The Collected Fiction of William Hope Hodgson

William Hope Hodgson (1877–1918) English author, disillusioned sailor and bodybuilder. He achieved fame with his weird fiction which fixed horror, science fiction and fantasy to great effect. Despite his writing career being cut short by his death in WWI, his extensive body of work would go on to influence generations of writers.

These five volumes collect all of his published work - each volume starting with one of his novels and then including other stories that fit the general theme. They include an introduction and final notes on the texts and the last volume also presents the "copyright versions" and other alternate releases (plus two counterfeits) making the set about as comprehensive as it is possible to get.

The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" and Other Nautical Adventures

Being the First Volume of the Collected Fiction of William Hope Hodgson, edited by Jeremy Lassen, collects all the series sea fiction of this British fantasist, much of it long unavailable. As the 23 short stories show, Hodgson (1877-1918), best known for his novels of cosmic vision, could write quite successfully for the commercial magazine market of his day. As well as the title novel, it includes:
The Sargasso Sea Stories:
From the Tideless Sea Part One
From the Tideless Sea Part Two: Further News of the Homebird
The Mystery of the Derelict
The Thing in the Weeds
The Finding of the Graiken
The Call In the Dawn
The Exploits Of Captain Gault:
Contraband of War
The Diamond Spy
The Red Herring
The Case of the Chinese Curio Dealer
The Drum of Saccharine
From Information Received
The German Spy
The Problem of the Pearls
The Painted Lady
The Adventure of the Garter
My Lady’s Jewels
Trading with the Enemy
The Plans of the Reefing Bi-Plane
The Adventures of Captain Jat:
The Island of the Ud
The Adventure of the Headland
D. C .O. Cargunka:
The Bells of the “Laughing Sally”
The Adventure with the Claim Jumpers

The House on the Borderland and Other Mysterious Places

The second of a five volume set collecting all of Hodgson's published fiction.As well as the title novel it includes:
Carnacki the Ghost Finder:
The Gateway of the Monster
The House Among the Laurels
The Whistling Room
The Horse of the Invisible
The Searcher of the End House
The Thing Invisible
The Haunted Jarvee
The Find
The Hog
Other Tales of Mystery and Suspense:
The Goddess of Death
The Terror of the Water-Tank
Bullion
The Mystery of the Water-Logged Ship
The Ghosts of the 'Glen Doon'
Mr. Jock Danplank
The Mystery of Captain Chappel
The Homecoming of Captain Dan
Merciful Plunder
The Haunting of the Lady Shannon
Heathen's Revenge

The Ghost Pirates and Other Revenants of the Sea

The third of a five volume set collecting all of Hodgson's published fiction. As well as the title novel, it includes:
Stories of the Sea:
A Tropical Horror
The Voice in the Night
The Shamraken' Homeward-Bounder (aka Homeward Bound)
Out of the Storm
The Albatross
In the Wailing Gully
'Prentices Mutiny
The Real Thing:
On the Bridge
The Derelict
The Island of the Crossbones
How the Honourable Billy Darrell Raided the Wind
The Stone Ship (aka the Mystery of the Ship in the Night)
The Trimming of Captain Dunkan
Regeneration of Captain Bully Keller, (aka The Waterloo of a Hard-Case Skipper)
The Mystery of Missing Ships
We Two and Bully Dunkan
The Haunted 'Pampero'
The Real Thing; 'S.O.S.'
Second Mate of the Buster (aka Jack Grey, Second Mate)
A Fight With a Submarine
Revenants, or Posthumously Published Stories of the Sea :
Demons of the Sea
In The Danger Zone
Old Golly
The Storm
Ships That Go Missing
The Wild Man of the Sea
The Habitants of Middle Islet
The Riven Night
The Heaving of the Log
The Sharks of the St. Elmo (aka Fifty Dead Chinamen All in a Row)
By The Lee
Sailormen

The Night Land & Other Romances

The fourth of a five volume set collecting all of Hodgson's published fiction. As well as the title novel, it includes:
Perilous Romances:
The Captain of the Onion Boat
The Smugglers
In The Wailing Gully
The Girl with the Grey Eyes
Kind, Kind and Gentle Is She
A Timely Escape

The Dream of X and Other Fantastic Visions

This final volume of works by English author, disillusioned sailor and bodybuilder Hodgson (1877–1918) presents 31 strange and unsettling visions of fantasy, horror and future worlds both terrifyingly close to and infinitely removed from our own, including several condensations and alternate versions of Hodgson's best known works. Despite some labored archaisms and obtrusive dialects, the emotional depth of the poignant Valley of Lost Children and the searing Judge Barclay's Wife exemplifies Hodgson's penetrating insight into the abuses society masks beneath its supposed values and ideals, while the eerily Swiftian Date 1965: Modern Warfare, written in 1908, foresees the horrors of the trenches. Today's readers will find it a struggle, but one worth undertaking. As well as the title novel, it includes:
Fantastic Visions:
The Valley of Lost Children
Date 1965: Modern Warfare
My House Shall Be Called the House of Prayer
Judge Barclay’s Wife
The Getting Even of Tommy Dodd
The Sea Horses
How the Honourable Billy Darrell Raised the Wind
The Getting Even of “Parson” Guyles
The Friendship of Monsieur Jeynois
The Inn of the Black Crow
What Happened in the Thunderbolt
How Sir Jerrold Treyn Dealt with the Dutch in Caunston Cove
Jem Binney and the Safe at Lockwood Hall
Diamond Cut Diamond with a Vengeance
Eloi Eloi Lama Sabachthani
The Room of Fear
The Promise
Captain Dang
Captain Dan Danblasten
Copyright Versions:
The Ghost Pirates
Carnacki, the Ghost Finder
“The Dream of X”
Senator Sandy Mac Ghee
The Last Word in Mysteries
The Dumpley Acrostics
Alternate Versions:
An Adventure of the Deep Waters
Captain Gunbolt Charity and the Painted Lady
The Storm
The Crew of the Lancing
Counterfeits:
The Raft
R.M.S. “Empress of Australia”