The Keepsake – Paul Huson

folklore, horror, Ireland

The Keepsake – Paul Huson
Warner Books – 1981

I found this book at a thrift store a while back, and although I hadn’t heard of it at the time, I snatched it up immediately. I had two reasons for doing so. The first was that it’s about a cursed rock from Ireland. I have a bit of a thing for horror novels that have anything to do with Ireland. Secondly, I recognised the author’s name. I previously came across Paul Huson’s work when researching a rather silly grimoire a few years back. (It was easy to remember the name Paul Huson as it’s the same as Bono’s real name but spelt differently. Another Irish connection!) When I see a paperback horror novel about Ireland written by a knowledgeable occultist on sale for a couple of dollars, I buy it.

Honestly, I didn’t have very high expectations. Stories about Ireland by non-Irish writers can be pretty awful. I was expecting leprechauns, Riverdance and the IRA. Fortunately, Huson’s depiction of Ireland is pretty good. Reading his descriptions of certain parts of the country, I became convinced he had actually been there. I messaged Mr. Huson to inquire about this and he confirmed that he spent several weeks making a documentary in Ireland in 1963.

A few days after starting this book I had one of those “what are you reading?” discussions with a co-worker. I told him it was about a magical stone from Ireland that turns into a vampire. This isn’t strictly accurate, but it’s close enough to give you an idea of whether or not you’d want to read it. Personally, I think that description makes it sound great, but my co-worker laughed and didn’t ask me to lend it to him. Some people have no taste.

The Keepsake was a lot of fun. It’s well written, well researched, fast paced and quite violent. Definitely give it a read if you find a copy. Huson wrote one other novel, and I’ll be keeping my eye out for that one.

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  2. How is the population replacement program going in Ireland? Are you still allowed to criticize it? I assume you know that it’s a thing. There won’t be a recognizable Irish people, culture or nation once the Zio-globalist program runs its course. Get ready, because the program is being rolled out fast now and the boot is coming down hard on anyone who resists.

    You see, Anglo civilization harbors a Satanic faction that makes unending war upon mankind in pursuit of world domination. They were banned from the UK for centuries, but were allowed back 400 years ago and have been building their global empire ever since. They got control of our money, our media and now our technology, which has allowed them to invert our values, pervert our culture, rewrite our history and subvert our entire civilization. It’s all part of a centuries old diabolical plan is coming to fruition in our time — what the Muslims call the “Dajjal System”, the Empire of the Antichrist (I recommend studying Islam, because they are still awake to what I’m talking about, unlike subverted Christianity). What was done to the natives of Ireland, America, Russia and Palestine will be done to the entire world. A Zionist global slave camp, Bolshevism 2.0, is the program. Things are going to be getting very dark now, like you’ve never seen, until the end of this age and the defeat of this great evil. A small warning from a Celtic-American mystic and student of history…

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      3. All these fascist larping numpties believe they are historians, but it’s just quack history, like with the “alternative” science crackpots, like the hollow earthers, or my favourite loony pseudoscience – Welteislehre.

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