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The Nemesis of Fire

Algernon Blackwood

First published 1908
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella
Series John Silence

Synopsis

A spate of spontaneous incendiary events at his family estate drive Colonel Horace Wragge to seek Dr. Silence's assistance in smoking out a mysterious supernatural force that threatens to flare out of control.

Publications (36)

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
1928 John Silence, Physician Extraordinary T. Fisher Unwin Collection
1929 John Silence, Physician Extraordinary Eveleigh Nash & Grayson Collection
1938 The Tales of Algernon Blackwood Martin Secker Collection 440
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 |6
1943 John Silence, Physician Extraordinary The Richards Press Collection |6
1947 John Silence, Physician Extraordinary The Richards Press Collection |6
1968 Cover Ancient Sorceries and Other Stories Penguin Books Collection 127
1969 Cover John Silence: Five Stories John Baker Collection 143
March 1971 Cover Bizarre Fantasy Tales, March 1971 Health Knowledge, Inc. MAGAZINE 10
June 1974 Cover Ancient Sorceries and Other Stories Penguin Books Collection
1997 Cover The Complete John Silence Stories Dover Publications Collection 84
November 2001 Cover John Silence, Physician Extraordinary House of Stratus Collection
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
August 2008 Cover Out of the Sand: Mummies, Pyramids, and Egyptology in Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy Coachwhip Publications Anthology 174
2009 Cover John Silence: The Complete Adventures Coachwhip Publications Collection 106
March 2013 Cover John Silence: Six Strange Cases CreateSpace Collection 57
May 2013 Cover Three John Silence Stories CreateSpace Collection 94
January 2014 Cover Three John Silence Stories Start Publishing Collection |3
October 2017 Cover John Silence, Physician Extraordinary / The Wave Stark House Press Omnibus
February 2018 Cover A Mummy Omnibus: 1820s - 1920s (Abridged Edition) A Bit O'Irish Press Anthology 161
October 2019 Cover John Silence, Physician Extraordinary Jaunt Classics Collection
October 2024 Cover Ancient Sorceries Penguin Books Collection |30
October 2024 Cover Ancient Sorceries Penguin Books Collection |30