138 years ago today, a person was born who would make a significant, if not seminal, contribution to the so-called “weird” tale. That person was William Hope Hodgson. In this series of articles we will examine some of the inspirations and influences in his works, specifically, the one work which is considered his flawed but darkly brilliant “masterpiece”, “The Night Land” which I was fortunate to have first read in 1990 and realized, even then, the sub-conscious connections with the planet Mars and the mysterious landscapes of Cydonia. Continue reading DWELLERS ON THE THRESHOLD: THE “NIGHT LAND” AND THE “ANAMNESIC IMAGINATION” Part 1 →