Tarot Fiction

Ambrosia

Anyone out there know of any fiction that uses tarot as a subject? I read a brilliant one once about a tarot reader and a supermarket but I cant for the life of me remember the name and have never seen it since. Also read 'The greater trumps' but found it a bit old fashioned for my taste.
 

Mariana

Rachel Pollack has a collection of short stories on the tarot, Tarot Tales. If you like more serious, literary stuff, there is a book by Italo Calvino, The Castle of Crossed Destinies.
 

Ambrosia

Thanks Mariana. I will have to try and find 'Tarot tales' in a bookstore as the only fiction of Rachel Pollack in my local library are her sci fi works which i'm not a huge fan of i'm afraid. Will look into the other book you mentioned also. Cheers.
 

Sulis

David Skibbins has a series of 'Tarot mysteries', I've read one of them 'The Eight of Swords' which was very entertaining.
The main character is a tarot reader who seems to get himself involved in crime and he has to get to the bottom of it.
I would read the other books in the series but they are quite hard to get in the UK.

http://www.amazon.com/Eight-Swords-...7067341?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1181473849&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.com/High-Priestes...7067341?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1181473849&sr=1-2
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Tarot-Ca...7067341?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1181473849&sr=1-4
 

Mariana

There is also 'Tarot Fantastic' by Greenberg, another short story collection. It's ok, but not great.
 

coyoteblack

Ambrosia said:
Anyone out there know of any fiction that uses tarot as a subject? I read a brilliant one once about a tarot reader and a supermarket but I cant for the life of me remember the name and have never seen it since. Also read 'The greater trumps' but found it a bit old fashioned for my taste.
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piers anthony wrote a book caled tarot I read it when I was younger few times was a real great read
 

SaintOfScreams

Tarot Cafe is a fictional manga series.
 
Rider Waite book Legacy of the Divine Tarot