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Bloch, Robert
Robert Albert Bloch was born in Chicago. He moved with his family to Milwaukee in Wisconsin when he was ten years old. His mother was a social worker and his father worked in a bank. Bloch was a great admirer of H.P. Lovecraft; he had discovered Weird Tales, which included Lovecraft’s stories, when he was a teenager. Bloch eventually dared to write to Lovecraft, who replied to his letters, and o...
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Blackwood, Algernon
British writer Algernon Blackwood was born in the South East London district of Shooter’s Hill. In 1871 his family relocated to nearby Crayford. Both parents were stout Calvinists. In his teens, Blackwood broke away from their faith and embraced Buddhist teachings, thus forming a life-long penchant for oriental mysticism, occultism and theosophy. He studied at Wellington College in Berkshire a...