The Ghost Pirates

William Hope Hodgson

Summary

\"The Ghost Pirates\" is a gripping novel by William Hope Hodgson, first published in 1909. Set aboard a haunted ship, the story follows a crew tormented by malevolent supernatural forces that threaten their sanity and lives. Hodgson\'s atmospheric descriptions and skillful characterizations create an eerie and suspenseful narrative, immersing readers in a chilling world of maritime horror.

Available since: 05/31/2023.

Print length: 147 pages.

Other books that might interest you

The High Seas

Elinor Mordaunt

A short story from the British Library Tales of the Weird collection From the Depths. Twins are supposed to be similar, but the Yeld brothers could not be more different and they detest each other. But then jealousy and rivalry bubble over when they both fall for Ivy Dene and a deep-sea mission turns deadly…

Show book

The Great God Pan

Arthur Machen

"one of the best horror stories ever written. Maybe the best in the English language." - Stephen King  
A tense and creepy horror story, The Great God Pan revolves around the mysterious "Mrs Vaughan" and the tide of death she leaves in her wake. Can she be stopped? What connection does she have to a certain illegal experiment performed some twenty years earlier? Or horrendous goings on at a sleepy welsh rural village? Inspired by his experiences at the ruins of a pagan temple in Wales. "The Great God Pan" received positive approval from Oscar Wilde, Lovecraft and others, and is considered a Horror Masterpiece.  
Narrated by Michael Ward.

Show book

A Season of Monstrous Conceptions

Lina Rather

An eldritch historical fantasy of midwifery, monstrosity, and the rending of the world, for fans of The Essex Serpent and The Death of Jane Lawrence. 
 
In seventeenth-century London, unnatural babies are being born with eyes made for the dark and webbed digits suited to the sea. 
 
Sarah Davis is intimately familiar with such strangeness. Having fled her old life under suspicious circumstances to start over in the city as a midwife’s apprentice, she’d hoped to leave such uncanniness far behind. But with each new unnatural birth she attends, the greater the fear in London grows of the Devil’s work. 
 
When the wealthy Lady Faith hires her to see her through her pregnancy, Sarah quickly becomes a favorite of her husband, the famous architect Sir Christopher Wren, whose interest in the uncanny borders on obsession. Sarah soon finds herself caught in a web of magic and intrigue created by those who want to use her power for themselves, and whose pursuits threaten to unmake the earth itself.

Show book

The White Ship

H.P. Lovecraft

Brought to you by Altrusian Grace Media and narrated by Matthew Schmitz. 
"The White Ship" is a horror short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was first published in The United Amateur (Volume 19) #2, November 1919, and later appeared in the March 1927 issue of Weird Tales. Basil Elton, a lighthouse keeper, engages in a peculiar fantasy in which a bearded man in robes is piloting a mystical white ship which appears when the moon is full. Elton walks across the water on a bridge of moonbeams, joins the bearded man on the ship, and together they explore a mystical chain of islands unlike anything that can be found on Earth.

Show book

Queer Ghost Stories Volume Two

Foxglove Lee

Who needs sleep? Not you! You’d rather stay up late reading these spine-chilling ghost stories!In these three tales of the paranormal, trans, lesbian, bisexual, non-binary and gay characters encounter the supernatural… with blood-curdling results! Get ready for a fright with three stories from Foxglove Lee’s Queer Ghost Stories series! If moths could kill… In our first story, The Moths, Shay knows her girlfriend Olivia won’t take it well when she finds out an old flame has died. All these years later, he still holds a sordid but special place in her heart. When Olivia pulls his moth-eaten sweater from the back of her closet, she feels the past close at hand. But closer still are the moths. They swarm and surround her, quickly taking over her bedroom… but will they take her very life?“Transgender Psychic Fights for Ghost Rights!” When a local tabloid gets its grubby paws on Whitney’s story, in Underground Spirit, she doesn’t know what to do. Is she trans? Sure, and a lawyer to boot. But is she also psychic? Not really. Except that the ghost of a girl who died in a gruesome escalator accident has been following her around town. When a handsome banker comes to the young lawyer’s rescue, can they figure out why this dead girl won’t leave Whitney alone? Or will the terror never end?In Ghost Phone, Braden has never had much in common with his stepfather, but that changes when he buys an antique telephone for Father’s Day. The old phone is haunted! Every night, it rings like clockwork. And who is on the line? A ghostly woman who says only, “Operator! Help! My son!” Can Braden and Leon figure out who this ghost woman was in life? And can they help her find peace in the great beyond?Delve into three tales of the paranormal by Foxglove Lee… if you dare!

Show book

The Great God Pan

Arthur Machen

An experimental surgery. A plague of suicides. Through layering pieces of testimony, the connection between these events leads to a startling conclusion.  
Inspired by a trip to a graveyard in Wales, the novella was originally not well received. The Great God Pan is now considered an excellent example of Gothic fiction, and has influenced such writers as Bram Stoker, H.P. Lovecraft, Stephen King, and Ray Bradbury.

Show book