The Greatest Ghost Stories of Algernon Blackwood (10 Best Supernatural & Fantasy Tales). Algernon Blackwood

they have relations with men, depending upon them for worship or sacrifice, whereas these beings who are now about us have absolutely nothing to do with mankind, and it is mere chance that their space happens just at this spot to touch our own."

      The mere conception, which his words somehow made so convincing, as I listened to them there in the dark stillness of that lonely island, set me shaking a little all over. I found it impossible to control my movements.

      "And what do you propose?" I began again.

      "A sacrifice, a victim, might save us by distracting them until we could get away," he went on, "just as the wolves stop to devour the dogs and give the sleigh another start. But—I see no chance of any other victim now."

      I stared blankly at him. The gleam in his eye was dreadful. Presently he continued.