"The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories" by Algernon Blackwood is a compilation of chilling stories from the early 1900s that focus on the strange and scary, as they show characters dealing with spooky events and unsettling places while highlighting feelings of unease, the weird, and things that can't be explained. The collection’s first story sees Jim Shorthouse asked by his Aunt Julia to check out a supposedly haunted house, leading them to uncover a history of a violent crime as they visit to uncover the home's mysteries; as they investigate, mounting fear and strange happenings put their bravery to the test and expose the house's evil nature, inviting the reader to join their frightening adventure.
The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories
By Algernon Blackwood
Venture into a collection of tales where characters confront unsettling encounters, revealing the eerie intersection of fear and the unknown.
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2004-12-26
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About the AuthorAlgernon Henry Blackwood, CBE was an English broadcasting narrator, journalist, novelist and short story writer, and among the most prolific ghost story writers in the history of the genre. The literary critic S. T. Joshi stated, "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".
Algernon Henry Blackwood, CBE was an English broadcasting narrator, journalist, novelist and short story writer, and among the most prolific ghost story writers in the history of the genre. The literary critic S. T. Joshi stated, "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".
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