Description:
A diary discovered in the ruins of a remote house tells of a recluse who finds himself confronted by increasingly unearthly events that build to an astounding climax. The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson is a classic of horror fantasy and one of the most extravagantly imaginative novels of its era.
Brief description:
William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918) was a British author and poet best known for his works of macabre fiction. Early experience as a sailor gave resonance to his novels of the supernatural at sea, The Ghost Pirates and The Boats of the Glen-Carrig, but The House on the Borderland and The Night Land are often singled out for their powerful depiction of eerie, otherworldly horror. The author was a man of many parts, a public speaker, photographer and early advocate of bodybuilding. He was killed in action during the Battle of the Lys in the First World War.