Author:Algernon Blackwood

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Algernon Blackwood
(1869–1951)

English writer of tales of the supernatural; his two best known stories are probably "The Willows" and "The Wendigo"; though wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe.
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Algernon Blackwood

Works[edit]

Novels[edit]

Collections[edit]

The Empty House (1906)[vox 1][edit]

  1. The Empty House
  2. A Haunted Island
  3. A Case of Eavesdropping
  4. Keeping His Promise
  5. With Intent to Steal
  6. The Wood of the Dead
  7. Smith: An Episode in a Lodging-House
  8. A Suspicious Gift
  9. The Strange Adventures of a Private Secretary in New York
  10. Skeleton Lake: An Episode in Camp

The Listener and Other Stories (1907)[edit]

  1. The Listener
  2. Max Hensig
  3. The Insanity of Jones
  4. The Dance of Death
  5. The Old Man of Visions
  6. May Day Eve
  7. Miss Slumbubble—and Claustrophobia
  8. The Woman's Ghost Story[nb 1]

John Silence: Physician Extraordinary (1908)[edit]

  1. A Psychical Invasion
  2. Ancient Sorceries
  3. The Nemesis of Fire
  4. Secret Worship
  5. The Camp of the Dog[vox 2]
  6. A Victim of Higher Space

Pan's Garden (1912)[edit]

A Volume of Nature Stories

  1. The Man whom the Trees loved
  2. The South Wind
  3. The Sea Fit
  4. The Attic
  5. The Heath Fire
  6. The Messenger
  7. The Glamour of the Snow
  8. The Return
  9. Sand
  10. The Transfer
  11. Clairvoyance
  12. The Golden Fly
  13. Special Delivery
  14. The Destruction of Smith
  15. The Temptation of the Clay

Incredible Adventures (1914)[edit]

  1. The Regeneration of Lord Ernie
  2. The Sacrifice
  3. The Damned
  4. A Descent into Egypt
  5. Wayfarers

Ten Minute Stories (1914)[edit]

  1. Accessory Before the Fact
  2. The Deferred Appointment
  3. The Prayer
  4. Strange Disappearance of a Baronet
  5. The Secret
  6. The Lease
  7. Up and Down
  8. Faith Cure on the Channel
  9. The Goblin's Collection
  10. Imagination
  11. The Invitation
  12. The Impulse
  13. Her Birthday
  14. Two in One
  15. Ancient Lights
  16. Dream Trespass
  17. Let Not the Sun—
  18. Entrance and Exit
  19. You May Telephone from Here
  20. The Whisperers
  21. Violence
  22. The House of the Past
  23. Jimbo's Longest Day
  24. If the Cap Fits—
  25. News v. Nourishment
  26. Wind
  27. Pines[1]
  28. The Winter Alps[2]
  29. The Second Generation

Tales Of The Uncanny And Supernatural (1914)[edit]

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  1. The Doll
  2. Running Wolf
  3. The Little Beggar
  4. The Occupant of the Room
  5. The Man Whom the Trees Loved
  6. The Valley of the Beasts
  7. The South Wind
  8. The Man Who Was Milligan
  9. The Trod
  10. The Terror of the Twins
  11. The Deferred Appointment
  12. Accessory Before the Fact
  13. The Glamour of the Snow
  14. The House of the Past
  15. The Decoy
  16. The Tradition
  17. The Touch of Pan
  18. Entrance and Exit
  19. The Pikestaffe Case
  20. The Empty Sleeve
  21. Violence
  22. The Lost Valley

Day and Night Stories (1917)[vox 3][edit]

  1. The Tryst
  2. The Touch of Pan
  3. The Wings of Horus[3]
  4. Initiation
  5. A Desert Episode
  6. The Other Wing
  7. The Occupant Of The Room
  8. Cain's Atonement
  9. An Egyptian Hornet
  10. By Water[vox 4]
  11. H. S. H.
  12. A Bit Of Wood[vox 4]
  13. A Victim Of Higher Space
  14. Transition
  15. The Tradition[vox 4]

The Lost Valley and Other Stories (1917)[edit]

  1. The Lost Valley
  2. The Wendigo (1910)
  3. Old Clothes
  4. Perspective (1910) [nb 2]
  5. The Terror of the Twins
  6. The Man from the 'Gods'
  7. The Man Who Played upon the Leaf
  8. The Price of Wiggins's Orgy
  9. Carlton's Drive
  10. The Eccentricity of Simon Parnacute

The Wolves of God and Other Fey Stories (1921)[nb 3][edit]

  1. The Wolves of God
  2. Chinese Magic
  3. Running Wolf
  4. First Hate
  5. The Tarn of Sacrifice
  6. The Valley of the Beasts
  7. The Call
  8. Egyptian Sorcery
  9. The Decoy
  10. The Man Who Found Out
  11. The Empty Sleeve
  12. Wireless Confusion
  13. Confession
  14. The Lane That Ran East and West
  15. "Vengeance is Mine"

Tongues of Fire and Other Sketches (1924)[edit]

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  1. Tongues of Fire[4]
  2. The Little Beggar (1914)
  3. Malahide and Forden
  4. Playing Catch
  5. The Pikestaffe Case
  6. Alexander Alexander
  7. Lost in the Alps[nb 4][5]
  8. The Olive (1922)
  9. A Continuous Performance
  10. The World-Dream of McAllister
  11. The Other Woman (Blackwood)
  12. Picking Fir-Cones[6]
  13. The Open Window
  14. Petershin and Mr. Snide
  15. The Man Who Was Milligan
  16. The Falling Glass
  17. The Spell of Egypt
  18. A Man of Earth
  19. The Laughter of Courage
  20. S. O. S.[7]
  21. Nephele

The Willows & Other Queer Tales (1925)[edit]

  1. The Willows (1907)[vox 5]
  2. Ancient Sorceries
  3. The Return
  4. Running Wolf
  5. The Man Whom the Trees Loved
  6. The Man Who Played upon the Leaf
  7. The Tryst
  8. By Water
  9. The Occupant of the Room
  10. The Decoy
  11. Dream Trespass

The Dance of Death, and Other Tales (1927)[edit]

  1. The Dance of Death
  2. A Psychical Invasion
  3. The Old Man of Visions
  4. The South Wind
  5. The Touch of Pan
  6. The Valley of the Beasts

Ancient Sorceries and Other Tales (1927)[edit]

  1. Ancient Sorceries
  2. The Willows (1907)[vox 5]
  3. The Return
  4. Running Wolf
  5. The Man Whom the Trees Loved
  6. The Man Who Played upon the Leaf

Algernon Blackwood - Short Stories of Today & Yesterday (1930)[edit]

  1. The Regeneration of Lord Ernie
  2. The Sacrifice
  3. Chinese Magic
  4. The Land of Green Ginger
  5. The Stranger
  6. First Hate
  7. The Olive
  8. Two in One
  9. Dream Trespass
  10. Cain's Atonement

Strange Stories (1930)[edit]

  1. The Man Whom the Trees Loved
  2. The Sea Fit
  3. The Glamour of the Snow
  4. The Tryst
  5. Transition
  6. The Occupant of the Room
  7. The Wings of Horus
  8. By Water
  9. Malahide and Forden
  10. Alexander Alexander
  11. The Man Who Was Milligan
  12. The Little Beggar
  13. The Pikestaffe Case
  14. Accessory Before the Fact
  15. The Deferred Appointment
  16. Ancient Lights
  17. You May Telephone from Here
  18. The Goblin's Collection
  19. Running Wolf
  20. The Valley of the Beasts
  21. The Decoy
  22. Confession
  23. A Descent into Egypt|
  24. The Damned
  25. The Willows (1907)[vox 5]
  26. Ancient Sorceries

Shocks (1935)[edit]

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  1. Elsewhere and Otherwise
  2. The Stranger
  3. Full Circle[8]
  4. Dr. Feldman
  5. A Threefold Cord
  6. Chemical
  7. Shocks
  8. The Survivors
  9. The Adventure of Tornado Smith
  10. Hands of Death[9]
  11. The Land of Green Ginger
  12. The Colonel’s Ring
  13. Revenge
  14. The Man who Lived Backwards
  15. Adventures of Miss de Fontenoy

The Doll and One Other (1946)[edit]

  1. The Doll (1914)
  2. The Trod (1914)

Uncollected Works[edit]

Australian Newspapers[edit]

Boy’s Own Paper[edit]

The Century Magazine[edit]

Country Life[edit]

Land & Water Magazine[edit]

Methodist Magazine[edit]

Pall Mall Magazine[edit]

The Quest Journal[edit]

Drama[edit]

Verse[edit]

Biography[edit]

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Notes[edit]

  1. Alternate Title: "The Specter that Asked for a Kiss"
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Perspective" (1917) is an edited version of "The Strange Experience of the Rev. Phillip Ambleside" (1910).
  3. w/Wilfred Wilson
  4. Alternate Title: "Lost!"
  5. "Imagination Wakes" appears both as Ch7 of The Extra Day (1915) and as an article (1916) with an accompanying short biography, which is not reproduced here.
  6. 6.0 6.1 w/Violet Pearn
  7. Based on The Education of Uncle Paul and The Extra Day.
  8. 8.0 8.1 w/Bertram Forsyth
  9. w/Elaine Ainley
  10. w/Frederick Kinsey Peile
  11. Based on "Max Hensig—Bacteriologist and Murderer"

Sources[edit]

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  3. The Century Magazine, xx/11/1914
  4. The English Review, Vol36 No4 xx/04/1923
  5. The Living Age Vol315 08/09/1922
  6. The English Review, Vol29 xx/xx/1919
  7. The Century Magazine, xx/03/1918
  8. The English Review, Vol40 xx/05/1925
  9. The Bolton Evening News xx/12/1925
  10. Belgravia, Vol69 xx/xx/1889
  11. Longman’s Magazine, xx/xx/1901
  12. MacMillan's Magazine, Vol84 pg350 xx/05-10/1901
  13. Pearson’s Magazine, xx/09/1904
  14. Vanity Fair, Vol6 Iss2 xx/04/1916
  15. The Outlook, 26/04/1916
  16. The English Review, Vol32 xx/03/1921
  17. Occult Review, Vol42 xx/08/1925
  18. The Treasure Ship (ed. Cynthia Asquith) xx/xx/1926
  19. McClure's, Vol59 Iss6 pp68-69,126
  20. Essays of Various Types, UW Madison
  21. Sails of Gold (ed. Cynthia Asquith) pg120 xx/xx/1927
  22. The Strand Magazine, Vol75, pg426
  23. The Treasure Cave, (ed. Cynthia Asquith) pg74
  24. The Bookman Special Christmas Number
  25. The Golden Gift Book, pg3
  26. The Australian Star (Sydney) 28/12/1907
  27. The Herald (Melbourne) 08/02/1909
  28. The Burrowa News (NSW) 30/04/1909
  29. Leader (Melbourne), 26/06/1909
  30. The Wollondilly Press (NSW) 19/10/1910
  31. Illawarra Mercury (NSW) 13/05/1910
  32. Alternate Title: "The South Wind"
  33. West Gippsland Gazette (Warragul, Vic.) 25/03/1913 pg5
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    2. Vol31 Iss797 13/04/1912
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  84. The Quest Journal, Vol6 xx/xx/1915
  85. The Quest Journal, Vol6 No4 xx/07/1916
  86. 86.0 86.1 86.2 'The Organ Grinder's Songs, from The Starlight Express, Music by Edward Elgar (1916)
  87. The Merry-Go-Round, Vol IV No1 xx/11/1926
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Works at LibriVox[edit]

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1929.


This author died in 1951, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 72 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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