I have to admit, that I had never heard anything from the author before our group reading. Actually, I also thought that the figure of Wendigo is unknown to me, but when the creature appeared for the first time, it reminded me of Pet’s Cemetery of Stephen King, where the cat also emerged from the grave with a strong smell of earth. Odors and sounds play an important role in this little story. The author's language is full of sensory impressions that you get in a dark forest. Dark forests have always awakened primeval fears in humans and have become a subject in legends, fairy tales and nowadays in horror novels. The plot itself is rather unspectacular for our time. The writing style and the language make the book something special. I liked it.

I have to admit, that I had never heard anything from the author before our group reading. Actually, I also thought that the figure of Wendigo is unknown to me, but when the creature appeared for the first time, it reminded me of Pet’s Cemetery of Stephen King, where the cat also emerged from the grave with a strong smell of earth. Odors and sounds play an important role in this little story. The author's language is full of sensory impressions that you get in a dark forest. Dark forests have always awakened primeval fears in humans and have become a subject in legends, fairy tales and nowadays in horror novels. The plot itself is rather unspectacular for our time. The writing style and the language make the book something special. I liked it.

Schwups in einem Rutsch ausgelesen. Nachdem ich das letzte Wort gelesen und vom Buch aufgeblickt habe, dachte ich kurz ich wäre in der kanadischen Wildnis gelandet und würde den Grabgeruch des Wendigo riechen. Dann habe ich festgestellt, dass es nur mein von Unkraut überwuchterter Balkon und mein überfüllter Biomüll sind. Blackwood hat es wieder geschafft das ich mich in einer Geschichte verliere und nach dem Aufwachen kurzeitige Orientierungsprobleme aufweise. Nach der dritten Kurzgeschichte die ich von ihm gelesen habe, hat mich der Autor vollends überzeugt und ich habe mir die komplette Sammlung als ebook heruntergeladen. Freue mich auf weitere gruselige Erzählungen, besonders jetzt da der Herbst Einzug hält.