The House on the Borderland

Description:

The House on the Borderland is a supernatural horror novel by William Hope Hodgson. He went beyond the existing ghost story and gothic molds, synthesizing a new cosmic horror that made a huge impact on later writers of weird tales, notably H. P. Lovecraft. The two gentlemen Tonnison and Berreggnog head to a village in Ireland for a week's fishing. There they discover the ruins of a strange house and the diary of the house's former occupant, the words on its torn pages hinting at an evil far beyond anything that has existed in this world before.

subjects: Classic Literature,  Fiction,  Horror,  Science Fiction,  Fiction, science fiction, general,  Fiction, fantasy, general,  Ireland, fiction,  Fiction, visionary & metaphysical,  Fiction, horror,  English Fantasy fiction,  Fantasy,  Lovecraftian,  Children's fiction,  Mystery and detective stories

Places: Ireland

Times: Around the turn of the 20th Century but echoes back to a distant past that travels beyond Betelguese.