William Hope Hodgson

Eighteenth-century sailors adrift in a lifeboat encounter strange lands and weird creatures in their search for home. A creepy tale of nautical adventure. - Summary by Jason Mills Author - William Hope Hodgson. Narrator - Jason Mills. Published Date -...

A short story from British Library Crime Classic Deep Waters. Bullion! is the ultimate locked-room mystery. A ship transporting gold bullion is travelling from Melbourne to London. The gold is packed into chests and stored in a separate locked and...

Thomas Carnacki was a detective of the supernatural, created for a series of short stories by Wiliam Hope Hodgson. Hodsgon, also a noted photographer and bodybuilder, might have created more stories for this intrepid sleuth of the occult, but he...

William Hope Hodgson was born in Essex, England on November 15th, 1877.Over his short career he produced a large body of work which explored and covered many genres. From horror, to science fiction, to stories on the sea, where he had spent much of...

HorrorBabble's complete "Horror at Sea" collection. 15 nautical nightmares: from the discovery and subsequent investigation of a mysterious vessel in The Derelict; to the terrifying ordeal of a lighthouse keeper stationed at the remote, Three Skeleton...

The Sun has gone out and the Earth is lit only by the glow of residual vulcanism. The last few millions of the human race are gathered together in a gigantic metal pyramid, nearly eight miles high – the Last Redoubt, under siege from unknown forces...

William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918) was an English author. He produced a large body of work including horror, fantastic fiction, and science fiction stories.'The Baumoff Explosive' (sometimes known as 'Eloi, Eloi, Lama Sabachthani') was first published...

“The Gateway of the Monster” is a story featuring Thomas Carnacki, a detective who investigates cases of an occult or supernatural nature. It is one of five tales of Carnacki's ghost hunting exploits which first appeared serially in “The Idler”...

The Ghost Pirates is a powerful account of a doomed and haunted ship on its last voyage, and of the terrible sea-devils (of quasi-human aspect, and perhaps the spirits of bygone buccaneers) that besiege it and finally drag it down to an unknown fate....

First published in April, 1910, "The Horse of the Invisible" tells the tale of Carnacki, a ghost detective investigating the haunting of a country house that threatens the wedding of the Hisgins Family's daughter and her fiance. The source of the...

In 1908, two men exploring a wild and forsaken tract of land came across the remains of a ruined house. A cursory investigation didn't reveal much, but they did find a manuscript, waterlogged and grown over with fungi.It detailed the story of the man...

William Hope Hodgson was an English author born in 1877 in Essex, England. He was a prolific writer in the early 20th century and is best known for his works in the horror and science fiction genres. One of his most famous works is the novel "The...

In 1877, two gentlemen, Messrs Tonnison and Berreggnog, head into Ireland to spend a week fishing in the village of Kraighten. While there, they discover in the ruins of a very curious house a diary of the man who had once owned it. Its torn pages...

A short story from the British Library Tales of the Weird collection From the Depths. A steam yacht is sailing the North Atlantic when they spot a mysterious light. Upon investigation they discover a derelict cargo ship but when they board,...

The Night Land is a classic horror novel by William Hope Hodgson.The Night Land is a tale of the remote future, billions of years after the death of the sun. It is one of the most potent pieces of macabre imagination ever written. There is a sense of...

William Hope Hodgson was born in Essex, England on November 15th, 1877.Over his short career he produced a large body of work which explored and covered many genres. From horror, to science fiction, to stories on the sea, where he had spent much of...

“The Thing Invisible” is a story featuring Thomas Carnacki, a detective who investigates cases of an occult or supernatural nature. It is one of five tales of Carnacki's ghost hunting exploits which first appeared serially in “The Idler” magazine in...

A short story from the British Library Tales of the Weird collection Evil Roots. Known for his nautical themes, William Hope Hodgson begins this story with a small rowing boat in distress and its sailor regaling a tragic tale. This story differs from...

William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918) was an English author. He produced a large body of work including horror, fantastic fiction, and science fiction stories."The Voice in the Night" is an uncanny story about a ship becalmed in fog in the middle of the...

The Voice In The Night by William Hope HodgsonIt was a dark, starless night. We were becalmed in the Northern Pacific. Our exact position I do not know; for the sun had been hidden during the course of a weary, breathless week, by a thin haze which...