1. Is "The Thing That Walked on the Wind" nightmarish? Will you sleep well even though you have read what is a frightful story?

2. What aspects of "The Thing That Walked on the Wind" resemble elements of dreams? Why would these dream-elements be in "The Thing That Walked on the Wind"?

3. How does Derleth try to help you keep track of the story's different narrators? Which narrator is most believable?

4. Why does Dr. Jamison not tell more people what he knows about Stillwater?

5. In what ways does Wind-Walker represent the forces of nature?

6. Why is Irene dead but the two men alive when they fall to earth?

7. Does Norris react in a realistic way to what he sees and hears?

8. Could Dalhousie have made the whole story up? Would he have reason to?

9. What does Wind-Walker look like? Would this enable him to travel all...