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Algernon Blackwood

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Algernon Henry Blackwood, CBE (14 March 1869 – 10 December 1951) was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre. [1]

93 relations: Academic authorship, An Egyptian Hornet, Arthur Machen, Beckenham, Buddhism, Caitlín R. Kiernan, CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Clark Ashton Smith, Collaborative writing, Crayford, Darrell Schweitzer, David Pringle, David Punter, E. F. Bleiler, E. G. Marshall, Edward Elgar, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Edward Wagenknecht, Elizabeth Louisa Moresby, Evangeline Walton, Evolution, Fantasy, Felix Morrow, Frank Belknap Long, Gary William Crawford, George Allan England, Ghost story, Golders Green Crematorium, Graham Joyce, H. P. Lovecraft, H. Russell Wakefield, Henry Miller, Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Hermetic Qabalah, Historic England, Horror fiction, Incidental music, Incredible Adventures, Introduction (writing), Israel Regardie, ITV (TV network), J. R. R. Tolkien, Jack Sullivan (literary scholar), Jason Colavito, John Clute, John Grant (author), John Laurie, John Slater (actor), Kent, List of horror fiction writers, ..., Margery Lawrence, Martha Greenhouse, Mike Ashley (writer), Montague Summers, Night Gallery, Order of the British Empire, Peter Penzoldt, Preface, Psychoanalysis, Ramsey Campbell, Reincarnation, Religion and mythology, Reprint, Richard A. Lupoff, Richard Bleiler, Rick Yancey, Robert W. Chambers, Roger Allam, Rosicrucianism, Roy Winsor, S. T. Joshi, Saanenmöser Pass, Shooter's Hill, Supernatural Horror in Literature, Suspense (U.S. TV series), Tales of Mystery, The Bookman (New York City), The Doll and One Other, The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, The Ghost Club, The Lady's Realm, The New York Times, The Starlight Express, The Wendigo (novella), The Willows (story), The Windsor Magazine, Thrombus, Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers, Until Dawn, Weird fiction, Wellington College, Berkshire, Wendigo, William Hope Hodgson. Expand index (43 more) »

Academic authorship

Academic authorship of journal articles, books, and other original works is a means by which academics communicate the results of their scholarly work, establish priority for their discoveries, and build their reputation among their peers.

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An Egyptian Hornet

An Egyptian Hornet is a short story written by Algernon Blackwood.

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Arthur Machen

Arthur Machen (3 March 1863 – 15 December 1947) was a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century.

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Beckenham

Beckenham is a post town and district of London in the London Borough of Bromley, England.

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Buddhism

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.

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Caitlín R. Kiernan

Caitlín Rebekah Kiernan (born 26 May 1964) is an Irish-born American author of science fiction and dark fantasy works, including ten novels, many comic books, and more than two hundred and fifty published short stories, novellas, and vignettes.

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CBS Radio Mystery Theater

CBS Radio Mystery Theater (a.k.a. Radio Mystery Theater and Mystery Theater, sometimes abbreviated as CBSRMT) is a radio drama series created by Himan Brown that was broadcast on CBS Radio Network affiliates from 1974 to 1982, and later in the early 2000s was carried by the NPR satellite feed.

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Clark Ashton Smith

Clark Ashton Smith (January 13, 1893 – August 14, 1961) was a self-educated American poet, sculptor, painter and author of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories.

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Collaborative writing

The term collaborative writing refers to projects where written works are created by multiple people together (collaboratively) rather than individually.

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Crayford

Crayford is a town and electoral ward located in south-east London, England within the London Borough of Bexley.

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Darrell Schweitzer

Darrell Charles Schweitzer (born August 27, 1952) is an American writer, editor, and critic in the field of speculative fiction.

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David Pringle

David Pringle (born 1 March 1950) is a Scottish science fiction editor.

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David Punter

David Punter (born 19 November 1949, in Harrow, London) is Professor of English at the University of Bristol.

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E. F. Bleiler

Everett Franklin Bleiler (April 30, 1920 – June 13, 2010) was an editor, bibliographer, and scholar of science fiction, detective fiction, and fantasy literature.

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E. G. Marshall

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Edward Elgar

Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet (2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire.

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Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany

Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (24 July 1878 – 25 October 1957), was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist; his work, mostly in the fantasy genre, was published under the name Lord Dunsany.

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Edward Wagenknecht

Edward (Charles) Wagenknecht (March 28, 1900 – May 24, 2004) was an American literary critic and teacher who specialized in 19th century American literature.

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Elizabeth Louisa Moresby

Elizabeth Louisa "Lily" Moresby (1862 – 3 January 1931) was a British-born novelist who became the first prolific, female fantasy writer in Canada.

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Evangeline Walton

Evangeline Walton (24 November 1907 – 11 March 1996) was the pen name of Evangeline Wilna Ensley, an American author of fantasy fiction.

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Evolution

Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.

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Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction set in a fictional universe, often without any locations, events, or people referencing the real world.

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Felix Morrow

Felix Morrow (June 3, 1906 – May 28, 1988) was an American communist political activist and newspaper editor.

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Frank Belknap Long

Frank Belknap Long (April 27, 1901 – January 3, 1994) was an American writer of horror fiction, fantasy, science fiction, poetry, gothic romance, comic books, and non-fiction.

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Gary William Crawford

Gary William Crawford (born 1953) is an American writer and small press publisher.

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George Allan England

George Allan England (9 February 1877 - 26 June 1936) was an American writer and explorer, best known for his speculative and science fiction.

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Ghost story

A ghost story may be any piece of fiction, or drama, that includes a ghost, or simply takes as a premise the possibility of ghosts or characters' belief in them.

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Golders Green Crematorium

Golders Green Crematorium and Mausoleum was the first crematorium to be opened in London, and one of the oldest crematoria in Britain.

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Graham Joyce

Graham Joyce (22 October 1954 – 9 September 2014) was a British writer of speculative fiction and the recipient of numerous awards, including the O Henry Award and the World Fantasy Award, for both his novels and short stories.

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H. P. Lovecraft

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American writer who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction.

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H. Russell Wakefield

Herbert Russell Wakefield (1888–1964) was an English short-story writer, novelist, publisher, and civil servant chiefly remembered today for his ghost stories.

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Henry Miller

Henry Valentine Miller (December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980) was an American writer, expatriated in Paris at his flourishing.

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Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn

The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (Ordo Hermeticus Aurorae Aureae; or, more commonly, the Golden Dawn (Aurora Aurea)) was an organization devoted to the study and practice of the occult, metaphysics, and paranormal activities during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Hermetic Qabalah

Hermetic Qabalah is a Western esoteric tradition involving mysticism and the occult.

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Historic England

Historic England (officially the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

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Horror fiction

Horror is a genre of speculative fiction which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten, scare, disgust, or startle its readers or viewers by inducing feelings of horror and terror.

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Incidental music

Incidental music is music in a play, television program, radio program, video game, film, or some other presentation form that is not primarily musical.

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Incredible Adventures

Incredible Adventures is a collection by Algernon Blackwood, comprising four novellas and a story.

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Introduction (writing)

In an essay, article, or book, an introduction (also known as a prolegomenon) is a beginning section which states the purpose and goals of the following writing.

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Israel Regardie

Francis Israel Regardie (né Regudy; November 17, 1907 – March 10, 1985) was an occultist, a writer, and Aleister Crowley's personal secretary and transcriptionist, widely known for his books and commentaries on the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.

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ITV (TV network)

ITV is a British commercial TV network.

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J. R. R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, (Tolkien pronounced his surname, see his phonetic transcription published on the illustration in The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One. Christopher Tolkien. London: Unwin Hyman, 1988. (The History of Middle-earth; 6). In General American the surname is also pronounced. This pronunciation no doubt arose by analogy with such words as toll and polka, or because speakers of General American realise as, while often hearing British as; thus or General American become the closest possible approximation to the Received Pronunciation for many American speakers. Wells, John. 1990. Longman pronunciation dictionary. Harlow: Longman, 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor who is best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.

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Jack Sullivan (literary scholar)

Jack Sullivan (born November 26, 1946) is an American literary scholar, professor, essayist, author, editor, musicologist, concert annotator, and short story writer.

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Jason Colavito

Jason Colavito (born 1981) is an American author.

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John Clute

John Frederick Clute (born 12 September 1940) is a Canadian-born author and critic specializing in science fiction (also SF, sf) and fantasy literature who has lived in both England and the United States since 1969.

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John Grant (author)

John Grant (born 22 November 1949) is a Scottish writer and editor of science fiction, fantasy, and non-fiction.

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John Laurie

John Paton Laurie (25 March 1897 – 23 June 1980) was a Scottish actor.

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John Slater (actor)

John Slater (22 August 1916 – 9 January 1975) was a British character actor who usually portrayed lugubrious, amiable cockney types.

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Kent

Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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List of horror fiction writers

This is a list of some (not all) notable writers in the horror fiction genre.

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Margery Lawrence

Margery Lawrence (8 August 1889 – 13 November 1969) (pseudonym of Mrs. Arthur E. Towle) was an English romantic fiction, fantasy fiction, horror fiction and detective fiction author who specialized in ghost stories.

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Martha Greenhouse

Martha Miriam Greenhouse (June 14, 1921 – January 5, 2013) was an American stage, film and television actress, who also served as an actors' union leader.

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Mike Ashley (writer)

Michael Raymond Donald Ashley (born 1948) is a British bibliographer, author and editor of science fiction, mystery, and fantasy.

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Montague Summers

Augustus Montague Summers (10 April 1880 – 10 August 1948) was an English author and clergyman.

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Night Gallery

Night Gallery is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1969 to 1973, featuring stories of horror and the macabre.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.

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Peter Penzoldt

Peter Penzoldt (18 January 1925 in Munich – 21 August 1969 in Geneva) was the author of The Supernatural in Fiction (1952), a major critical study of the weird tale.

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Preface

A preface or proem is an introduction to a book or other literary work written by the work's author.

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Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis is a set of theories and therapeutic techniques related to the study of the unconscious mind, which together form a method of treatment for mental-health disorders.

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Ramsey Campbell

Ramsey Campbell (born 4 January 1946 in Liverpool) is an English horror fiction writer, editor and critic who has been writing for well over fifty years.

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Reincarnation

Reincarnation is the philosophical or religious concept that an aspect of a living being starts a new life in a different physical body or form after each biological death.

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Religion and mythology

Religion and mythology differ in scope but have overlapping aspects.

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Reprint

A reprint is a re-publication of material that has already been previously published.

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Richard A. Lupoff

Richard Allen Lupoff (born February 21, 1935) is an American science fiction and mystery author, who has also written humor, satire, non-fiction and reviews.

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Richard Bleiler

Richard James Bleiler (born 1959) is an American bibliographer of science fiction, fantasy, horror, crime, and adventure fiction.

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Rick Yancey

Richard "Rick" Yancey (born November 4, 1962) is an American author who writes works of suspense, fantasy, and science fiction aimed at young adults.

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Robert W. Chambers

Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and fiction writer, best known for his book of short stories entitled The King in Yellow, published in 1895.

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Roger Allam

Roger William Allam (born 26 October 1953) is an English actor, known primarily for his stage career, although he has performed in film, television and radio.

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Rosicrucianism

Rosicrucianism is a spiritual and cultural movement which arose in Europe in the early 17th century after the publication of several texts which purported to announce the existence of a hitherto unknown esoteric order to the world and made seeking its knowledge attractive to many.

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Roy Winsor

Roy Winsor (April 13, 1912 - May 31, 1987) was an American soap opera writer, creator and novelist.

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S. T. Joshi

Sunand Tryambak Joshi (born 22 June 1958), known as S. T. Joshi, is an American literary critic, novelist, and a leading figure in the study of H. P. Lovecraft and other authors of weird and fantastic fiction.

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Saanenmöser Pass

Saanenmöser (el. 1279 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Bernese Oberland in the Alps in Switzerland.

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Shooter's Hill

Shooter's Hill (or Shooters Hill) is a district in South East London within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

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Supernatural Horror in Literature

"Supernatural Horror in Literature" is a long essay by the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft surveying the topic of horror fiction.

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Suspense (U.S. TV series)

Suspense is an American television anthology series that ran on CBS Television from 1949 to 1954.

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Tales of Mystery

Tales of Mystery was a British supernatural television drama anthology series based on the short stories of Algernon Blackwood.

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The Bookman (New York City)

The Bookman was a literary journal established in 1895 by Dodd, Mead and Company.

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The Doll and One Other

The Doll and One Other is a collection of two fantasy and horror novelettes by author Algernon Blackwood.

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The Encyclopedia of Fantasy

The Encyclopedia of Fantasy is a 1997 reference work concerning fantasy fiction, edited by John Clute and John Grant.

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The Ghost Club

The Ghost Club is a paranormal investigation and research organization, founded in London in 1862.

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The Lady's Realm

The Lady's Realm was a British women's magazine published from 1896 until 1914, possibly until 1915.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Starlight Express

The Starlight Express is a children's play by Violet Pearn, based on the imaginative novel A Prisoner in Fairyland by Algernon Blackwood, with songs and incidental music written by the English composer Sir Edward Elgar in 1915.

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The Wendigo (novella)

The Wendigo is a novella by Algernon Blackwood, first published in The Lost Valley and Other Stories (Eveleigh Nash, 1910).

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The Willows (story)

"The Willows" is a novella by English author Algernon Blackwood, originally published as part of his 1907 collection The Listener and Other Stories.

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The Windsor Magazine

The Windsor Magazine was a monthly illustrated publication produced by Ward Lock & Co from January 1895 to September 1939 (537 issues).

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Thrombus

A thrombus, colloquially called a blood clot, is the final product of the blood coagulation step in hemostasis.

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Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers

Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers is a book by Curtis C. Smith published in October 1981 on science fiction authors in the 20th century.

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Until Dawn

Until Dawn is a horror adventure video game developed by Supermassive Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 4.

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Weird fiction

Weird fiction is a subgenre of speculative fiction originating in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Wellington College, Berkshire

Wellington College is a British co-educational day and boarding independent school in the village of Crowthorne, Berkshire.

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Wendigo

In Algonquian folklore, the wendigo or windigo is a mythical cannibal monster or evil spirit native to the northern forests of the Atlantic Coast and Great Lakes Region of both the United States and Canada.

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William Hope Hodgson

William Hope Hodgson (15 November 1877 – 19 April 1918) was an English author.

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