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The Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood. The Wendigo is a horror story written by Algernon Blackwood and first published in 1910. This tale is set in the vast forests of northern Canada. The story follows a group of men who venture into the remote wilderness on a hunting expedition. During the expedition, one of the guides, Défago, is taken over by a supernatural entity known as the Wendigo, a legendary creature from indigenous mythology that symbolizes insatiable hunger and cannibalism. As the Wendigo's presence is felt, the characters experience psychological and physical terror... "A ...

"The Willows" is one of Algernon Blackwood's best known creepy stories. American horror author H.P. Lovecraft considered it to be the finest supernatural tale in English literature. He wrote in his treatise "Supernatural Horror in Literature", "Here art and restraint in narrative reach their very highest development, and an impression of lasting poignancy is produced without a single strained passage or a single false note." "The Willows" is an example of early modern horror and is connected within the literary tradition of weird fiction.

Titan of Weird Fiction Algernon Blackwood brings to us a captivating collection of stories that shows the power and glory of Nature and the reverence that must be given it. We see Nature as a character in and of itself, wild and untamed, demanding fealty and showing love and grace in equal measure. The gale force winds may embrace us in a cocoon of warmth and passion or it may tear us apart with unrelenting ferociousness. Snow may grace us with a staggering beauty that coats the land in a white wonderland while covertly luring us into the cold embrace of death. The ever shifting sands ...

The Listener' First, it was a strange array of cats, then an increasingly mysterious, and then terrifying increase in...happenstances and...appearances... 'Number Thirteen' Unlucky for some this room is...on a visit to a Denmark with an ancient presence... 'The Horla' Yes, I believed, that an invisible being lived beneath my roof. How weak our head is, and how quickly it is terrified and goes astray, we immediately imagine terrible mysteries and supernatural powers. 'The Beast with Five Fingers' With murderous vengeance, the beast pursues the two friends. Will secrecy, intense surveillance and...