NOTE: This edition has a linked "Table of Contents" and has been beautifully formatted (searchable and interlinked) to work on your Amazon e-book reader, iPad e-book reader, iPhone e-book reader, BlackBerry e-book reader, Android e-book reader, iPod e-book reader and your Amazon Desktop Reader.A horrifying collection of six suspenseful stories following the adventures of John Silence, a 'Psychical Detective.' Dr. John Silence can best be described as a doctor of the psychic world, a Sherlock Holmes of hauntings and psychic phenomenon.Algernon Blackwood was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre. He had remarkable mastery at evoking feelings of mysticism and cosmic experience and his skill in creating an atmosphere of unrelieved horror has made him a must read author for all horror buffs.It's been stated that "Blackwood's work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer's except Dunsany's" and that this short story collection "May be the premier weird collection of this or any other century." The stories produce a strong atmosphere of awe and the reader cannot help but be strangely moved just by the prose. He's at the top of the class when it comes to spinning supernatural yarns. His style is quiet, subtle and articulate. Anyone who enjoys ghost stories and tales of other-worldly unease should enjoy this collection, which contains some of his best work, enormously.Obviously, an anthology of this nature will not please everybody perfectly because there is a wide variety of themes and stylistic approaches represented in this book. Nevertheless, this is an excellent collection of stories from a wide variety of different themes, subjects and tones.Included in this collection:Story One: A Psychical Invasion - Introduces the techniques of the mysterious, charming Dr. John Silence. It serves as a good foundation for the remainder of the stories...Story Two: Ancient Sorceries - Adventures of a man trapped in an eerie French provincial town...Story Three: The Nemesis of Fire - The worldview of Dr. Silence expands and as he becomes involved with occult adventures in Egypt...Story Four: Secret Worship - A man returns to his hometown in Germany to discover that reality is not exactly as he remembered it...Story Five: The Camp of the Dog - Weirdness shines through in this very unusual romance...Story Six: A Victim of Higher Space - Dr. Silence's psychic world becomes even more focused as he figures out the physics behind an occult paradigm...These are the original and unabridged versions of these classic weird fiction tales. A must-have for fans of strange/horror classic fiction and lovers of The Twilight Zone!