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Enter the haunting world of Algernon Blackwood with Supernatural Horrors of the Wilderness, a chilling collection of three classic supernatural horror stories: The Willows, The Wendigo, and The Man Whom the Trees Loved. Explore eerie forests, mysterious wilderness encounters, and terrifying...

Uno de sus relatos, "Los sauces" (1908), se considera una de las mejores historias sobrenaturales jamás escritas. Su obra es citada como una de las principales influencias de H. P. Lovecraft; de hecho, su célebre relato "La llamada de Cthulhu" se inicia con una cita de Blackwood.

Trata sobre en este caso un ser que habita en lo profundo de una tierra poco explorara, una representación de la llamada de la naturaleza que puede llevarnos a la locura.

Un grupo de cazadores que se adentran en un valle remoto y desconocido, uno de los cazadores se adentra en un lugar que llaman el Valle de las bestias, mientras persigue a un enorme ciervo, donde descubre que los animales se comportan de manera distinta bajo la protección de un dios local y que él mismo empezará a cambiar.

Step into a world where the natural and supernatural become entangled in eerie harmony. “The Haunted Silence” is a spellbinding anthology of Algernon Blackwood's most haunting and atmospheric stories. From remote forests to shadowy rivers, Blackwood explores the unseen forces that linger just beyond our understanding.

nos ubica en una región perdida del Danubio, donde dos viajeros dejan atrás la civilización para descubrir una realidad inquietante, oscura, siniestra, donde la naturaleza expresa su faceta más hostil: los árboles, y más precisamente los sauces, adquieren entonces la gloria de antaño. Sus siluetas retorcidas, oscuras, recortadas contra la noche, parecen moverse sigilosamente en la niebla.

Ein abgelegenes Städtchen. Seltsame Bewohner. Ein uraltes Geheimnis, das im Schatten lauert. Auf einer Zugreise strandet ein junger Mann in einer verschlafenen französischen Provinzstadt. Was zunächst wie ein harmloser Zwischenstopp erscheint, entwickelt sich rasch zu einer verstörenden Begegnung mit dem Unbegreiflichen.

Algernon Blackwood’s The Willows is a tale of creeping dread set along the shifting banks of the Danube, where two travelers find themselves stranded on a remote island overwhelmed by sinister willow trees. As the river swells and the land erodes beneath them, they become aware of an unseen, inhuman presence pressing against the fragile boundaries of their world. The natural landscape itself seems animated with hostile intent, its whispering branches and ceaseless currents hinting at cosmic forces beyond comprehension.

A masterpiece of supernatural fiction, The Willows follows two friends on a canoe journey along the lonely stretches of the Danube River, where an isolated wilderness conceals an unsettling and otherworldly presence. As strange events begin to unfold, the travellers find themselves confronted by forces beyond human understanding, transforming a peaceful expedition into a haunting struggle against the unknown.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Baltic archipelago, a group of campers embarks on a summer of escape and serenity. Yet, as the untamed wilderness strips away the masks of civilisation, a darker force begins to stir. Strange noises in the night, paw...

A tale of the New Forest in England, where Mr. and Mrs. Bittacy settle after years abroad. A painter with a certain talent for painting trees awakens something in the old man and he takes to wandering deep in the forest. Mrs. Bittacy, with her strong, Christian values, is appalled by the ancient woodland spirits that her husbands seems to seek out. She loves him and wants to protect him from the ancient force of the forest. But will her love and faith be enough? 

Enter the strange, whispering world of Algernon Blackwood, one of the most influential masters of supernatural and cosmic horror. The Collected Short Stories of Algernon Blackwood brings together some of his most enduring and unsettling works—stories where nature itself becomes conscious, hostile, and profoundly unknowable.

Dr. John Silence ist ein Arzt für „besondere" Fälle. Eines Tages erhält er den Hilferuf eines Komödianten, der auf mysteriöse Weise seinen Sinn für Humor verloren hat und glaubt, nicht „allein" im Haus zu sein. Algernon Blackwood ist ein Meister seines Fachs.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In The Bright Messenger, Algernon Blackwood draws readers into a world where the spiritual quietly breaks through the surface of ordinary life. Paul Devon’s encounter with the mysterious Melchizedek Howard challenges everything he believes about...

Lovecraft consideraba a "Los sauces" la obra maestra de Blackwood, por encima de cualquier otro relato del primer cuarto del siglo XX. Los sauces es un relato agobiante, casi claustrofóbico, con una gran capacidad de enganche. Y Algernon Blackwood, un maestro a la hora de ambientar y dirigir la trama. Una lectura imprescindible para los aficionados a la narrativa de terror. La historia cuenta cómo dos buenos amigos y compañeros de muchas aventuras se encuentran realizando su último viaje, una travesía en canoa por el Danubio desde su nacimiento hasta su desembocadura en el Mar Negro.

As the days grow shorter and the temperature drops, Halloween approaches. Come, brave listener, pull up a chair, and spend some time with master storyteller Stephen Fry as he tells us some of his favourite ghost stories of all time, in truly terrifying spatial audio. From the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow to the tortured spirits of M.R. James, from Edgar Allan Poe’s terrifying tale of a doppelganger to Charlotte Riddell’s Open Door that should definitely stay shut, join Stephen as he tells you some truly terrifying tales.

Algernon Blackwood was born on 14th March 1869 in Shooter’s Hill, South East London, to a religious middle-class family. His mother was a widowed Duchess and his father was a Post Office administrator. Blackwood was interested in the paranormal and the supernatural at an early age, and had a thirst for anything on Buddhism, other Oriental philosophies, mysticism and occultism. In his writings the weaving of the supernatural into his various works, from ghost stories and children’s stories to plays and long novels is clearly seen.

Celebrate Halloween with four enduring masterpieces of classic supernatural fiction, brought together in one atmospheric audiobook collection. Journey down lonely roads where a mysterious coach carries passengers through the night, spend an uneasy evening aboard a ship with a cabin no one can...

Set deep within the remote Canadian wilderness, The Wendigo is one of the finest supernatural tales ever written. When a hunting expedition ventures into the vast northern forests, one member of the party encounters an ancient and terrifying presence tied to Indigenous legend. As fear and isolation take hold, the boundaries between the natural world and the supernatural begin to dissolve.

Psychiatrist, humanist, revolutionary, Frantz Fanon was one of the great political analysts of our time. He has had a profound impact on civil rights, anticolonialism, and black consciousness movements around the world. A Dying Colonialism is Fanon’s incisive and illuminating account of how, during the Algerian Revolution, the people of Algeria changed centuries-old cultural patterns and embraced certain ancient cultural practices long derided by their colonialist oppressors as “primitive,” in order to destroy those oppressors.