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A series of "ripping yarns" as they'd say in a book such as, well, a book such as this. The tales of a valiant late 19th Century gentleman of leisure, Carnacki, investigating unexplained occurrences about the British Isles. The stories are told in a format similar to that of the Sherlock Holmes tales, in that the narrator is passing on the stories as told by Carnacki.
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From classic novels like "The Ghost Pirates" and "The House on the Borderland" to short stories to even a pair of poems, "The William Hope Hodgson Megapack" presents 35 classic works. Included are:
A NOTE ABOUT HODGSON, by Darrell Schweitzer
NOTES ON HODGSON, by H. P. Lovecraft
THE MYSTERY OF THE DERELICT
A TROPICAL HORROR
OUT OF THE STORM
THE FINDING OF THE "GRAIKEN"
ELOI ELOI LAMA SABACHTHANI
THE TERROR OF THE WATER-TANK
THE ALBATROSS
THE...
4) Carnacki
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William Hope Hodgson was born in Essex, England on November 15th, 1877. Over his short career he produced a large body of work which explored and covered many genres. From horror, to science fiction, to stories on the sea, where he had spent much of his early life. In 1899, at the age of 22, he opened W. H. Hodgson's School of Physical Culture, in Blackburn, England, offering tailored exercise regimes for personal training. Eventually the business...
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Crowning the heights on the outskirts of a certain town on the east coast is a large, iron water-tank from which an isolated row of small villas obtains its supply. The top of this tank has been cemented, and round it have been placed railings, thus making of it a splendid "look-out" for any of the townspeople who may choose to promenade upon it. And very popular it was until the strange and terrible happenings of which I have set out to tell.
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