Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder
Carnacki the Ghost-Finder is a collection of occult detective short stories by English writer William Hope Hodgson, featuring the titular protagonist. It was first published in 1913 by the English publisher Eveleigh Nash. In 1947, a new edition of 3,050 copies was published by Mycroft & Moran and included three additional stories (the last three listed below). In 1951 Ellery Queen covered the Mycroft & Moran version as No. 53 in Queen's Quorum: A History of the Detective-Crime Short Story As Revealed by the 100 Most Important Books Published in this Field Since 1845.[2]
 Dust-jacket for Carnacki the Ghost-Finder (1947), illustrated by Frank Utpatel | |
| Author | William Hope Hodgson |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Florence Briscoe (1910 serial)[1] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Series | Carnacki |
| Genre | Supernatural fiction, detective fiction |
| Publisher | Eveleigh Nash (1913), Mycroft & Moran (1947) |
Publication date | 1913, expanded 1947 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 288, 241 |
| OCLC | 13117415 |
For several decades subsequent to the Mycroft and Moran edition, Carnacki collections routinely if not always contained all nine stories. Project Gutenberg Ebook #10832 (2004) contains only the first six stories, however, and arranges them in sequence of their 1910 and 1912 magazine publication. Some other publications follow Project Gutenberg, perhaps using its text.
Contents
Carnacki the Ghost-Finder contains the following tales:
- "The Gateway of the Monster", the first story published, January 1910[1]
- "The House Among the Laurels"
- "The Whistling Room"
- "The Horse of the Invisible"
- "The Searcher of the End House"
- "The Thing Invisible"
- "The Hog"
- "The Haunted Jarvee"
- "The Find"
References
- "Carnacki the Ghost Finder", "No. 1: The Gateway of the Monster" to "No. 5: The Searcher of the End House". The Idler. January, February, March, April, and June 1910.
- Ellery Queen (1951). Queen's Quorum: A History of the Detective-crime Short Story as Revealed in the 106 Most Important Books Published in this Field Since 1845. Biblo & Tannen Publishers. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-8196-0229-9.
Further reading
- Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc. pp. 22–23. ISBN 1-55742-005-X.
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 (PDF ebook). Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 844.
- Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. pp. 177–178. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
- Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 149–150. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.
External links
- Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder at Project Gutenberg
Carnacki, the Ghost Finder public domain audiobook at LibriVox- Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database