British writer Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) wrote an immense quantity of weird fiction, short and long, over a career that spanned five decades. Beginning with such early triumphs as “The Willows” and “The Listener,” Blackwood went on to write many distinctive stories that reflected his wide-ranging travels in the Swiss Alps (“The Glamour of the Snow”), Canada (“The Wendigo”), and Egypt (“Sand,” “A Descent into Egypt”). He also created the “psychic detective” John Silence. Blackwood’s work is united by a deep belief in pantheism and reincarnation, and his tales are characterized by a profound understanding of the psychological effects of terror and wonder upon the receptive individual.