Authors: Algernon Blackwood, S. T. Joshi (Noted by), S. T. Joshi
ISBN-13: 9780142180150, ISBN-10: 0142180157
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Date Published: August 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) trained as a doctor and took up a special interest in Eastern medicine and religion. He published several short story collections before becoming an undercover agent for Britain during World War I. After the war he became known for his regular appearances reading ghost stories on BBC radio and television.
By turns bizarre, unsettling, spooky, and sublime, Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories showcases nine incomparable stories from master conjuror Algernon Blackwood. Evoking the uncanny spiritual forces of Nature, Blackwood's writings all tread the nebulous borderland between fantasy, awe, wonder, and horror. Here Blackwood displays his best and most disturbing work-including "The Willows," which Lovecraft singled out as "the single finest weird tale in literature"; "The Wendigo"; "The Insanity of Jones"; and "Sand."
Introduction | ||
Suggestions for Further Reading | ||
A Note on the Text | ||
Smith: An Episode in a Lodging-House | 1 | |
The Willows | 17 | |
The Insanity of Jones | 63 | |
Ancient Sorceries | 87 | |
The Man Who Found Out | 131 | |
The Wendigo | 147 | |
The Glamour of the Snow | 192 | |
The Man Whom the Trees Loved | 211 | |
Sand | 275 | |
Explanatory Notes | 351 |