The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson is an early weird-fiction novel presented as a manuscript found in Ireland. It tells of an isolated house, its recluse narrator, and visions that range from strange sieges to cosmic journeys beyond ordinary time. It is worth listening to for its unsettling atmosphere and imaginative reach.
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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
THE HOUSE ON
THE BORDERLAND
William Hope Hodgson
From the Manuscript discovered in 1877 by Messrs. Tonnison and
Berreggnog in the Ruins that
lie to the South of the Village of Kraighten, in the West of Ireland. Set out here, with Notes.
I THE FINDING OF THE MANUSCRIPT
II THE PLAIN OF SILENCE
III THE HOUSE IN THE ARENA
IV THE EARTH
V THE THING IN THE PIT
VI THE SWINE-THINGS
VII THE ATTACK
VIII AFTER THE ATTACK
IX IN THE CELLARS
X THE TIME OF WAITING
XI THE SEARCHING OF THE GARDENS
XII THE SUBTERRANEAN PIT
XIII THE TRAP IN THE GREAT CELLAR
XIV THE SEA OF SLEEP
XV THE NOISE IN THE NIGHT
XVI THE AWAKENING
XVII THE SLOWING ROTATION
XVIII THE GREEN STAR
XIX THE END OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM XX THE CELESTIAL GLOBES XXI THE DARK SUN XXII THE DARK NEBULA XXIII PEPPER XXIV THE FOOTSTEPS IN THE GARDEN XXV THE THING FROM THE ARENA XXVI THE LUMINOUS SPECK XXVII CONCLUSION TO MY FATHER (Whose feet tread the lost aeons) Open the door, And listen! Only the wind's muffled roar, And the glisten Of tears 'round the moon. And, in fancy, the tread Of vanishing shoon— Out in the night with the Dead. "Hush! And hark To the sorrowful cry Of the wind in the dark. Hush and hark, without murmur or sigh, To shoon that tread the lost aeons: To the sound that bids you to die.
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