A splash of something huge resounds through the sea-fog. In the stillness of a dark room, some unspeakable evil is making its approach. n n This new selection offers the most chilling and unsettling of Hodgsons short fiction, from encounters with abominations at sea to fireside tales of otherworldly forces from his inventive `occult detective character Carnacki, the ghost finder. n n A master of conjuring atmosphere, when the horror inevitably arrives it is delivered with breathtaking pace and the authors unique evocation of overwhelming panic. n