A Prisoner in Fairyland - format ePub

Before finding renown as a writer of ghost stories, Algernon Blackwood had a varied career, farming in Canada, operating a hotel, mining in the Alaskan goldfields, and working as a newspaper reporter...

One of the former British writers of supernatural tales in the twentieth century, Algernon Blackwood (1869 - 1951) wrote stories in which the slow accumulation of telling details produced a foreboding...

The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories Algernon Blackwood - Curl up with a collection of mystery andHorrortales from an author whom many critics regard as one of the masters of the genre. The Empty House...

Two friends are midway on a canoe trip down the Danube River. Throughout the story Blackwood personifies the surrounding environment—river, sun, wind—and imbues them with a powerful and ultimately threatening...

Two friends are midway on a canoe trip down the Danube River. Throughout the story Blackwood personifies the surrounding environment—river, sun, wind—and imbues them with a powerful and ultimately threatening...

Jimbo Algernon Blackwood - A seven-year-old boy suffers a near-fatal injury, after which he lingers for days between life and death. In this liminal period, the young protagonist undergoes a bizarre experience...

The Damned Algernon Blackwood - Two friends, Bill and Francis, come to visit a lonely absent friend. Blackwood writes about a house that may be haunted, or maybe it isn't. Strange things happen in the...

The Willows Algernon Blackwood - "The Willows" is a novella by English author Algernon Blackwood, originally published as part of his 1907 collection The Listener and Other Stories. It is one of Blackwood's...

The Garden of Survival Algernon Blackwood - A narrative told in the first person in the way of a letter from Richard to his twin brother. This book is not only about the wondrous tales of his life, career...

The Extra Day Algernon Blackwood - Judy, Tim, and Maria were just little children. It was impossible to say exactly what their ages were, except that they were just the usual age, that Judy was the eldest,...

The Centaur Algernon Blackwood - Set in the Caucasus between the Black and Caspian Seas, The Centaur centres on Terence OMalley, a journalist of mystical temperament who is studying the peoples of the...

A Prisoner in Fairyland Algernon Blackwood - In the train, even before St. John's was passed, a touch of inevitable reaction had set in, and Rogers asked himself why he was going. For a sentimental journey...

This collection assembles four of Blackwood's greatest stories: "The Insanity of Jones," "The Man Who Found Out," "The Glamour of the Snow," and "Sand." Algernon Blackwood was truly one of the progenitors...

This collection assembles four of Blackwood's greatest stories: "The Insanity of Jones," "The Man Who Found Out," "The Glamour of the Snow," and "Sand." Algernon Blackwood was truly one of the progenitors...

"The Willows" is a novella by English author Algernon Blackwood, originally published as part of his 1907 collection The Listener and Other Stories. It is one of Blackwood's best known works and has been...

Considéré par Lovecraft comme son égal, célébré pendant des décennies comme l’un des maîtres du fantastique, Algernon Blackwood n’a pas en France le public qu’il mérite. La richesse de son œuvre, la puissance...

Die 21. Ausgabe des Magazins Zwielicht. Das Titelbild ist wie immer von Björn Ian Craig. Mit Illustrationen von Frank G. Gerigk und Adrian van Schwamen Geschichten: Charline Winter - The Train Have...

Die Weiden: Aus dem Jahre 1907 von Algernon Blackwood. Insgesamt hatte er über 200 Kurzgeschichten, Romane und Novellen geschrieben. Dies ist eines seiner bekanntesten Werke. Eine Kanufahrt auf der...

An aunt and her nephew embark on a weird adventure. They attempt to spend a night in a house which witnessed way more dangerous days. A man was murdered many years ago. And the aunt and her nephew want...

Can people come back from the dead? Can they bring something or someone back from there? If so, can they reach out to people who are still alive? "The Return" and "The Second Generation" are two stories...

In the eerie silence of an empty house, shadows dance and whispers echo through the void. Algernon Blackwood's classic collection of ghost stories invites you into a realm where the supernatural lurks...

Pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1907, I salici è, secondo H.P. Lovecraft, il più bel racconto soprannaturale della letteratura inglese. Due uomini, il narratore e lo Svedese, partono per un viaggio...

The Centaur is one of the greatest "mystical" works by Blackwood, wherein he explores man's empathy with the unknown forces of the universe. Algernon Henry Blackwood, CBE (14 March 1869 – 10 December...

The Centaur is one of the greatest "mystical" works by Blackwood, wherein he explores man's empathy with the unknown forces of the universe. Algernon Henry Blackwood, CBE (14 March 1869 – 10 December...

Algernon Blackwood was a prolific writer across short stories, novels and plays. His passion for the supernatural and for ghost stories together with a fascination for all things in the occult and mysticism...

In the train, even before St. John's was passed, a touch of inevitable reaction had set in, and Rogers asked himself why he was going. For a sentimental journey was hardly in his line, it seemed. But...

The Willows is a novella by English author Algernon Blackwood, originally published as part of his 1907 collection The Listener and Other Stories. It is one of Blackwood's best known works and has been...

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...

Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) was one of the all-time great supernatural writers, who sought less to horrify than to awe the reader. This volume of fifteen short stories includes "The Tryst" and "A Victim...

The ghost story is as old as human speech, - and perhaps even antedates it. A naïve acceptance of the supernatural was unquestionably one of the primal attributes of human intelligence. The ghost story...

Four friends explore a haunted hospital, which all started with a dare. But what they find is terrifying. Dark secrets, hidden dangers, and mysterious forces threaten to tear them apart. Will they make...

It started with an experiment gone wrong. A ship carrying the military's latest weapon in the war on terror ran aground. Now it's loose. Jack Hammond is an ex-Special Forces soldier who has returned from...

A dark mafia romance novel by International Bestselling Author Jasmin Quinn.Finn needs to know Nika's secrets to keep her safe; Nika needs to keep her secrets to keep Finn alive.Nika holds secrets that...

One year after being trapped in the shadow realm during a catastrophic eclipse experiment, Dr. Eleanor Savidge has adapted to her existence between dimensions. Meanwhile, her research partner Miles Bradford...

What if the future of humanity rested in the hands of one woman?In a world where digital consciousness has become the ultimate frontier, Alice is thrust into a high-stakes battle against corruption, rogue...

Mia was a teenager when two men broke into her home and slaughtered her family. The Gordon Farmhouse murders made national headlines. Cursed with having visions, she witnessed the massacre through the...

It's a race against time.  Based in backwoods Mississippi in a small town called Malview, a deranged, lonely redneck, Tom, finds himself stuck in a midlife slump until one particular evening at a liquor...

In the heart of New York City, the night harbors a predator. A Peeping Tom has turned the vibrant neighborhoods into a chilling scene of voyeurism, using open windows as his invitations into the lives...

A wild superhero who has powers of lion and gorilla for fighting with criminals and smugglers in the jungle. He catches the sandalwood smugglers along with his friends Lion and Gorilla and country's task...

Audiobook narrator Mira Foster has spent ten years giving voice to other people's stories, becoming one of Portland's most sought-after voice talents. But when a manuscript arrives on her doorstep with...

Sie kehrt zurück, um das Syndikat zu Fall zu bringen – doch ihre Vergangenheit lässt sie nicht los.Undercover-Cop Mia Torres ist zurück in Miami. Ihre Mission: Das Rivera-Syndikat zerstören. Doch Valeria,...

Some are born to war.  Others have war thrust upon them.  Tom and Sylvia fly into a war not of their making, and must use all of their skills to avoid becoming casualties.  And their new enemy has more...

Fifteen year old Christopher is about to embark on an investigation...Lots of things are mysteries. But that doesn't mean there isn't an answer to them.It was 7 minutes after midnight. The dog was lying...

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"« Un scénario dynamique qui vous saisit dès le premier chapitre et ne vous laisse plus partir. » — Midwest Book Review, Diane Donovan (à propos de SANS LAISSER DE TRACES) Par l’auteur de polars n°1 Blake...

SOMETIMES WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE... YOU LIEThe bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama Fool Me Once explores the dangers of obsession in this #1 bestselling suspense thriller. Six years...

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan...

The most famous by far of all twentieth-century political allegories, Animal Farm is the account of a group of barnyard animals who revolt against their vicious human master, only to submit to a tyranny...

A spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, The Pillars of the Earth is Ken Follett's classic historical masterpiece.A...

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Winston Smith rewrites history. It’s his...

‘Addictive. A first-class page-turner.’ Lisa Hall, author of Between You and Me Can the past ever be forgotten? As soon as nurse Maura Lyle sets foot inside the foreboding Essen Grange,...

OVER 12 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDENOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREA NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFor years, rumours of the 'Marsh Girl' have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina...

The first thriller in the Mickey Bolitar series, now airing as an original series on Amazon Prime. Bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix show Fool Me Once, Harlan Coben brings us a shocking...

'It does everything you'd expect of a masterpiece - and it is one' Sunday Express'Hums and crackles with delicious unease' Independent'Captivating' The Sunday Times'An absorbing thriller' Mail on SundayNO...

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When a series of gruesome, ritualistic murders shakes London, Detective Evelyn Grant finds herself plunged into a world of ancient secrets and shadowy cults. As symbols of a forgotten order emerge at...

At 42 years of age Paul Stone, is not your average Blackwell Ops operative.But in sheer instincts and ability, he isn't average either. He's superior.Paul's personal arsenal consists of sidearms and long...

My grandmother used to beat me while screaming that I was cursed. I never truly believed it, but now? I definitely do.My life has been a series of gut punches. First, my sperm donor did the same before...

Castle Beach, a secluded paradise, where time seemed to slow down. Weekends alive with the aroma of sizzling BBQs, the clink of beer bottles, and the sound of carefree laughter. The community thrived...

Driven by wanderlust, Evan Eastman traded his mundane life in America for the allure of the Philippines' "Red Zone," a region fraught with danger.Falling in love and building a simple life, Evan shared...