ancient sorceries and other weird stories

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Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Here Blackwood displays his best and most disturbing work-including 'The Willows,' which Lovecraft singled out as 'the single finest weird tale in literature' 'The Wendigo' 'The Insanity of Jones' and 'Sand.'įor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. Evoking the uncanny spiritual forces of Nature, Blackwood's writings all tread the nebulous borderland between fantasy, awe, wonder, and horror. Lovecraft-from the classics that inspired him to the contemporary novels that pay homage to his incredible legacy.By turns bizarre, unsettling, spooky, and sublime, Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories showcases nine incomparable stories from master conjuror Algernon Blackwood. Below, you'll find 11 books for fans of H.P.

Looking for more books that will take you on crazy Lovecraftian adventures? We're here to help. And while the macabre and the grotesque are always featured in his universe, the greatest horror of all was the unknowability of the greater world-and our insignificance within it. After finding some success with pulp magazines, Lovecraft tried his own hand at the genre, going on to publish such classics as 'The Call of Cthulhu' and At the Mountains of Madness. James.Ī Providence-native and a longtime loner, Lovecraft had always been obsessed with 'weird fiction'-a subgenre of speculative fiction that draws heavily from myth and science. In fact, his name stands alongside the giants of the horror genre, from Edgar Allan Poe to M.R. Though he never received widespread acclaim during his lifetime, he's gained something of a cult following in the decades since his 1937 death. For fans of the horrific, the fantastical, and downright bizarre, there's few better authors to turn to than the master himself, H.P.

Ancient sorceries and other weird stories