![]() ![]() He plays no part in the events described. Silence merely listens to the tale as it’s recounted by one of his patients. I enjoyed this one, but it isn’t really a John Silence story. I remembered that it was about cat people, but I had forgotten that these cat people worshipped the Devil. This was the only story in the collection that I had read before. It was like a shit version of Bulwer Lytton’s The Haunted and the Haunters, itself a boring story. This is the worst story in the collection and a terrible introduction to the book. This is all pretty old stuff though, and it’s all public domain, so I just downloaded an e-book for free. There is a more recent collection put out by Dover with an introduction by S.T. The book pictured above is the first John Silence collection. ![]() John Silence is an occult detective predating Carnacki, Duke De Richleau and Doctor Orient. ![]() I recently decided to read his John Silence stories. I always felt like I rushed through the Blackwood book, and I’ve been meaning to give him another go for years. ![]() I was just starting to get into weird fiction, and I read the Penguin edition of his stories right after reading a similar volume of Arthur Machen’s best tales. I first read Algernon Blackwood years ago. John Silence: Physician Extraordinary – Algernon Blackwood ![]()
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