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William Hope Hodgson

William Hope Hodgson

EnglishNovember 15, 1877 – April 17, 1918Horror Fiction

William Hope Hodgson was a British author who wrote some of the most remarkable weird fiction of the early twentieth century. The House on the Borderland and The Night Land are extraordinary visions of cosmic horror and far-future dissolution. He died in the First World War, cutting short a career that was only beginning to reach its full power.

Works

  • The House on the BorderlandPhilosophical cosmic horror of man witnessing visions of Earth's distant future→
  • The Boats of the Glen CarrigHorror novella of a shipwrecked crew battling giant seaweed monsters→
  • The Ghost PiratesHorror novel of a ship haunted by ghostly apparitions and supernatural terrors→
  • Carnacki the Ghost-FinderCollection of supernatural detection stories featuring psychic investigator Carnacki→
  • The Night LandEpic science fiction depicting humanity's final era on a dying world→
  • Carnacki the Ghost FinderCollection of Carnacki ghost-finder stories investigating supernatural mysteries→
  • The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig'Horror novella depicting a crew's desperate struggle against giant seaweed→

Related

Algernon Blackwood·Arthur Machen·Bram Stoker·H.P. Lovecraft
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