.

John Ferris has sworn to reclaim Mary from the witchfinder’s hell-rabble. To save her he has followed the horrific trail of gibbets, burnings and maiming. But did she go of her own accord or was she forced by Monk? With the devil cornered at last, John must know the truth.

More disco dollies are admitted to the dungeon in:

The Witches #4: The Escape (Sphere, 1984)
The Witches #5: The Meeting (Sphere, 1985) :
The Witches #6: The Killing (Sphere, 1985)
The Witches #7: The Feud (Sphere, 1986)
The Witches #8: The Plague (Sphere, 1986)

James Darke – Witches #2: The Trial

James Darke – Witches #2: The Trial (Sphere, 1983)

THE HANDS OF HELL

As the Civil War raged on fear rode abroad on a nag with eyes of fire and teeth of flame. Every man lived in terror of his neighbour, and betrayal lurked in the shadow of every penny ale-house. It was a time of horror and desperation, a time for sons of darkness like Robert Monk to flourish.

With the murderous gypsy brothers Daniel and Abraham Mendoza and the raddled whore Liza Hall, Monk pursues his profitable trade in torture and terror. As the trail of mutilated corpses grows, so does his fortune. John Ferris has sworn to hunt Monk to the death. But now he has fallen into the hands of the witchfinder himself and only the giant Negro Brutus York can save him.

Eric Ericson – The Woman Who Slept With Demons

Eric Ericson – The Woman Who Slept With Demons (Nel, 1980)

A Blood Curdling Novel Of The Occult By The Author Of ‘The Sorcerer’.

She sold her soul, and her body for the power of the damned.

Andrew Jarvis found her unconscious, her naked body horribly scarred with bites and scratches, and all the marks of violent sexual abuse. He was drawn like a moth to the flame but it was not she who was the victim – it was Andrew.

Before he knew it he was under her spell, plunged unwillingly into a world of ritual and demonic evil. For she was one of The Apart, a woman who drew her terrible powers from the devils themselves, a woman who slept with demons…

Ray Russell – The Case Against Satan

Ray Russell – The Case Against Satan (Sphere, 1970: originally 1963)

Can a pious and beautiful young girl become the spokesman of the devil? Can Satan manifest himself in the mind and body of a guileless innocent?

The Bishop could find no other reason for Susan Garth’s strange and shocking behaviour – and Father Sargent was assigned to the dangerous task of exorcism. A dangerous task indeed for a brilliant young priest beset by serious doubts about his own faith.

As Father Sargent struggles to reconcile the new frontiers of psychiatry with the dark, primeval forces of evil, the story unfolds with painful suspense to its extraordinary climax.