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  • Paperback: 214 pages
  • Publisher: Digireads.com (30 Jan 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1420933779
  • ISBN-13: 978-1420933772
  • Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15 x 0.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars deeply disturbing horror tales, 5 Nov 1999
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I would like to endorse what the other reviewers have said about The Willows and The Wendigo. It must be thirty years since I read them, but once read, never forgotten. They are probably the only genuinely horrifying horror stories in English, or possibly any other language. I recall that Blackwood was an occultist, and believed in what he was writing about; he certainly taps in to some deep layer of superstitious dread in us all. The means used are not gross or visceral. It might be called spiritual or metaphysical horror. It can make you feel very uncomfortable indeed.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars THE Master of the short horror story, 16 Jun 1998
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Blackwood's tales are some of the most terrifying stories I have ever encountered (in a lifetime spent hunting good horror fiction), and his ability to sustain that feeling of dread throughout the entire tale is amazing. In this collection readers will find The Wendigo, which I can honestly say is the most disturbing horror tale I have ever read. In addition, The Willows and The Listener are two others that will chill you to the bone and make you sleep with the lights on, no matter how old you are.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Two great classics, 8 Dec 1998
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The title is a little misleading, since it hints at creaky old victorian tales about spectres haunting the houses where they died. Anyone stumbling blindly into this volume will therefore be shocked by "The Willows" and "The Wendigo", two of the best horror stories ever written. Most people today don't find the idea of ghosts terribly scary because they are so easy to understand (spirits of the dead). "The Willows" is frightening because the forces involved are almost impossible to understand! And "The Wendigo" will scare you away from wintry forest landscapes (and probably most of Canada) for a good long while!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Number one
At the time of writing, this is definitely the number one single-author ghost/horror story collection out there. Read more
Published on 28 Jun 2005 by dangermash

4.0 out of 5 stars three very good reasons to read this book.
Those three reasons are "The Willows", "The Wendigo", and "The Listener", a trio of incredibly atmospheric tales. Read more
Published on 16 Dec 2003 by S. Hapgood

4.0 out of 5 stars A Fantastic and Rewarding Strange Experience
I openly adore Blackwood. At first I had ambiguous feelings, I'd heard great things but on first reading of this book found his effect somewhat hit and miss. Read more
Published on 2 Dec 2001 by joe@joerattigan.com

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Terror
Blackwood wrote a lot, and some of it is mediocre, but there are two magnificent stories in this collection that every aficionado of classic ghost stories should have: "The... Read more
Published on 17 Aug 1997

4.0 out of 5 stars SCARY!
A very well written book involving stories that will take your heart and run. Can be long but well worth the effort and pain.
Published on 2 Aug 1997

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