Three John Silence Stories

A man famed for making readers laugh can no longer write a joke—and now lives in terror of something he cannot name. Dr. John Silence is finally interested.

Across these three uncanny stories, Algernon Blackwood brings readers into the world of Dr. Silence, a wealthy physician who chooses to help those unable to pay and has trained himself to face psychic afflictions. In the first case, Swedish Mrs. Sivendson brings him Felix Pender, a once-successful comic writer who still labours at his craft, but can no longer produce a line he can use or sell. His gift seems smothered, his earnings are dwindling, and fear has taken hold—though he cannot say what he fears. Is Pender’s talent merely buried, or is something reaching through the dark to silence him?

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