The Wendigo and Other Haunting Tales

Esoteric Classics: Occult Fiction

By: Algernon Blackwood

Narrated by: Shea Taylor

British author Algernon Blackwood was a prolific writer who is usually remembered for his numerous ghost stories; however, he also wrote on many other supernatural themes and was an influence on many later writers, including H. P. Lovecraft. This collection of 13 stories includes: "The Wendigo", "The Olive", "The Goblin's Collection", "The Sea Fit", "Ancient Lights", "The Prayer", "The Wood of the Dead", "An Egyptian Hornet", "The Other Wing", "The Singular Death of Morton", "Entrance and Exit", "The Kit Bag", "The Damned".

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Brilliant narration of exceptional writing.

If this haunting hair raising literature genre entertains you, then Algernon Blackwood will scare you most suitably.
Shea Taylor is brilliant as the narrator.
He tells the story, he does not simply read it. Thank you everyone, for several hours of excellent entertainment.

Terrible voices ruin the reading

The most excruciating attempt to convey screaming I’ve ever heard in an audiobook. Completely breaks any enjoyment. You wind up focusing on how bad the voice is and lose the story

almost but not quite

what would be an excellent collection or at least a very good collection is ruined by the longest, main story the Windigo where the narration is interspersed with voices that are so annoying and so rivaling and inappropriate that there is no way to listen to the story the wind to go to not even be tried. As for the other stories 5 repeats of very commonly anthologized stories once again reduce the appeal of this collection where are the narration is generally quite good though even when it doesn't have the weird psychotic voice as in the wind ago it still does become quite boring as if the reader is not really paying attention to what he is reading

Atmosphere of Blackwood

Excellent performance of a few stories by one of my favorite authors (two longer ones framing a few short stories). Shea Taylor did very well and although I personally would have preferred them read by someone with a lower voice, I enjoyed listening to this reading in the end as the reader managed to bring out the atmosphere that is so important in Algernon Blackwood's writings and he made the speakers and actors become vividly real. Critique of the performance of "The Wendigo" I don't share, as this interpretation of Defago's distress is adequate and believable, while difficult to do by any reader. It would be minor even for those who don't like it, considering how well done this audiobook in general is. The only flaw for me was that the content only gives chapter numbers and no titles of stories, as if this was one novel. Maybe this could be fixed?! I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

Great story, cringe performance

Oh man it was pretty bad. Should have been a different person voicing this for sure. Couldn't even make it through the first story!