Mystery & Horror Collection - Witch Wood & Other Dark-'N'-Spooky Tales

"The Wind in the Portico" - a man decks up his house with remnants of pagan temples and gods but himself starts performing horrific ancient rituals... "The Green Wildebeest" - a man is cursed when he desecrates a sacred African grove... "No-man's-land" - a man comes face-to-face with a beast in wilderness who hunts cattle and murders people... "The Watcher by the Threshold" - An unmentionable creature piggybacks a man from his near-death experience... "Space" - A brilliant mathematician theorizes the existence of a new dimension but it is not uninhabited, something lurks there... "Tendebaunt Manus" - war affects two brothers, kills one and changes another... "Witch Wood" - ancient Scottish witchcraft practices make a comeback and must be stopped before more lives are endangered. "A Journey of Little Profit" - a shepherd is transformed into a nice person but why and how? "The Outgoing of the Tide" - jealousy and witchcraft never go well for anyone! "The Grove of Ashtaroth" - a home in African wilderness with an ancient temple in its vicinity affects its new occupant... "Basilissa" - a curious nightmare leads to a deadly countdown or is it a warning? "Fullcircle" - a haunted new-house and a doomed family ... "Magic-Walking Stick" - an old man gives Bill an enchanted walking-stick... "Skule Skerry" - an island for migratory birds attracts other unnatural creatures as well... "The Strange Adventure of Mr. Andrew Hawthorn" - after his disappearance, Hawthorne returns to narrate what happened to him... John Buchan (1875-1940) was a Scottish novelist and historian and also served as Canada's Governor General. His 100 works include nearly thirty novels, seven collections of short stories and biographies.