The House on the Borderland is a supernatural horror novel by British fantasist William Hope Hodgson. Blending the realms of science fiction and horror, the novel tells a story of an old recluse who experiences strange, otherworldly horrors in his home, situated in a desolate, awe-inspiring wilderness.

Titlepage

Imprint

Foreword

Dedication

Author’s Introduction to the Manuscript

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

Grief

The House on the Borderland

Endnotes

Colophon

Uncopyright

fiction

horror

science_fiction