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Walter Tittle's Portrait of a Distinguished Novelist, the Author of

Mr. Algernon Blackwood, 1938, Oil on Canvas

Algernon Blackwood, by Churchman's Cigarettes

Description

Algernon Blackwood was a prolific, popular, and influential writer, often associated with “weird fiction,” but whose work spans an array of genre, subject, form, and audience.

“The Willows,” his best known work and Lovecraft’s favorite supernatural tale, narrates a pilgrimage by two men across central Europe⁠—a journey Tolkien’s readers will recognize as Frodoesque. Both Lovecraft and Tolkien acknowledged Blackwood’s influence and this influence is unmistakable any time Tolkien as author finds himself among ancient trees, climbing a mountain, or afloat on a river. For Lovecraft, it is Blackwood who transforms the “higher space” of Einstein’s annus mirabilis into a perilous firmament to be filled with cosmic horrors and it is Blackwood who first writes the eldritch text that is to become Lovecraft’s Necronomicon. But, while Blackwood was an explorer of the macabre corners of “ghostland;” he was captivated by the beauty of nature, believed in “traveling light,” and never confined himself anywhere.

It had been one of Blackwood’s life goals to become a “holy man.” He lived itinerant, unwed, and wrote only because he “could not keep it back.” His words were published in books, magazines, journals, newspapers; presented on stage; and broadcast on radio and television. Writing for any reader, he was published by The Country Gentleman, Lady’s Realm, and⁠—⁠for children⁠—⁠in The Merry Go Round. He wrote for both The Methodist Magazineand The Occult Review. One of his lesser-read stories was printed exclusively by The Burrowa Newsof New South Wales, in Austalia.

Even Blackwood lost count of what he had published, so that no definitive bibliography exists. Though the present collection is not exhaustive⁠—doubtless some works are lost to time⁠—it is the most extensive of its kind. The fiction includes 16 novellas, a 3-act play, 145 short stories, 5 poems, and 3 songs. Supplementing this are 53 non-fiction works. Most provide background to the fiction stories and some are stories themselves.

While there is no “Blackwood Universe” in the modern sense; themes, characters, and settings are often shared. When Blackwood writes, the categories of fiction, non-fiction, and autobiography become indistinct, some works difficult to place. Of the works in this collection, twenty-one were published for children, but again the distinction is often arbitrary.

In the end, it is all Blackwood.
Epigraph
from"My Own Past" My Own Past by Maude M. C. Ffoulkes, 1915
“Blackwood was also one of the fortunate beings who, on the other side of custom's thick-set hedge, are able to see the gleaming eyes of wild spirits.”⁠
—Maude M. C. Ffoulkes, 1915 #autobiography
Foreword
Algernon Blackwood: The Sherlock Holmes of Ghostland Current Opinion, May 1914
Introduction of Algernon Blackwood as a writer who combines elements of the occult with modern science, particularly in his book "John Silence." #review

1889

A Mysterious House Belgravia, Vol. 69
A reputation for being haunting dissuades prospective tenants from a rental property. #england

1890

Christmas in England Methodist Magazine Volume 32 1890 pg481
"In the classic city of Oxford, the stronghold of ancient customs and ancient opinions, …" #england #christmas

1891

About the Moravians Methodist Magazine Vol. 33 1891, pg166
The history and traditions of a central European Protestant group remain relevant to the present-day. #christian
In the Jura-Neuchatel Methodist Magazine Vol. 33 1891, pg551
Tolkein's Misty Mountains are the Jura and Neuchatel is Rivendell. #jura #jrrt
Memories of the Black Forest Methodist Magazine Vol. 33 1891, pg14
The Black Forest, and its people, merit your consideration. #germany #witch #supernatural #gnome #fairy #wizard #nixie

1892

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1896

The Story of Karl Ott The Empty House And Other Ghost Stories
Pall Mall, Oct. 1896, pp. 189–200.
English lady trifles with the affections of an Alpine German villager. #germany

1897

1898

1899

A Haunted Island The Empty House And Other Ghost Stories
Spectral native encounter during a stay by a lake in Canada. Connects to summering-in-canadian-backwoods. #indian #canada
Spread of the National Anthem The Morning Post, 02/08/1899
Blackwood engages in public service (by jingo). #england

1900

A Case of Eavesdropping The Empty House And Other Ghost Stories
The Empty House And Other Ghost Stories
Pall Mall, Vol22, pp558-568

Jim Shorthouse overhears a spectral German conversation in a meager, urban, US boarding-house. #JimShorthouse
A Spiritualist Camp in New England MacMillan's Magazine, Vol 82 Iss 487 xx/05/1900
Humbug! #spiritualism #america

1901

In Hungary with Tent and Canoe The Boy's Own Annual 1901 Vol24 pg118
"Buffalo milk, when we could get it, was excellent." #danube #hungary #europe #river
Down the Danube in a Canadian Canoe MacMillan's Magazine, VOL. LXXXIV, May-Oct. 1901 (pg 350)
Travelogue of an English camper in Central Europe. txt-pg-350, txt-pg-418
Summering in Canadian Backwoods Longman’s Magazine Jan 1901
Pleasantness of the rural Great Lakes region of Canada. txt-pg-215 #canada

1902

The Last Egg in the Nest The Boy’s Own Paper, Vol. 24 No1232, 23/08/1902
Climbing English cliffs. #childrens #nature #romance #england #birds

1903

1904

At School in the Black Forest The Boy's Own Annual, Vol. 27
The chief difficulty seemed to be that no real forest could contain a school and be enchanted at the same time; and it was only after two years’ actual sojourn in just such a place that I learned in how true a sense this could really be the case. #germany #german #BlackForest #school #fairy #kobold I-pdf280 II-pdf293
How Garnier Broke the Log-Jam The Boy's Own Annual, Vol. 27
Logging is a dangerous business. #indian #canada #canuck
Testing His Courage Pearson’s Magazine Sep. 1904
Knight-errant makes and appointment with a dragon. #england #india #romance
The House of the Past Ten Minute Stories
The Theosophical Review, Vol. 34 No.200, 15/04/1904
The House of the Past (my transcript)
A dream of ghosts. The Wikisource transcript was produced by me. #spirit #ghost #reincarnation

1905

About Moose and Moose-Hunting The Boy's Own Annual Vol. 28 1905
Blackwood discusses hunting. Connects to the-valley-of-the-beasts. #moose #canada

1906

A Holiday Down the Danube with Punt and Tent The Boy’s Own Paper Sep. 1 1906
Blackwood recounts a boating vacation. #danube
A Suspicious Gift The Empty House And Other Ghost Stories
Struggling writer living in a cramped room, receives an unexpected visit from a mysterious man with questionable intentions. #NewYork #poverty
Keeping His Promise The Empty House And Other Ghost Stories
A student is interrupted while studying late at night by a visitor who turns out to be a former friend. #Scotland #ghost
My Adventure with a Lion The Boy’s Own Paper June 2 1906
My Adventure with a Lion (my transcript)
Journalism intern covers a story in New York. #NewYork
Skeleton Lake: An Episode in Camp The Empty House And Other Ghost Stories
Mis-deeds in the woods of Quebec. #canada
Smith: An Episode in a Lodging House The Empty House And Other Ghost Stories
A medical student's book plays a role in his neighbor's supernatural pursuits. #Scotland
The Empty House The Empty House And Other Ghost Stories
The Empty House And Other Ghost Stories
Jim Shorthouse has a midnight encounter in a seaside house. #JimShorthouse
The Strange Adventures of a Private Secretary in New York The Empty House And Other Ghost Stories
Jim Shorthouse is being sent on a mission by his employer to deliver valuable papers. #JimShorthouse
The Vanishing Redskins The Boy's Own Jounal Vol29 1906
Part1, pg715 Part2, pg750 Part3, pg762
Myths of the Algonquin. #review #indian #canada
The Wood of the Dead The Empty House And Other Ghost Stories
Encounters with a mysterious old man in a wayside inn who speaks in a captivating manner and hints at a deeper purpose or knowledge. #england
With Intent to Steal The Empty House And Other Ghost Stories
Jim Shorthouse tries not to sleep in a barn. #JimShorthouse #england

1907

Max Hensig The Listener and Other Stories
Max Hensig
Newspaper reporter interviews a German man accused of murder in seedy, boozy old New York. #NewYork
May Day Eve The Listener and Other Stories
May Day Eve
Last night of April resembles Halloween, with moors, mist, birds, enchanted hills, and a folk-lorist to make sense of it.
Miss Slumbubble—and Claustrophobia The Listener and Other Stories
Miss Slumbubble—and Claustrophobia
English spinster traveling on holiday has experiences difficulty in her train-car.
The Dance of Death The Listener and Other Stories
The Dance of Death
A man cuts a rug with an anthropomorphic personification.
The Eccentricity of Simon Parnacute The Lost Valley and Other Stories
The Eccentricity of Simon Parnacute
Peter Pan: You can fly, you can fly; but almost a sermon. #fly #birds #spiritual
The Farmhouse on the Hill The Australian Star, Sat 28 Dec 1907 page10
Southwest England could really use a Motel 6. #england #ghost #psychic #murder
The Insanity of Jones Four Weird Tales
The Listener and Other Stories
A clerk clings to an old injustice.
The Listener The Listener and Other Stories
The Listener
A man keeps a diary unaware of the badness of Hansens's disease. #ghost #haunted #sleepwalking
The Man Who Played Upon the Leaf The Lost Valley and Other Stories
The Man Who Played Upon the Leaf
A pious man lives in the woods with a dog. #jura #fir #pagan
The Old Man of Visions The Old Man of Visions (transcribed by me)
The Listener and Other Stories
Encounter with a mystic prompts an epihany & spiritual awakening. hand-transcribed
The Willows The Willows (1907)
Exploration of a desolate and isolated region along the Danube River, characterized by a vast expanse of willow bushes and marshes.
The Woman's Ghost Story The Listener and Other Stories
The Woman's Ghost Story
A woman encounters a mysterious man in a haunted house, where she initially mistakes him for the caretaker but later realizes he is a ghost. Alternate Title: "The Specter that Asked for a Kiss" #ghost

1908

Ancient Sorceries John Silence, Physician Extraordinary
John Silence receounts an episode from a village in France which was "a cause du sommeil et à cause des chats". #JohnSilence
A Psychical Invasion John Silence, Physician Extraordinary
Felix Pender is experiencing a psychological affliction characterized by a deep-seated fear or horror, resulting in the loss and transformation of his talent, and a desperate need for John Silence's help. #JohnSilence
Our Adventure with the Danube River-Police The Boy's Own Annual, Vol 31, 1908, pg 234
Blackwood's group of 4 avoids getting shaken down by Bavarians and repels an act of river piracy. #danube #bavaria
Secret Worship John Silence, Physician Extraordinary
An English merchant attends a school reunion. #JohnSilence #germany #witch #demon #haunted #rosicrucian
Stodgman's Opportunity The Westminster Gazette, 5 December 1908
The Camp of the Dog John Silence, Physician Extraordinary
Connecting to "The Wendigo" and "Skeleton Lake" Canadian Indian ancestry frees the spirit and the wilderness inspires the call of the wild. #JohnSilence #sweden #lycanthropy #AstralProjection #indian #CallOfTheWild
The Kit-Bag Pall Mall, Dec. 1908
The Kit-Bag
If a murderer can't take it with him, but perhaps it can take him. #england #london #murder #ghost
The Nemesis of Fire John Silence, Physician Extraordinary
Best beware of souvenirs from the middle-east. Connection: #StephenKing #BlackTower #JohnSilence #ka #haunted #egypt #elemental #horus #pagan #mummy #england #sand
The Story Mr. Popkiss Told The Story Mr. Popkiss Told
The Herald (Melbourne, Vic.), 8 Feb. 1909
Transportation during holidays is often not uneventful. #psychic #paranormal

1909

Carlton's Drive The Lost Valley and Other Stories
Carlton's Drive
An Englishman sowing oats maybe finds himself a passenger in the Cóiste Bodhar.
Clouds and Mountains Country Life, Volume 25 1909 pg821
"…that awful hissing that more than anything else strikes terror to the heart of the climber…" #jura #cloud #MountainClimbing #snow
Entrance and Exit Ten Minute Stories
Entrance and Exit
A man disappears in the woods. #HigherSpace #pine #snow #ghost
The Boy Messenger: A Christmas Phantasy The Burrowa News (NSW), 30 Apr 1909
A group of friends celebrate the holidays on bicycle. #christmas #banshee
The Face of the Earth Leader (Melbourne) 26-Jun-1909
"Thus there gradually grew up about the Innocent Spinrobin a queer sense that the world was no longer quite the same as he had hitherto seen it." #german #english #LivingEarth
The Laying of a Red-haired Ghost Lady's Realm, Vol. 26
A gentleman with piggy eyes makes demands of his widow postmortem. #ScoobyDoo #england #ghost
The Lock of Grey Hair The Lock of Grey Hair, Belfast Weekly News 09/12/1909
Would be good to include. The page scan is not great and possibly not able to transcribe.
You May Telephone From Here Ten Minute Stories
The Bundaberg Mail and Burnett Advertiser (Qld.) 26 June 1909 (Titled: "A Trunk Call")
Eerie and mysterious events surrounding the telephone ringing in the flat. Included in "Ten Minute Stories" under the title "You May Telephone from Here" and in The Bundaberg Mail as "A Trunk Call."

1910

From the Swiss Lakes Country Life 1910-03-19: Vol 27 Iss 689
An impression upon arriving at Lake Geneva. #switzerland
If the Cap Fits If the Cap Fits
Paranormal sensitivity may exist in London. #london
Imagination Ten Minute Stories
An author gets stuck while writing a story about centaurs. Connects to the novel "The Centaur". #centaur #pagan
In a Strange Land The Wollondilly Press (NSW) 19 October 1910 - Page 3
Bendigo Advertiser (Victoria) 10 September 1910 (Title: "Railway Traveling in the Caucasus")
Blackwood takes a train to Eastern Europe. In "Railway Traveling in the Caucasus," Blackwood sends a postcard and this is included as a part of "In a Strange Land." #russia #europe
Old Clothes The Lost Valley and Other Stories
Old Clothes
#reincarnation #somnambulism #hypnotism #england #belgium
Special Delivery Pan's Garden
"Can't you hear me knocking?" #jura #psychic #ghost
The Lost Valley Tales Of The Uncanny and Supernatural
The Lost Valley and Other Stories
Russian lady comes between English twins. Archive scan is missing chapter-5 title. Hathi is missing multiple pages. #jura #ghost #psychic #twins #kent
The Man From the 'Gods' The Lost Valley and Other Stories
An allegory of inspiration and artistic vision in the English theater. #england #psychology #spirit #drugs #theater
The Message of the Clock Nash's Magazine, vol. 2 No. 15, xx/06/1910
The Price of Wiggins's Orgy The Lost Valley and Other Stories
[ The Price of Wiggins’s Orgy
Wiggins has a big night. #england Story on the Wayback Machine contains vandalism.
The Singular Death of Morton The Singular Death of Morton The Singular Death of Morton
The Tramp, Vol. 2 No. 10 xx/12/1910
A vampire story.
The South Wind Pan's Garden
Tales Of The Uncanny and Supernatural
Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong, NSW) 13 May 1910 (Title: "The Messenger Came at Midnight")
"He comforteth the earth with the south wind." Included in "Tales of the Uncanny and Supernatural" under the title "The South Wind" and the Illawarra Mercury as "The Messenger Came at Midnight." #switzerland
The Sea Fit Pan's Garden
The Sea Fit
A sailor onshore in Dorset, England communes with the sea. #england #sea #sand #pagan
The Strange Experience of the Rev. Phillip Ambleside Pall Mall Mar. 1910: Vol. 45 Iss. 203
The Lost Valley and Other Stories (Titled: "Perspective")
"Perspective"
Divine providence on the mountainside. A version of this story was originally published under the title "The Strange Experience of the Rev. Phillip Ambleside" and later published in "The Lost Valley and Other Stories" as "Perpective." #alpine #faith
The Wendigo The Wendigo(1910)
The Lost Valley and Other Stories
The call of the wild. #canada

1911

Accessory Before the Fact Ten Minute Stories
Accessory Before the Fact
German travelers raise international tensions in England.
Clairvoyance Pan's Garden
Clairvoyance
A haunted room and the unfulfilled yearnings and pain associated with it.
Discovering Russia on Foot Country Life 1911-12-16: Vol 30 Iss 780
"He will calmly beat a man to death for stealing a horse, yet will also show a compassionate and generous hospitality that is tender in the last degree."#review #russia #terrorism #politics
Dream Trespass Ten Minute Stories
Dream Trespass
Disappointment and exhaustion experienced by a friend during their walking tour."
In A Jura Village The Morning Post, 26 December 1911
Monsieur Joseph of the Ski Country Life 1911-11-11: Vol 30 Iss 775
Commentary on snow-skiing and review of a Swiss ski-maker. #jura
On Wings Country Life 1911-05-13: Vol 29 Iss 749
Birds are transcendant, awe-inspiring and connected to works set on the Danube and the Canadian backwoods.
Spring and the Mountaineer Country Life 1911-04-22: Vol 29 Iss 746
Blackwood anticipates travel to the Alps. #pagan #pan #europe #alps #MountainClimbing
The Deferred Appointment Ten Minute Stories
The Deferred Appointment
A gentleman's portrait is made. #ghost #SpiritPhotography
The Empty Sleeve The Wolves of God, and Other Fey Stories
Two brothers in London own a violin while the elevator operator wears a Bowler hat.
The Golden Fly Pan's Garden
The Golden Fly
An insect provides spiritual awakening.
The Messenger Pan's Garden
The Messenger
An encounter with an approaching messenger from another world, causes feelings of apprehension and awe.
The Prayer Ten Minute Stories
The Prayer
Experiment with a mysterious substance that enhances perception of thoughts, leading to following a thought-stream and trying to trace it to its source.
The Transfer Pan's Garden
The Transfer
Energy vampire Colin Robinson fertilizes his garden. #psychic
Two in One Ten Minute Stories
Two in One
A man spends the day with himself.

1912

Algonquin Songs and Legends Part I - Country Life 1912-11-02: Vol 32 Iss 826
Part II - Country Life 1912-11-23: Vol 32 Iss 829
“My brother told me, many years ago, Some wizards had a quarrel, and they slew One of their number, took his corpse away, And ate it on the isle of Grand Manan, Sitting upon a ledge above the sea.” #america #indian #review
An Arab Pilgrimage Country Life 1912-10-26: Vol 32 Iss 825
Blackwood observes a caravan stopover. #egypt #desert #sand #helouan #bedouin
Ancient Lights A Round of Tales
Ancient Lights
Tresspassers will be persecuted.
Animal Life in the Egyptian Desert Country Life 1912-07-13: Vol 32 Iss 810
The inhospitable egyptian desert teems with life. #desert #egypt #nature
A Voice in the Wilderness Country Life 1912-11-23: Vol 32 Iss 826, pg 598
"One reads every day such phrases as ‘our commercial, national and imperial welfare’⁠—commercial first, national second, imperial third, and spiritual nowhere." #review #Beauty #Russia #Beauty #MiddleEast
Egyptian Antiquities The Morning Post, 9 April 1912
Failure of the Swiss Winter Season Country Life 1912-01-27: Vol 31 Iss 786
“For when it comes,” they say, “it will be terrible, and worth waiting for!” #journalism #jura #switzerland #snow #FakeNews
La Mauvaise Riche
The Westminster Gazette, 30 November 1912
Sand Four Weird Tales
Pan's Garden
An encounter with Ka in the desert of Egypt. Connection: #StephenKing #DarkTower #ka #egypt
The Attic Pan's Garden
The Attic
A story of feline redemption in the Swiss winter. #jura
The Bitter Bit The Saturday Westminster Gazette 17 February 1912
The Destruction of Smith Pan's Garden
Does a city have a soul? #WesternUS #america #arizona #supernatural #spirit
The Egyptian Desert from Helouan I: Country Life 1912-03-16: Vol 31 Iss 793
II: Country Life 1912-04-13: Vol 31 Iss 797
The desert of Egypt is fascinating, rather than cruel.
The Garden of Survival The Garden of Survival
Colonial Governor on returning to England: "I found her a cross between a museum and an American mushroom town that advertises all the modern comforts with a violent insistence that is meant to cloak their very absense. Also, "a bird's song always makes me think of God." #psychic #beauty #ghost #england #phantasmagoria #christian #spiritual Connects to a-memory-of-beauty
The Glamour of the Snow Four Weird Tales
Pan's Garden
"Do you want to BE a snowman?" #pagan #snow #witch #elemental
The Goblin's Collection Ten Minute Stories
The Goblin's Collection
Irish mischief in England.
The Heath Fire Pan's Garden
The fire of the sun, the deep earth, human life, and the "burning bush": they are all connected. #england #elemental #fire #christian
The Man Who Found Out The Wolves of God, and Other Fey Stories
Introduces (12 years earlier) the idea that Lovecraft introduces as his “necronomicon” in 1924 and this story generally seems to foreshadow the Lovecraft mythos. It can be read as responding to special relativity from 1905. The connection becomes more explicit in ‘A Victim of Higher Space’ (1914), so I conclude that this reading is correct. Blackwood bridges Einstein to Lovecraft. #england #lovecraft #necronomicon
The Man Whom the Trees Loved The Man Whom the Trees Loved
Pan's Garden
The Return Pan's Garden
The Return
A gentleman receives an impression from beyond. #paranormal #supernatural #ghost
The Second Generation Ten Minute Stories
The Second Generation
A gentleman seeks a second chance romance. #england #arizona #hallucination #non-weird #romance
The Temptation of the Clay Pan's Garden
The Temptation of the Clay
A man is embraced by nature through his wife, then rejected through his neice. #indian #russian #england #america #pine #possession; Connects to "The Man Who Played Upon the Leaf"
The Terror of the Twins Tales Of The Uncanny and Supernatural
The Lost Valley and Other Stories
The Terror of the Twins
This story demonstrates a dramatic example of Blackwood's method viewpoint shift. #ghost #curse #soullessness #twins
The Unconquerable Charm of Sussex Country Life 1912-07-06: Vol 32 Iss 809
A review of "The Four Men" by Hilaire Belloc. #review #england
The Whisperers Ten Minute Stories
The Whisperers
A man is distracted by books while writing. #jura #paranormal
Wayfarers Incredible Adventures
Injured and is in a state of confusion, unable to recall the events leading to their current situation or identity.
Wind Ten Minute Stories
An essay on the titled subject, some scientific insights, and comments on its role in poetry. #christian #nature #jura

1913

A Barmecide Feast Country Life, Vol. 34 No. 863, 19 July 1913
Jones gets the munchies. #non-weird
Arolla and Its Climbs Country Life, Vol. 34 No. 885, 20 Dec 1913
Blackwood talks about mountain-climbing. #switzerland #MountainClimbing
Before the Season Country Life, Vol. 34 No. 886, 27 Dec 1913
The unseen preparations for the winter tourist season. #switzerland #alps #snow
Egypt: An Impression Country Life 1913-11-08: Vol 34 Iss 879
Egypt casts a spell upon the visitor. There is overlap between "Egypt: An Impression" and "The Spell of Egypt" but they are sufficiently different to be distinct works. #egypt
H.S.H. Day and Night Stories
Learning to Ski Country Life Vol. 34, pg708
Skiing is rewarding but there are pitfalls. #switzerland #skiing
Mrs. Gurney’s Poems Country Life 1913-05-31: Vol 33 Iss 856
Blackwood's review of a book of poems. #england #poetry #nature #review
The Israelites Track from the Red Sea to Mount Sinai Country Life Vol. 34
Blackwood reviews a travelogue through the Middle East. #desert #christian #review
The Kiss of a Psychologist Country Life 1913-09-13: Vol 34 Iss 871
"For a moment he knew something of what Dreyfus felt upon his Devil's Island." Blackwood appears to be reading Freud. #romance
The Story Hour The Morning Post 18 November 1913
The Tradition Day and Night Stories
Transition Day and Night Stories
Value. In Life and Death. Changed Views. West Gippsland Gazette (Warragul, Vic.) Tue 25 Mar 1913 Page 5 VALUE.
Blackwood writes and obituary for an unnamed English lady, who has dementia, in the Jura. #english #jura #switzerland #obituary
Who Was She? The New Witness, Vol. 2 No. 34, Vol. 2 No. 37, & Vol. 2 No. 43; 26 June 1913, 17 July 1913, and 28 August 1913
Winter Sports in Switzerland Source unknown
With the Russian Pilgrims to Jerusalem Country Life Vol. 34
Blackwood reviews of a book of gonzo journalism. #Russia #MiddleEast #christian #review

1914

A Bit of Wood Day and Night Stories
An unimportant thing along the Italian/Austrian border.
A Descent into Egypt Incredible Adventures
A man in Egypt is drawn to the past. #helouan #egypt #pagan
A Desert Episode Day and Night Stories
A Victim of Higher Space Day and Night Stories
#JohnSilence
Breakfast Honey

The Morning Post 9 June 1914
By Water Day and Night Stories
Faith Cure on the Channel Ten Minute Stories
The narrator gets queasy on the water. #england #france
Her Birthday Ten Minute Stories
A man shops for a gift. #romance
Jimbo's Longest Day Ten Minute Stories
Algernon shares the magic of the solstice with his nephew. #fairy #england #sussex #solstice #childrens
Let Not the Sun Ten Minute Stories
Let Not the Sun
Maria The Morning Post 28/03/1914
Children’s fantasy concerning the plotting of a train crash. Reprinted as Chapter III of The Extra Day
News v. Nourishment Ten Minute Stories
News v. Nourishment
A gentleman dines.
Non-Human The New Witness, Vol. 5 No. 110 10 December 1914
Pines Ten Minute Stories
Pines
Country Life, Volume 25 1909 pg769
Remarks on the merits of the named sort of tree.
Strange Disappearance of a Baronet Ten Minute Stories
You are what you have. #england #ScoobyDoo #kafkaesque
The Daisy World The Quest, Vol. 5 No. 4 xx/07/1914
"Jinny, Jimbo and Maria⁠—three survivals in an age when education considers childhood a disease to be cured as hurriedly as possible⁠—took their adventure…" #uncle #nature #children #elf
The Damned Incredible Adventures
In the dogmatic hell of Blackwood's theology, nothing ever happens.
The Doll Tales Of The Uncanny and Supernatural
Beware strangers bearing gifts; also karma. #india #england #curse #idée-fixe #harsh-language -- Connects to the "Chuckie" franchise.
The Falling Glass Country Life 1914-05-23: Vol 35 Iss 907
Tongues of Fire and Other Sketches 23/11/1924
"I admit there was this childish pride and pleasure in the disappointment, and to be right even in prophesying disaster holds a faint satisfaction." #alps #MountainClimbing #storm #snow #nature Connecst to the-south-wind.
The Impulse Ten Minute Stories
The Impulse
The Invitation Ten Minute Stories
The Invitation
Two gentlemen have lunch in London. #england
The Lease Ten Minute Strories
Algernon's friend is helping his friend with a lease. #england #chelsea #humor #eyebrows
The Little Beggar Tales Of The Uncanny and Supernatural
Tongues of Fire and Other Sketches 23/11/1924
An English man accompanies a child to the train. #ghost
The Man Who Was Milligan Tales Of The Uncanny and Supernatural
Tongues of Fire and Other Sketches 23/11/1924
Art has the power to transport the viewer to far-away lands. #china #england #psychic #paranormal
The Miracle The Quest, Vol VI 1-4, Oct. 1914 - Jul. 1915, pg 256
Blackwood finds beauty in an emergent group-soul during mobilization for WWI. #beauty #god #war #group-soul #christian
The Night Wind Country Life 1914-05-09: Vol 35 Iss 905
Uncle Henry personifies that wind and illustrates his writing process, with kids. #uncle #wind #writing
The Philosopher The Westminster Gazette 13 June 1914
The Pikestaffe Case Tales Of The Uncanny and Supernatural
Tongues of Fire and Other Sketches 23/11/1924
"And it affronted her that some of these were German. A writer named Einstein was popular with her lodger and that, she felt, was a pity, as well as a mistake in taste." #england #einstein #HigherSpace Connects to "The Man Who Was Mulligan", "Questions and Answers"; also "Alice in Wonderland".
The Regeneration of Lord Ernie Incredible Adventures
A theologian contemplates the relationship between energy and entropy. Connections:"Ghostbusters" #jura #elemental #canadian #english #giant #pagan #fire #witch #psychic #supernatural #sexual #PG
The Sacrifice Incredible Adventures
A mountain-climber has a crisis of faith enroute to the "Tour du Néant". #switzerland #MountainClimbing #christian #pagan
The Secret Ten Minute Stories
An author's eyebrows dance through lunch. #england #writing #eating
The Soldier's Visitor The Country Gentleman and Land & Water
A convalescing casualty of war is visited by the quasi-pagan personification of his country. #war #pagan #brittania #jingoism #beauty
The Trod Tales Of The Uncanny and Supernatural
A fairy tale. #fairy #england #soullessness
The Wings of Horus Day and Night Stories
The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine Volume 89 pg129 1915
"The Romance of Hawk Man and the Dove Girl." #russia, #egypt #horus
The Winter Alps Country Life 1910-12-24: Vol 28 Iss 729 pg930
Ten Minute Stories
An appreciation of the cold season in the mountains. #switzerland #alps
Up and Down Ten Minute Stories
Algernon has a disjointed conversation in the Club, with his good-hearted friend. #VagueFriend #england #alcoholism
Violence Twenty-Three Stories by Twenty and Three Authors
Ten Minute Stories
What Nobody Understands The Morning Post 17 February 1914

1915

After the War London Evening Standard 07/10/1915
"Don't. Mention. The war!" #war #england #germany #switzerland
Cain's Atonement Day and Night Stories
Land and Water Country Gentleman Vol6 1915
The Celestial Motorbus The Saturday Westminster Gazette 18 December 1915
The "Country Life" Anthology of Verse Country Life 1915-12-25: Vol 38 Iss 990
"This modest little book enshrines a moment of our history in its songs of the war…" #review #england #war #poetry
The God The Saturday Westminster Gazette 7 August 1915
The Other Wing Day and Night Stories
The Paper Man The Saturday Westminster Gazette 9 October 1915
The Permanent Reality The Birmingham Daily Post 23 November 1915
War is hell, fairy-tales are necessary. #war #FairyTale
The Soul of Galahad The Bookman V47 No. 290 Jan. 1915 pg 127
A sermon on mysticism is framed as a book review. #Review #rosicrucian
Think Victory! London Evening Standard 25/11/1915
"In the beginning was the Word..." but then it veers into a national meditation program and seems motivated by a threatened strike. #war #buddha #hippy #meditation #labor #religion

1916

Camping Out Blackie's Children's Annual 1916
Imagination Wakes The Outlook 1916-04-26
This is a magazine article containing Chapter 7 of the novel "The Extra Day" accompanied by a short biography of Blackwood and is being skipped for inclusion with the novel itself.
My Old Tunes The organ grinder's songs from "The starlight express"
#childrens #poem #song
Proportion The Saturday Westminster Gazette 5 August 1916
Sleep and How to Do Without It Vanity Fair 1916-04: Vol 6 Iss 2
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The Blue-Eyes Fairy The organ grinder's songs from "The starlight express"
A child's song about a fairy. #childrens #song
The Exiled Gods The Quest, Vol. 6 No. 4 xx/07/1916
Day and Night Stories (Title: "Initiation")
An American recounts a "come to Hermes" meeting and it appears his ancestor was deified through scholarship. Originally published in "The Quest" as "The Exiled Gods" another version of the story was later published in "Day and Night Stories" as "Initiation." #pagan #american #switzerland
The Occupant of the Room Day and Night Stories
The Snake The Saturday Westminster Gazette 18 March 1916
To the Children The organ grinder's songs from "The starlight express"
Disillusionment with the grown-up world contrasted with the innocence and wonder of children's imagination. #childrens #poem

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An Egyptian Hornet Day and Night Stories
Switzerland in War-Time Country Life 1917-09-29: Vol 42 Iss 1082
Switzerland, a hub of activity and recovery, is much changed. #switzerland
The Touch of Pan Day and Night Stories
The Tryst Day and Night Stories

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Karma Karma
History repeats, ladies, and don't get in the way of men doing as their country asks or you will be cursed for millenia. (w/Violet Pearn) #romance #egypt #greece #italy #england #war Connects to #JohnSilence and Nephele.
S.O.S. The Century Magazine, Mar. 1918
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Tongues of Fire and Other Sketches 23/11/1924
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The Memory of Beauty Land & Water, Vol. 70 #2904 Jan 3 1918
A man convalesces at the tail end of WWI. #war #england

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Alexander Alexander Alexander Alexander
Tongues of Fire and Other Sketches 23/11/1924
The Saturday Westminster Gazette. 6 Sep. 1919
Blackwood makes use of emphatic italics. #psychology #uncle
Switzerland: Present Conditions and Future Prospects.-I Country Life 1919-03-22: Vol 45 Iss 1159
Switzerland is eager, but not yet a ready, to resume the tourist trade. This story is labeled as "I", but no "II" was subsequently published. #switzerland #english #war #armistice
The Call The Wolves of God, and Other Fey Stories
A bittersweet ghost story set in England after the Armistice.
The Decoy The Wolves of God, and Other Fey Stories
A trio spend the night in an unpretentious house with a bad reputation. #ghost #haunted #england #kent
The Other Woman Tongues of Fire and Other Sketches 23/11/1924
The abstract notion of Beauty impedes relationships and work. #beauty
The Perfect Poseur The Saturday Westminster Gazette 9 October 1915
The World-Dream of McCallister Tongues of Fire and Other Sketches 23/11/1924
Blackwood's practice making a story arc actually be a perspective arc, in the context of the ending of WWI. #england #war
Wireless Confusion The Wolves of God, and Other Fey Stories
Depth perception and spooky action at a distance (quantum entanglement?) in WW-I England. #england #london #war #psychic

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Chinese Magic The Wolves of God, and Other Fey Stories
First Hate The Wolves of God, and Other Fey Stories
Love at first sight is as strong as hate at first sight. #canada #china #murder
Running Wolf The Wolves of God, and Other Fey Stories
A man is visited while camping by a lake. #indian #canada #canoe #willow
The Olive The Best of British Short Stories (1922)
Tongues of Fire and Other Sketches 23/11/1924
The protagonist becomes infatuated with a girl after a humorous encounter involving an olive, leading to a late-night rendezvous that seems reckless and irrational.
Through the Crack Through the Crack
Play based on "The Education of Uncle Paul" novel "The Extra Day." (w/Violet Pearn)

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Changing 'Ats Time and Tide, Vol. 2 No. 50
Confession The Wolves of God, and Other Fey Stories
Canadian veteran struggles with shell-shock (and more) in the London fog. #london #england #war
Egyptian Sorcery The Wolves of God, and Other Fey Stories
A financial investment in Egypt is threatened. #egypt #possession #AstralProjection #psychic
Nephelé Tongues of Fire and Other Sketches 23/11/1924
After a gentleman digs up a box, a lady dances in sandals, and this could be a problem. #roman #romance #dance #reincarnation
Onanonanon The English Review 1921-03: Vol 32, pg248
A spy for the empire is sick again. #war #england #switzerland #hallucination #doppleganger #ScoobyDoo
The Halfway House The Halfway House
Play. (w/Elaine Ainley)
The Lane That Ran East and West The Wolves of God, and Other Fey Stories
A fern seed carries a dream on English lane. #england #kent #mexico #psychic
The Tarn of Sacrifice The Wolves of God, and Other Fey Stories
A veteran hikes near England's Roman wall. #ghost #possession #pagan #war #england
The Valley of the Beasts The Wolves of God, and Other Fey Stories
Grimwood has a come-to-Ishtot meeting while hunting. #indian #canada #moose #canoe #pagan
The Wolves of God The Wolves of God, and Other Fey Stories
Man returns from Canada to his brother in the Orkneys.
Vengeance Is Mine The Wolves of God, and Other Fey Stories
Unforgiving Belgian women schedule a come-to-Odin meeting. #war #pagan
White Magic White Magic
Play. (w/Bertram Forsyth)

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Genius The Weekly Westminster Gazette 15 July 1922
Lost in the Alps The Living Age Vol. CCCXV Sep. 8 1922
Morning Post / Tory Daily
Tongues of Fire and Other Sketches 23/11/1924

In a story that may be non-fiction, a botanist has not returned from his hike. #alpine

1923

Adventurous Memories Cassell’s Magazine of Fiction, July-Nov. 1923
Tongues of Fire The English Review, Vol. 36 No. 4, Apr. 1923
Georgian Stories 1924
Tongues of Fire and Other Sketches 23/11/1924
Be nice, or be cursed to die by tuberculosis. Seems to connect to the Stephen King novel, "Thinner." #england #chelsea #curse #disease #drugs

1924

A Continuous Performance Tongues of Fire and Other Sketches 23/11/1924
The natural word is unlike poetry in that it is profound and unpretentious. #england #poetry #nature
A Man of Earth Tongues of Fire and Other Sketches 23/11/1924
A mining engineer has a certain connection to dwarves. Story connects to the Caucasus travel stories. #dwarf #caucasus #german #english #surrey
Malahide and Forden Malahide and Forden
Tongues of Fire and Other Sketches 23/11/1924
Three actors make a trippy day trip to "Barton in the beans." #einstein #christian #angel #psychedelic
Petershin and Mr. Snide Tongues of Fire and Other Sketches 23/11/1924
Never worry about putting your tongue on a frozen flagpole. Reminiscent of Confederacy of Dunces in its use of dialect. #england #snow #psychology #humor
Picking Fir-Cones The English Review Vol29 1919
Tongues of Fire and Other Sketches 23/11/1924
A childhood near-death experiece leaves the narrator philosophical, spiritual, and mystical.
Playing Catch Tongues of Fire and Other Sketches 23/11/1924
That God does not play dice with the universe, does not imply that angels don't play ball with the universe. #einstein #astronomy
The Laughter of Courage Tongues of Fire and Other Sketches 23/11/1924
A man enjoys himself at the cinema. May be non-fiction. #england #war
The Open Window Tongues of Fire and Other Sketches 23/11/1924
An English couple trim the hedge, and decide to travel abroad. #england #travel
The Spell of Egypt Tongues of Fire and Other Sketches 23/11/1924
Ruminations on the exhumation of King Tut. There is overlap between "Egypt: An Impression" and "The Spell of Egypt" but they are sufficiently different to be distinct works. #egypt

1925

Explorers’ Ghost Stories Occult Review 1925 v42 Aug. p16
A spiritualist researches the literature. #ghost #indian #war #sea
Full Circle The English Review 1925-05: Vol 40
A realization of the passing of time, which is triggered by his encounters with a young boy over the years.
Hands of Death The Bolton Evening News xx/12/1925

1926

Chemical The Ghost Book (ed. Cynthia Asquith) xx/xx/1926
Engine The Merry-Go-Round, Vol IV No 1 Nov1926
Children's poem about an astral mail-truck. #childrens #poem
If I Were You The Merry-Go-Round, Vol IV No 10 Aug1927
Children's poem about childhood hijinks and an absence of parental self-awareness. #childrens #poem
Questions and Answers The Merry-Go-Round, Vol IV No 5 Mar1927
Children's poem about how adults are just faking it. #childrens #poem
The Star The Merry-Go-Round, Vol IV No 2 Dec1926
Children's poem about a star. #childrens #poem
Tobys Birthday Presents The Treasure Ship (ed. Cynthia Asquith) pg158 xx/xx/1926
A cat, a tortoise and, a nowl. #england #children #christian

1927

Jack of the Inkpot NSW Dept of Education (1927-01-31), Magazine of Literature.
Ink is messy. #child #poem
Mr. Cupboard, or The Furniture’s Holiday Number Five Joy Street xx/09/1927
Sambo and Snitch The Merry Go Round, 1925-1927; Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Connects to a-continuous-performance in the idea of nature being presented as a book to be read. #childrens #nature
Spring in Switzerland The Spectator 1927-04-02: Vol 138 Iss 5153
Switzerland is forever young. #switzerland
The Crossing The Crossing
Play. (w/Bertram Forsyth)
The Cross-word Alien Time and Tide, Vol. 8 #1 07/01/1927
The Kingdom of the Heavens UW-Mad Modern Essays of Various Types
Blackwood reviews a book about astronomy. #science #review
The Water Performance Sails of Gold (ed. Cynthia Asquith) pg120 xx/xx/1927
Rose and Peter worship an Old God. #childrens #druid #saturn #pagan #sylph
Traveling Light McClure's Vol59 Iss6 pp68-69,126
Essay on a philosophy of living. #philopsophy #biography #canada #NewYork

Afterword

Algernon Blackwood on Fiction Writing Fiction Writers on Fiction Writing (Excerpt), 1923

1928

By Underground
Children's Book, Published by Oxford: Basil Blackwell

Fulls scans available HEREbut no date is included.
Dr. Feldman The Strand Magazine, Volume 75, pg 426 (1928)
When Nick Dressed Up
"The Treasure Cave", by Asquith pg74 (1928)

1929

Dreams and Fairies

No source available: The Bookman Special Christmas Number 1929, Hodder & Stoughton
Max Hensig Max Hensig
Play based on the short story by the same name. (w/Frederick Kinsey Peile)

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