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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THE MEGAPACK SERIES
MYSTERY
The First Mystery Megapack
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The Achmed Abdullah Megapack
The Bulldog Drummond Megapack*
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The Charlie Chan Megapack*
The Craig Kennedy Scientific Detective Megapack
The Detective Megapack
The Father Brown Megapack
The Girl Detective Megapack
The Second Girl Detective Megapack
The First R. Austin Freeman Megapack
The Second R. Austin Freeman Megapack*
The Third R. Austin Freeman Megapack*
The Jacques Futrelle Megapack
The Anna Katharine Green Mystery Megapack
The Penny Parker Megapack
The Philo Vance Megapack*
The Pulp Fiction Megapack
The Raffles Megapack
The Red Finger Pulp Mystery Megapack, by Arthur Leo Zagat*
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The Victorian Mystery Megapack
The Wilkie Collins Megapack
GENERAL INTEREST
The Adventure Megapack
The Baseball Megapack
The Cat Story Megapack
The Second Cat Story Megapack
The Third Cat Story Megapack
The Third Cat Story Megapack
The Christmas Megapack
The Second Christmas Megapack
The Classic American Short Stories Megapack, Vol. 1.
The Classic Humor Megapack
The Dog Story Megapack
The Doll Story Megapack
The Horse Story Megapack
The Military Megapack
The Pirate Story Megapack
The Sea-Story Megapack
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