The Wood of the Dead

Released: April 6, 2015
Length: 37 mins
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Publisher: Lamp of Trismegistus

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This 1906 short ghost story by Algernon Blackwood explores the eerie experiences of a traveler who meets the Elderly Man, known as the Father of the Village, who possesses the uncanny ability to predict the deaths of local residents. As a tale of the supernatural and the mysterious, it delves into themes of prophecy and the unknown.

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