Ancient Sorceries

Two friends canoeing down the Danube camp on an island of willows where the border with another world wears thin. H. P. Lovecraft called it the finest weird story ever written.

Algernon Blackwood

A moose hunt in the Canadian wilderness turns into a nightmare when one guide hears his name called on the wind. A classic of the vast, indifferent wild as a source of terror.

Algernon Blackwood

A painter of trees grows so close to the forest beside his home that his wife fears it is calling him away. Blackwood's most haunting tale of nature as a living, jealous power.

Algernon Blackwood

A writer and his sister visit a country house built on ground soaked in old religious hatred, and the place begins to press on everyone inside. A slow, oppressive novella of spiritual horror.

Algernon Blackwood

A scientist finds an ancient tablet promising the ultimate truth about humanity, and reading it destroys him. A short, bleak tale about knowledge that should stay hidden.

Algernon Blackwood