The Woodwitch (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)

By Stephen Gregory

Book Overview

"Andrew Pinkney is a young English lawyer with boyish good looks and a gentle manner, but a dark side emerges when his girlfriend Jennifer laughs at his impotence. He lashes out in a violent rage, knocking her unconscious. At the suggestion of his employer, Andrew heads to an isolated cottage in the dark Welsh countryside to take a break and get a grip on himself. In the woods, he discovers the grotesque stinkhorn mushroom, whose phallic shape seems to rise in obscene mockery of his own shortcomings. But the stinkhorn gives him an idea, a way to win Jennifer back. As the seeds of obsession take root in Andrew's mind, he embarks on a nightmarish quest, with unexpected and horrifying results"--

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1941147453
• ISBN13: 9781941147450
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Valancourt Books
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

For strong stomachs

This is a very strange book, about a fellow that has a bit of a sexual problem (Hint: The story takes place before the age of Viagra). He somehow thinks the way to solve this problem is to grow phallic shaped mushrooms. In order to grow these mushrooms, one needs a supply of maggots. In case you have not guessed yet, maggots come from dead things. This is the only book I have ever read that made me sick to my stomach. That alone deserves 5 stars, but it also is a very different and interesting read. Not for the faint of heart.