The Collected Fiction of William Hope Hodgson: The Dream Of X & Other Fantastic Visions (75 page)

“Captain Dan Danblasten” is based on its appearance in
The Wandering Soul
(Tartarus Press, 2005).

“The Ghost Pirates” is a 1909 abridgment of
The Ghost Pirates
(
The Collected Fiction of William Hope Hodgson Volume 3: The Ghost Pirates and Other Revenants of the Sea
), and is based on its appearance in
The Haunted “Pampero”
(Donald M. Grant, 1992).

“Carnacki, the Ghost Finder” is a 1910 condensation of several Carnacki stories (
The Collected Fiction of William Hope Hodgson Volume 2: The House on the Borderlands and Other Mysterious Places
), and is based on its appearance in
Spectral Manifestations
(Bellknapp Books, 1984).

“The Dream of X” is a 1912 abridgment of
The Night Land
(
The Collected Fiction of William Hope Hodgson Volume 4: The Night Land and Other Perilous Romances
), and is based on its appearance in
The Dream of X
(Donald M. Grant, 1977).

“Senator Sandy Mac Ghee” (1914) originally published in U.S. copyright pamphlets. Text provided by Douglas A. Anderson.

“The Last Word in Mysteries” (1914) originally published in U.S. copyright pamphlets. Text provided by Douglas A. Anderson.

“The Dumpley Acrostics” (1914) originally published in U.S. copyright pamphlets. Text provided by Douglas A. Anderson.

“An Adventure of the Deep Waters” is an expanded variant of “The Thing in the Weeds” (
The Collected Fiction of William Hope Hodgson Volume 1: The Boats of the Glen Carrig and Other Nautical Adventures
). It originally appeared in
Short Stories
, Feb. 1916.

“Captain Gunbolt Charity and the Painted Lady” is a May 1916 variant of the Captain Gault story “The Painted Lady”
 
(
The Collected Fiction of William Hope Hodgson Volume 1: The Boats of the Glen Carrig and Other Nautical Adventures
). It is based on its appearance in
Luck of the Strong
(Eveleigh Nash, 1916).

“The Storm” is a variant of “By the Lee” (
The Collected Fiction of William Hope Hodgson Volume 3: The Ghost Pirates and Other Revenants of the Sea
). It originally appeared in
Short Stories,
Dec. 1919, and is based on its appearance in
The Haunted “Pampero”
(Donald M. Grant, 1992).

“The Crew of the Lancing” is a variant of “Demons of the Sea”(
The Collected Fiction of William Hope Hodgson Volume 3: The Ghost Pirates and Other Revenants of the Sea
). It originally appeared in
Over the Edge
, (Arkham House, 1964), and is based on its appearance in
Deep Waters
(Arkham House, 1967).

“The Raft” is an Oct. 1905 counterfeit by C. L. Text provided by Douglas A. Anderson.

“R.M.S. ‘Empress of Australia’” is a 1923 counterfeit. It is based on its appearance in
Terrors of the Sea
(Donald M. Grant, 1996).