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Certain houses, like certain persons, manage somehow to proclaim at once their character for evil. In the case of the latter, no particular feature need betray them; they may boast an open countenance and an ingenuous smile; and yet a little of their company leaves the unalterable conviction that there is something radically amiss with their being: that they are evil. Willy nilly, they seem to communicate an atmosphere of secret and wicked thoughts which makes those in their immediate neighbourhood shrink from them as from a thing diseased...

This is a perfect collection for fans of Victorian horror stories, I cannot recommend the first story: The Empty House - enough. It is my go to example of creepy, well told ghost stories! It reminds me of being young and telling ghost stories around a campfire with my cousins. Not bloody or frightening, just more of a G rated collection of spooky ghost story you hear and tell when you are young. This is a high quality book of the original classic edition. This is a freshly published edition of this culturally important work, which is now, at last, again available to you. Enjoy this classic work. These few paragraphs distill the…

The Algernon Blackwood Megapack collects 36 classic tales of the supernatural by one of the greatest ghost story writers of all time. More than just ghosts, however, this collection includes tales of vampires and other creatures of the night…and much, much more. Nearly 1,300 pages of great reading! THE SINGULAR DEATH OF MORTON
THE OLIVE
ANCIENT LIGHTS
THE KIT-BAG
THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM
A HAUNTED ISLAND
THE CENTAUR
THE DAMNED
THE WOLVES OF GOD
CHINESE MAGIC
RUNNING WOLF
FIRST HATE
THE TARN OF SACRIFICE
THE VALLEY OF THE BEASTS
THE CALL
EGYPTIAN SORCERY
THE DECOY
THE MAN WHO FOUND OUT (A NIGHTMARE)
THE EMPTY SLEEVE
WIRELESS CONFUSION
CONFESSION
THE LANE THAT RAN EAST AND WEST
VENGEANCE IS MINE
THE WILLOWS
THE WENDIGO
JOHN SILENCE, CASE 1: A PSYCHICAL INVASION
JOHN SILENCE, CASE II: ANCIENT SORCERIES
JOHN SILENCE, CASE III: THE NEMESIS OF FIRE
JOHN SILENCE, CASE IV: SECRET WORSHIP
JOHN SILENCE, CASE V: THE CAMP OF THE DOG
JOHN SILENCE, CASE VI: A VICTIM OF HIGHER SPACE
THE REGENERATION OF LORD ERNIE
THE SACRIFICE
A DESCENT INTO EGYPT
WAYFARERS
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The Second Algernon Blackwood Megapack collects 28 more classic tales of the supernatural by one of the greatest ghost story writers of all time. Included in this volume are: SKELETON LAKE
SMITH: AN EPISODE IN A LODGING-HOUSE
A SUSPICIOUS GIFT
THE EMPTY HOUSE
THE LISTENER
MAY DAY EVE
CARLTON'S DRIVE
IF THE CAP FITS—
THE MAN WHO PLAYED UPON THE LEAF
OLD CLOTHES
THE ECCENTRICITY OF SIMON PARNACUTE
THE GOLDEN FLY
THE TRANSFER
THE ATTIC
THE GLAMOUR OF THE SNOW
SAND
H.S.H.
A DESERT EPISODE
BY WATER
THE GOBLIN'S COLLECTION
A BIT OF WOOD
AN EGYPTIAN HORNET
CAIN'S ATONEMENT
THE OTHER WING
THE DANCE OF DEATH
THE GARDEN OF SURVIVAL
A CASE OF EAVESDROPPING
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