Top Ten Short Stories: Supernatural (Annotated) By Algernon Blackwood Kindle Edition Horror Top Ten Short Stories: Supernatural (Annotated) Weird tales, mysticism, horror, the occult, and strange fairy tales This collection gathers the best short stories dealing with the supernatural, written by the worlds greatest writers: Oh, Whistle, and Ill Come to You My Lad: An ancient relic is unearthed on a deserted beach. Its finder makes the mistake of using it, and the consequences are horrible. The Man Whom the Trees Loved: A painter has an uncanny understanding of nature. Its like he sees the souls of trees. But when nature becomes aware of the man, anything might happen The Amputated Arms: A ridiculous case of missing arms turns into a harrowing night at a graveyard. The dead dont like to be tampered with. “The Monkeys Paw”: Be careful what you wish for. Especially if death is involved. “The Horla”: How can you fight an enemy you cant see? “The Bottle Imp”: The strange bottle is a blessing, but it can also be a curse of eternal suffering. It is just a matter of timing “The Shadow and the Flash”: Two rivals, two ambitions, two incredible inventions pitted against each other. “The Story of Mimi Nashi Hoichi”: A blind bard is invited to sing in a noble mansion, but nothing is what it seems, and the old legends are very much alive. “The Three Hermits”: Faith can produce miracles, as this beautiful story teaches us. “The Door in the Wall”: The business of life makes us forget about the magic of childhood, but every now and then, the door will appear Check out the other book in the series, Top Ten Short Stories: Doom!
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Weird tales mysticism horror the occult and strange fairy tales This collection gathers the best short stories dealing with the supernatural written by the world s greatest writers Oh Whistle and I ll Come to You My Lad An ancient relic is unearthed on a deserted beach Its finder makes the mistake of using it and the consequences are horrible The Man Whom the Trees Loved A painter has an uncanny understanding of nature It s like he sees the souls of trees But when nature becomes aware of the man anything might happen The Amputated Arms A ridiculous case of missing arms turns into a harrowing night at a graveyard The dead don t like to be tampered with The Monkey s Paw Be careful what you wish for Especially if death is involved The Horla How can you fight an enemy you can t see The Bottle Imp The strange bottle is a blessing but it can also be a curse of eternal suffering It is just a matter of timing The Shadow and the Flash Two rivals two ambitions two incredible inventions pitted against each other The Story of Mimi Nashi Hoichi A blind bard is invited to sing in a noble mansion but nothing is what it seems and the old legends are very much alive The Three Hermits Faith can produce miracles as this beautiful story teaches us The Door in the Wall The business of life makes us forget about the magic of childhood but every now and then the door will appear Check out the other book in the series Top Ten Short Stories Doom Top Ten Short Stories Supernatural Annotated Blackwood was born in Shooters Hill today part of south east London but then part of northwest Kent and educated at Wellington College His father was a Post Office administrator who according to Peter Penzoldt though not devoid of genuine good heartedness had appallingly narrow religious ideas Blackwood had a varied career farming in Canada operating a hotel as a newspaper reporter in New York City and throughout his adult life an occasional essayist for various periodicals In his late thirties he moved back to England and started to write stories of the supernatural He was very successful writing at least ten original collections of short stories and eventually appearing on both radio and television to tell them He al Blackwood was born in Shooter s Hill today part of south east London but then part of northwest Kent and educated at Wellington College His father was a Post Office administrator who according to Peter Penzoldt though not devoid of genuine good heartedness had appallingly narrow religious ideas Blackwood had a varied career farming in Canada operating a hotel as a newspaper reporter in New York City and throughout his adult life an occasional essayist for various periodicals In his late thirties he moved back to England and started to write stories of the supernatural He was very successful writing at least ten original collections of short stories and eventually appearing on both radio and television to tell them He also wrote fourteen novels several children s books and a number of plays most of which were produced but not published He was an avid lover of nature and the outdoors and many of his stories reflect this.
Horror Top Ten Short stories 2022 Lovecraft wrote of Blackwood He is the one absolute and unquestioned master of weird atmosphere His powerful story The Willows which effectively describes another dimension impinging upon our own was reckoned by Lovecraft to be not only foremost of all Blackwood s tales but the best weird tale of all time.
Short Stories Top Ten Short stories Among his thirty odd books Blackwood wrote a series of stories and short novels published as John Silence Physician Extraordinary 1908 which featured a psychic detective who combined the skills of a Sherlock Holmes and a psychic medium Blackwood also wrote light fantasy and juvenile books The son of a preacher Blackwood had a life long interest in the supernatural the occult and spiritualism and firmly believed that humans possess latent psychic powers The autobiography Episodes Before Thirty 1923 tells of his lean years as a journalist in New York In the late 1940s Blackwood had a television program on the BBC on which he read ghost stories site_link
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