Tales of the Uncanny and Supernatural
by Algernon Blackwood
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Algernon Blackwood continues to demonstrate the power of his words as he shocks and disturbs in this collection of supernatural tales. In a world where the line between sanity and insanity becomes increasingly blurred, tales such as 'Violence' demonstrate the mind's ability to deceive itself to a horrifying end, whilst 'The Terror of the Twins' portrays the destructive power of hate from beyond the grave. In tales where a happy ending is hard to find, prepare yourself for a journey into the show more darkest elements of the human psyche. show lessTags
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Now that I've exhausted the M.R. James canon I've turned to Blackwood, whose stories I don't like quite as much as James' (mostly because the topics covered are so different and I prefer James' scholarly hauntings to Blackwood's more varied tales, and because Blackwood's prose isn't quite so snappy and sharp as James'). But some of the stories here I thoroughly enjoyed: "The Man Who Was Milligan," "The Trod," and "The Deferred Appointment" were probably my favorites from this collection.
Algernon uses way too many adverbs and adjectives to tell the story. Most of the stories in this anthology aren't worth wading through, but "The Decoy" is a decent ghost story, and "The Last Valley" is rather mytically nice.
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- Canonical title
- Tales of the Uncanny and Supernatural
- Original publication date
- 1914
- Disambiguation notice
- Contains:
The Doll
Running Wolf
The Little Beggar
The Occupant of the Room
The Man Whom the Trees Loved
The Valley of the Beasts
The South Wind
The Man Who Was Milligan
The Trod
The Terror of... (show all) the Twins
The Deferred Appointment
Accessory Before the Fact
The Glamour of the Snow
The House of the Past
The Decoy
The Tradition
The Touch of Pan
Entrance and Exit
The Pikestaffe Case
The Empty Sleeve
Violence
The Lost Valley
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- 294
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- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.90)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 7
- ASINs
- 18
