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The novels and short stories of William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918), though almost entirely unknown during his lifetime, have become some of the most influential early works in fields of literature as diverse as fantasy, science fiction, and horror. Among his small body of longer... Read Full Overview

The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" is a horror novel by William Hope Hodgson, first published in 1907.The novel is written in an archaic style, and is presented as a true account, written in 1757, of events occurring earlier. The narrator is a passenger who was traveling on the ship... Read Full Overview

Another timeless tale of the sea from William Hope Hodgson, this story of horror vividly displays what happens when a ship's crew becomes stranded on an island near a land inhabited by many bizarre and terrible life forms.

William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918) was an English author. He produced a large body of work, consisting of essays, short fiction, and novels, spanning several overlapping genres including horror, fantastic fiction and science fiction. Early in his writing career he dedicated effort... Read Full Overview

Written in an evocative, archaic style, 'The Boats of the "Glen Carrig"' seamlessly blends horror, fantasy and science fiction, in a supernatural shipwreck story that H.P. Lovecraft described it as being full of "brooding menace".

""The Boats of the Glen Carrig"" is a horror/fantasy novel written by William Hope Hodgson. The story follows the journey of a small group of survivors who are shipwrecked on a mysterious island after their vessel, the Glen Carrig, is destroyed by an unknown force. As they struggle... Read Full Overview

The Boats of the Glen Carrig is a horror novel written by William Hope Hodgson. The story follows a group of sailors who are shipwrecked on an unknown island after their vessel, the Glen Carrig, is destroyed by a mysterious underwater creature. The survivors encounter various... Read Full Overview

The Land of Lonesomeness Now we had been five days in the boats, and in all this time made no discovering of land. Then upon the morning of the sixth day came there a cry from the bo'sun, who had the command of the lifeboat, that there was something which might be land afar... Read Full Overview

Now we had been five days in the boats, and in all this time made no discovering of land. Then upon the morning of the sixth day came there a cry from the bo'sun, who had the command of the lifeboat, that there was something which might be land afar upon our larboard bow; but... Read Full Overview

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 a hidden rock in the unknown seas to the Southward. As told by John Winterstraw, Gent., to his son James Winterstraw, in the year 1757,... Read Full Overview

The Boats of the Glen Carrig is a novel written by William Hope Hodgson. It was first published in 1907 and is considered to be one of the earliest examples of the horror genre. The story follows a group of sailors who are shipwrecked on a mysterious island after their vessel,... Read Full Overview

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