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Carnacki the Ghost Finder [MultiFormat]
by William Hope Hodgson
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Six tales of Carnacki the Ghost Finder--tales of the outré, the unexpected, and the unexplained from a renowned master of the macabre, William Hope Hodgson. (Published: 2002)
Words: 55420 - Reading Time: 158-221 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Carnacki, Ghost Finder: The Classic of Supernatural Terrors [MultiFormat]
by William Hope Hodgson
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"OUR BEST WRITER OF GHOST STORIES!" Steven King was influenced by the work of William Hope Hodgson, while horror maestro H. P. Lovecraft hailed Carnacki, Ghost Finder as a work of "undeniable power [that] affords glimpses of the peculiar genius characteristic of the author," and hailed the author, writing that "Few can equal him in adumbrating the nearness of nameless forces and monstrous besieging entities through casual hints and insignificant details, or in conveying feelings of the spectral ... more info>>
Words: 78264 - Reading Time: 223-313 min.
Category: Horror/Classic Literature
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The Ghost Pirates [MultiFormat]
by William Hope Hodgson
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THIS HORROR TALE GAVE LOVECRAFT CHILLS The Ghosts Pirates is "one of the greatest supernatural stories of the sea, written by probably the greatest writer of horror at sea who ever lived. It is a literary feat of the first magnitude." Relentless doom and grisly death are the fate of a doomed ship when it crosses the path of a ghostly vessel manned by the living dead. One by one the narrator watches his fellows disappear in the night, until he and the ships' captain and doctor resolve on a desper... more info>> (Published: 2004)
Words: 48220 - Reading Time: 137-192 min.
Category: Horror/Dark Fantasy
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The House on the Borderland [MultiFormat]
by William Hope Hodgson
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Classic Haunted House Novel in the Lovecraft Tradition More terrifying than Steven King, more unsettling than Peter Straub, The House on the Borderland is the ultimate haunted house story. Horror grandmaster H. P. Lovecraft hailed it as "something unique in literature ... everywhere there is manifest the author's power to suggest vague, ambushed horrors in natural scenery ... a classic of the first water." Editor/Writer/publisher Donald A. Wollheim called it "a classic no one who enjoys imaginat... more info>> (Published: 2001)
Words: 75000 - Reading Time: 214-300 min.
Category: Horror/Science Fiction
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