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The Ghost Pirates is a horror novel by English writer William Hope Hodgson, first published in 1909. In it, Hodgson never describes in any remarkable details the ghosts - if this is indeed what they are, since their true nature is left ambiguous - he merely reports on their gradual... Read Full Overview

The Mortzestus is reputed to be haunted but the crew dismisses the rumors as preposterous -- at first. Two weeks out of port the rigging suddenly goes slack, a ghostly form arises from the sea, and shadows thicken around the vessel. The frightened sailors, convinced that... Read Full Overview

When I asked fellows to give it a name they generally could not. All they could tell me was that she was unlucky and made thundering long passages and had no more than a fair share of dirty weather.

Meet Jessop. He is the sole survivor of the ill-fated final voyage of the ship, Mortzestus. When he's rescued from the sea by the crew of the Sangier, he tells them what happened to the Mortzestus when it encountered what may have been ghosts or interdimensional beings. The dialect... Read Full Overview

The Ghost Pirates is a classic horror novel written by William Hope Hodgson. It tells the story of a young sailor named Jessop who signs up to work on a doomed ship called the Mortzestus. The ship is rumored to be haunted by ghostly pirates who have been terrorizing the crew... Read Full Overview

The Ghost Pirates is a classic horror novel written by William Hope Hodgson. The story follows the crew of the merchant ship Mortzestus as they sail through the Sargasso Sea, a region notorious for its treacherous waters and mysterious disappearances. As the crew navigates through... Read Full Overview

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

The Ghost Pirates is a classic horror novel written by William Hope Hodgson. The story follows the crew of the sailing ship, Mortzestus, as they embark on a journey across the Atlantic Ocean. However, the crew soon begins to experience strange occurrences and unexplained phenomena,... Read Full Overview

The Ghost Pirates is a novel by William Hope Hodgson, first published in 1909. The economic style of writing has led horror writer Robert Weinberg to describe the Ghost Pirates as "one of the finest examples of the tightly written novel ever published." In it, Hodgson never describes... Read Full Overview

Meet Jessop. He is the sole survivor of the ill-fated final voyage of the ship, Mortzestus. When he's rescued from the sea by the crew of the Sangier, he tells them what happened to the Mortzestus when it encountered what may have been ghosts or interdimensional beings. The dialect... Read Full Overview

William Hope Hodgson was an English author and sailor who wrote a large quantity of works, primarily fiction. Hodgson was influential in various genres, including fantasy, horror, and sea tales, despite being killed fighting during World War I at the age of 40.

"The Ghost Pirates" from William Hope Hodgson. English author (1877-1918).

The novel is presented as the transcribed testimony of Jessop, who we ultimately discover is the only survivor of the final voyage of the Mortzestus, having been rescued from drowning by the crew of the passing Sangier. It begins with Jessop's recounting how he came to be aboard... Read Full Overview

The Ghost Pirates by William Hope Hodgson The captivating tale of the ship "Mortzestus," an unlucky vessel haunted by "too many shadows." The unifying theme seems to be the dreadful forces that lurk just beneath the veneer of what we, in immense folly, believe to be "reality."... Read Full Overview