Dedication and Author's Introduction

The House on the Borderland (Version 2)

by William Hope HODGSON (1877 - 1918)

This story helped propel 19th Century gothic fiction in the direction of “cosmic” horror. In fact, H.P. Lovecraft lists it as among his greatest influences. It begins simply enough: with two friends stumbling upon a ruined and curious house while vacationing in a remote village. After reading the tattered journal of the old recluse who lived there, they are shocked to discover an interdimensional, reality-bending nightmare full of nearly-indescribable horrors that range from demons, to bestial (somewhat Lovecraftian) monsters, and devastating parasitic fungal diseases. - Summary by jvanstan

Listen next episodes of The House on the Borderland (Version 2):
After the Attack , Conclusion , Grief , In the Cellars , Pepper , The Attack , The Awakening , The Celestial Globes , The Dark Nebula , The Dark Sun , The Earth , The End of the Solar System , The Finding of the Manuscript , The Footsteps in the Garden , The Green Star , The House in the Arena , The Luminous Speck , The Noise in the Night , The Plain of Silence , The Sea of Sleep , The Searching of the Gardens , The Slowing Rotation , The Subterranean Pit , The Swine-Things , The Thing from the Arena , The Thing in the Pit , The Time of Waiting , The Trap in the Great Cellar