The Ghost Pirates and Other Revenants of the Sea

As with any collection of short stories, some are better than others. What is unique about Hodgson is that most of the stories take place at sea, rather than the typical gothic mansions and foggy cityscapes of his contemporaries. The short novel included in this collection (The Ghost Pirates) was my favorite of the collection, although the ending was somewhat anticlimactic. Hodgson puts you firmly on the sailing ships of yore, and most of the stories in this collection are delightfully creepy. If you like early 20th century horror (Lovecraft, Bloch, Smith, Chamberlain, Howard) you will like this.