Horrours of the Depths

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House of Ill Lament
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Horrours of the Depths

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Hey folks,

Just was realizing today that my personal library is woefully low on fictional "scary sea stories" of the fictional type (I have plenty of books on "non-fiction" ghost sightings like the Mary Celeste and the like). I'm talking about books that concern seaweed-coated beings that rise from the depths or lighthouses that peek into the other worlds or other good tales like that.

So, being the Fraternity are a fairly diverse group in their reading habits, I'm hoping there might be some good recommendations out there if anyone is up to sharing them.

(And to head off the inevitable: yes, I have the novelization of "The Fog" - signed by John Carpenter and the cast no less - as well as the recent graphic novel of it and on the "less fantastic end", "Jaws", "The Beast", etc. are also represented).

Oh, and one other thing - first person who recommends "Dead Man's Chest" gets to walk the plank ;) (it seems silly of me to give my "critique" of the movie this far after its' released but let's just say I'm one of the people on the "Eh"-side of its' reviews).
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Post by Brandi »

Three words: William Hope Hodgson.

I particularly recommend the stories "The Voice in the Night" and "The Derelict", which might be available online as etexts.
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