Algernon Blackwood's The Wendigo!

About this episode

The episode discusses Algernon Blackwood's wilderness horror story 'The Wendigo' and its atmospheric qualities.

We're talking about the famed wilderness horror story "The Wendigo" this week! It's not quite as polished and poetic as "The Willows," but it still has some great atmosphere and well-built tension! Check it out here: https://algernonblackwood.org/Z-files/Wendigo.pdf Check out our fiction at: (Justin) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://muppy.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Rudy) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://rnkfiction.blogspot.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@RudolphKohn And follow us on Twitter at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/NinjaMouseChu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/Rudolph_Kohn⁠⁠

People in this episode

Hosts: Rudolph Kohn, Justin Fraser

Topics covered

• horror
• literature
• wilderness
• atmosphere
• tension
• storytelling

Keywords

• Algernon Blackwood
• The Wendigo
• horror story
• literature analysis
• atmosphere
• tension
• storytelling

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Muppy, Rnk Fiction, YouTube, Twitter

Books & works: The Wendigo, The Willows

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