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SOFT FROM ALL THE BLOOD Contest Winner! It’s the Wendigo…
214 years ago
(The answer. Not the winner. The Wendigo isn’t the winner. That would be weird…)
Congratulations to Riley “Jerreth” Vandall, the winner of our little trivia contest earlier this week! He receives a copy of S R Jones‘ Soft From All The Blood for guessing that the northern creature in question is, in fact, the Wendigo: everyone’s favourite cannibal spirit!
However, Vandall tripped up on the bonus question. Sure, Algernon Blackwood’s The Wendigo is certainly the most well-known, and seemingly, the first of the macabré tales featuring the beast to be published… but it’s not. It’s not the first.
This means the bonus question (and the mystery prize that goes with it) is still up for grabs! So…
Who was the author of the first published tale of the Wendigo?
Hint #1: publication occurred in the 19th century…
Hint #2: eight years after publication, the author became a president of something…
First correct answer in the comments below wins the mystery bonus prize!
Win A Free Copy of ‘Soft From All The Blood’ by S R Jones!
214 years ago
We’ve been momentarily possessed by the spirit of fellow Canuck, Alex Trebek, and as such we’re feeling in a quiz show mood! Whaddaya mean, “he’s not dead”? Well, that’s just weird.
Ready for some (possibly) obscure mythological trivia? Alright, here goes!
In S R Jones’ horror story The Frozen (collected in Soft From All The Blood) the monstrous presence encountered by the narrator at a remote northern lake is referenced as “the father” of what supernatural creature?
Hints: the creature is of Algonquin First Nations origin, and has appeared in numerous macabré tales of the wild North throughout the 20th century.
The first person to comment below with the correct answer will win a free copy of Soft From All The Blood in the e-reader format of their choosing! And if you can also correctly guess the author of the first published story featuring the mystery creature, there’s a mystery bonus prize available.
Sound easy? Think you’ve got it? Ooh, the bonus story question, too, eh? Careful, that bonus question is tricky. Contest closes the moment we have a winner!
