The William Hope Hodgson Megapack. Уильям Хоуп Ходжсон

      

      Contents

      COPYRIGHT INFO 4

      A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER 5

      THE MEGAPACK SERIES 7

      A NOTE ABOUT HODGSON, by Darrell Schweitzer 13

      NOTES ON HODGSON, by H. P. Lovecraft 17

      THE MYSTERY OF THE DERELICT 20

      A TROPICAL HORROR 33

      OUT OF THE STORM 44

      THE FINDING OF THE “GRAIKEN” 49

      ELOI ELOI LAMA SABACHTHANI 71

      THE TERROR OF THE WATER-TANK 89

      THE ALBATROSS 105

      THE HAUNTING OF THE LADY SHANNON 120

      THE SHAMRAKEN HOMEWARD-BOUNDER 135

      ON THE BRIDGE 148

      THE CAPTAIN OF THE ONION BOAT 152

      THE WEED MEN 165

      THE SEA HORSES 176

      MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED THE HOUSE OF PRAYER 200

      FROM THE TIDELESS SEA 209

      THROUGH THE VORTEX OF A CYCLONE 255

      THE DERELICT 282

      THE BAUMOFF EXPLOSIVE 309

      DEMONS OF THE SEA 327

      JACK GREY, SECOND MATE 338

      THE STONE SHIP 378

      THE THING IN THE WEEDS 409

      THE VOICE IN THE NIGHT 424

      THE GATEWAY OF THE MONSTER (Carnacki the Ghost Finder No. 1) 438

      THE HOUSE AMONG THE LAURELS (Carnacki the Ghost Finder No. 2) 459

      THE WHISTLING ROOM (Carnacki the Ghost Finder No. 3) 479

      THE HORSE OF THE INVISIBLE (Carnacki the Ghost Finder No. 4) 497

      THE SEARCHER OF THE END HOUSE (Carnacki the Ghost Finder No. 5) 523

      THE THING INVISIBLE (Carnacki the Ghost Finder No. 6) 549

      THE GHOST PIRATES 574

      THE HOUSE ON THE BORDERLAND 713

      THE BOATS OF THE “GLEN CARRIG” 838

      GREY SEAS ARE DREAMING OF MY DEATH (poem) 980

      COPYRIGHT INFO

      The William Hope Hodgson Megapack is copyright © 2014 by Wildside Press. Published by Wildside Press LLC. All rights reserved. Cover art copyright © 2014 by Saiheng / Fotolia.com

      “A Note About Hodgson,” by Darrell Schweitzer, is copyright © 2005 by Wildside Press. “Notes on Hodgson,” by H. P. Lovecraft, is taken from Supernatural Horror in Literature, first published in 1927 in The Recluse and later revised circa 1933–1934.

      A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER

      Just a quick note for this volume; the essay on Hodgson by author Darrell Schweitzer and the introduction by H.P. Lovecraft (extracted from Supernatural Horror in Literature) are fairly definitely assesments of the author and his classic works.

      Enjoy.

      —John Betancourt, Publisher

      Wildside Press LLC

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