The Horse of the Invisible | William Hope Hodgson | A Bitesized Audio Production

Carnacki, the Ghost Finder, tells his friends of his strange adventures up in Lancashire, investigating a mysterious ghostly horse which legend says has haunted the females of the Hisgins family for several generations... A new, original recording of a classic public domain text, read and performed by Simon Stanhope for Bitesized Audio. If you enjoy this content and would like to help me keep creating, you may like to consider supporting me on Patreon:   / bitesizedaudio   Or for occasional one-off contributions, you can Buy Me a Coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/bitesize... William Hope Hodgson (1877–1918) was an English author, celebrated for his contributions to the genres of horror and science fiction in the early 20th century. His best known novels include 'The House on the Borderland' (1908) and 'The Ghost Pirates' (1909), but he was also a prolific short story writer, and in this form he produced several series of stories, including the 'Sargasso Sea' tales (the sea was a favourite theme for Hodgson, having had early life experience as a cabin boy and later qualifying as a mate) and the adventures of Thomas Carnacki, the "Ghost Finder'. The latter series was especially popular when six episodes were published in 'The Idler' magazine in 1910. The stories share a framing structure, with Carnacki relating his adventures to a group of four friends – Dodgson (the narrator), Jessop, Arkwright and Taylor – after dinner at his Chelsea home. Despite his experience at sea, Hodgson enlisted in the army, rather than the navy, on the outbreak of World War I. He was killed by a direct hit artillery shell at the Fourth Battle of Ypres in April 1918, aged 40. 'The Horse of the Invisible' first appeared in the April 1910 issue of 'The Idler' magazine, and was subsequently published, along with five other stories from the magazine serial, in book form under the title 'Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder' in 1913. Recording © Bitesized Audio 2020.