Shocks! - Algernon Blackwood

Shocks! by Algernon Blackwood / ISBN 9781913378042 / 292-page paperback from Eglantyne Books (UK) Maybe not the most elegant page design (no indents, line space between paragraphs) but charming for that reason. *** Shocks! published in 1935 was the last collection of short stories by Algernon Blackwood in his lifetime, and it has never been reprinted until now. In the creation of the supernatural, and in the investigation of the paranormal, Blackwood as story-teller remains without a rival. His tales have the eerie uncanny charm of far-off things and of strange new worlds. The stories in this collection are more mature and profound than many of his earlier stories. Some of them go deeper into the mysteries of other dimensions of reality than ever. Autobiographical experiences are also mingled in the tales: Blackwood himself often spent the night in abandoned haunted houses waiting to record traces of ghosts; in the story where the young man returns penniless from Canada after failing i