

The Centaur is a story of a man who is uncomfortable in the modern world and seeks to find the relief from this feeling. He takes vacation to get back in touch with Nature, and heads for Caucasus, the land, which he believes is not yet polluted with the imprint of progress. On...

Algernon Blackwood's classic short story about the pursuit of the mythical Centaur, the half man, half horse.

A healthy dose of Victorian meta physics outlines this story of a man's spiritual awakening after he meets a mysterious man and boy aboard a steamer ship touring the Greek isles. Always well written with beautiful prose... (Robert Williams) About...

A gripping encounter that lingers long after the last page. The Centaur is a supernatural short story that fuses mythic weight with the steady pulse of Edwardian England. Across a British countryside setting that whispers with the unseen, Blackwood threads a classic horror tale...


A healthy dose of Victorian meta physics outlines this story of a man's spiritual awakening after he meets a mysterious man and boy aboard a steamer ship touring the Greek isles. Always well written with beautiful prose... (Robert Williams) About...

Algernon Henry Blackwood, (1869 -1951) was an English writer of supernatural fiction. Blackwood was also a journalist and a broadcasting narrator. Blackwood had a varied career, farming in Canada, operating a hotel, a newspaper reporter in New York, and essayist for various periodicals...



Algernon Henry Blackwood (1869-1951) was an English writer of tales of the supernatural. In his late thirties, Blackwood started to write horror stories. He was very successful, writing ten books of short stories and appearing on both radio and television to tell them. He also...





The Centaur is one of the greatest "mystical" works by Blackwood, wherein he explores man's empathy with the unknown forces of the universe. Algernon Henry Blackwood, CBE (14 March 1869 - 10 December 1951) was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific...





One of the greatest "mystical" works by Blackwood, wherein he explores man's empathy with the unknown forces of the universe. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of...




Take some mythology, some philosophy, some horror and fantasy, toss them in a blender, and let it pour out through the tale of a man at odds with society, and you have a book that people will either love or hate. The story unfolds slowly, and takes detours into philosophical...