The Séance and Other Stories

First published in 1968, this collection of sixteen stories ranks with Mr. Singer’s best work, combining the real with the mystical and the occult, the spiritual with the sexual, the grotesque with the mundane, the supernatural with the ordinary.

"It has been frequently remarked that I.B. Singer is a teller of tales. ' . . . And many of the elements are closer to ancient fable, folk tale or fairy story than to the modern well-made, slightly nuanced short story. The brew, however, is of Mr. Singer's own devising. It combines a rich and real past with mystical and occult states, the spiritual and the sexual, the grotesque and the mundane, the supernatural and the ordinary. There is nothing unbelievable in Singer." – Thomas Lask, The New York Times