13 Tales of Terror(2017)

Algernon Blackwood

Algernon Henry Blackwood was born on March 14, 1869 and was an English short story writer and novelist. Blackwood was one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre. He was also a journalist and a broadcasting narrator. S. T. Joshi has stated that "his work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer's except Dunsany's" and that his short story collection Incredible Adventures (1914) "may be the premier weird collection of this or any other century." This collection contains 13 Algernon Blackwood "THE EMPTY HOUSE" "A HAUNTED ISLAND" "A CASE OF EAVESDROPPING" "KEEPING HIS PROMISE" "WITH INTENT TO STEAL" "THE WOOD OF THE DEAD" "AN EPISODE IN A LODGING-HOUSE" "A SUSPICIOUS GIFT" "THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF A PRIVATE SECRETARY IN NEW YORK" "SKELETON LAKE" "WAYFARERS" "THE TERROR OF THE TWINS" "THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM"