John Silence Stories
Dr. John Silence is a physician of a peculiar kind, treating patients whose afflictions are spiritual rather than bodily and whose cases lead him into hauntings, possessions, and older powers loose in the world. Blackwood built these stories around a calm, sympathetic investigator, then surrounded him with a mounting dread drawn from lonely houses, foreign forests, and the thin places where the natural and supernatural meet. Written in 1908, the collection helped popularize the figure of the psychic detective and shows Blackwood at his atmospheric best, more interested in awe and unease than in cheap shocks. The tales reward patient reading. Free to download here as a PDF and EPUB edition.
About the Author
Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) was an English author of supernatural fiction, admired by Lovecraft as a master of the weird. His stories evoke a numinous terror rooted in the natural world.
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Listen to John Silence Stories by Algernon Blackwood free online. The full audiobook (11 hr 28 min, 32 chapters, read by volunteer narrators) streams free on this page.
John Silence Stories (1917) is a public domain work.
| # | Chapter | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Case I A Psychical Invasion part 1 | 19:01 | |
| 2 | A Psychical Invasion part 2 | 20:36 | |
| 3 | A Psychical Invasion part 3 | 16:21 | |
| 4 | A Psychical Invasionpart 4 | 16:43 | |
| 5 | A Psychical Invasion part 5 | 24:40 | |
| 6 | A Psychical Invasion part 6 | 15:13 | |
| 7 | A Psychical Invasion part 7 | 6:56 | |
| 8 | Case II Ancient Sorceries part 1 | 27:57 | |
| 9 | Ancient Sorceries part 2 | 10:06 | |
| 10 | Ancient Sorceries part 3 | 13:10 | |
| 11 | Ancient Sorceries part 4 | 26:10 | |
| 12 | Ancient Sorceries part 5 | 22:10 | |
| 13 | Ancient Sorceries part 6 | 11:32 | |
| 14 | Case III The Nemesis of Fire part 1 | 25:52 | |
| 15 | The Nemesis of Fire part 2 | 25:46 | |
| 16 | The Nemesis of Fire part 3 | 28:46 | |
| 17 | The Nemesis of Fire part 4 | 23:25 | |
| 18 | The Nemesis of Fire part 5 | 34:34 | |
| 19 | The Nemesis of Fire part 6 | 24:34 | |
| 20 | Case IV Secret Worship part 1 | 22:06 | |
| 21 | Secret Worship part 2 | 27:56 | |
| 22 | Secret Worship part 3 | 25:57 | |
| 23 | Secret Worship part 4 | 14:37 | |
| 24 | Case V Camp of the Dog part 1 | 33:09 | |
| 25 | Camp of the Dog part 2 | 19:42 | |
| 26 | Camp of the Dog part 3 | 13:19 | |
| 27 | Camp of the Dog part 4 | 23:31 | |
| 28 | Camp of the Dogpart 5 | 13:30 | |
| 29 | Camp of the Dog part 6 | 24:44 | |
| 30 | Camp of the Dog part 7 | 35:44 | |
| 31 | Case VI A Victim of Higher Space part 1 | 21:26 | |
| 32 | A Victim of Higher Space part 2 | 19:16 |
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