Fantasy Horror Humor 2008

Johannes Cabal the Necromancer by Jonathan L. Howard

The page-turning first novel in the charmingly gothic, fiendishly funny Faustian series about a brilliant scientist who makes a deal with the Devil, twice.

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What it is

A myth or a classic told anew · a madcap adventure

What happens in it

Retelling

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How it's told

Who tells it
A narrator who knows it all
Its world
A touch of the supernatural
Prose
Witty

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Is it for you?

It's for you if…

  • you like an old story told again
  • you want to laugh out loud
  • you want to be properly scared

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