This fused together his passion for sleuthing and interest in the Occult. One of his most memorable creations was his Carnacki, Supernatural Detective creation. He wrote novels, poetry and many, many short stories, including series on the Sargasso Sea and Captain Gault. It was the beginning of an intensely creative period in his life. In 1904 came his first short story ‘The Goddess of Death’. An article in 1903 ‘Physical Culture versus Recreative Exercises’ led the way into fiction writing. Hodgson's School of Physical Culture, in Blackburn, offering tailored exercise regimes for personal training.Įventually the business shut down and he immersed himself in writing.
From horror, to science fiction, to stories on the sea, where he had spent much of his early life. Over his short career he produced a large body of work which explored and covered many genres. William Hope Hodgson was born in Essex, England, on November 15th, 1877.
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