The Willows (magazine)

The Willows is an American horror and speculative fiction magazine specializing in works with a Victorian or turn-of-the-century setting and theme. It is named after "The Willows," a weird tale by Algernon Blackwood, and references the writings of Blackwood, Lord Dunsany, William Hope Hodgson, Arthur Machen, and H. P. Lovecraft as examples of its theme. It was founded in 2007 and its Editor-in-Chief is Ben Thomas, who is assisted by speculative fiction author Skadi MEIC Beorh acting as Contributing Editor.

Issues to Date

Issue #1

Issue #1 of The Willows was published in May 2007. Its featured stories were:

  • A Little Knowledge by Leila Eadie
  • The Incident at the 27th Meeting by Paul Marlowe
  • Mercy Hathaway Is a Witch by Ken Goldman
  • Fool's Gold by Sheryl Nantus

Issue #2

Issue #2 of The Willows was published in July 2007. Its featured stories were:

  • Bride of the Deep by Nike Bourke
  • A Late Lunch on the 11:40 by Tara Kolden
  • 66° South by Paul Marlowe
  • The Catalogued Rooms of Quincy Manor by Nickolas Cook

Issue #3

Issue #3 of The Willows was published in September 2007. Its featured stories were:

  • The Gate in the Jungle by David Tallerman
  • The Listener by Carol Lanham
  • Where the Shadow Ended by Geoffrey Girard
  • A Solace of Winter Rain by Stephen Bacon

Issue #4

Issue #4 of The Willows was published in November 2007. Its featured stories were:

  • Ten Golden Roosters by Paul Marlowe
  • The Court of Two Lions by G. W. Thomas
  • Sofia Athanatos by G. D. Falksen
  • The Invisible Enemy by Lawrence Dagstine

See also

  • Victorian gothic fiction
  • Horror fiction magazine
  • Fantasy fiction magazine
  • Science fiction magazine