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Literature[edit]

Author Year Title Synopsis
Thomas Middleton 1605 A Mad World, My Masters The philandering Master Penitent Brothel is tempted by a succubus assuming the form of his illicit partner, using song and dance in a failed attempt to seduce him.
Honoré de Balzac Early 1800s "The Succubus" Concerns a 1271 trial of a she-devil succubus in the guise of a woman, who, amongst other things, could use her hair to entangle victims.[1]
Charles Williams 1937 Descent into Hell Portrays an academic who consciously rejects the potential affections of a real woman in favor of a physically identical but perfectly obedient and pliable succubus.
Richard Matheson 1962 "The Likeness of Julie" Portrays a teenage succubus named Julie (later adapted into TV film Trilogy of Terror).
Poul Anderson 1971 Operation Chaos The protagonists are visited shortly after being married by a succubus/incubus who changes genders in its attempts to seduce both of them.
Stephen King 1982–2012 The Dark Tower Roland encounters a succubus in a circle of stones while following the man in black. This succubus then later helps an incubus in impregnating Susanna Dean with Roland's child, Mordred, a villain in later books.
Toni Morrison 1987 Beloved The novel's protagonist, Beloved, has been discussed in academic works as a modern use of this theme.[2][3]
Piers Anthony 1988 For Love of Evil Succubi, including Lilith, make up the Kingdom of Hell, which reflects Dante's 7 Circles of Hell.
Terry Pratchett 1990 Eric Has a small reference to succubi in which a demonologist describes how his grandfather spent his entire life trying to summon one only to succeed in conjuring a Neuralger, a female demon that has a headache every night.
Laurell K. Hamilton 1993 Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter The main character, Anita Blake, finds herself becoming a succubus.
Orson Scott Card 1996 Treasure Box A witch conjures a succubus who represents the dreams and desires of the protagonist in order to convince him to open a mysterious box.
Jim Butcher 2000 Dresden Files series The White Court of vampires are described as succubi and incubi. One of these incubi is the major supporting character Thomas Raith.
Jonathan Stroud 2003 Bartimaeus Trilogy Describes a succubus as a kind of demon preferred by male magicians, and also that Mr. Tallow might be the offspring of a magician and a succubus.
Jaq D. Hawkins 2005 Dance of the Goblins The Goblin female Talla revives the tradition of the succubus among goblins. The theme is carried on through the rest of the series, Demoniac Dance and Power of the Dance.
Mike Carey 2006 Felix Castor series Features a succubus who takes the name Juliet, gives up feeding on men and enters into a lesbian relationship whilst working as an exorcist.
Jackie Kessler 2007 Hell on Earth A dark paranormal series starring the succubus Jezebel, who runs away from Hell, hides on Earth as an exotic dancer, and learns the hard way about being mortal.
Richelle Mead 2009 or earlier Georgina Kincaid A 21st-century urban fantasy novel series featuring succubus Georgina Kincaid trying to find a vampire hunter.
Jess C Scott 2012 Naked Heat Acollection of incubus and succubus stories. "Tongue-Tied" features a voyeuristic lesbian succubus, and "Kylie" features a cougar succubus who gets involved in a complicated love quadrangle.
  1. ^ Balzac, Honoré de. "The Succubus"
  2. ^ "Figurations of Rape and the Supernatural in Beloved" by Pamela E. Barnett. PMLA, Vol. 112, No. 3 (May 1997), pp. 418-427 JSTOR
  3. ^ "Utopias Limited: Post-sixties and Postmodern American Fiction" by DeKoven, Marianne. MFS Modern Fiction Studies - Volume 41, Number 1, Spring 1995, pp. 75-97 MUSE "Sethe's miraculous milk drains off into the succubus Beloved has become ."