The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories
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Most connoisseurs of modern horror fiction rate Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) as the finest horror writer of all time. Blackwood was unsurpassed in inventiveness, atmosphere, and characterization. His finest works still surprise and shock today’s readers.
THE EMPTY HOUSE AND OTHER GHOST STORIES, originally published in 1906, was Blackwood’s first collection. It includes such classics as the title tale, “A Haunted Island,” “A Suspicious Gift,” and many more.
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There is about 7-10 tales and I skipped about half of them. I would read the first couple of pages of each and then choose if I wanted to continue or skip yet to be. Some of the ones I read had ghost in them and others didn’t. They were appealing, but not at all scary. I have read ghost tales that make me look around the room and listen to every noise, but this was just “fun”. Since it was free I would get it again, but I wouldn’t really pay for it.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
These tales are not terrible for ghost tale fans. The writing is excellent, but it doesn’t compare to the works of some of the greats like Lovecraft and Poe.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
I reflect you got it backwards. Blackwood was one of the greats that Lovecraft admired, even quoting Blackwood in “The Call of Cthulu”.
Lovecraft thought highly of Blackwood, once stating that he wished he could of left his writing legacy with something as fantastic as Blackwood’s “Incredible Adventures”.
Alas, Blackwood did not return the compliment, claiming that young admirer’s work (Lovecraft) lacked “spiritual terror”, an element considered reasonably vital in Blackwood’s work.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
I’m not sure if I will even read this monstrosity. When I order a book I expect a well printed novel sized thing. This book is standard copy paper size and lo and behold looks like it was terribly printed on computer paper. I’m sure its rife with spelling errors too. How disrespectful. DIY is fantastic when it comes to hardcore punk NOT early Twentieth Century genre fiction. The “people” reliable for this should be very very ashamed of themselves. Really, I am simply horrified.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5