Algernon Blackwood

Posted on Oct 02, 2022 in blog

Holy Man of Supernatural Fiction

Algernon Blackwood was a prolific, popular, and influential writer, often associated with “weird fiction,” but whose work spans an array of genre, subject, form, and audience.

“The Willows,” his best known work and Lovecraft’s favorite supernatural tale, narrates a pilgrimage by two men across central Europe⁠—a journey Tolkien’s readers will recognize as Frodoesque. Both Lovecraft and Tolkien acknowledged Blackwood’s influence and this influence is unmistakable any time Tolkien as author finds himself among ancient trees, climbing a mountain, or afloat on a river. For Lovecraft, it is Blackwood who transforms the “higher space” of Einstein’s annus mirabilis into a perilous firmament to be filled with cosmic horrors and it is Blackwood who first writes the eldritch text that is to become Lovecraft’s Necronomicon. But, while Blackwood was an explorer of the macabre corners of “ghostland;” he was captivated by the beauty of nature, believed in “traveling light,” and never confined himself anywhere.

It had been one of Blackwood’s life goals to become a “holy man.” He lived itinerant, unwed, and wrote only because he “could not keep it back.” His words were published in books, magazines, journals, newspapers; presented on stage; and broadcast on radio and television. Writing for any reader, he was published by The Country Gentleman, Lady’s Realm, and⁠—⁠for children⁠—⁠in The Merry Go Round. He wrote for both The Methodist Magazine and The Occult Review. One of his lesser-read stories was printed exclusively by The Burrowa News of New South Wales, in Austalia.

Even Blackwood lost count of what he had published, so that no definitive bibliography exists. Though the present collection is not exhaustive⁠—doubtless some works are lost to time⁠—it is the most extensive of its kind. The fiction includes 940 short works, 6 novellas, a 3-act play, 145 short stories, 5 poems, and 3 songs. Supplementing this are 53 non-fiction works. Most provide background to the fiction stories and some are stories themselves.

While there is no “Blackwood Universe” in the modern sense; themes, characters, and settings are often shared. When Blackwood writes, the categories of fiction, non-fiction, and autobiography become indistinct, some works difficult to place. Of the works in this collection, twenty-one were published for children, but again the distinction is often arbitrary.

In the end, it is all Blackwood.

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Works by Blackwood

1889

1890

  • Christmas in England
    Essay. Christmas.
    Google Books Icon Blue and white icon for Google Books, a bookmark in a book in a triangle. Methodist Magazine Volume 32 1890 pg481
    Wikisource Icon Blue and white icon for Wikisource, resembling a mostly submerged iceburg. Christmas in England at Wikisource.org
    Esperanto Icon Green and white icon for Esperanto, a green star in a white field on a green flag. Kristnakso en Anglio
    Description of Christmas traditions in England which includes the quote "In the classic city of Oxford, the stronghold of ancient customs and ancient opinions…"

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

  • At School in the Black Forest
    Google Books Icon Blue and white icon for Google Books, a bookmark in a book in a triangle. The Boy's Own Annual, Vol. 27
    Wikisource Icon Blue and white icon for Wikisource, resembling a mostly submerged iceburg. At School in the Black Forest at Wikisource.org
    Autobiographical account of the authors time at school in the Black Forest in Germany. Includes some reference to fairies and kobolds as well as the quote: "The chief difficulty seemed to be that no real forest could contain a school and be enchanted at the same time; and it was only after two years’ actual sojourn in just such a place that I learned in how true a sense this could really be the case." Sections begin on pg 280 and pg 293 in the pdf.

1905

1906

1907

1908

  • Stodgman's Opportunity
    The Westminster Gazette, 5 December 1908
    About a fellow utterly devoid of that vital power of fancy.

1909

  • Clouds and Mountains
    Google Books Icon Blue and white icon for Google Books, a bookmark in a book in a triangle. Country Life, Volume 25 1909 pg821
    Wikisource Icon Blue and white icon for Wikisource, resembling a mostly submerged iceburg. Clouds and Mountains at Wikisource.org
    Pertains to mountain climbing in the snow and among the clouds of the Jura, containting the quote "…that awful hissing that more than anything else strikes terror to the heart of the climber…".
  • The Face of the Earth
    World Wide Web Icon Black and white icon for the Internet, a globe with the letters WWW. Leader (Melbourne) 26-Jun-1909
    Wikisource Icon Blue and white icon for Wikisource, resembling a mostly submerged iceburg. The Face of the Earth at Wikisource.org
    Story of the living Earth with German and English elements including the quote "Thus there gradually grew up about the Innocent Spinrobin a queer sense that the world was no longer quite the same as he had hitherto seen it."
  • The Education of Uncle Paul
    Novel.
    Internet Archive Icon Black and white icon for the Internet Archive, a classical temple with four columns. London: Macmillan, 1909
    New York: Paget, 1909
  • The Vision of the Winds
    Short Fiction.
    From The Education of Uncle Paul, 1910.
  • The First Flight
    Short Fiction.
    Excerpt from Jimbo.
  • The Laying of a Red-haired Ghost
    Short Story.
    Google Books Icon Blue and white icon for Google Books, a bookmark in a book in a triangle. Lady's Realm, Vol. 26
    Scooby Doo ghost story in England in which a gentleman with piggy eyes makes demands of his widow postmortem. Needs to be included in Wikisource.

1910

  • Imagination
    Short fiction.
    Hathi Trust Icon Orange and white icon for Hathi Trust, an elephant's face. Ten Minute Stories pg182
    Google Books Icon Blue and white icon for Google Books, a bookmark in a book in a triangle. Ten Minute Stories at GooogleBooks
    Wikisource Icon Blue and white icon for Wikisource, resembling a mostly submerged iceburg. Imagination at Wikisource.org
    Pagan story in which an author gets stuck while writing a story about centaurs, this work connects to the novel The Centaur.
  • Special Delivery
    Internet Archive Icon Black and white icon for the Internet Archive, a classical temple with four columns. Pan's Garden pg384
    Wikisource Icon Blue and white icon for Wikisource, resembling a mostly submerged iceburg. Special Delivery at Wikisource.org
    Psychic ghost story set in the Jura that evokes the lyric can't you hear me knocking?
  • The Human Chord
    Novel.
    London: Macmillan, 1910
    New York: Macmillan, 1911
    Wikisource Icon Blue and white icon for Wikisource, resembling a mostly submerged iceburg. The Human Chord at Wikisource.org
  • The Message of the Clock
    Short Story.
    Nash's Magazine, vol. 2 No. 15, xx/06/1910, pp793-795

1911

  • In A Jura Village
    The Morning Post, 26 December 1911
  • On Wings
    Internet Archive Icon Black and white icon for the Internet Archive, a classical temple with four columns. Country Life 1911-05-13: Vol 29 Iss 749
    Wikisource Icon Blue and white icon for Wikisource, resembling a mostly submerged iceburg. On Wings at Wikisource.org
    Birds are transcendant, awe-inspiring and connected to works set on the Danube and the Canadian backwoods.
  • The Centaur
    London: Macmillan, 1911
    New York: Macmillan, 1912
    Wikisource Icon Blue and white icon for Wikisource, resembling a mostly submerged iceburg. The Centaur at Wikisource.org
  • The Call of the Urwelt
    Short Fiction.
    From The Centaur.
  • The Prayer
    Short story.
    Hathi Trust Icon Orange and white icon for Hathi Trust, an elephant's face. Ten Minute Stories pg35
    World Wide Web Icon Black and white icon for the Internet, a globe with the letters WWW. The Prayer at AlgernonBlackwood.org
    Wikisource Icon Blue and white icon for Wikisource, resembling a mostly submerged iceburg. The Prayer at Wikisource.org
    Experiment with a mysterious substance that enhances perception of thoughts, leads to the narrator following a thought-stream, trying to trace it to its source.

1912

  • Algonquin Songs and Legends
    Internet Archive Icon Black and white icon for the Internet Archive, a classical temple with four columns. Country Life Vol 32 I: Iss 826 1912-11-02 ¡ II: Iss 829 1912-11-23
    Wikisource Icon Blue and white icon for Wikisource, resembling a mostly submerged iceburg. Algonquin Songs and Legends at Wikisource.org
    A review concerning American Indians includes the quote: "My brother told me, many years ago, Some wizards had a quarrel, and they slew One of their number, took his corpse away, And ate it on the isle of Grand Manan, Sitting upon a ledge above the sea."
  • A Voice in the Wilderness
    Internet Archive Icon Black and white icon for the Internet Archive, a classical temple with four columns. Country Life 1912-11-23: Vol 32 Iss 826, pg 598
    Wikisource Icon Blue and white icon for Wikisource, resembling a mostly submerged iceburg. A Voice in the Wilderness at Wikisource.org
    A review engaging the topics of beauty, Russia, and the Middle East that includes the quote: "One reads every day such phrases as ‘our commercial, national and imperial welfare’⁠—commercial first, national second, imperial third, and spiritual nowhere."
  • Egyptian Antiquities
    The Morning Post, 9 April 1912

1913

1914

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1917

1918

  • Karma : A Reincarnation Play
    Play. (w/Violet Pearn) London: Macmillan, 1918; New York: Dutton, 1918
    Project Gutenburg Icon Red and white icon for Project Gutenburg, a rotated square letter G. Karma at ProjectGutenberg.org
    Internet Archive Icon Black and white icon for the Internet Archive, a classical temple with four columns. Karma at InternetArchive.org
    Wikisource Icon Blue and white icon for Wikisource, resembling a mostly submerged iceburg. Karma Transcription Index at Wikisource.org
    In this war romance set in England, Egypt, Greece, and Italy; history repeats and not doing one's duty leads to being cursed for millenia. Includes a character resembling John Silence and seems to connect to Nephele.
  • S.O.S.
    Internet Archive Icon Black and white icon for the Internet Archive, a classical temple with four columns. The Century Magazine, Mar. 1918
    World Wide Web Icon Black and white icon for the Internet, a globe with the letters WWW. S.O.S. at AlgernonBlackwood.org
    Internet Archive Icon Black and white icon for the Internet Archive, a classical temple with four columns. Tongues of Fire and Other Sketches pg277
    Wikisource Icon Blue and white icon for Wikisource, resembling a mostly submerged iceburg. S.O.S. at Wikisource.org
    Set in the Jura.
  • The Garden of Survival
    Novel.
    London: Macmillan, 1918
    New York: Dutton, 1918
  • The Memory of Beauty
    Short Story.
    Internet Archive Icon Black and white icon for the Internet Archive, a classical temple with four columns. Land & Water, Vol.70 No.2904 Jan 3 1918
    Wikisource Icon Blue and white icon for Wikisource, resembling a mostly submerged iceburg. The Memory of Beauty at Wikisource.org
    A man convalesces in England at the tail end of the first World War.
  • The Promise of Air
    Novel.
    London: Macmillan, 1918
    New York: Dutton, 1918

1919

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1927

1928

1929

  • Dreams and Fairies
    Bookman Christmas Supplement, 77 (December 1929): pp173-175, Hodder & Stoughton
    Purchase
    No Wikisource text.
  • Dudley and Gilderoy: A Nonsense
    Novel. Book.
    Google Books Icon Blue and white icon for Google Books, a bookmark in a book in a triangle. Dudley and Gilderoy pub, London: Benn, 1929
    Wikisource Icon Blue and white icon for Wikisource, resembling a mostly submerged iceburg. Dudley and Gilderoy at Wikisource.org
    New York: Dutton, 1929
    • The Adventures of Dudley and Gilderoy
      Book.
      Adapted from the novel by Marion B. Cothren, illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky.
      New York: Dutton, 1941
      London: Faber & Faber, 1941
  • Max Hensig
    Play. (w/Frederick Kinsey Peile) London, Gate Theatre Studio, 18 September 1929 Based on the short story "Max Hensig — Bacteriologist and Murderer” (1907).
  • The Adventure of Tornado Smith
    Internet Archive Icon Black and white icon for the Internet Archive, a classical temple with four columns. 7 December 1929 Country Life, Vol. 66 No.1716
    Wikisource Icon Blue and white icon for Wikisource, resembling a mostly submerged iceburg. The Adventure of Tornado Smith at Wikisource.org
    Shocks xx/10/1935

1930

  • Cosmic Thrillers
    Time and Tide, 11 (20 December 1930): pp1606-1607

1931

  • The Parrot and the——Cat
    Story. Book. Children.
    Oxford: Blackwell, 1931
    Adapted for children by the author from "Dudley & Gilderoy", 32 pages, illustrated by Cecil G. Trew.

1932

1933

  • Maria (of England) in the Rain
    Story. Book. Children.
    Oxford: Blackwell, 1933
    32 pages, illustrated by Irene Mountfort.

1934

  • Pistol Against a Ghost
    Short Story.
    AKA “Blank Cartridges”, Broadcast on the BBC on 28th August 1934, as part of ‘Queer Stories.' An earlier version appeared in The Listener, Sept 12, 1934.
  • Sergeant Poppett and Policeman James
    Story. Book. Children.
    Oxford: Blackwell, 1934
    32 pages, illustrated by May Smith.
  • The Blackmailers
    Short Story.
    BBC London Regional, 11 July 1934
    Internet Archive Icon Black and white icon for the Internet Archive, a classical temple with four columns. My Grimmest Nightmare p190 (1935) aka Not Long for this World (1936)
  • The Fruit Stoners: Being the Adventures of Maria among the Fruit Stoners
    London: Grayson & Grayson, 1934 New York: Dutton, 1935
  • The Holy Man
    Short Story.
    “Yogi”, Broadcast on the BBC on 28th August 1934, as part of ‘Queer Stories.' An earlier version appeared in The Listener, Sept 12, 1934

1935

  • Elsewhere and Otherwise
    Novelette.
    In Shocks.
  • The Chinese Picture
    BBC Regional Programme, 1 September 1935;
  • The Curate and the Stockbroker
    Short Story.
    Broadcast on the BBC on 11th October 1935
  • The Fruit Stoners
    Story. Book. Children.
    Oxford: Blackwell, 1935
    32 pages.
  • The Wig
    Short Story.
    Originally broadcast on the BBC, 18 October 1935; TV Broadcast, Young Ideas, 1935. A very jolly, throwaway sketch for kids featuring ghost of a pilfering gnome.

1936

  • At a Mayfair Luncheon
    Short Story.
    Windsor Magazine, 495 (March 1936): pp495-500
    Internet Archive Icon Black and white icon for the Internet Archive, a classical temple with four columns. Fantasy & Science Fiction v071n03 (1986 09)
    Wikisource Icon Blue and white icon for Wikisource, resembling a mostly submerged iceburg. At a Mayfair Luncheon at Wikisource.org
  • How the Circus Came to Tea
    Short Story.
    Number 12a Joy Street, p124, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1936
  • King’s Evidence
    Short Story.
    BBC National Programme, 27 June 1936;
  • You Can’t Tell Ghost Stories on the Radio
    Radio Times (11 December 1936): 11

1937

  • By Proxy
    Short Story.
    Internet Archive Icon Black and white icon for the Internet Archive, a classical temple with four columns. Bystander, 113 (17 November 1937): p250,vi,viii
    BBC Home Service, 29 February 1940;
    Marked CC0.
  • The Curse of the Wolf
    BBC National Programme, 12 September 1937
  • The Genesis of Ideas
    Writer, 50 (February 1937): 35-37, 63
  • The Man-Eater
    Short Story.
    Thrilling Mystery, 6 (March 1937): pp32-40
  • The Reformation of St. Jules
    Internet Archive Icon Black and white icon for the Internet Archive, a classical temple with four columns. Bystander, 136 (29 December 1937): pp500-502

1938

1939

  • A Boy and His Bag
    BBC Home Service, 25 December 1939;
  • Two of a Kind
    BBC Home Service, 17 December 1939;

1940

  • The Voice
    Short Story.
    BBC Home Service, 17 April 1940;
    Variant of The Reformation of St. Jules.

1941

1942

  • Told in a Mountain Cabin
    BBC Home Service, 13 April 1942;

1943

1944

  • The Castlebridge Cat
    BBC Home Service, 25 October 1944

1945

  • It’s About Time
    BBC General Forces Programme, 26 February 1945;
  • In a Glass Darkly
    BBC General Overseas Service, 23 July 1945;

1946

  • Lock Your Door
    Short Story.
    BBC Home Service, 6 May 1946;
  • The Texas Farm Disappearance
    Short Story.
    Broadcast on the BBC in October 1946. The Listener May 13 1948

1947

  • Our Former Lives
    Prediction, 12 (May 1947): pp400-402
  • The Secret Society
    BBC Home Service, 22 October 1947

1948

  • Japanese Literary Cocktail
    Short Story.
    Broadcast on the BBC on 13th May 1948 A short short involving an encounter with a faceless fiend.
  • Roman Remains
    Short Story.
    Internet Archive Icon Black and white icon for the Internet Archive, a classical temple with four columns. Weird Tales, 40 (March 1948): pp87-95
    Wikisource Icon Blue and white icon for Wikisource, resembling a mostly submerged iceburg. Weird Tales, 40 (March 1948): pp87-95 at SFFAudio.com
    Wikisource Icon Blue and white icon for Wikisource, resembling a mostly submerged iceburg. Roman Remains at Wikisource.org
    Weird fiction set in England during WWII.

1949

  • A Dangerous Gift
    BBC Light Programme, 3 January 1949
  • The Midnight Hour
    Queen (24 November 1948): pp37-64

1989

  • Five Strange Stories
    Short Story.
    Asuumed to have been previously unpublished.
  • Wishful Thinking
    Short Story.
    Asuumed to have been previously unpublished.

Afterword

Collections

  • The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories
    London: Eveleigh Nash, 1906
    New York: Vaughan, 1915
    1. The Empty House
    2. A Haunted Island
    3. A Case of Eavesdropping
    4. Keeping His Promise
    5. With Intent to Steal
    6. The Wood of the Dead
    7. Smith: An Episode in a Lodging House
    8. A Suspicious Gift
    9. The Strange Adventures of a Private Secretary in New York
    10. Skeleton Lake: An Episode in Camp
  • The Listener and Other Stories
    London: Eveleigh Nash, 1907
    New York: Vaughan & Gomme, 1914
    1. The Listener • 9
    2. Max Hensig: Bacteriologist and Murderer • 51
    3. The Willows • 127
    4. The Insanity of Jones: (A Study in Reincarnation) • 205
    5. The Dance of Death • • 245
    6. The Old Man of Visions • 261
    7. May Day Eve • 277
    8. Miss Slumbubble—and Claustrophobia • 313
    9. The Woman's Ghost Story • 337
  • John Silence: Physician Extraordinary
    London: Eveleigh Nash, 1908
    Boston: J. W. Luce, 1909
    1. A Psychical Invasion
    2. Ancient Sorceries
    3. The Nemesis of Fire
    4. Secret Worship
    5. The Camp of the Dog
  • The Lost Valley and Other Stories
    Artwork by W. Graham Robertson
    London: Eveleigh Nash, 1910
    New York: Vaughan & Gomme, 1914
    1. Carlton's Drive
    2. The Eccentricity of Simon Parnacute
    3. The Lost Valley
    4. The Man from the Gods
    5. The Man Who Played Upon the Leaf
    6. Old Clothes
    7. Perspective
    8. The Price of Wiggins's Orgy
    9. The Terror of the Twins
    10. The Wendigo
  • Pan's Garden: A Volume of Nature Stories (1912)
    London: Macmillan, (1912)
    New York: Macmillan, (1912)
    1. The Man whom the Trees loved
    2. The South Wind
    3. The Sea Fit
    4. The Attic
    5. The Heath Fire
    6. The Messenger
    7. The Glamour of the Snow
    8. The Return
    9. Sand
    10. The Transfer
    11. Clairvoyance
    12. The Golden Fly
    13. Special Delivery
    14. The Destruction of Smith
    15. The Temptation of the Clay
  • Incredible Adventures
    London: Macmillan, 1914
    New York: Macmillan, 1914
    1. The Regeneration of Lord Ernie • 3
    2. The Sacrifice • 95
    3. The Damned • 131
    4. A Descent Into Egypt • 241
    5. Wayfarers • 339
  • Ten Minute Stories
    London: John Murray, 1914
    New York: Dutton, 1914
    1. Accessory Before the Fact
    2. The Deferred Appointment
    3. The Prayer
    4. Strange Disappearance of a Baronet
    5. The Secret
    6. The Lease
    7. Up and Down
    8. Faith Cure on the Channel
    9. The Goblin's Collection
    10. Imagination
    11. The Invitation
    12. The Impulse
    13. Her Birthday
    14. Two in One
    15. Ancient Lights
    16. Dream Trespass
    17. Let Not the Sun—
    18. Entrance and Exit
    19. You May Telephone from Here
    20. The Whisperers
    21. Violence
    22. The House of the Past
    23. Jimbo's Longest Day
    24. If the Cap Fits—
    25. News vs. Nourishment
    26. Wind
    27. Pines
    28. The Winter Alps
    29. The Second Generation • (1912) • short story
  • Day and Night Stories
    London: Cassell, 1917
    New York: Dutton, 1917
    1. The Tryst • 1
    2. The Touch of Pan • 16
    3. The Wings of Horus • 41
    4. Initiation • 66
    5. A Desert Episode • 94
    6. The Other Wing • 112
    7. The Occupant of the Room • 134
    8. Cain's Atonement • 145
    9. An Egyptian Hornet • 154
    10. By Water • 162
    11. H.S.H. • 171
    12. A Bit of Wood • 187
    13. A Victim of Higher Space • 192
    14. Transition • 216
    15. The Tradition • 223
  • The Wolves of God, and Other Fey Stories
    London: Cassell, 1921;
    New York: Dutton, 1921;
    1. The Wolves of God • 1
    2. Chinese Magic • 27
    3. Running Wolf •52
    4. First Hate • 74
    5. The Tarn of Sacrifice • 86
    6. The Valley of the Beasts • 113
    7. The Call • 137
    8. Egyptian Sorcery• 151
    9. The Decoy • 169
    10. The Man Who Found Out: (A Nightmare) • 192
    11. The Empty Sleeve • 211
    12. Wireless Confusion • 230
    13. Confession • 237
    14. The Lane That Ran East and West • 259
    15. "Vengeance Is Mine" • 279
  • Tongues of Fire and Other Sketches (20/11/1924)
    London: Herbert Jenkins, 1924;
    New York: Dutton, 1925 (as 'Tongues of Fire and Other Stories')
    1. Tongues of Fire
    2. The Little Beggar
    3. Malahide and Forden
    4. Playing Catch
    5. The Pikestaffe Case
    6. Alexander Alexander
    7. Lost in the Alps
    8. The Olive
    9. A Continuous Performance
    10. The World-Dream of McAllister
    11. The Other Woman
    12. Picking Fir-Cones
    13. The Open Window
    14. Petershin and Mr. Snide
    15. The Man Who Was Milligan
    16. The Falling Glass
    17. The Spell of Egypt
    18. A Man of Earth
    19. The Laughter of Courage
    20. S-O-S
    21. Nephele
  • The Willows & Other Queer Tales (1925)
    London & Glasgow: Collins (1932)
    1. The Willows
    2. Ancient Sorceries
    3. The Return
    4. Running Wolf
    5. The Man Whom the Trees Loved
    6. The Man Who Played Upon the Leaf
    7. The Tryst
    8. By Water
    9. The Occupant of the Room
    10. The Decoy
    11. Dream Trespass
  • Ancient Sorceries and Other Tales (1927)
    London & Glasgow: Collins, 1927
    1. Ancient Sorceries
    2. The Willows
    3. The Return
    4. Running Wolf
    5. The Man Whom the Trees Loved
    6. The Man Who Played Upon the Leaf
  • The Dance of Death, and Other Tales (1927)
    London: Herbert Jenkins, 1927
    New York: Lincoln MacVeagh for the Dial Press, 1928
    London: Pan, 1963 (as 'The Dance of Death and Other Stories')
    1. The Dance of Death
    2. A Psychical Invasion
    3. The Old Man of Visions
    4. The South Wind
    5. The Touch of Pan
    6. The Valley of the Beasts
  • Algernon Blackwood - Short Stories of Today & Yesterday (1930)
    London: Harrap, 1930
    1. The Regeneration of Lord Ernie
    2. The Sacrifice
    3. Chinese Magic
    4. The Land of Green Ginger
    5. The Stranger
    6. First Hate
    7. The Olive
    8. Two in One
    9. Dream Trespass
    10. Cain's Atonement
  • Strange Stories (1929)
    London: William Heinemann. 1929
    New York: Arno, 1976
    1. The Man Whom the Trees Loved
    2. The Sea Fit
    3. The Glamour of the Snow
    4. The Tryst
    5. Transition
    6. The Occupant of the Room
    7. The Wings of Horus
    8. By Water
    9. Malahide and Forden
    10. Alexander Alexander
    11. The Man Who Was Milligan
    12. The Little Beggar
    13. The Pikestaffe Case
    14. Accessory Before the Fact
    15. The Deferred Appointment
    16. Ancient Lights
    17. You May Telephone from Here
    18. The Goblin's Collection
    19. Running Wolf
    20. The Valley of the Beasts
    21. The Decoy
    22. Confession
    23. A Descent Into Egypt
    24. The Damned
    25. The Willows
    26. Ancient Sorceries
  • Shocks (1935)
    London: Grayson & Grayson, 1935
    New York: Dutton, 1936
    1. Elsewhere and Otherwise
    2. The Stranger
    3. Full Circle
    4. Dr. Feldman
    5. A Threefold Chord
    6. Chemical
    7. Shocks
    8. The Survivors
    9. The Adventure of Tornado Smith
    10. Hands of Death
    11. The Land of Green Ginger
    12. The Colonel's Ring
    13. Revenge
    14. The Man Who Lived Backwards
    15. Adventures of Miss De Fontenoy
  • The Tales of Algernon Blackwood
    London: Secker & Warburg, 1938
    New York: Dutton, 1939
    1. Introduction (The Tales of Algernon Blackwood) • essay • ix
    2. The Empty House • 1
    3. A Case of Eavesdropping • 18
    4. Strange Adventures of a Private Secretary • 34
    5. With Intent to Steal • 69
    6. Keeping His Promise • 92
    7. The Wood of the Dead • 108
    8. A Suspicious Gift • 122
    9. The Listener • 134
    10. Max Hensig: Bacteriologist and Murderer • 163
    11. The Willows • 214
    12. The Insanity of Jones • 266
    13. The Dance of Death 293
    14. May Day Eve • 304
    15. The Woman's Ghost Story • 327
    16. A Psychical Invasion • 337
    17. Ancient Sorceries • 391
    18. The Nemesis of Fire • 440
    19. Secret Worship • 514
    20. The Camp of the Dog • 549
    21. The Man from the "Gods" • 622
    22. The Wendigo • 635
  • The Doll, and One Other
    Sauk City, Wis.: Arkham House, 1946
    1. The Doll • 3
    2. The Trod • 75
  • In the Realm of Terror; 8 Haunting Tales
    Pantheon Books, 1957, 312 pp
    1. The Willows
    2. The Man Whom the Trees Loved
    3. The Wendigo
    4. A Haunted Island
    5. A Psychical Invasion
    6. Smith: An Episode in a Lodging House
    7. The Empty House
    8. The Strange Adventures of a Private Secretary in New York
  • Selected Tales of Algernon Blackwood
    London: John Baker for the Richards Press, 1964 New York: Dutton, 1965 (as Tales of Terror and the Unknown) Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1966 (as The Insanity of Jones and Other Tales)
    1. The Willows
    2. The Camp of the Dog
    3. The Wendigo
    4. The Dance of Death
    5. The Old Man of Visions
    6. The Insanity of Jones
    7. The Listener
    8. May Day Eve
    9. The Woman's Ghost Story
    10. Max Hensig
  • The Magic Mirror: Lost Tales and Mysteries,
    Edited by Michael Ashley
    N.p.: Equation, 1989
    1. A Mysterious House • p17
    2. The Kit-Bag • p27
    3. The Laying of a Red-Haired Ghost • p38
    4. The Message of the Clock • p48
    5. The Singular Death of Morton • p53
    6. La Mauvaise Riche • p62
    7. The Soldier's Visitor • p68
    8. The Memory of Beauty • p73
    9. Onanonanon • p78
    10. The First Flight • p87
    11. The Vision of the Winds • p98
    12. The Call of the Urwelt • p110
    13. The Summoning • p126
    14. The Blackmailers • p143
    15. The Wig • p152
    16. King's Evidence • p154
    17. Lock Your Door • p161
    18. Pistol Against a Ghost • p166
    19. Five Strange Stories • p166
    20. The Texas Farm Disappearance • p166
    21. The Holy Man • p166
    22. Japanese Literary Cocktail • p166
    23. The Curate and the Stockbroker • p166
    24. At a Mayfair Luncheon • p177
    25. The Man-Eater • p184
    26. By Proxy • p197
    27. The Voice • p205
    28. The Magic Mirror • p209
    29. Roman Remains • p218
    30. Wishful Thinking• p227

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    Internet Archive Icon Black and white icon for the Internet Archive, a classical temple with four columns. My Own Past by Maude M. C. Ffoulkes, (1915)
    "Blackwood was also one of the fortunate beings who, on the other side of custom's thick-set hedge, are able to see the gleaming eyes of wild spirits." —Maude M. C. Ffoulkes, 1915
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