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'Back from the shouting floor and ceiling came the chorus of images
that stormed and clamoured for expression. Jones lay still and
listened; he let them come. There was nothing else to do.' Algernon
Blackwood was one of the most influential writers of
twentieth-century weird and supernatural fiction. He once told a
correspondent that every story he wrote was based on either a
personal experience or that of someone he knew, and thus the vast
collection of short stories and novels published in his lifetime
can be seen to form a kind of autobiography. In this collection of
his most atmospheric and uneasy tales, Mike Ashley provides the
facts of Blackwood's life which inspired each story - including
experiences as an intelligence agent in the First World War and
adventures in New York - to tell the parallel tale of the author's
lifetime of the supernatural.
Algernon Blackwood, a founding father of modern ghost and horror
stories, is one of the great horror writers of the late Victorian
and Edwardian eras. With M.R. James, William Hope Hodgson and
Arthur Machen, he inspired generations of writers from H.P.
Lovecraft to Shirley Jackson, Robert Bloch to Ramsey Campbell.
Although The Willows and The Wendigo are his most well-known, this
new collection brings together many of his other finely crafted
tales, including 'The Empty House', 'A Haunted Island', 'The
Transfer' and 'The Kit-Bag'. The Flame Tree Gothic Fantasy, Classic
Stories and Epic Tales collections bring together the entire range
of myth, folklore and modern short fiction. Highlighting the roots
of suspense, supernatural, science fiction and mystery stories, the
books in Flame Tree Collections series are beautifully presented,
perfect as a gift and offer a lifetime of reading pleasure.
Algernon Blackwood, one of the founding fathers of modern ghost and
horror stories, inspired generations of writers from H.P. Lovecraft
to Shirley Jackson and our very own Ramsey Campbell. Blackwood's
'The Empty House' is one of the most famous haunted house stories
in the English language, with its carefully crafted gathering of
tension and dread inference of terrors lurking at the end of every
corridor, around every corner, through every half-opened door. This
edition includes 'A Haunted Island', 'The Wood of the Dead',
'Skeleton Lake' and several other ghoulish tales. FLAME TREE 451:
From mystery to crime, supernatural to horror and fantasy to
science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves
and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad
scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist
fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for
the reader of the fantastic. Each book features a brand new
biography and a new glossary of Literary, Gothic and Victorian
terms.
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Ancient Sorceries (Hardcover)
Algernon Blackwood; Designed by Joe McLaren
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A British traveller in France stops in a remote French hill town
with some very unusual inhabitants and soon finds himself unable to
leave; a scholar staying in a lodging house feels himself observed
by a malevolent presence; two friends on a canoeing trip spend a
night on a lonely willow-covered island in the middle of the
Danube, haunted by the strange trees and sinister shapes in the
water... Algernon Blackwood is one of Britain's greatest ever
proponents of weird and supernatural stories. This collection
contains four of his most unnervingly curious tales: 'Ancient
Sorceries', 'The Listener', 'The Sea Fit' and 'The Willows'.
The reputation of early-twentieth century British writer Algernon
Blackwood currently resides with his two novellas `The Willows'
(1907) and `The Wendigo' (1910), and with good reason. They are
perfectly crafted horror tales that convey feelings of mystical
otherness; they hint at the possibility that there are forces which
lie beyond the confines of our everyday understanding of the world
and which may, given the right circumstances, manifest to humans.
In `The Willows', `unearthly' creatures are responsible for
arousing `some dim ancestral sense of terror more profoundly
disturbing than anything' the protagonists have ever known. In `The
Wendigo', fear of the titular monster from Native American folklore
is used to create a discombobulating atmosphere of dread. In both
novellas, as in many other of Blackwood's fictions, wild landscapes
(a desolate island, a labyrinthine forest) act as more than
enhancing backdrops to the action - they become essential elements
to the generation of anxiety and metaphysical awe. Both stories
have become staples of the weird literary tradition, of which
Blackwood was undoubtedly a modern master. Blackwood's slow and
measured prose, deeply psychological and descriptive, grants his
fiction an intrinsic cumulative effect. It both builds up to potent
climaxes and brilliantly chronicles the aftermath of horrific
encounters. His poignant narrative pace, sparse use of action and
marked interest in how the mind filters perceptions, rather than on
objective physical descriptions, makes Blackwood truly unique. Only
a handful of other stories in horror fiction manage to conjure up
the type of uncanny ambience found in `The Willows' and `The
Wendigo'. This is why they are included in this collection.
This new selection of Algernon Blackwood's essays and short stories
is a unique combination of supernatural writing and the author's
own reflections on the art of fiction, and the themes and impulses
that created these remarkable stories. Blackwood (1869-1951) is one
of the great names in Weird writing, and one of the foremost
British writers of horror, supernatural and ghost stories. His
talent for expressing unknown fears come through strongly in these
tales of the Canadian backwoods, Alpine mountaineering and desert
loneliness. His deep interest in extending consciousness beyond
human faculties produced short stories to lead the reader into wild
and remote settings, to face nature at its most awe-inspiring and
terrifying, and to sense, if only briefly, the immensity of the
unknown forces beyond. Stories include: 'Skeleton Lake', 'The
Wolves of God', 'The Glamour of the Snow', 'The Sacrifice', 'The
Insanity of Jones', 'The Tarn of Sacrifice', 'By Water' and
'Imagination'. Essays include: 'Mid the Haunts of the Moose', 'The
Winter Alps', 'On Reincarnation' and 'The Genesis of Ideas'. This
selection of Blackwood's writing has been curated with an
Introduction by Henry Bartholomew, of the University of Plymouth.
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The Wendigo and Other Stories
Algernon Blackwood; Edited by Aaron Worth
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'See!...The woods are alive! Already the Great Ones are there, and
the dance will soon begin! The salve is here! Anoint yourself and
come!' One of the greatest writers of the strange and weird,
Algernon Blackwood evolved from a teller of ghost stories to a
pioneering master of such emergent fictional modes as cosmic horror
and nature Gothic. In tales whose settings range from the eerie
North Woods of Canada to the mysterious sands of the Egyptian
desert, Blackwood blurs the boundaries between human and nonhuman,
living and dead, beckoning the reader into strange borderlands
where alien forces lurk, waiting for the chance to break through
into our world. This new selection of Blackwood's shorter fiction
constitutes the most comprehensive critical edition of his work to
date. Included here are such undisputed classics as 'The Wendigo',
'The Willows', and 'Ancient Sorceries', as well as two superbly
unsettling novellas, 'The Man Whom the Trees Loved' and 'A Descent
into Egypt', and ten other stories short and long, drawn from
collections spanning Blackwood's long writing career. Aaron Worth's
introduction and notes situate these tales in the context of
Blackwood's own upbringing in an evangelical Victorian household,
as well as in relation to such topics as late-imperial British
history and the emergence of modern ecological thought. ABOUT THE
SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made
available the widest range of literature from around the globe.
Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship,
providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable
features, including expert introductions by leading authorities,
helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for
further study, and much more.
13 great stories by foremost British 20th-century supernaturalist. "The Willows," "The Wendigo," "Ancient Sorceries," others.
From a master storyteller of supernatural tales come six horror stories that launched the career of "psychic doctor" John Silence. Ghost story fans will delight in "A Psychical Invasion," in which a house is apparently haunted by former tenants; "Ancient Sorceries," which tells of strange experiences in a small French town; as well as "Secret Worship," "The Nemesis of Fire," "The Camp of God," and "A Victim of Higher Space." Edited and with an introduction by occult fiction authority S. T. Joshi.
Many of the finest stories of magic and fantasy, particularly those
dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and
increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in
affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text
and artwork.
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Jimbo - A Fantasy (Hardcover)
Algernon Blackwood; Contributions by Mint Editions
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Jimbo: A Fantasy (1909) is a novel by Algernon Blackwood. Having
already established himself as a promising short story writer,
Blackwood published his debut novel at the age of 40. A lifelong
occultist, Blackwood was interested in the fine line between the
human and spiritual realms, often incorporating supernatural
elements into his work. Jimbo: A Fantasy is a story of a young
boy's out of body experience after sustaining a terrible injury, a
narrative that explores the vibrant worlds we wake to in our
dreams. "Jimbo had fallen on his head. Inside that head lay the
mass of highly sensitive matter called the brain, on which were
recorded, of course, the impressions of everything that had yet
come to him in life. [...] [H]e would have to wander, lost and
lonely, through the comparative chaos of disproportioned visions,
generally known as the region of delirium, until the doctor,
assisted by mother nature, restored him once more to normal
consciousness." Unsupervised, Jimmy wanders into the fields near
his home. Charged by an angry bull, he falls and strikes his head,
losing consciousness for an indeterminate period of time. As his
body struggles to stay alive, his mind creates a world of its own,
a haunting realm of dreams both fantastic and somehow realer, more
vibrant, then the world he seems to have lost. Jimbo: A Fantasy is
a story for children and adults alike, a novel that poses timeless
questions regarding the nature of our existence, both upon earth
and beyond. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally
typeset manuscript, this edition of Algernon Blackwood's Jimbo: A
Fantasy is a classic work of British literature reimagined for
modern readers.
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Jimbo - A Fantasy (Paperback)
Algernon Blackwood; Contributions by Mint Editions
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Jimbo: A Fantasy (1909) is a novel by Algernon Blackwood. Having
already established himself as a promising short story writer,
Blackwood published his debut novel at the age of 40. A lifelong
occultist, Blackwood was interested in the fine line between the
human and spiritual realms, often incorporating supernatural
elements into his work. Jimbo: A Fantasy is a story of a young
boy's out of body experience after sustaining a terrible injury, a
narrative that explores the vibrant worlds we wake to in our
dreams. "Jimbo had fallen on his head. Inside that head lay the
mass of highly sensitive matter called the brain, on which were
recorded, of course, the impressions of everything that had yet
come to him in life. [...] [H]e would have to wander, lost and
lonely, through the comparative chaos of disproportioned visions,
generally known as the region of delirium, until the doctor,
assisted by mother nature, restored him once more to normal
consciousness." Unsupervised, Jimmy wanders into the fields near
his home. Charged by an angry bull, he falls and strikes his head,
losing consciousness for an indeterminate period of time. As his
body struggles to stay alive, his mind creates a world of its own,
a haunting realm of dreams both fantastic and somehow realer, more
vibrant, then the world he seems to have lost. Jimbo: A Fantasy is
a story for children and adults alike, a novel that poses timeless
questions regarding the nature of our existence, both upon earth
and beyond. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally
typeset manuscript, this edition of Algernon Blackwood's Jimbo: A
Fantasy is a classic work of British literature reimagined for
modern readers.
A Prisoner in Fairyland (1913) is a novel by Algernon Blackwood.
Having already established himself as a promising short story
writer, Blackwood began publishing novels at the age of 40. A
lifelong occultist, Blackwood was interested in the fine line
between the human and spiritual realms, often incorporating
supernatural elements into his work. A Prisoner in Fairyland is a
story of a wealthy retiree's return to the wonderful imaginative
world of his youth. Hoping to spend the rest of his life in service
of others, he gets the old Starlight Express up and running again.
"For, from boyhood up, a single big ambition had ever thundered
through his being-the desire to be of use to others. To help his
fellow-kind was to be his profession and career." Henry Rogers has
always been a dreamer. On the brink of retirement, he plans to use
his carefully accumulated wealth to fulfill his philanthropic
destiny. Initially unsure of the shape of his charitable
contribution to society, a trip to his childhood home changes
everything. There, he finds the old train carriage where he would
spend days at a time immersed in a world of fantasy and adventure.
Back on the Starlight Express, Rogers plans to take deserving
passengers to the wondrous realm of Fairyland. He soon discovers,
however, that his impassioned beliefs-however well-intentioned-risk
condemnation and persecution from those whose investments on Earth
prevent them from indulging in imaginative excursions into the
unknown. A Prisoner in Fairyland is a story for children and adults
alike, a novel that poses timeless questions regarding the nature
of our existence, both upon earth and beyond. With a beautifully
designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition
of Algernon Blackwood's A Prisoner in Fairyland is a classic work
of British literature reimagined for modern readers.
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