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The Willows, a now-defunct American magazine founded in 2007 that specialized in steampunk horror, Neo-Victorian short stories and poetry, was named after Blackwood's tale. [7] In Richard Stanley’s adaptation of "The Color Out Of Space", the character of Ward Philips is seen reading a copy of ‘’The Willows.’’
The Wind in the Willows is a children's novel by the British novelist Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. It details the story of Mole, Ratty, and Badger as they try to help Mr. Toad, after he becomes obsessed with motorcars and gets into trouble. It also details short stories about them that are disconnected from the main narrative.
Algernon Henry Blackwood, CBE (14 March 1869 – 10 December 1951) was an English broadcasting narrator, journalist, novelist and short story writer, and among the most prolific ghost story writers in the history of the genre.
"The Willows" (story), a 1907 short story by Algernon Blackwood; The Willows, a 2004 album by Belbury Poly; The Willows (group), a 1950s doo wop group; The Willows (English band), an English contemporary folk band from Cambridge, Cambridgeshire; The Willows (trio), a Canadian musical trio based in Toronto, Ontario
Grahame was born on 8 March 1859 at 32 Castle Street in Edinburgh.His parents were James Cunningham Grahame (1830–1887), advocate, and Elizabeth Ingles (1837–1864).). When Grahame was a little more than a year old, his father was appointed as sheriff-substitute in Argyllshire, and the family moved to Inveraray on Loch Fyne with Grahame, his older sister, Helen, and his older brother ...
In her latest video, the Duchess of Sussex shared the story of how she scored Billie Eilish merchandise that she planned to give to a 15-year-old whose home was damaged in the L.A. fires in January.
The inspiration for Mr. Toad's wayward mischievousness and boastfulness was Kenneth Grahame's only child Alastair: a family friend, Constance Smedley, overheard Grahame telling Alastair the exploits of Toad as a bedtime story, and noted that "Alastair's own tendency to exult in his exploits was gently satirized in Mr. Toad". [1]
Alice Cooper, who has been sober for 42 years, launched an alcohol-free cocktail, the Sex, Drugs, Rock & Dry Cocktail, with WhistlePig. The icon, 76, says that he liked the idea of "outwitting ...