William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson, the son of an Essex clergyman, spent eight years at sea as a merchant seaman, sailing around the world three times and receiving the Royal Humane Society’s medal for saving a life at sea. He published his first story in 1904 and his first novel, THE BOATS OF THE ‘GLEN CARRIG’, IN 1907. He was killed in the First World War.
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The Night Land
Telling the story of a dying Earth, The Night Land begins with a man from the 17th century who, mourning the death of his true…
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The Ghost Pirates
The captivating tale of the ship "Mortzestus," an unlucky vessel haunted by "too many shadows." The unifying theme seems to be the dreadful forces that…
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The House on the Borderland
A manuscript is found: filled with small, precise writing and smelling of pit-water, it tells the story of an old recluse and his strange home…
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The Boats of the Glen Carrig
Being an account of their Adventures in the Strange places of the Earth, after the foundering of the good ship Glen Carrig through striking upon…