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The House on the Borderland

by William Hope HODGSON (1877 - 1918)

11 - The Searching of the Gardens

In 1877, two gentlemen, Messrs Tonnison and Berreggnog, head into Ireland to spend a week fishing in the village of Kraighten. While there, they discover in the ruins of a very curious house a diary of the man who had once owned it. Its torn pages seem to hint at an evil beyond anything that existed on this side of the curtains of impossibility. This is a classic novel that worked to slowly bridge the gap between the British fantastic and supernatural authors of the later 19th century and modern horror fiction. Classic American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft lists this and other works by Hodgson among his greatest influences. (Summary by Wikipedia)

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Listen next episodes of The House on the Borderland:
12 - The Subterranean Pit , 13 - The Trap in the Great Cellar , 14 - The Sea of Sleep , 15 - The Noise in the Night , 16 - The Awakening , 17 - The Slowing Rotation , 18 - The Green Star , 19 - The End of the Solar System , 20 - The Celestial Globes , 21 - The Dark Sun , 22 - The Dark Nebula , 23 - Pepper , 24 - The Footsteps in the Garden , 25 - The Thing From the Arena , 26 - The Luminous Speck , 27 - Conclusion