In 1906, two brothers lost on a backwaters canoe trip are stalked by an otherworldly predator. The Swede offers his opinion on the island's evil forces and the necessity of offering them a sacrifice. Based on the beloved gothic novella by Algernon Blackwood.

The companions prepare for a second night and the inevitable attack from the island's mysterious forces. The canoe is damaged and the narrator decides the willow trees are against their presence on the island. Blackwood uses personification to bring the setting and its various elements to life. But that's just the start of this clawing claustrophobic story of suspense and mounting terror. In The Willows we find two friends traveling down the Danube River.

When the narrator and his companion camp on a remote island, they think they see a body in the water and a man calling to them. But that's just the start of this clawing claustrophobic tale of suspense and mounting terror. When the narrator and his companion camp on a remote island, they think they see a body in the water and a man calling to them. These willows never attain to the dignity of trees they have no rigid trunks they remain humble bushes, with rounded tops and soft outline, swaying on slender stems that answer to the least pressure of the wind supple as grasses, and so continually shifting that they somehow give the impression that the entire plain is moving and alive. First published in 1907 - and described as one of the finest supernatural stories ever. This is a story to savor during our Halloween to Christmas journey.Algernon Blackwood's chilling tale read in four parts by Roger Allam. “The Willows” chills us, and profoundly entertains the reader about existence itself. Blackwood’s story truly frightened me, unlike most stories of ghosts and evil influences. Here’s a story reminding us that our short breath of life is surrounded by the supernatural. Lovecraft, but Britain’s great supernaturalist holds a significant place in the pantheon of weird literature. Algernon Blackwood’s name doesn’t permeate today’s pop culture landscape like his contemporary (and admirer) H.P. Will he step onto another small island via a tiny land bridge that crumbles moments after his crossing and lose his way back to his friend? Or will their canoe and island be ripped away from them as they sleep? Algernon Blackwood’s The Willows by Nathan Carson Floating World Comics (November 2019) 72 pages 12.95 paperback Reviewed by Chris Hallock. It’s a summer night, the wind raging, and I fear for the main character collecting fire wood on their small island of shifting sands. (The dwarf willows pictured at the back of my pond are the shrubs dominating this universe.) Wind and water continually erode and reform the swampy expanse. The river rises from summer flooding, losing itself in an enormous marsh of rushing channels and sandy islands full of low willows. “The Willows” begins with two fellas canoeing on the Danube, just inside Hungary.

Algernon blackwood's the willows