"Day and Night Stories" by Algernon Blackwood is a compilation of short narratives crafted during the dawn of the 1900s, which inspect the intricacies of human feelings, bonds, affections, recollections, and otherworldly events. The tales are set in places combining life's allure and enigmas, beckoning readers into a realm where mundane existence intertwines with strange happenings. Consider "The Tryst," which unveils our protagonist's return to a cherished locale after a fifteen-year absence, brimming with eager expectation and sentimentality for a previous affair. As he advances towards the garden gate, the site of their vowed rendezvous, he grapples with recollections of their youthful romance. This kickoff lays the platform for a sad probe into yearning and temporal progression, a reflection of self and unrelenting love, only to confront a shocking disclosure as his journey reaches its conclusion.
Day and Night Stories
By Algernon Blackwood
After years apart, a man returns to the place where he promised to meet his love, only to uncover a truth more chilling than time itself.
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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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