{"product_id":"the-wendigo-and-other-weird-tales","title":"The Wendigo and Other Weird Tales","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"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‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlgernon 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLike 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, s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eelected and introduced by Stephen Carver.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStories include: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Haunted Island\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Case of Eavesdropping\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Empty House\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKeeping His Promise\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSmith: An Episode in a Lodging House\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Listener\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMax Hensig – Bacteriologist and Murderer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Willows\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Insanity of Jones\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Woman’s Ghost Story\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Psychical Invasion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Nemesis of Fire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSecret Worship Entrance and Exit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Sea Fit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Wendigo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Deferred Appointment\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Damned\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Descent into Egypt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTransition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Decoy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Wolves of God\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConfession\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Man Who Was Milligan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Doll\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Algernon Blackwood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54510570897747,"sku":"9781840229004","price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1071\/6997\/2563\/files\/9781840229004.jpg?v=1786116465","url":"https:\/\/www.vanitaspress.co.uk\/products\/the-wendigo-and-other-weird-tales","provider":"Vanitas Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}