Conjure Wife: Terror, Evil, Witchcraft and Violence -- Fritz Leiber

<p><br></p><p>Professor Norman Saylor considered magic nothing more than superstition. Then he learned that his own wife was a practicing sorceress. But he still refuses to accept the truth...that in the secret occult warfare that governs our lives, magic is a matter of life and death. </p><p>Filmed twice, as <em>Weird Woman</em> (1944) and <em>Burn Witch Burn</em> (1961), this tale of secret witchcraft on a modern college campus is as readable today as the day it was written.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Fritz Leiber's classic story of terror</strong></p><p><strong>CONJURE WIFE</strong></p><p><strong>made into the American-International movie</strong></p><p>Norman Taylor thought it was absurd for his</p><p>beautiful wife, Tansy, to believe in black</p><p>magic. He made her throw her potions, </p><p>charms and amulets into the fire. After all, he</p><p>was a college professor, a rational man who</p><p>didn't believe in superstition.</p><p>Then, his troubles began ... phone calls in</p><p>the dead of night, a student who threatened</p><p>him with a gun, and a hideous gargoyle-like </p><p>creature who stalked him about the campus, </p><p>one whom he alone could see.</p><p>Slowly, an atmosphere of palpable evil encircled</p><p>him until the truth could no longer be</p><p>denied. There were witches all around him, </p><p>conniving for his soul, lusting for his body ...</p><p>and he was powerless to defend himself.</p><p><br></p><p>"Easily the most convincing and the most frightening