The two stories of most interest in a DW context are 'The Gateway of the Monster' and 'The Whistling Room' (both first published in 1910).
In the stories, Caracki periodically invites four friends to come round and hear of his exploits, and each short story recounts one of these exploits. The six were first published between 19 in The Idler magazine and The New Magazine, and were subsequently published in book form as 'Carnacki the Ghost Finder' in 1913. Nine short stories featuring 'Carnacki the Ghost Hunter', of which six were published in Hodgson's lifetime, and the rest posthumously. Of principal interest in the current context, although DW owned copies of all of his works, are his He wrote five novels and a large number of short stories before his death on active service in World War One (he was killed by an artillery shell at Ypres in April 1918). He started writing in 1903, at first factual articles about physical culture, and progressing into poetry and fiction. He spent a lot of time on personal exercise (in part for self defence) and set up a School of Physical Culture on his return to England.
William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918) was an author who produced essays, short stories, poems and novels in a series of overlapping genres including horror, fantastic fiction and science fiction.Īlthough well educated, Hodgson ran away to sea and spent several years on merchant ships, eventually obtaining his mate's certificate.
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