Reception and Influence
- "The Willows" was the personal favorite story of H.P. Lovecraft, who wrote in his treatise "Supernatural Horror in Literature", "Here art and restraint in narrative reach their very highest development, and an impression of lasting poignancy is produced without a single strained passage or a single false note."
- The plot of Caitlin R. Kiernan's novel Threshold (2001) draws upon "The Willows," which is quoted several times in the book.
- The Willows, which was an American magazine specializing in steampunk horror, Neo-Victorian short stories, and poetry, was named after Blackwood's tale.
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