Library of Weird Fiction

William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918) was a writer of weird fiction. During a span of less than fifteen years, Hodgson wrote four novels and dozens of short stories, establishing himself as a writer of sea horror tales — many of them inspired by his own experiences as a sailor.

This volume features two of Hodgson’s short novels, The House on the Borderland and The Ghost Pirates, along with an array of his short stories. These include tales such as “The Derelict” and “The Voice in the Night,” along with several tales revolving around the psychic detective Thomas Carnacki. The volume concludes with a bibliography of first appearances of all the items included.

The volume is edited by S. T. Joshi. Joshi is the author of The Weird Tale (1990), The Modern Weird Tale (2001), and Unutterable Horror: A History of Supernatural Fiction (2012), and he has prepared editions of the work of H. P. Lovecraft, Lord Dunsany, Arthur Machen, Ambrose Bierce, and other writers.