The Willows — Chapters IV & V | Finale

The final night on the island has arrived.

The canoe has been damaged. A paddle has vanished. Strange funnel-shaped hollows cover the sand, and an unnatural humming now seems to surround the travelers from every direction.

With the willows closing in and the boundary between worlds growing dangerously thin, the two men finally confront the horrifying possibility that something beyond human understanding has found them.

And it may be searching for a victim.

Tonight on Midnight Murmurs, we conclude Algernon Blackwood’s The Willows with Chapters Four and Five.

A landmark of supernatural and cosmic horror, The Willows follows two travelers whose peaceful journey down the Danube becomes an encounte ...