The Willows
Algernon Blackwood author Ruthanna Emrys editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Lanternfish Press
Publishing:12th Dec '24
£12.99
This title is due to be published on 12th December, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
East of Vienna, a canoe trip down the length of the Danube River turns strange and horrifying. The two men traveling find it bad enough when they are forced to camp on an isolated island in the middle of nowhere while gale-force winds howl and waters rise. But soon, the threats take on a supernatural tinge. Wild sounds and visions in the night convince the men that they’re being hunted by beings from another dimension, who are not so much malicious as vastly, cosmically indifferent to their welfare–and hungry.
Algernon Blackwood has influenced weird fiction and horror writers down to the present day, with H.P. Lovecraft naming him among the modern masters of the genre. The Willows, which first appeared in The Listener and Other Stories (1907), is one of his best-known tales. Noted weird fiction writer Ruthanna Emrys enlivens the text with sprightly commentary and traces the streams of story to their headwaters in a poetic and penetrating introduction.
“Emrys' masterful annotations and enlightening introduction provide fine insights into how the weird casts its spell in Blackwood's classic story.”—David Sandner, editor of The Afterlife of Frankenstein
“Emrys sketches the work’s historical, ecological, and literary context in sharply written and insightful notes that are an absolute pleasure to read.” —Rebecca Campbell, Ursula K. Le Guin Prize–winning author of Arboreality
"This is where slow-burn horror originated.” —Brian Evenson, Shirley Jackson Award–winning author of Song for the Unraveling of the World
ISBN: 9781941360835
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
96 pages