The Transfer by Algernon Blackwood is is a short story a ballot a peculiar patch of earth and a peculiar man. The narrator notices a desolate patch of earth in the garden where nothing seems to grow. At the same time, a man noted for his ability to seemingly draw the life out of others arrives for a visit. When this man and the desolate patch of earth come into contact, both are changed forever.
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