Book: The Revolt of the Angels, Anatole France
A satire of atheist angels plotting anarchist revolution against Heaven. An overlooked Satanic classic–overlooked no more.
Book: Paradise Lost, John Milton
The original Satanic classic, an epic English poem recounting the story of Genesis with Satan as the protagonist–and perhaps the hero.
Book: The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood
Atwood’s 1985 thriller about the horrors of religious patriarchy remains ever-contemporary with real fundamentalist agendas.
Book: Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley’s daring exploration of morality in a godless universe where human beings wield ultimate power over life and death.
Book: Tell My Horse, Zora Neale Hurston
This account of Carribbean voodoo explores what happens when religion adapts to violence, persecution, and exploitation.
Book: The Bloody Chamber, Angela Carter
Feminist folklore explores the basic elements of fairy tale storytelling: horror, gothicism, taboo, and the place of women in storytelling.
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