The Centaur

After a fright near an empty house, a young boy falls unconscious and his spirit wanders a strange dream world. Blackwood's first novel blends childhood terror with the uncanny.

Algernon Blackwood

A young clerk joins a retired clergyman who believes that sounding the true names of things, and of God, can reshape reality. A novel about sound as magic.

Algernon Blackwood

A tired London businessman returns to a Swiss village where children weave a web of starlight and dreams around their family. The book Uncle Paul wrote, and the basis of the play Starlight Express.

Algernon Blackwood

A lonely man back from years in the Canadian woods is drawn into the secret world of his sister's children. The gentle novel that started the Uncle Paul stories.

Algernon Blackwood

Three children and their uncle discover a day that slips between the ordinary ones, where time stands still and wonder takes over. A playful novel about seeing the world fresh.

Algernon Blackwood