The Wendigo and Other Weird Tales

"The beauty of the scene was strangely uplifting. Yet, ever at the back of his thoughts, lay that other aspect of the wilderness: the indifference to human life, the merciless spirit of desolation which took no note of man." from 'The Wendigo‘

Algernon Blackwood (1869 – 1951) was a British broadcaster, journalist, traveller, mystic, and paranormal investigator and, above all, a prolific author of weird, occult and supernatural fiction. Often, he wrote about the untamed wilderness, from deserts to vast, primeval forests, vividly depicting a natural environment that is at once awe-inspiring, alien and hostile. Many of Blackwood’s most famous tales – such as 'The Wendigo' and ‘The Willows’ (both included in this collection) – are set in the empty places of the world.

Like his psychic detective ‘John Silence’, Blackwood was fascinated by elemental spirits, reincarnation, other dimensions and higher states of consciousness. Wherever such things broke through, he sought them out, and now so can you in this comprehensive collection of his short fiction, selected and introduced by Stephen Carver.. 

Stories include: 

• A Haunted Island
• A Case of Eavesdropping
• The Empty House
• Keeping His Promise
• Smith: An Episode in a Lodging House
• The Listener
• Max Hensig – Bacteriologist and Murderer
• The Willows
• The Insanity of Jones
• The Woman’s Ghost Story
• A Psychical Invasion
• The Nemesis of Fire
• Secret Worship Entrance and Exit
• The Sea Fit
• The Wendigo
• The Deferred Appointment
• The Damned
• A Descent into Egypt
• Transition
• The Decoy
• The Wolves of God
• Confession
• The Man Who Was Milligan
• The Doll