Algernon Blackwood

Blackwood, Algernon (1869–1951), English‐born author of horror and fantasy tales. Thought to be the last British master of supernatural fiction, Blackwood is also perceived as the literary heir of Sheridan LeFanu. Perhaps because of his fascination with the mystical and occult, he incorporated fairies and elemental spirits into his fiction, often depicting them as frightening. Fairies mislead or abduct mortals in ‘Entrance and Exit’, ‘Ancient Lights’, and ‘May Day Eve’. They are threats to life in ‘The Glamour of the Snow’, while their world is the subject of A Prisoner in Fairyland (1913).

— Carole Silver