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(1869 - 1951)
British author, adventurer, newspaper reporter, factory owner, "psychical researcher" — Blackwood's career and interests were varied, although he is best known now as one of the foremost authors of ghost stories in the early 20's, perhaps one of the best ever. His own interest in and understanding of "spiritualism" as well as of human psychology is responsible for the impressive power and effectiveness of his ghostly tales, among the scariest ever written..
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Anthologies:
- Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries, the (1936)
- Bedside Book of Famous British Stories, the (1940)
- Famous Ghost Stories (1944)
- Sleep No More (1964)
- Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories, the (1966)
- 4th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories, the (1969)
- Book of Islands, a (1971)
- Dark Imaginings (1978)
- Cat Encounters: A Cat-Lover's Anthology (1979)
- Phoenix Tree, the (1980)
- Ghosts (1981)
- Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories, the (1986)
- Penguin Book of Vampire Stories, the (1987)
- Dark Descent, the (1987)
- Double/Double (1987)
- Haunted America: Star-Spangled Supernatural Stories (1990)
- Mysterious Cat Stories (1993)
- Oxford Book of Twentieth-century Ghost Stories (1996)
- Mammoth Book of 20th Century Ghost Stories, the (1998)
- Treasury of the Fantastic, the (2001)
- Colour Out of Space, the (2002)
- 13 Best Horror Stories of All Time, the (2002)
- Gripping Yarns (2008)
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