Powers of Darkness
1966
First Published
4.50
Average Rating
208
Number of Pages
Readers of Robert Aickman's bestselling series, Fontana Great Ghost Stories, will know what to expect from this original and electrifying author. In Powers of Darkness Mr. Aickman is again concerned with the macabre and the unearthly, with Things that fly, or scrabble on the roof, or merely manifest. The instruments of communication with the world beyond range from a prosaic telephone receiver to a mysteriously glowing horse's eye, the settings vary from a Birmingham suburb to a Greek Island, but in every case readers will experience that authentic chill which is the hallmark of the well-written supernatural and the work of the author of Dark Entries.
Avg Rating
4.50
Number of Ratings
54
5 STARS
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4 STARS
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3 STARS
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2 STARS
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Author
Robert Aickman
Author · 27 books
Author of: close to 50 "strange stories" in the weird-tale and ghost-story traditions, two novels (The Late Breakfasters and The Model), two volumes of memoir (The Attempted Rescue and The River Runs Uphill), and two books on the canals of England (Know Your Waterways and The Story of Our Inland Waterways). Co-founder and longtime president of the Inland Waterways Association, an organization that in the middle of the 20th century restored a great part of England's deteriorating system of canals, now a major draw for recreation nationally and for tourism internationally. Grandson of author Richard Marsh.
