Ancient Sorceries

First published	1908
Type	Short Fiction
Length	Novelette
Series	John Silence

Synopsis

The peculiar case of Arthur Vezin is examined; an unremarkable everyman whose unplanned detour to a small French town sees him entangled in a centuries-long plot rife with witchcraft, secretive rites, missing time, past lives, and ancestral memories.

External Links

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Publications (87)

Date	Publication	Publisher	Type	Page
1908	John Silence, Physician Extraordinary	Eveleigh Nash	Collection
1909	John Silence, Physician Extraordinary	John W. Luce & Company	Collection
1910	John Silence, Physician Extraordinary	Eveleigh Nash	Collection
1912	John Silence, Physician Extraordinary	Macmillan and Co.	Collection
1914	John Silence, Physician Extraordinary	Eveleigh Nash	Collection
1914	John Silence, Physician Extraordinary	Vaughan & Gomme	Collection
1917	John Silence, Physician Extraordinary	Alfred A. Knopf	Collection
1920	John Silence, Physician Extraordinary	E. P. Dutton	Collection
1922	John Silence, Physician Extraordinary	Eveleigh Nash & Grayson	Collection
October 1924	Ghosts and Marvels: A Selection of Uncanny Tales from Daniel Defoe to Algernon Blackwood	Oxford University Press	Anthology	398
1925	The Willows and Other Queer Tales	Collins	Collection	65
1927	Ancient Sorceries and Other Tales	Collins	Collection	7
1928	John Silence, Physician Extraordinary	T. Fisher Unwin	Collection
1929	Strange Stories	William Heinemann	Collection
1929	John Silence, Physician Extraordinary	Eveleigh Nash & Grayson	Collection
1931	Strange Stories	William Heinemann	Collection
1934	The Willows and Other Queer Tales	Collins	Collection
1935	A Century of Horror Stories	Hutchinson	Anthology	17
April 1935	Mystery and Detection, April 1935	World's Work	MAGAZINE	5
1938	The Tales of Algernon Blackwood	Martin Secker	Collection	391
1938	The Tales of Algernon Blackwood	The Richards Press	Collection
1939	The Tales of Algernon Blackwood	E. P. Dutton	Collection
1942	John Silence, Physician Extraordinary	The Richards Press	Collection	\|3
1943	John Silence, Physician Extraordinary	The Richards Press	Collection	\|3
May 1943	Selected Tales of Algernon Blackwood; Stories of the Supernatural and the Uncanny	Penguin Books	Collection
1944	Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural	Modern Library	Anthology	785
June 1946	Prince of Darkness	Westhouse	Anthology	79
1947	John Silence, Physician Extraordinary	The Richards Press	Collection	\|3
1947	Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural	Hammond, Hammond & Co.	Anthology	615
1947	Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural	Modern Library	Anthology	785
1948	Selected Tales of Algernon Blackwood; Stories of the Supernatural and the Uncanny	Penguin Books	Collection	72
March 1951	Prince of Darkness	Rider & Co.	Anthology	\|79
1957	Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural	Hammond, Hammond & Co.	Anthology	615
May 1967	Black Magic: 13 Chilling Tales	Dell	Anthology	11
1968	Ancient Sorceries and Other Stories	Penguin Books	Collection	75
December 1968	Black Magic: 13 Chilling Tales	Dell	Anthology	11
1969	John Silence: Five Stories	John Baker	Collection	75
March 1969	Black Magic: 13 Chilling Tales	Dell	Anthology	11
August 1969	The Satanists	Neville Spearman	Anthology	55
March 1970	The Satanists	Taplinger	Anthology	55
1971	Horror Hunters	Macfadden-Bartell	Anthology	7
1971	Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural	Hammond, Hammond & Co.	Anthology	615
August 1971	The Satanists	Mayflower	Anthology	43
1972	Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural	Hammond, Hammond & Co.	Anthology	615
February 1972	The Satanists	Pyramid Books	Anthology	54
November 1972	Beware of the Cat: Weird Tales About Cats	Gollancz	Anthology	82
1973	Ancient Sorceries	Fantasy House	Anthology	4\|4.2
1973	Beware of the Cat: Stories of Feline Fantasy and Horror	Taplinger	Anthology	82
1974	Best Ghost Stories of Algernon Blackwood	Dover Publications	Collection	88
1974	Beware of the Cat	Arrow Books	Anthology	82
June 1974	Ancient Sorceries and Other Stories	Penguin Books	Collection
1975	Horror Hunters	Manor Books	Anthology	7
December 1976	Strange Stories	Arno Press	Collection
1977	Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural	Book Club Associates	Anthology	615
June 1977	The Best Ghost Stories	Hamlyn	Anthology	467
1982	Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural	Hutchinson	Anthology	615
August 1993	Horror by Lamplight	Chancellor Press	Anthology	388
1994	Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural	Modern Library	Anthology	753
October 1994	Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural	Modern Library	Anthology	753
1997	The Complete John Silence Stories	Dover Publications	Collection	44
November 2001	John Silence, Physician Extraordinary	House of Stratus	Collection
May 2002	Best Ghost Stories of Algernon Blackwood	House of Stratus	Collection	101
August 2002	Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories	Penguin Books (US)	Collection	87
January 2004	Three John Silence Stories	Project Gutenberg	Collection
November 2007	John Silence, "Physician Extraordinary"	Borgo Press / Wildside Press	Collection
November 2007	John Silence, "Physician Extraordinary"	Borgo Press / Wildside Press	Collection
2009	John Silence: The Complete Adventures	Coachwhip Publications	Collection	59
May 2010	Ancient Sorceries	NuVision Publications	Anthology
April 2011	Ancient Sorceries	Fantasy and Horror Classics	Chapbook
March 2012	Best Ghost Stories of Algernon Blackwood	Dover Publications	Collection
May 2012	Ghost, Supernatural & Mystic Tales	House of Stratus	Collection	49
September 2012	A Cat of Nine Tales	Rookhaven	Anthology	\|3
October 2012	Cats of Shadow, Claws of Darkness: Stories of Were-Cats, Ghost Cats, and Other Supernatural Felines	Coachwhip Publications	Anthology
March 2013	John Silence: Six Strange Cases	CreateSpace	Collection	30
May 2013	Three John Silence Stories	CreateSpace	Collection	51
January 2014	Three John Silence Stories	Start Publishing	Collection	\|2
June 2015	Tales to Terrify, #178	District of Wonders	MAGAZINE
2016	H. P. Lovecraft Selects: Classic Horror Stories	Fall River Press	Omnibus	476
November 2016	The Dead Valley and Others	Dark Regions Press	Anthology
October 2017	John Silence, Physician Extraordinary / The Wave	Stark House Press	Omnibus
October 2019	John Silence, Physician Extraordinary	Jaunt Classics	Collection
October 2019	Roarings from Further Out	The British Library	Collection	79
October 2019	Roarings from Further Out	The British Library	Collection	79
September 2022	Ancient Sorceries	Pushkin Press	Collection	9
August 2023	Horror Stories	Flame Tree Press	Collection	246
October 2024	Ancient Sorceries	Penguin Books	Collection	\|20
October 2024	Ancient Sorceries	Penguin Books	Collection	\|20