/lit/ - Literature

What are his must reads? I have some leftover Christmas money and I really want to get some more books of his after I read The Wendigo last year.
Recommendations for collections that I can buy online (eg Book Depository) are greatly appreciated.

This man is one of the most incredible writers I've ever read. Nothing has held my attention like this in a long time. I don't know why Poe and Lovecraft get all the attention.
Anyone else know him?

>>14545889
ahem

I have read most of his horror stories and they're fine, I especially like the ones who carry some resemblance to Lovecraft such as The Willows and The Wendigo. But holy shit does he have so many stories which are supposedly considered to be horror but really aren't. Though I understand that he wrote his stuff in a different time where certain horror tropes hadn't become tropes yet and that different things scared people back then. Most of Blackwoods bibliography is him fantasizing about reminiscing about past vacations where he saw or felt a thing which he now thinks about semi-fondly.

Blackwood was a voluntary celibate which didn't wife anyone or sire any kids and all he did was write childrens stories and go on vacations and it certainly tells in his writings, maybe even Lovecraft read some of the children stories as a kid. I really have tried to appreciate him but the only thing going for him is his knack for describing pretty environments, and I really like his stories which includes native americans in some form, since he subscribes to the notion that redskins are beastial as a people and in spirit.

Can we have a thread just for ghost stories? Classics, more recent stuff, even really good creepypasta, I don't care.

Lately I've been reading a lot of Algernon Blackwood, Ambrose Bierce, M.R. James, Arthur Machen, Walter de la Mare, and a few others, even including Dickens. I've recently gotten into H.R. Wakefield, who is impossible to find online. Right now I'm reading Guy de Maupassant's L'Horla (in English).

I like the ghost story as a sort of low-key variant of cosmic horror, something about ordinary and curious people brushing up against the supernatural and being dwarfed by it. I'm not so much interested in the mortal danger (say, of a monster simply killing you), as much as the idea that there is a whole unexplored spiritual realm out there. That shit freaks me out. Anyone else into this?

Have you ever read anything by Algernon Blackwood? If so what is your opinion on him, what are your favorite stories of his? Do you recommend any of his stories you've read or do you know of any similar stories or authors such as Blackwood? Side note Blackwood actually popularized the native american mythical creature wendigo which is featured in one of his stories going by that title, which also happens to be one of his better stories in my opinion.

The Wendigo along with the Willows are my favorite stories by him, the Willows was also interestingly one of H.P. Lovecrafts favorite stories of all time. I have read and listened to some other stories by Blackwood but I gotta be honest that most of his stories are pretty lackluster. Though his way to describe the natural scenery is really enchanting and really makes most of his good stories, Skeleton Lake is a bit underwhelming but his description of the western outback forests makes up for a lot.

Sadly quite a number of his stories fall flat in my opinion not because of him being a bad writer, but more because of the passage of time has not been kind to his kind of work material (ghosts, haunted houses and who was phone type of things) but this is mostly because modern creepypastas has abused many of the tropes which he already used back in the day.

>>10633337
Hesse always reminds me of this picture of Algernon Blackwood except in other photos Blackwood looks fine but Hesse looked like Spooky Blackwood Photo all the time as a part of his actual face

Was he looking for enlightenment in a coal mine or something? Why is he permanently oven-toasted?

>>10047729
No problemo, matey.

To the Clark Ashton Smith shill, have you read any Algernon Blackwood? The Willows and The Wendigo are excellent short stories, and both HPL and CAS were inspired by them.

What are the best ghost story and weird fiction authors?

>M.R. James
>H.P. Lovecraft
>Algernon Blackwood
>Arthur Machen
>Lord Dunsany

Can anyone recommend some more? I heard Ambrose Bierce has a few spooky stories, but I can't tell which ones I should read.

Pic related: Terrifying fucking picture of Blackwood.

What's your favourite spooky literature, /lit/?

I'm partial to short stories, especially pic related and Lovecraft. I know Lovecraft is really popular here. Anyone have more recommendations? Is Poe genuinely scary?

I don't know why, but I find horror weirdly comfy.

None more powerful than Algernon Blackwood