Inspired by and created to accompany reading of:

The Willows by Algernon Blackwood

We will be incorporating more works like this in the future. Full texts of old horror and weird fiction which has fallen into public domain, but is certainly still worthy of reading. We would greatly appreciate feedback on this feature. What sort of stories would you prefer? Longer? Shorter? Stupid idea? Let us know! Also we are keeping an eye open for new unpublished works by modern authors who may be looking for some extra exposure through the zine. So, please get in touch!

The format for this feature will be a mix of music inspired by the text, as well as a perfect companion to it’s reading. This means no distracting elements will be present, unless it is utterly warranted by the content of the text. The story will also be preceded by a brief foreword written and/or compiled by This Is Darkness.

Check out the full text for the novella, The Willows by Algernon Blackwood here.

Tracklist:
01. 0:00:00 Dead Melodies – Peach Black Descent
02. 0:05:35 Old Green Mountain – Dead Leaf Blues
03. 0:07:30 Kristoffer Oustad – Row Me Over
04. 0:15:45 Dronny Darko & Apollonius – Lost
05. 0:28:45 Fross – La Otra Muerte
06. 0:32:30 Cisfinitum – The Bog (edit)
07. 0:44:00 Caleb R.K. Williams – Dead Prairie Theme
08. 0:46:00 Med Gen – Fallen Woods (edit)
09. 0:57:30 Bonini Bulga – Guided
10. 1:01:35 Atrium Carceri – Across the Sea of the Dead
11. 1:08:30 Northumbria – Borderlands
12. 1:13:10 Leigh Toro – The Owl in Daylight
13. 1:18:15 Ugasanie & Xerxes the Dark – Ships that do not Return
14. 1:26:00 Item Caligo – Painful Sleep
15. 1:34:30 Sun Through Eyelids – …And It All Went Black
16. 1:36:30 Simon Serc – Action V (edit)
17. 1:46:35 Emilia – Drowned Laments
18. 1:47:20 Sysselmann – Stormwatch
19. 1:53:40 Dramavinile – Silfra IX
20. 1:55:50 protoU & Hilyard – Blood Grass Sojourn
21. 2:07:35 Ugasanie – To the Land of Storms and Mists
22. 2:11:15 Taphephobia & Bleak Fiction – Main Scene, Nuuk freeze (night)
23. 2:15:50 Northaunt – Nightfall In The Woods
24. 2:20:30 Ajna – Spirits I
25. 2:27:00 Creation VI – Natura Renovatur
26. 2:48:45 kj – Foxes (feat. Aaron Martin)
27. 2:55:30 Tapes and Topographies – Far Fields
28. 2:59:15 Atasehir – Let Us Guide You Home
29. 3:05:05 Kaya North – The Skull
30. 3:10:45 VelgeNaturlig – Secret Dialogue