Zip file of the entire book (116MB)

Note: I made some Mormon reader angry over my negative reviews of books written by Mormons out to prove the Book of Mormon, and they have been slamming my reviews as soon as they are posted. Oh, well.

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This book is worth it for one story alone–the “Willows,” by Algernon Blackwood. Just imagine camping on a willowy island in the Danube River. I hope the following first lines will make you feel that my little review was worth reading.

“After leaving Vienna, and long before you come to Budapest, the Danube enters a region of singular loneliness and desolation, where its waters spread away on all sides regardless of a main channel, and the country becomes a swamp for miles upon miles, covered by a vast sea of low willow bushes.”

A great collection of other stories, too.

When an author has a name like “Algernon Blackwood,” you know the story has to be good.

I enjoyed most of the stories because like the “Willows,” they set up a mood of mystery. A great collection for a rainy day read.