William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918) wrote many classic of supernatural horror including THE HOUSE ON THE BORDERLAND, THE NIGHT LAND, "The Voice in the Night", "From the Tideless Sea" as well as creating CARNACKI, THE GHOST-FINDER. Since 1992, Sam Gafford has been at the fore-front of Hodgson criticism and scholarship. This book combines several of his most important essays along with newer articles about Hodgson's life and work. Included here is the ground-breaking essay, "Writing Backwards: The Novels of William Hope Hodgson" that led to a completely new evaluation of Hodgson's novels with the revolutionary claim that THE NIGHT LAND was actually the FIRST novel that Hodgson ever wrote! An in-depth investigation of Hodgson's infamous with Harry Houdini in 1902 is the subject of "Houdini v Hodgson: The Blackburn Challenge". This collection provides a foundation for further criticism and study of Hodgson's life and career.

Hodgson: A Collection of Essays by Sam Gafford

Literature & Fiction

Gafford, Sam

Genre Fiction

Ulthar Press

The second issue of SARGASSO: The Journal of William Hope Hodgson Studies is now available. This issue includes more articles about Hodgson's life and work as well as fiction, poetry and art inspired by this legendary writer. Contents include:“Under the Skin: A Profile of William Hope Hodgson” by Jane Frank“Carnacki Pastiche: A Bibliography” by James Bojaciuk“Contemporary Views: Pieces on William Hope Hodgson from the Idler and the Bookman” by Phillip A. Ellis“A Home on the Borderland: William Hope Hodgson and Borth” by Mark Valentine“A Concluding Oink: An Abnormal Flight of Fancy” by James Bojaciuk“Foreshadowing Carnacki: Algernon Blackwood’s ‘Smith: An Episode in a Lodging House” by Joseph Hinton“Dust and Atoms: The Influence of William Hope Hodgson on Clark Ashton Smith” by Scott ConnorsPoetry“Dead Seamen Gone in Search of the Same Landfall” by Phillip A. Ellis“House on the Borderland I &amp; II” by Charles Lovecraft“Come, Dream of the Ocean” by Phillip A. Ellis“Ocean Rain” by Phillip A. Ellis“The Devil Mists, What Do They Hide?” by Charles Lovecraft“Coral Seas” by Phillip A. Ellis“The Burning Ship” by Phillip A. Ellis“And the Worried Waters Laughed” by Charles LovecraftFiction“Low the Ascomycotan Sky” by Deborah Walker“The Flames of the Drakkar” by John B. Ford“After ‘The Voice in the Night’” by Laurie Needell“The Shop on the Borderland” by Robb BordersWith full color cover and back cover by Robert H. Knox. The first issue sold out quickly so demand for this second issue will be high!

Sargasso #2: The Journal of William Hope Hodgson Studies

History & Criticism

During the short period from the early 80s through the 90s, a small group of dedicated fans and scholars worked diligently to bring more understanding to the life and work of H. P. Lovecraft. These people were known, informally, as ‘The Providence Pals’. Working in a time when Lovecraft was still widely unknown and little noticed by literary circles, this group pioneered new research and blazed a path for the eventual acknowledgement of Lovecraft as a major literary writer and thinker of the 20th century. ‘The Providence Pals’ included many who would go on to become leading figures in the scholarship of Lovecraft’s life and work. They were S. T. Joshi, Marc Michaud, Jason Eckhardt, Donald R. Burleson, Peter Cannon, Steven J. Mariconda, Robert M. Price, Will Murray, Mollie Burleson, Robert H. Knox, Ken Neily and Sam Gafford. For a brief, shining moment, these people came together in friendship and a common desire to advance Lovecraft’s cause. In this book, learn what the group meant to these individuals and sample some of their writings. This volume is a celebration of those times and these people for we are all, in a sense, ‘Providence Pals’.

Providence Pals: Memories and Miscellany

Price, Robert M.

Cannon, Peter

Murray, Will

JOSHI, S.T.

Mariconda, Steven J.

Michaud, Marc

Burleson, Don

Eckhardt, Jason

Burleson, Mollie

Literary

Even Carnacki, the great ‘Ghost-Finder’, himself has cases that he will not speak about. In these 12 tales, we learn the details of those ‘Lost Cases’ that Carnacki talked about only in hushed whispers. Learn the truth behind “The Steeple Monster Case”, the horror of “The Grunting Man”, the creeping terror of “The Grey Dog” and so much more. When you have learned the truth behind these cases, you may find yourself haunted as well!

CARNACKI: The Lost Cases

Grant, John Linwood

Meikle, William

Reynolds, Josh

HOWARD, John

McNamee, Paul R.

Kidd, A. F.

Rutledge, Charles R.

Gracey, James

Shape-shifters, skin-walkers, werewolves - the beasts go by many names and take on many different forms. Some fight the curse, others relish the freedom as they stalk and consume their human prey. Sixteen terrifying new stories from today's modern masters of literary horror featuring tortured souls with thoughts dark and twisted... and flesh like smoke.

Flesh Like Smoke

Goodfellow, Cody

Schweitzer, Darrell

Waggoner, Tim

Morgan, Christine

Stone, Sam

Walters, Damien Angelica

Erdelac, Edward M.

April Moon Books

Strange Detective Mysteries is a science-fiction fantasy where several of the leading creative minds of the early 1900s are brought together to look into the death of Edgar Allen Poe and discover a conspiracy that threatens to destroy all time and reality in this techno science fiction thriller. The saga begins with famed Western lawman Bat Masterson summoned to a mysterious meeting in 1902 New York City. Upon arriving, he finds several others have been summoned. These men are some of the most brilliant minds of the new century; H. G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, Harry Houdini and Nikola Tesla. When they are finally greeted by their aged host, Robert Tyler, they find that this rich patron has brought them together to solve the mystery of the murder of America’s foremost literary genius, Edgar Allan Poe. "AWESOME steampunk murder mystery!" - Steampunk Works. "A true gem with surprising twists and turns, leaving you wanting more!" - Once Upon A Time Books.

Strange Detective Mysteries

Comics & Graphic Novels

Pavlet, Terry

Graphic Novels

Caliber Comics

Never Disturb the Dead Mummies. They have slept for centuries, and yet they do not rest. By ancient ritual, by violence or by accident, they have been left for dead, but they are not at peace. Join New Pulp luminaries Barry Reese, Teel James Glenn, Sam Gafford, Duane Spurlock, John C. Bruening and Nancy Hansen as they unwrap tales of ancient mummies who endure the centuries to mete out a dark vengeance and balance the eternal scales. Peer into the ancient tombs in every dark corner of the globe and prepare for an evil that is RESTLESS.

Restless: An Anthology of Mummy Horror

Bruening, John C.

Hansen, Nancy

Reese, Barry

Glenn, Teel James

Spurlock, Duane

Flinch Books

COME ONE, COME ALL!Step right up, ladies and gentlemen! Marvel at the performers! Gasp in amazement at their death-defying feats! Gaze at the wondrous curiosities arrayed before you! In 1956, the Henderson & Ross Royal Circus is one of the last traveling shows of its kind, crossing the country by rail to entertain cities and towns with its amazing and varied acts. Beneath the Big Top, the circus performers play their parts for their spellbound audience, but their stories don't end when the lights go dim...BIG TOP TALES offers up six stories of daring drama spotlighting a handful of the Henderson & Ross Circus' most important players: The Ringmaster! The Trapeze Artist! The Knife Thrower! The Human Skeleton! The Elephant Lady! The Boy!Buy your ticket for a front row seat as New Pulp luminaries Frank Schildiner, John McColley, Frank Angelo, Jr., Sam Gafford, Rocko Jerome, and Nick Ahlhelm usher you into a world of mystery and adventure under the Big Top!Concept and characters created by Jim Beard

Big Top Tales

Schildiner, Frank

McColley, John A.

Ahlhelm, Nicholas

Angelo Jr., Ralph L.

Jerome, Rocko

Action & Adventure

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

The third issue of SARGASSO: The Journal of William Hope Hodgson Studies is now available. This issue includes more articles about Hodgson's life and work as well as fiction, poetry and art inspired by this legendary writer. Contents include: “A Particular Phase of Constructive Thought: Hodgson’s Theory of Novels”by Joseph Hinton“Utter Quiet in All the Land: A Recurring Motif” by Ryan Jefferson “The House on the Borderland: The Ultimate Horror Novel” by Liam Garriock“Ye Hogge”: Liminality and the Motif of the Monstrous Pig in Hodgson’s “The Hog” and The House on the Borderland”By Leigh Blackmore“The House on the Burren: The Physical and Psychological Foundations of The House on the Borderland”by Joseph Hinton“Terminal Eden: The Last Redoubt and the Closure of History”by Brett Davidson“The Beautiful Mirdath”By Charles Danny Lovecraft“From a Mariner on the Glen Carrig”“Night Land—And What I Saw”by Charles Lovecraft “Corpse-Light” by Josh Reynolds“A Hideous Communion” by James Gracey

Sargasso #3: The Journal of William Hope Hodgson Studies

In 1975, young Bill Simmons is the new kid in New Milford. Bullied and struggling for acceptance, he meets four other boys who form the ‘the Cemetery League’, a group devoted to the weird, exotic and bizarre in movies, comics and television. Each boy carries their own secrets which combine to come to a violent and fiery conclusion in a lonely Connecticut forest. Now, nearly forty years later, the events of that night come back to haunt Bill Simmons as, one by one, the members of the Cemetery League are targeted by an unknown force that may have unnatural links to their past. Has something, or someone, come to exact a bloody vengeance? And how is it linked to a serial killer’s twenty year spree throughout the Nutmeg State? To answer these questions, Bill Simmons will have to face his greatest fears and the failure that destroyed his life and left him a hopeless alcoholic. But will it be enough?

The House of Nodens

Bailey, Michael

Mandible, Miss

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