The House on the Borderland

William Hope Hodgson

• Publisher: Mint Editions
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781513266596, 9781513220383
• eBook ISBN: 9781513267036

A house seemingly disconnected in time and space becomes the setting for brutal conflict between the hapless homeowner and a collection of grotesque semi-human creatures in this landmark of fantasy and horror.

The House on the Borderland is the account of a man, known only as the recluse, who moves into a remote and shunned house and unwittingly finds himself suspended between worlds, traveling through time, and fighting for his life against a siege of misshapen monstrosities. The author's sweeping imagination evokes a wide variety of fantastical effects, from eerie intimations of the weird to vivid manifestations of supernatural horror, from fabulous glimpses of otherworldly landscapes to direct combat with non-human assailants of murderous intent. First published in 1908, the novel quickly acquired a reputation as a rare and visionary example of cosmic horror that would influence and draw praise from H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Olaf Stapleton and others. As gripping and surreal as a fever dream, The House on the Borderland remains one of the most transporting destinations in literature.

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Author’s Introduction to the Manuscript
• I. The Finding of the Manuscript
• II. The Plain of Silence
• III. The House in the Arena
• IV. The Earth
• V. The Thing in the Pit
• VI. The Swine-Things
• VII. The Attack
• VIII. After the Attack
• IX. In the Cellars
• X. The Time of Waiting
• XI. The Searching of the Gardens
• XII. The Subterranean Pit
• XIII. The Trap in the Great Cellar
• XIV. The Sea of Sleep
• XV. The Noise in the Night
• XVI. The Awakening
• XVII. The Slowing Rotation
• XVIII. The Green Star
• XIX. The End of the Solar System
• XX. The Celestial Globes
• XXI. The Dark Sun
• XXII. The Dark Nebula
• XXIII. Pepper
• XXIV. The Footsteps in the Garden
• XXV. The Thing from the Arena
• XXVI. The Luminous Speck
• XXVII. Conclusion
• A Note About the Author
• A Note from the Publisher