Decided I’m going to jump on the tag wagon and make my own note: name an influential work (novel, short story, poem, show, or film) which has influenced your writing.

For me, Algernon Blackwood’s The Wendigo remains a standard of weird fiction. The setting amidst vast Canadian wilderness, a creative recasting of old lore, stellar pacing, and Blackwood’s use of suggestion to leave the reader’s imagination to form unsettling conclusions remain a masterclass in horror storytelling. I first came upon it in adapted form in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and was subsequently hooked on Blackwood’s rich catalog.

Labyrinthia Mythweaver Matthew Holvey Malrik Raithmoor—The Liturgist John Watson - Horror Author Shay Morgendorffer 👾 interested to hear yours if you’d like to join in.