The Wendigo

Algernon Blackwood

Mar 2020 · Libro Móvil

About this audiobook

A hunting party separates to track moose, and one member is abducted by the Wendigo of legend. Robert Aickman regarded this as one of the (possibly) six great masterpieces in the field

Ratings and reviews

Good, full of creepy atmosphere. Algernon Blackwood's best work are his John Silence stories, but this is his best (non John Silence) story. Being written about 100 years ago, it is more suspense and mystery (with a healthy dose of cryptozoology) than horror. It gets extra points for the fact that the Wendigo is an actual Native American folklore being. And Blackwood's interpretation of the Wendigo creature is about as true to the original as any non-native American storyteller can get.