* A collection of Blackwood's stories along with the real-life occurrences that inspired them* An influence on such disparate writers as H. P. Lovecraft, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Henry Miller* Blackwood is best-known for his Ontario-set novella The Wendigo* A unique take on Algernon Blackwood's work capitalizing on Mike Ashley's position as one of the author's chief biographers to lend fascinating biographical detail to top-calibre short stories.* As one of the most important authors in supernatural fiction history, this new collection will appeal to traditional readers of the previous authors in the series such as Sheridan Le Fanu, M. R.

James and H. P. Lovecraft, and fans of the paperback TotW series looking for more fiction from this author.