Books with author Mr Algernon Blackwood

How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Formatted for e-reader Illustrated About The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories by Algernon Blackwood The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories by Algernon Blackwood is packed with hauntings, strange nature tales, weird crimes and dark fantasy from one of the greatest writers of supernatural fiction in the 20th century. Algernon Blackwood was a master of ghost stories. No, not gore and zombies and such. As a descriptive writer, he knew how to tell a story that would raise goosebumps without resorting to blood, claws, or gnashing teeth of a monster. The creak of a footstep on the stairs, a limb brushing against the roof, a shadow on the wall, Blackwood knew how to scare you without saying, “Boo!” Here are the ten of his finest stories, a collection to read under the covers after midnight. This is the illustrated edition. Most connoisseurs of modern horror fiction rate Algernon Blackwood as the finest horror writer of all time. Blackwood was unsurpassed in originality and characterisation. His finest works still surprise and entertain today's readers.

Blackwood was born in Shooter's Hill (today part of south-east London, but then part of northwest Kent) and educated at Wellington College. His father was a Post Office administrator who, according to Peter Penzoldt, "though not devoid of genuine good-heartedness, had appallingly narrow religious ideas".Blackwood had a varied career, farming in Canada, operating a hotel, as a newspaper reporter in New York City, and, throughout his adult life, an occasional essayist for various periodicals. In his late thirties, he moved back to England and started to write stories of the supernatural. He was very successful, writing at least ten original collections of short stories and eventually appearing on both radio and television to tell them. He also wrote fourteen novels, several children's books, and a number of plays, most of which were produced but not published. He was an avid lover of nature and the outdoors, and many of his stories reflect this. English writer of ghost stories and supernatural fiction, of whom Lovecraft wrote: "He is the one absolute and unquestioned master of weird atmosphere." His powerful story "The Willows," which effectively describes another dimension impinging upon our own, was reckoned by Lovecraft to be not only "foremost of all" Blackwood's tales but the best "weird tale" of all time. (Unfortunately, Blackwood, who was familiar with Lovecraft's work, failed to return the compliment. As he told Peter Penzoldt, he found "spiritual terror" missing in his young admirer's writing, something he considered all-important in his own.) Among his thirty-odd books, Blackwood wrote a series of stories and short novels published as John Silence, Physician Extraordinary (1908), which featured a "psychic detective" who combined the skills of a Sherlock Holmes and a psychic medium. Blackwood also wrote light fantasy and juvenile books. The son of a preacher, Blackwood had a life-long interest in the supernatural, the occult, and spiritualism, and firmly believed that humans possess latent psychic powers. The autobiography Episodes Before Thirty (1923) tells of his lean years as a journalist in New York. In the late 1940s, Blackwood had a television program on the BBC on which he read . . . ghost stories!

In the train, even before St. John's was passed, a touch of inevitable reaction had set in, and Rogers asked himself why he was going. For a sentimental journey was hardly in his line, it seemed. But no satisfactory answer was forthcoming -- none, at least, that a Board or a Shareholders' Meeting would have considered satisfactory. The old vicar spoke to him strangely. "We've not forgotten you as you've forgotten us," he said. "And the place, though empty now for years, has not forgotten you either, I'll be bound." Rogers brushed it off. Just silliness -- that was all it was. But after St. John's the conductor shouted, "Take your seats! Take your seats! The Starlight Express is off to Fairyland! Show your tickets! Show your tickets!" And then the forgotten mystery of his childhood came back to him. . . .

Day and Night Stories by Algernon BlackwoodAs he got out of the train at the little wayside station he remembered the conversation as if it had been yesterday, instead of fifteen years ago—and his heart went thumping against his ribs so violently that he almost heard it. The original thrill came over him again with all its infinite yearning. He felt it as he had felt it then—not with that tragic lessening the interval had brought to each repetition of its memory. Here, in the familiar scenery of its birth, he realised with mingled pain and wonder that the subsequent years had not destroyed, but only dimmed it. The forgotten rapture flamed back with all the fierce beauty of its genesis, desire at white heat. And the shock of the abrupt discovery shattered time. Fifteen years became a negligible moment; the crowded experiences that had intervened seemed but a dream. The farewell scene, the conversation on the steamer’s deck, were clear as of the day before. He saw the hand holding her big hat that fluttered in the wind, saw the flowers on the dress where the long coat was blown open a moment, recalled the face of a hurrying steward who had jostled them; he even heard the voices—his own and hers:“Yes,” she said simply; “I promise you. You have my word. I’ll wait——”“Till I come back to find you,” he interrupted.Steadfastly she repeated his actual words, then added: “Here; at home—that is.”“I’ll come to the garden gate as usual,” he told her, trying to smile. “I’ll knock. You’ll open the gate—as usual—and come out to me.”These words, too, she attempted to repeat, but her voice failed, her eyes filled suddenly with tears; she looked into his face and nodded. It was just then that her little hand went up to hold the hat on—he saw the very gesture still. He remembered that he was vehemently tempted to tear his ticket up there and then, to go ashore with her, to stay in England, to brave all opposition—when the siren roared its third horrible warning ... and the ship put out to sea.

Incredible Adventures is a collection by Algernon Blackwood, comprising four novellas and a story. H. P. Lovecraft wrote that: In the volume titled Incredible Adventures occur some of the finest tales which the author has yet produced, leading the fancy to wild rites on nocturnal hills, to secret and terrible aspects lurking behind stolid scenes, and to unimaginable vaults of mystery below the sands and pyramids of Egypt; all with a serious finesse and delicacy that convince where a cruder or lighter treatment would merely amuse. Some of these accounts are hardly stories at all, but rather studies in elusive impressions and half-remembered snatches of dream. Plot is everywhere negligible, and atmosphere reigns untrammelled. Contains the following stories: THE REGENERATION OF LORD ERNIE, THE SACRIFICE, THE DAMNED, A DESCENT INTO EGYPT, WAYFARERS.

How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories by Algernon Blackwood The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories by Algernon Blackwood is packed with hauntings, strange nature tales, weird crimes and dark fantasy from one of the greatest writers of supernatural fiction in the 20th century. Algernon Blackwood was a master of ghost stories. No, not gore and zombies and such. As a descriptive writer, he knew how to tell a story that would raise goosebumps without resorting to blood, claws, or gnashing teeth of a monster. The creak of a footstep on the stairs, a limb brushing against the roof, a shadow on the wall, Blackwood knew how to scare you without saying, “Boo!” Here are the ten of his finest stories, a collection to read under the covers after midnight. This is the illustrated edition. Most connoisseurs of modern horror fiction rate Algernon Blackwood as the finest horror writer of all time. Blackwood was unsurpassed in originality and characterisation. His finest works still surprise and entertain today's readers.

Algernon Blackwood's spooky stories remain as dark, chilling and readable today as the time they were first published at the beginning of the 20th century. Algernon Blackwood was well-regarded in life as a master of the short horror story. Intertwining the supernatural and unexplained into a series of compelling narratives, the reader is left confused, scared and thrilled by the bizarre occurrences that puzzle, traumatize and terrify his characters. Blackwood's deft use of ambiguous endings leave the reader to interpret what may have happened. The author's stories exerted an enormous influence on H.P. Lovecraft (who himself termed Blackwood a 'master' of the craft of supernatural storytelling) and other horror authors. Together with strange and frightening tales, he was an enthusiastic author of essays and plays. As well as the 'weird' fiction for which he was famed, Blackwood would also write ordinary stories and tales aimed at younger audiences.

How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About The Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood The Wendigo is a novella by Algernon Blackwood, first published in The Lost Valley and Other Stories. Plot Summary: In the wilderness north of Rat Portage in Northwestern Ontario, two Scotsmen – divinity student Simpson and his uncle, Dr. Cathcart, an author of a book on collective hallucination – are on a moose-hunting trip with guides Hank Davis and the wilderness-loving French "Canuck", Joseph Défago. While their Indian cook, Punk, stays to tend the main camp, the others split up into two hunting-parties; Dr. Cathcart goes with Hank, while Défago guides Simpson in a canoe down the river to explore the vast territory beyond. Simpson and Défago make camp, and it soon becomes clear that Défago senses – or thinks he senses – some strange and fearful odour on the wind. That night, Simpson wakes to find Défago cowering in terror from something outside the tent. Later Défago runs off into the night, forcing Simpson to go and look for him. He follows his footprints in the snow for many miles, realising that Défago's are not the only set of tracks. The larger set of footprints are not human, and gradually it seems that Défago's own tracks have metamorphosed into smaller versions of the larger set. Eventually, both sets of tracks vanish, and Simpson thinks he hears Défago's distant voice calling out from somewhere in the sky above. Simpson finally manages to make his way back to the main camp where he is reunited with the others. Dr. Cathcart and Hank go back with him to search for Défago, and when camping once more out in the wilderness, Défago – or some hideous parody of Défago – appears before them before vanishing once again into the night.

Born from an ancient native American tale about a mythical cannibalistic spirit that could possess humans, Algemon Blackwood's The Wendingo is a tale of mystery and horror that is widely considered by critics to be Blackwood's most well-written and exciting stories.While also being known for writings such as A Physical Invasion, Blackwood is most renowned for writing The Wendingo – a scary story that is definitely not to be read before bed time.The Wendingo itself is basically one of the creepiest campfire stories of all time. The creature itself is believed to have originated in the myths and folklore of Native Americans who believed in it as an explanation for cannibalism. The Wendingo was allegedly believed to possess human victims in order to control and use them for that exact purpose.The plot of the story is quite simple. It is set in the northern Canadian timberland, and tells the tale of four men who set out in the wilderness of these parts to hunt for moose. Dr. Cathcart and his nephew Simpson are accompanied by two guides on their journey, and they all encounter a few of the frightening signs associated with the Wendingo myth.The imagery and narrative skills that Algemon Blackwood displays in The Wendingo are quite remarkable in their quality and diversity. Basically, you will enjoy every ounce of it, while being scared out of your wits.Anyone who enjoys a good scary story, and wants something a little more unique than a regular murder mystery will be completely entranced and fascinated by The Wendingo. Algemon Blackwood's writing skill and remarkable ability to make a story truly worth reading will help you realize just how much you can take away from this well-written work of literary art that has remained a timeless and quite well-known horror story throughout the years.

He painted trees as by some special divining instinct of their essential qualities. He understood them. He knew why in an oak forest, for instance, each individual was utterly distinct from its fellows, and why no two beeches in the whole world were alike. People asked him down to paint a favorite lime or silver birch, for he caught the individuality of a tree as some catch the individuality of a horse. How he managed it was something of a puzzle, for he never had painting lessons, his drawing was often wildly inaccurate, and, while his perception of a Tree Personality was true and vivid, his rendering of it might almost approach the ludicrous. Yet the character and personality of that particular tree stood there alive beneath his brush—shining, frowning, dreaming, as the case might be, friendly or hostile, good or evil. It emerged. (Jacketless library hardcover.)