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A Psychical Invasion

Algernon Blackwood

First published 1908
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella
Series John Silence

Synopsis

Dr. John Silence is called to aid Felix Pender, a humorist whose experiments with drugs have seen his sense of humor replaced by one of preternatural terror.

Publications (44)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1908 Cover John Silence, Physician Extraordinary Eveleigh Nash Collection
1909 Cover John Silence, Physician Extraordinary John W. Luce & Company Collection
1910 Cover John Silence, Physician Extraordinary Eveleigh Nash Collection
1912 Cover John Silence, Physician Extraordinary Macmillan and Co. Collection
1914 John Silence, Physician Extraordinary Eveleigh Nash Collection
1914 John Silence, Physician Extraordinary Vaughan & Gomme Collection
1917 John Silence, Physician Extraordinary Alfred A. Knopf Collection
1920 John Silence, Physician Extraordinary E. P. Dutton Collection
1922 John Silence, Physician Extraordinary Eveleigh Nash & Grayson Collection
1926 Ghosts, Grim and Gentle: A Collection of Moving Ghost Stories Dodd, Mead & Co. Anthology 1
1927 Cover The Dance of Death and Other Tales Herbert Jenkins Collection
1928 The Dance of Death and Other Tales The Dial Press Collection 26
1928 John Silence, Physician Extraordinary T. Fisher Unwin Collection
1929 John Silence, Physician Extraordinary Eveleigh Nash & Grayson Collection
1933 The Ghost Story Omnibus Dodd, Mead & Co. Omnibus
1938 The Tales of Algernon Blackwood Martin Secker Collection 337
1938 The Tales of Algernon Blackwood The Richards Press Collection
1939 The Tales of Algernon Blackwood E. P. Dutton Collection
1942 Cover John Silence, Physician Extraordinary The Richards Press Collection |2
1943 John Silence, Physician Extraordinary The Richards Press Collection |2
1945 Cover Selected Short Stories of Algernon Blackwood: Stories of Mystery and Imagination Editions for the Armed Services Collection
1947 John Silence, Physician Extraordinary The Richards Press Collection |2
1953 Cover The Week-End Book of Ghost Stories Ives Washburn Anthology 220
1957 Cover In the Realm of Terror; 8 Haunting Tales Pantheon Books Collection
1963 Cover The Dance of Death and Other Stories Pan Books Collection 18
1969 Cover John Silence: Five Stories John Baker Collection 1
April 1973 Cover The Dance of Death and Other Stories Pan Books Collection 18
1997 Cover The Complete John Silence Stories Dover Publications Collection 1
November 2001 Cover John Silence, Physician Extraordinary House of Stratus Collection
May 2002 Cover The Dance of Death and Other Stories House of Stratus Collection 13
January 2004 Three John Silence Stories Project Gutenberg Collection
November 2007 Cover John Silence, "Physician Extraordinary" Borgo Press / Wildside Press Collection
November 2007 Cover John Silence, "Physician Extraordinary" Borgo Press / Wildside Press Collection
2009 Cover John Silence: The Complete Adventures Coachwhip Publications Collection 7
March 2013 Cover John Silence: Six Strange Cases CreateSpace Collection 1
May 2013 Cover Three John Silence Stories CreateSpace Collection 4
July 2013 Cover The Cat Megapack: Frisky Feline Tales, Old and New Borgo Press / Wildside Press Anthology 129
January 2014 Cover Three John Silence Stories Start Publishing Collection |1
October 2017 Cover John Silence, Physician Extraordinary / The Wave Stark House Press Omnibus
October 2019 Cover John Silence, Physician Extraordinary Jaunt Classics Collection
March 2022 Cover The Ghost Slayers: Classic Tales of Occult Detection The British Library Anthology 33
March 2022 Cover The Ghost Slayers: Classic Tales of Occult Detection The British Library Anthology |33
October 2024 Cover Ancient Sorceries Penguin Books Collection |10
October 2024 Cover Ancient Sorceries Penguin Books Collection |10