Midnight Pals: The Willows

Algernon Blackwood: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the willows
Lovecraft: g-guys this is my favorite story!
Lovecraft: ooh it's so good, it's so scary!
King: oh yeah? what's so scary about it?
Lovecraft: there's a swede in it

Blackwood: so i was canoeing down the river danube
Blackwood: with my companion
Blackwood: who was a swede
Lovecraft: [sweats]

Blackwood: anyway we got stuck on an island
Blackwood: full of willows
Blackwood: and important thing to remember
Blackwood: these aren't weeping willows
Blackwood: they're, like, kinda brambly scrubby riverside willows
Blackwood: make sure you get that right

Blackwood: and there are all these super creepy willows on the island
Blackwood: now if any of you lot were thinking of illustrating this story
Blackwood: i want to emphasize
Blackwood: NOT weeping willows

Stephen King: so what are they?
King: like
King: weeping willows?
Blackwood:
Blackwood: no

Blackwood: so these are NOT weeping willows  
Poe:  
King:  
Barker:  
Koontz:
Lovecraft:  
Blackwood: so all together now
Blackwood: what kind of willows are they?  
Poe:
King:
Barker:
Koontz:
Lovecraft:
King: ...weeping willows?  
Blackwood:  
Blackwood: steve we just went over this

Blackwood: so these willows are just SUPER creepy
Blackwood: there's a weird presence on this island that makes you just get super scared of trees
Blackwood: cuz let me tell you
Blackwood: these trees
Blackwood: real fucked up

Blackwood: so these trees are just real fucked up
King: how so?
Blackwood: well they're just
Blackwood: like
Blackwood: you know
Blackwood: kinda fucked up
Blackwood: just in a general sort of way

Blackwood: so these trees, they're just kinda fucked up
King:  
Poe:  
Barker:  
Koontz:  
Blackwood: what do you want me to do, describe stuff?
Lovecraft: oh so right, you're so right