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So Remember This for Spooky Season Next Year.

Ancirent Sorceries and Other Weird Stories by Algernon Blackwood

January 4, 2026 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

Read this collection during the Spooky Season, a couple of months back, and it was perfect. One of the stories, Ancient Sorceries, has been included in many an anthology, and I read it for the first time at about the age of 12.  As a life-long cat owner, I heartily approve.  The fact that Egyptians considered them deity-adjacent is not at all surprising.  But two of the other stories intrigued me greatly.  In both cases, there was no being that was the antagonist, but rather […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Algernon Blackwood, but make them subtle and creepy, Cats? No lies detcted, Horror tales, Some well known tales and some not, Sorry Lovecraft no weird colors, Who needs mpnsteres when you can make the trees in your backyard creepy

elderberrywine's CBR18 Review No:1 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Algernon Blackwood, but make them subtle and creepy, Cats? No lies detcted, Horror tales, Some well known tales and some not, Sorry Lovecraft no weird colors, Who needs mpnsteres when you can make the trees in your backyard creepy ·
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