DEVIL STORIES

AN ANTHOLOGY

SELECTED AND EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION AND CRITICAL COMMENTS

By MAXIMILIAN J. RUDWIN

“Mortal, mock not at the Devil,
Life is short and soon will fail,
And the ‘fire everlasting’
Is no idle fairy-tale.”
—Heine.

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ANTHOLOGIES OF DIABOLICAL LITERATURE
EDITED BY MAXIMILIAN J. RUDWIN