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The Voice in the Night

William Hope Hodgson

First published November 1907
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

A ship in the North Pacific is hailed by a man in a rowboat who begs them for some food, but will not approach any closer; he tells him of how he and his wife were shipwrecked on an island covered in a fungus which now consumes them as well.

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Publications (115)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
November 1907 The Blue Book Magazine, November 1907 The Story-Press Corporation MAGAZINE 136
1914 Men of the Deep Waters Eveleigh Nash Collection 201
1921 Men of the Deep Waters Holden & Hardingham Collection 168
April 1931 They Walk Again: An Anthology of Ghost Stories Faber and Faber Anthology 236
September 1932 The Ghost Book; or, They Walk Again Faber and Faber Anthology 236
October 1934 The Ghost Book; or, They Walk Again Faber and Faber Anthology 236
1936 The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries Odhams Press Anthology 705
October 1937 The Ghost Book; or, They Walk Again Faber and Faber Anthology 236
July 1942 They Walk Again: An Anthology of Ghost Stories E. P. Dutton Anthology 236
February 1947 Avon Fantasy Reader, No. 1 Avon Book Co. MAGAZINE 57
July 1954 Playboy, July 1954 HMH Publishing MAGAZINE 21
1957 Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV Simon & Schuster Anthology
1957 Upon the Midnight: An Anthology of Ghost and Horror Stories Macdonald Anthology 13
1957 Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV Simon & Schuster Anthology 130
June 1958 12 Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV Dell Anthology 158
1960 Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV Pan Books Anthology 138
1961 Spine Chillers: An Anthology of Mystery and Horror Elek Books Anthology 356
1964 The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories Fontana Anthology 70
1964 The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories Fontana Anthology 70
1964 12 Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV Dell Anthology |11
1965 Davy Jones' Haunted Locker: Great Ghost Stories of the Sea Random House Anthology 133
December 1965 Best Tales of Terror 2 Faber and Faber Anthology 40
1967 Deep Waters Arkham House Collection 153
1967 Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV Pan Books Anthology 138
1968 Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 World Publishing Co. Anthology 189
1968 More Tales to Tremble By Whitman Publishing Company Anthology 119
1969 Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891—1911 World Publishing Co. Anthology 189
January 1969 The Avon Fantasy Reader Avon Anthology 131
January 1969 The Avon Fantasy Reader Avon Anthology 131
June 1971 The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories Beagle Boxer Anthology 70
December 1972 The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories Fontana Anthology 70
1974 Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History and Anthology of Science Fiction in Popular Magazines, 1891-1911 Hyperion Press Anthology 189
June 1974 Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History and Anthology of Science Fiction in the Popular Magazines, 1891-1911 Hyperion Press Anthology 190
1975 The Haunted Sea: Supernatural Stories William Kimber Anthology 177
1976 Dying of Fright: Masterpieces of the Macabre Charles Scribner's Sons Anthology 138
1977 Creepies, Creepies, Creepies Franklin Watts Anthology 136
November 1977 Masters of Terror: Volume One Corgi Collection 15
1978 Creepies: A Covey of Quiver-and-Quaver Tales Franklin Watts Anthology 136
1978 Ghosts Four Macmillan UK Anthology 92
1981 The Dracula Book of Great Horror Stories Citadel Press Anthology 173
1981 The Beaver Book of Horror Stories Beaver Books Anthology 23
1982 65 Great Spine Chillers Octopus Books Anthology 352
1982 65 Great Spine Chillers Octopus Books / Marks and Spencer Anthology 352
April 1982 Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, April 1982 TZ Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 73
November 1982 Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror Reader's Digest Association Anthology 505
1983 Lost Souls: A Collection of English Ghost Stories Ohio University Press Anthology 266
1983 Lost Souls: A Collection of English Ghost Stories Ohio University Press Anthology
1983 The Dracula Book of Great Horror Stories Citadel Press Anthology 173
1983 65 Great Spine Chillers Octopus Books Anthology 352
1984 Night Cry: TZ Special #1 TZ Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 149
1984 The Beaver Book of Horror Stories Beaver Books Anthology 23
January 1984 Dark Company: The Ten Greatest Ghost Stories St. Martin's Press Anthology 260
August 1984 Dark Company: The Ten Greatest Ghost Stories St. Martin's Press Anthology 260
1985 65 Great Spine Chillers Octopus Books Anthology 352
July 1987 Tales of the Dark St. Martin's Press Anthology 172
November 1991 The Dracula Book of Great Horror Stories Carol Paperbacks / Carol Publishing Group Anthology 173
July 1992 The Dracula Book of Classic Horror Stories Robert Hale Anthology 173
1994 Mysteries: A Classic Collection Bracken Books Anthology
August 1998 Truly Scary Stories for Fearless Kids Key Porter Books Anthology 239
December 1998 Great Weird Tales Dover Publications Anthology 34
2001 Truly Scary Stories for Fearless Kids Key Porter Books Anthology 239
2002 Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV Amereon House Anthology 130
June 2005 The Ghost Pirates and Other Revenants of the Sea Night Shade Books Collection 155
August 2005 Adrift on the Haunted Seas: The Best Short Stories of William Hope Hodgson Cold Spring Press Collection 15
August 2006 H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: 20 Classics of the Macabre, Chosen by the Master of Horror Himself Pegasus Books Anthology
September 2006 H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: 20 Classics of the Macabre, Chosen by the Master of Horror Himself Pegasus Books Anthology 443
June 2007 H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: 19 Classics of the Macabre, Chosen by the Master of Horror Himself Fall River Press Anthology 311
August 2008 Flora Curiosa: Cryptobotany, Mysterious Fungi, Sentient Trees, and Deadly Plants in Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy Coachwhip Publications Anthology 156
July 2009 Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 4 LibriVox Anthology |15
August 2009 Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 5 LibriVox Anthology |15
November 2009 Voices in the Night: Rare Stories World Library Classics Collection 131
2010 The Screaming Skull and Other Classic Horror Stories Fall River Press Anthology 256
October 2011 The Ghost Pirates and Other Revenants of the Sea Night Shade Books Collection
October 2011 Pseudopod, #250 Escape Artists, Inc. MAGAZINE
April 2012 Horrors from Haunted Seas Creation Oneiros Collection 55
July 2012 Tales to Terrify, No 29 District of Wonders MAGAZINE
August 2012 Ancient Terrors Yurei Press Anthology 163
December 2012 The Ghost Pirates and Others: The Best of William Hope Hodgson Night Shade Books Collection
December 2012 The Ghost Pirates and Others: The Best of William Hope Hodgson Night Shade Books Collection 181
June 2013 The Voice in the Night Spoken Realms Chapbook
January 2014 The Voice in the Night Start Publishing Chapbook
April 2014 William Hope Hodgson Centipede Press Collection 385
May 2014 The William Hope Hodgson Megapack Wildside Press Collection
September 2014 The Voice in the Night Chapbook
January 2015 Things That Go Bump in the Night: A Treasury of Classic Weird Parallel Universe Publications Anthology 37
2016 The Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories of William Hope Hodgson Oldstyle Tales Press Collection 142
December 2016 Scientific Romance: An International Anthology of Pioneering Science Fiction Dover Publications Anthology |26
2017 Avon Fantasy Reader No. 1, February 1947 Pulp Tales Press Anthology 57
January 2017 Scientific Romance: An International Anthology of Pioneering Science Fiction Dover Publications Anthology 290
July 2017 The Voice in the Night Red Door Audiobooks Chapbook
August 2017 The Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories of William Hope Hodgson Collection 110
August 2017 Supernatural Horror Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Anthology 239
November 2017 The Classic Horror Collection Arcturus Publishing Anthology |41
2018 Black Infinity, Winter 2018 Rocket Science Books MAGAZINE 125
March 2018 The Classic Horror Collection Arcturus Publishing Anthology |41
May 2018 The Classic Horror Collection Sirius / Arcturus Publishing Anthology |41
May 2018 The Ghost Pirates and Other Revenants of the Sea Night Shade Books Collection
December 2018 Supernatural Horror Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Anthology
April 2019 The Weird Tales of William Hope Hodgson The British Library Collection 27
April 2019 HorrorBabble's Ultimate Weird Tales Collection, Volume 1 HorrorBabble Anthology |18
August 2019 Evil Roots: Killer Tales of the Botanical Gothic The British Library Anthology 161
August 2019 Evil Roots: Killer Tales of the Botanical Gothic The British Library Anthology |161
October 2019 Evil Roots: Killer Tales of the Botanical Gothic The British Library Anthology 161
August 2020 The Voice in the Night Author's Republic Chapbook
2021 The Rivals of H. G. Wells, Vol. I (Short Stories and Novelettes) Sam Teddy Publishing Anthology 162
June 2021 Shadows Against the Dark: Collected Tales of Horror / The Turn of the Screw CSRC Storytelling Omnibus 31|3
February 2022 Evil Roots: Killer Tales of the Botanical Gothic ISIS Audio Books Anthology |161
March 2022 Voices from the Radium Age The MIT Press Anthology 17
March 2022 Voices from the Radium Age The MIT Press Anthology |17
2023 Bug Awful Sam Teddy Publishing Anthology 22
September 2023 Horror at Sea: 15 Nautical Nightmares HorrorBabble Anthology |4
January 2024 The Voice in the Night Spitfire Publishers Chapbook
April 2024 Horror Stories Flame Tree Press Collection 295
2025 The Voice in the Night Fathom Press Chapbook
March 2025 Spores of Doom: Dank Tales of the Fungal Weird British Library Publishing Anthology 21