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First published in 1910, The Horse of the Invisible tells the tale of Carnacki, a ghost detective investigating the haunting of a country house that threatens the wedding of the Hisgins Family's daughter and her fiance. The source of the apparition must be found before the soon-to-be-wed woman is driven mad, or even to her death. Carnacki does not suspect supernatural forces are at work in this case, but even a ghostbuster can be wrong.

Auf hoher See im Nordpazifik, 1850: Es ist eine dunkle, sternlose Nacht. Ein Segelschiff liegt wegen der anhaltenden Flaute vor Anker. Plötzlich zieht aus heiterem Himmel Dunst auf und hüllt das Schiff immer mehr ein. Im Sichtschutz von Nacht und Nebel nähert sich daraufhin vorsichtig ein Ruderboot, dessen Insasse sich mit verzweifelter Stimme an die Besatzung des Seglers wendet...

"La entrada del monstruo" de William Hope Hodgson es una historia de horror sobrenatural. Relata los espeluznantes acontecimientos que rodearon el encuentro de un barco con una misteriosa criatura de otro mundo que acecha bajo el océano, invocando miedo y pavor.

“The Gateway of the Monster” is a story featuring Thomas Carnacki, a detective who investigates cases of an occult or supernatural nature. It is one of five tales of Carnacki's ghost-hunting exploits that first appeared serially in The Idler magazine in 1910 and were published together with one more as the collection Carnacki the Ghost-Finder in 1913. After a good dinner, Mr. Carnacki relates his experiences of ghost finding to his limited circle of four friends whom he has summoned to his home in Chelsea.

The Voice in the Night is an uncanny story about a ship becalmed in fog in the middle of the Pacific. In the night, the watch hears a voice hailing the ship. It would seem to be a lone man in a rowing boat, but the individual does not wish to be seen. He is starving and urgently wants food - but despite this, he will not approach the ship and vehemently rejects the idea of being rescued. Instead they have to float some provisions out to him in a crate, which he takes off to a nearby island where his fiancée is dying of hunger.

The sea is a lonely place, particularly when your ship was blown off course and disabled. William Hope Hodgson takes this scenario and adds the discovery of a derelict ship floating near you. Of course you would go investigate wouldn't you? The captain and part of the crew - including the ship's doctor, who is telling the story - visit this enticing phantom. They find the ship inhabited by a living mold that had been lying dormant just waiting for its next meal.

William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918) was an English author. He produced a large body of work including horror, fantastic fiction, and science fiction stories. 'The Baumoff Explosive' (sometimes known as 'Eloi, Eloi, Lama Sabachthani') was first published in 1919. This story is one of Hodgson's most powerful and disturbing and is especially relevant to modern times because of its themes of blasphemy, religious mania, obsession with the crucifixion of Jesus, and suicide bombing.

William Hope Hodgson wrote "The Terror of the Water-Tank" in 1907 and the story has been published in several pulp magazines since then. Mike Vendetti has taken this story and turned it into an engrossing audiobook. The story takes place in England where 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 around it have been placed railings, thus making it a splendid "look-out" for townspeople who may choose to promenade upon it.

The world since earliest times has always had spies. Information is a valuable commodity and even more so in times of war or tension. Many authors and poets have had real life incarnations as spies from Christopher Marlowe and Aphra Behn to Daniel Defoe. But it’s a dangerous game. Working in a murky, secretive world where any trust given could be at the expense of your life.

En una antigua mansión, el dormitorio conocido como el Cuarto Gris fue el sitio de un espeluznante asesinato hace generaciones. Carnacki es convocado para investigar un a espíritu ruidoso que arranca la ropa de cama y golpea las puertas. La manifestación es mucho más poderosa de lo que él esperaba, y pasa una noche miserable, aterrorizado dentro de su Pentagrama Eléctrico mientras una horrible aparición en forma de una mano humana acecha sus defensas. Al día siguiente, Carnacki encuentra el legendario "Anillo de la suerte", y lo lleva con él en el pentagrama.

In this collection of short stories some of our most popular and well-known authors are grouped together with an unfortunate tag: dead at 40. These authors are not run-of-the-mill or ten a penny; many are literary leviathans who left enduring works of literature and sadly may have left us many more had they lived. We will never know.

Hodgson’s finest short story is set at sea, where one dark, starless night a schooner is hailed by a voice from a nearby rowing boat. The passenger refuses to bring his craft alongside and insists that the crew put away their lantern. He has approached them to beg for food for his fiancée, who he has left behind upon an island, but dares not come any closer. The crew float a box of food to him, and with heartfelt thanks he rows away. But three hours later he returns....

“The Thing Invisible” is a story featuring Thomas Carnacki, a detective who investigates cases of an occult or supernatural nature. It is one of five tales of Carnacki's ghost hunting exploits that first appeared serially in The Idler magazine in 1910 and were published together with one more as a collection Carnacki the Ghost-Finder in 1913. After a good dinner, Mr. Carnacki relates his experiences of ghost-finding to his limited circle of four friends whom he has summoned to his home in Chelsea.

Carnacki enfrenta quizás su más poderoso adversario: un inquietante espíritu de un cerdo de gigantescas proporciones que intenta entrar en nuestro mundo, y que se manifiesta como una serie de terribles pesadillas. Él está equipado con una nueva variante de su pentagrama eléctrico con los tubos de los colores del arco iris. Cuando se conecta a la cabeza del soñador estos tubos fluctúan en color y en la intensidad de la luz. Carnacki toma fotografías los tubos en una tira de papel de lento movimiento que desarrolla especialmente para crear imágenes de en alto relieve.

De acuerdo con la tradición familiar de los Higgins, toda primogénita es acosada por un caballo fantasmal durante su noviazgo. Esta historia ha sido considerada una leyenda, pero ahora por primera vez en siete generaciones, una mujer es la primogénita y su prometido ha terminado con un brazo roto después de un ataque por un asaltante misterioso. Se le pide entonces a Carnacki que investigar. Él y la mujer, Mary y su prometido, Beaumont, escuchan el golpeteo de cascos en la noche, pero no se ve ningún caballo.

Una mansión abandonada en Irlanda muestra signos de estar embrujada, incluyendo lo que parece ser el goteo de sangre desde el techo, y varios hombres que han sido encontrados muertos dentro la casa. ¿Es una broma o una aparición? Carnacki recluta a un grupo de hombres locales corpulentos para investigar, junto con varios perros, y tratan de pasar la noche dentro de la mansión. Durante su Odisea las puertas se azotan, se apaga el fuego, un perro muere y el grupo huye de la casa aterrorizado.

William Hope Hodgson, pese a ser uno de los escritores de terror más interesantes del siglo XX, se encuentra sumido en un injusto olvido.

Von 1973 bis 1990 strahlte Sender Freies Berlin (SFB) die beliebte Hörfunksendung "Nur für starke Nerven" (ab 1987 unter dem Namen "Die Mitternachtsstory") aus. Der Schauspieler Friedrich Schoenfelder las darin Grusel- und Kriminalgeschichten für Erwachsene zur guten Nacht vor. Bezeichnenderweise schlug er selbst 1972 der Unterhaltungsabteilung des SFB vor, eine Sendereihe zu starten, in der von ihm redaktionell ausgewählte Gruselgeschichten zu Gehör kommen sollten.

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Carnacki a accepté d'aller étudier un problème de maison hantée dans une demeure peu éloignée de Londres. Trois personnes y ont trouvé la mort un siècle et demi plus tôt, étranglées dans la chambre grise. Toutes les nuits, la porte de cette chambre, bien que fermée à clef, s'ouvre et se referme brutalement et on y ressent une présence hostile.