🎧 Adam and Pooka discuss Blackwood’s fiction, his occult interests, his fascination with nature, and what his stories can teach Mage: The Ascension Storytellers about the sublime, supernatural uncertainty, spirits, Correspondence, Awakening, and psychological horror. Listen https://magethepodcast.com/reality-deviants-book-club-algernon-blackwood/ #magetheascension #weirdficiton #horror #algernonblackwood
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🎧 Adam and Pooka discuss Blackwood’s fiction, his occult interests, his fascination with nature, and what his stories can teach Mage: The Ascension Storytellers about the sublime, supernatural uncertainty, spirits, Correspondence, Awakening, and psychological horror. Listen https://magethepodcast.com/reality-deviants-book-club-algernon-blackwood/ #magetheascension #weirdficiton #horror #algernonblackwood
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🎧 Adam and Pooka discuss Blackwood’s fiction, his occult interests, his fascination with nature, and what his stories can teach Mage: The Ascension Storytellers about the sublime, supernatural uncertainty, spirits, Correspondence, Awakening, and psychological horror. Listen https://magethepodcast.com/reality-deviants-book-club-algernon-blackwood/ #magetheascension #weirdficiton #horror #algernonblackwood
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🎧 Adam and Pooka explore Blackwood’s fiction, his occult interests, his fascination with nature, and what his stories can teach Mage: The Ascension Storytellers about the sublime, supernatural uncertainty, spirits, Correspondence, Awakening, and psychological horror. Listen https://magethepodcast.com/reality-deviants-book-club-algernon-blackwood/ #magetheascension #weirdficiton #horror #algernonblackwood
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🎧 Adam 'n' Pooka discuss Blackwood’s fiction, his occult interests, his fascination with nature, and what his stories can teach Mage: The Ascension Storytellers about the sublime, supernatural uncertainty, spirits, Correspondence, Awakening, and psychological horror. Listen https://magethepodcast.com/reality-deviants-book-club-algernon-blackwood/ #magetheascension #weirdficiton #horror #algernonblackwood
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The Wendigo - Chapter 3
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The Wendigo - Chapter 2
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🎧 Adam and Pooka discuss Blackwood’s fiction, his occult interests, his fascination with nature, and what his stories can teach Mage: The Ascension Storytellers about the sublime, supernatural uncertainty, spirits, Correspondence, Awakening, and psychological horror. Listen https://magethepodcast.com/reality-deviants-book-club-algernon-blackwood/ #magetheascension #weirdficiton #horror #algernonblackwood
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🎧 Adam and Pooka discuss Blackwood’s fiction, his occult interests, his fascination with nature, and what his stories can teach Mage: The Ascension Storytellers about the sublime, supernatural uncertainty, spirits, Correspondence, Awakening, and psychological horror. Listen https://magethepodcast.com/reality-deviants-book-club-algernon-blackwood/ #magetheascension #weirdfiction #horror #algernonblackwood
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A #Pastiche in Time: Algernon Blackwood Part 2 of 2
#FanFic #AlgernonBlackwood
#Wss366 Ace / Baron von Richthofen / Red Baron #TimeTravelAuthors FixingThe doctor nodded encouragingly.
“It was when I returned it happened. I own a book containing rare and previously unpublished letters by Hemingway. To my astonishment, there was one from his time during the Spanish Civil War. In it, he perfectly described me and my prediction. Nothing has been the same since. The experiences grow ever longer, and I have increasing trouble waking. It’s not as if I can avoid them. A billboard can set it off or the blurb on a food package. On one occasion, Baron von Richthofen, a World War I #Ace, almost shot me as a spy. That was due to a serial box. Another time, a billboard for rum dumped me on a sugar plantation in Puerto Rico, and I was mistaken for a worker. The conditions were terrible. The sugar company treated the workers like slaves.”
“I am terrified every time it happens,” I said.
He nodded again, “Yes, that would be awful.”
I showed him my copy of “Three John Silence Stories” and said, “You have to help me; it’s happening again.”
[FINIS]
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A #Pastiche in Time: Algernon Blackwood Part 1 of 2
#FanFic #AlgernonBlackwood
#Wss366 Brief / Hemingway's birthday #TimeTravelAuthors Fixing“Doctor Silence, it is the most disconcerting feeling. I can no longer read. If I pick up a book, I soon enter a fugue state and am transported to that time and place.”
I was seated in a room painted a calming green. A servant had provided me with a chair that was inexplicably nailed to the floor. The doctor sat across from me listening intently.
If I had to describe him, I would first say he matched his name. He gave off a quiet air of calm, despite an eerie aura. His whole manner left you convinced he was both incalculably benevolent and knowledgeable. As for his dress, he wore a tasteful plum smoking jacket, for I had arrived at his consult in the early evening, far past normal visiting hours.
“Go on,” he said. “How did it start?”
“The first time it happened, I was reading ‘Time Machine’ by H.G. Wells. I was nearing the end when I had the most realistic dream that I was walking under a dim sun by the sea. On the beach were alien, muddy-brown crabs of enormous size. The experience was quite #brief, and I awoke presently.”
“Only it wasn’t a dream, was it?” the doctor said.
I relaxed; he understood. I knew there was an alternate chamber with padded walls for delusional visitors. That they hadn’t taken me to it should have been reassuring, but it was good to see tangible evidence that Dr. Silence accepted my bizarre story.
“No, but I didn’t know it. It seemed too fantastic to think I was actually traveling to those times and places.”
Forgetting the chair was immobile, I attempted to scoot closer to my audience. After a nervous laugh, I continued. “I had several more experiences of this nature: a visit to the Khyber Pass; Paris during the French Revolution; and a 1920s speakeasy. I rather enjoyed the dreams. They were so vivid and realistic, each longer than the last. I felt quite safe, since if anything bad happens, I’ll wake up, which is something I can generally force myself to do.”
“When did you realize?” Silent asked.
“I was reading #Hemingway’s ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’ and found myself in a crowded Spanish tavern. There was a fellow American there, and I offered to buy him a drink. We fell to talking, him about being a war correspondent. I was excited to actually be talking to a famous author and, well, one thing led to another, and I told him I was from the future and that the Republicans would lose the war. He laughed. I don’t think he believed me.”
[Continued tomorrow]
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#ScribesAndMakers – 2nd Jun. Share a line from something you've read today (with credit.)
I knew myself to be on the threshold of a new order of experience—of an ecstasy. Something drew me forth with a sense of inexpressible yearning towards the being of this strange old man in the window seat, and for a moment I knew what it was to taste a mighty and wonderful sensation, and to touch the highest pinnacle of joy I have ever known.
THE WOOD OF THE DEAD by ALGERNON BLACKWOOD:
#AmReading #Horror #WierdTales #AlgernonBlackwood #projectgutenberg #NMSAM #NMPrompts
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"And if thought and emotion can persist in this way so long after the brain that sent them forth has crumpled into dust, how vitally important it must be to control their very birth in the heart, and guard them with the keenest possible restraint."
~ Algernon Blackwood, born today, 1869.
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A perfectly acceptable repost for #PhantomsFriday, I feel. Words from the great man himself (by which I also mean John Silence). #ghost #ghosts #AlgernonBlackwood
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My copy of the 1938 Penguin Books edition of 'The Centaur' by Algernon Blackwood. I'm rather pleased to own a 1930s Penguin, especially one by a favourite author. #BookChatWeekly #PenguinBooks #AlgernonBlackwood #paperbacks #fantasyfiction
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My copy of the 1938 Penguin Books edition of 'The Centaur' by Algernon Blackwood. I'm rather pleased to own a 1930s Penguin, especially one by a favourite author. #BookChatWeekly #PenguinBooks #AlgernonBlackwood #paperbacks #fantasyfiction
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Reading Algernon Blackwood right now, and I notice the author's absolutely frightening understatement -and understatement in weird fiction is stronger than explanation.
Last read: The Decoy, and this is a good example for #PhantomsFriday.
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My copy of the John Silence stories by Algernon Blackwood bears the bookplate of bibliophile and gourmand A J A Symonds. In the biography by his author brother Julian, we are told that A J A 'professed a great admiration for Poe, for Algernon Blackwood ... [1/2 #AlgernonBlackwood #BookChatWeekly
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My copy of the John Silence stories by Algernon Blackwood bears the bookplate of bibliophile and gourmand A J A Symonds. In the biography by his author brother Julian, we are told that A J A 'professed a great admiration for Poe, for Algernon Blackwood ... [1/2 #AlgernonBlackwood #BookChatWeekly
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Reading info on this one, looks like a proto-Mulder. I like the supernatural detective trope and it looks like this is one of the originators of the trope.
#Bookstodon #JohnSilence #AlgernonBlackwood
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A supernatural short story by Algernon Blackwood about doomscrolling during WWI (1915).
#AlgernonBlackwood #literature #ShortStory #WeirdFiction #newspaper #WWI
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Algernon Blackwood wrote few #ghost stories proper. Dr Feldman is perhaps my favourite. A straightforward set-up but convincingly creepy, with an unusual, original ghost and a dramatic conclusion. This is the first page of its first appearance, in The Strand, 1928. #PhantomsFriday #AlgernonBlackwood
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In 1904 Pearson's Magazine ran a competition for aspiring authors - look who won a fiver! The story they published a few months later was a dull bit of romantic whimsy called 'Testing His Courage'. O, that it had been 'The Wendigo' or similar. #AlgernonBlackwood #BookChatWeekly @memizon.bsky.social
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Image is Anita Louise as the fairy queen Titania in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1935). #FolkloreThursday #31DaysofHaunting #BookChatWeekly #BookSky #LiteratureSky #FantasySky #HorrorSky #Literature #WeirdFiction #Horror #Fantasy #Monster #Fairy #Faerie #CosmicHorror #AlgernonBlackwood
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Il cielo del mese: giugno, Jimbo e il giorno più lungo
https://edu.inaf.it/rubriche/il-cielo-del-mese/giugno-jimbo-giorno-piu-lungo/
Andiamo alla scoperta degli eventi e delle costellazioni che caratterizzano il cielo di giugno 2025, a cavallo tra primavera ed estate.
#AlgernonBlackwood #congiunzioni #costellazioni #giugno #Luna #solstizio
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Pilene
“Der er en ny udgivelse i Eschos “Fremmed fugl”-serie.”
Sådan. Der var dit startskud til at trisse til din lokale bogpusher, hvad enten det er en decideret butik, biblioteket eller den sære gamle mand nede på hjørnet, der fremdrager slidte bøger fra en uhumsk frakke. Denne gang er det Algernon Blackwoods “Pilene”, du skal bede om.
Og det skal du gøre med glæde i stemmen, for det er ærligt talt nok en af de bedste udgivelser i en altid spændende serie.
“The Willows” blev først udgivet i 1907 – og har været udgivet på dansk i “Gotiske gysere” (i Regnbueserien) i 1987. Her er den i ny oversættelse med efterord af Kasper Opstrup. Den er med rette blevet prist af bl.a. Lovecraft for at være ypperlig.
To mænd – fortælleren og hans svenske ven – er på vej ned ad Donau-floden i kano, da dårligt vejr og stigende vand tvinger dem til at søge tilflugt på en ø midt i floden. De må slå lejr blandt piletræerne, der rusker i vinden, men snart begynder de begge at få fornemmelser, at blive foruroligede, at skræmmes. Noget er helt galt på den lille ø, der langsomt er ved at blive oversvømmet, og pludselig kan de ikke komme væk.
Det er et klassisk setup, men Blackwood slipper af sted med en nærperfekt balance, hvor det er den tilbageholdte rædsel, der driver værket. De kan ikke bare stikke af, men samtidig er der heller ikke noget rasende monster, der jager dem; blot små ting, som bliver flere og flere og mere og mere forkerte. Og langsomt trækkes der tråde, der rækker fra floden til andre verdener og udenjordiske rædsler. Det er kosmisk horror, når det er bedst. Det er 30 år siden, jeg sidst har læst langnovellen, og den slog endnu hårdere i dag.
En smuk udgivelse og en grum bog. Hurra for den.
Eneste forundring: “Pilene” er ramt af samme sære fontvalg som “Carmilla”, hvor (næsten) alle tilfælde af oe omsættes til œ. Sært og forstyrrende for teksten, men heldigvis ikke ødelæggende.
Som en bonus: hvis man er fanget ind af denne, vil jeg anbefale én at få fat i T. Kingfishers “The Hollow Places”, der leger videre med ideen. Ellers er der også flere Blackwood-udgivelser på dansk.
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If you've never had a chance to get it down you, you should put your hands on a copy of "The WIllows" by Algernon Blackwood.
You know what? Let me make it easy.
#Horror #Fiction #HorrorFiction #OutdoorAdventure #ClassicHorror #AlgernonBlackwood #Free #PayWhatYouLike #BlackBand
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Algernon Blackwood's novella "The Man Whom the Trees Loved" is an astonishingly queer story of nature and loss.
Some thoughts on it here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/blackwoods-man-104179022
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Just finished 'The Tarn of Sacrifice' by Algernon Blackwood – a mesmerising blend of mystery, reincarnation and supernatural elements. Blackwood's vivid storytelling kept me on the edge of my seat. #FolkhorrorFeb #BookReview #AlgernonBlackwood #folkhorror #booklover #reading
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A quick browse and listen on Librivox finds an acceptable to me reading by #MatthewWinterrowd, a human in my understanding, from America, just as #AlgernonBlackwood himself was.This reading is contained within a collection of readings.
So there is a little complexity involved.But for God's sake, don't go listening to The Willows if you can't handle a little complxity.
https://librivox.org/lovecrafts-influences-and-favorites-by-various/
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Un 10 de noviembre muere
🖋️ #AlgernonBlackwood (1869-1951)
Gran maestro del relato de #Terror
Fundamental en el cambio
de las historias victorianas de fantasmas
hacia algo más aterrador.
Toca sugerir algo:
2 libros editados por @ed_valdemar
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Alright, #October is thoroughly here so find your blanket, hot drink, and comfiest seat, then head on over to https://www.twitch.tv/chilliteracy where Sam will be reading you a ghost story from #AlgernonBlackwood.
#ReadingAloud #AudioBook #BedtimeStory #GhostStory #Halloween #JohnSilence
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Finished reading #TheDamned by #AlgernonBlackwood on our @chilliteracy stream last night, and it's excellent. Thoroughly enjoyed its depressive haunted house atmosphere, highly recommended
https://youtu.be/4Wk55FMOqSI?si=UlxQrQ021BLSGCt_
