John Silence: Physician Extraordinary

Blackwood's first book, ten ghost stories that open with a night spent in a house where a murder still replays itself. Atmospheric and genuinely frightening.

Algernon Blackwood

Five long visionary tales from 1914, including The Damned and A Descent into Egypt, where ordinary travelers brush against ancient powers. Blackwood at his most mystical.

Algernon Blackwood

Fifteen stories from 1917 that move between pastoral wonder and plain terror, including The Tryst, The Touch of Pan and The Occupant of the Room.

Algernon Blackwood

Twenty-nine short pieces written for newspapers, each one readable in about ten minutes. Odd coincidences, small hauntings and quiet surprises, ideal if you are new to Blackwood.

Algernon Blackwood

Fifteen tales from 1921 written with Wilfred Wilson, from a Hudson Bay trapper hunted by spectral wolves to a fisherman who meets the spirit of a wolf in Running Wolf. Some of Blackwood's best late ghost stories.

Algernon Blackwood and Wilfred Wilson