Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories

By turns bizarre unsettling spooky and sublime <i>Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories</i> showcases nine incomparable stories from master conjuror Algernon Blackwood. Evoking the uncanny spiritual forces of Nature Blackwood's writings all tread the nebulous borderland between fantasy awe wonder and horror. 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.<br><br>For more than seventy years Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1700&#160;titles Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the&#160;series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors as well as up-to-date&#160;translations by award-winning translators.