the wendigo – Whippoorwill Hollow

Algernon Blackwood (1869 – 1951)

All of Blackwood’s short stories are available (PDF, free) on Blackwood Stories.
Weird Fiction Review‘s Black wood entry in their 101 Weird Writers Series
Blackwood’s entry on the Internet Speculative Fiction Database; it includes a comprehensive bibliography, as well as publishing information and cover art for various editions when available

tumblr_nbb17ijrra1rbyzcco1_500 — by **Dave Felton**. “British writer Algernon Blackwood, at one time a member of the Order of the Golden Dawn, created the adventures of his psychic detective John Silence, stories that were widely popular in his day, but he remains most-known for his short stories of the supernatural such as “The Willows” and “The Wendigo.” In his seventies, Blackwood read ghost stories on the BBC radio throughout World War II despite a near-death experience when his London home was bombed during The Battle of Britain. He was knighted two years before his death at the age of 82. His amazing face is almost as weird as his stories… 5” x 5” scratchboard portrait”

tumblr_n1hmo1qqzi1r8m4luo1_500 — An illustration by **Sidney Stanley** for Algernon Blackwood’s tale, ”Ancient Sorceries”

tumblr_nyjdnxyypl1rtj3g0o2_500 — *Algernon Blackwood’s The Willows* by **M. Grant Kellermeyer** (mgkellermeyer)

“And something born of the snowy desolation, born of the midnight and the silent grandeur, born of the great listening hollows of the night, something that lay ‘twixt terror and wonder, dropped from the vast wintry spaces down into his heart—and called him.”
– Algernon Blackwood, from The Glamour of the Snow

tumblr_lo6kalxxcd1qabm59o1_1280 — “The Empty House Algernon Blackwood. London, Eveliegh Nash Publ., 1906. First Edition. In *Starlight Man* Ashley maintained that the first printing was 750 copies that sold out quickly and the book was actually released for the 1906-07 holiday gifting season. All noted later impressions/printings are clearly dated and/or marked as such and none have reprised the original decorative binding of the first printing.” (via *Book Aesthete*)

tumblr_o720ypvha81rhiy7ko1_500 — **Brian K. Ward**

Sidney Stanley’s artwork for Algernon Blackwood’s The Willows and Other Queer Tales, 1932 (via Lesser-Known Writers)

tumblr_nfsxsu7xo81rtj3g0o1_500 — *God of the Forest* by **Yvanduque (x)**

ithaq8 — **Matt Fox**‘s Illustration from *Famous Fantastic Mysteries*, June 1944

ithaq55 — **Matt Fox**‘s illustration from *The Wendigo*, depicting DeFago’s return

tumblr_n1dp8i6dga1rtj3g0o1_500 — **Virgil Finlay’**s illustration for *The Magic Mirror* by Algernon Blackwood, *Weird Tales*, September, 1938

“The Man Whom the Trees Loved” by Algernon Blackwood; available in various download formats here
Cover for the 1912 edition of Pan’s Garden, with illustrations by W. Graham Robertson

“The Night transfigures all things in a way […] but nothing so searchingly as trees. From behind a veil that sunlight hangs before them in the day, they emerge and show themselves. Even buildings do that in a measure, but trees particularly. In the daytime they sleep; at night they wake, they manifest, turn active, live.”
– Algernon Blackwood, from The Man Whom the Trees Loved (Pan’s Garden, 1912)

tumblr_nbu8s6z8jo1rtj3g0o4_1280 — *Masters of Weird Literature* by Stegosaurus (**Oli Rogers**)

tumblr_netztqngi21rtj3g0o2_500 — *The Wendigo: Défago’s Return* by **Will Martinez**

tumblr_netztqngi21rtj3g0o1_500 — **John Dunn**’s *Wendigo*