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Title: The Gateway of the Monster Title Record # 78143
Author: William Hope Hodgson
Date: 1910-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Carnacki (Hodgson)
Webpages: forgottenfutures.com, podcastle.org, YouTube
Language: English
Note: "The Gateway of the Monster" was the earliest-published Carnacki story, the first of five in early 1910 monthly issues of The Idler. That serial shared a top banner by Florence Briscoe, who also provided three interior illustrations for each story. The uniform headers presented them as Carnacki the Ghost Finder, "No. 1 to No. 5". This story therefore introduced Carnacki to the original readers. On the other hand, both the 6-story 1913 collection and 9-story 1947 collection, begin with "The Thing Invisible" (1912), followed by "The Gateway of the Monster". Project Gutenberg Ebook #10832 (see) contains the 6 early stories in their serial sequence. Project Gutenberg wordcount: 8684 words, thus novelette Forgotten Futures (forgottenfutures.com) presents the text and illustrations from the magazine publication.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1910 The Gateway of the Monster [as by W. H. Hodgson]
Year Language Title
1924Translated by Émile Chardome
French La porte du monstre
1969Translated by Jacques Parsons for Roland Stragliati's anthology Les Miroirs de la Peur, 1969.
French
Par là entrait le monstre...?Par la entrait le monstre...
1972Translated by Amanda Forns de Gioia
Spanish Por allí entraba el monstruo
1973Translated by Traude Dienel
German Der Schicksalsring der Anderson-Familie
1977Translated by Jef Panken
Dutch De Poort van het Monster
1977Translated by Gösta Zetterlund
Swedish I den ondes makt
1977Translated by François Truchaud
French La porte
1978Translated by Annegret Groß-Hermanns
German Das graue Zimmer
2014 French La Porte du monstre
2017Translated by Jürgen Martin.
German Die Tür nach drüben
2021Translated by Jadeh Rodrigues.
Portuguese A passagem do monstro

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Idler, January 1910 1910-01-00 ed. Editors of The Idler        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder 1913-03-00 William Hope Hodgson Eveleigh Nash  
6/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
vii+
288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder 1920-02-00 William Hope Hodgson Holden & Hardingham     247
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder 1947-00-00 William Hope Hodgson Mycroft & Moran  
$3.00?$: US dollar
241
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Frank Utpatel Checkmark
Horror Hunters 1971-00-00 ed. Roger Elwood, Vic Ghidalia Macfadden-Bartell 75-416
$0.75?$: US dollar
192
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Jack Faragasso Checkmark
Carnacki the Ghost-Finder 1973-00-00 William Hope Hodgson Panther 0-586-04000-5
£0.35?£: UK pound
204
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Bob Haberfield Checkmark
Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder 1974-00-00 William Hope Hodgson Sphere (The Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult #5) 0-7221-4613-2
£0.40?£: UK pound
239
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Checkmark
Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder 1974-00-00 William Hope Hodgson Tandem 0-426-13418-4
£0.35?£: UK pound
221
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Peter Goodfellow Checkmark
Horror Hunters 1975-00-00 ed. Roger Elwood, Vic Ghidalia Manor Books 95406
$0.95?$: US dollar
192
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Checkmark
The Supernatural Solution: Chilling Stories of Spooks and Sleuths 1976-00-00 ed. Michel Parry Taplinger 0-8008-7497-8
$8.95?$: US dollar
222
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Supernatural Solution 1976-01-00 ed. Michel Parry Panther 0-586-04217-2
£0.60?£: UK pound
222
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth  
The Supernatural Solution 1977-00-00 ed. Michel Parry White Lion 0-7274-0252-8
£3.25?£: UK pound
222
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder 1980-00-00 William Hope Hodgson Sphere 0-7221-4615-9   239
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll  
Carnacki the Ghost-Finder 1981-00-00 William Hope Hodgson Sphere 0-7221-4793-7
£1.25?£: UK pound
239
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Terry Oakes Checkmark
Ghostbreakers 1985-10-00 ed. Michel Parry Granada 0-246-12758-9
£4.95?£: UK pound
128
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Stuart Bodek  
Ghostbreakers 1986-12-00 ed. Michel Parry Dragon 0-583-30913-5
£1.95?£: UK pound
128
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth  
Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder 1991-03-00 William Hope Hodgson Grafton 0-586-21184-5
£3.50?£: UK pound
270
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Luis Rey Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories 1995-10-00 ed. Richard Dalby Robinson 1-85487-338-5
£5.99?£: UK pound
xiv+
573
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth The Senate  
The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories 1995-11-00 ed. Richard Dalby Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0279-6
$9.95?$: US dollar
xiii+
573
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth The Senate  
Supernatural Sleuths: 14 Mysterious Stories of Uncanny Crime 1996-10-01 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh Roc / New American Library 0-451-45579-7
$5.99?$: US dollar
348
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Romas Kukalis Checkmark
Great Ghost Stories 1997-00-00 ed. Editors of Reader's Digest Reader's Digest 0-276-42330-5   528
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Robert Wheeler (artist)  
The Giant Book of Classic Ghost Stories: The Great Stories from the Victorian and Edwardian Era 1997-00-00 ed. Richard Dalby Magpie Books 1-85487-672-4
£3.99?£: UK pound
xiv+
573
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth  
Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories 1997-09-00 ed. Richard Dalby Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0353-1
$9.98?$: US dollar
xiii+
573
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Photodisc  
Carnacki: The Ghost Finder 2001-08-01 William Hope Hodgson Wildside Press 1-58715-572-9
$28.95?$: US dollar
172
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder 2003-02-04 William Hope Hodgson Alan Rodgers Books / Wildside Press (Wildside Fantasy Classics) 1-58715-571-0
$15.95?$: US dollar
168
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
The Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories 2004-00-00 ed. uncredited Wordsworth Editions 1-84022-056-2   1149
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Checkmark
Carnacki, the Ghost Finder 2004-01-01 William Hope Hodgson Project Gutenberg 10832
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The House on the Borderland and Other Mysterious Places 2004-03-00 William Hope Hodgson Night Shade Books 1-892389-40-1
$35.00?$: US dollar
xi+
466
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jason Van Hollander Checkmark
Carnacki: The Ghost-Finder 2006-00-00 William Hope Hodgson Wordsworth Editions (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) 978-1-84022-529-7   191
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
The Black Veil and Other Tales of Supernatural Sleuths 2008-07-00 ed. Mark Valentine Wordsworth Editions (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) 978-1-84022-088-9
£2.99?£: UK pound
256
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Max Wislicenus Checkmark
William Hope Hodgson: Masters of the Weird Tale 2008-08-01 William Hope Hodgson Centipede Press (Masters of the Weird Tale) 978-1-933618-57-9
$450.00?$: US dollar
1100
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Carnacki, the Ghost Finder 2010-01-29 William Hope Hodgson HardPress Publishing 978-1-4076-1001-6
$13.95?$: US dollar
116
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
Carnacki, the Ghost Finder 2011-02-14 William Hope Hodgson Aeterna 978-1-4444-0617-7
$8.99?$: US dollar
114
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
The Horror Megapack: 25 Modern and Classic Horror Stories 2011-03-08 ed. John Gregory Betancourt Wildside Press (Megapack) 978-1-4344-3898-0
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Checkmark
Supernatural Detectives 1: Carnacki: Ghost Finder / John Bell: Ghost Exposer 2011-05-09 Robert Eustace, William Hope Hodgson, L. T. Meade Coachwhip Publications (Supernatural Detectives #1) 978-1-61646-086-0
$19.95?$: US dollar
368
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
omni  
Carnacki, The Ghost Finder 2011-06-19 William Hope Hodgson CruGuru 978-1-920414-71-9
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Carnacki, The Ghost Finder 2011-07-25 William Hope Hodgson CruGuru 978-1-920414-72-6
$4.99?$: US dollar
148
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
M Is for Monster: A Modern Bestiary of Classic Monsters 2011-08-27 ed. Michael Kelahan Fall River Press 978-1-4351-3073-9
$7.98?$: US dollar
xi+
450
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Charles Errard  
The House on the Borderland and Other Mysterious Places 2011-10-01 William Hope Hodgson Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-368-7
$9.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Jason Van Hollander  
PodCastle, #179 2011-10-18 ed. Anna Schwind, Dave Thompson Escape Artists, Inc.  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
mag Checkmark
Gary Gianni's Monster Men and Other Scary Stories 2012-03-27 ed. Gary Gianni Dark Horse Books 978-1-59582-829-3
$24.99?$: US dollar
168
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Gary Gianni Checkmark
Carnacki, The Ghost Finder 2012-12-03 William Hope Hodgson CreateSpace 978-1-4811-5863-3
$6.99?$: US dollar
98
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
Carnacki, the Ghost Finder 2013-01-09 William Hope Hodgson The Echo Library 978-1-4068-0859-9
£6.90?£: UK pound
100
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
The Steampunk Megapack: 26 Modern and Classic Steampunk Stories 2013-01-16 ed. John Gregory Betancourt, Evelyn Kriete Wildside Press (Megapack) 978-1-4344-4743-2
$0.99?$: US dollar
2284
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Checkmark
The Occult Detective Megapack 2013-09-26 ed. uncredited Wildside Press (Megapack) 978-1-4344-4307-6
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
Carnacki, The Ghost Finder 2014-01-01 William Hope Hodgson Start Publishing (Start Classics) 978-1-60977-124-9
$1.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
William Hope Hodgson 2014-04-00 William Hope Hodgson Centipede Press (The Centipede Press Library of Weird Fiction) 978-1-61347-049-7
$60.00?$: US dollar
733
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The William Hope Hodgson Megapack 2014-05-05 William Hope Hodgson Wildside Press (Megapack) 978-1-4794-0920-4
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Carnacki, The Ghost Finder 2014-06-29 William Hope Hodgson Heraklion Press 978-1-63295-448-0
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Chilling Horror 2015-08-15 ed. Laura Bulbeck Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-78361-374-8
£20.00?£: UK pound
480
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories of William Hope Hodgson 2016-00-00 William Hope Hodgson Oldstyle Tales Press 978-1-974623-37-2   473
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Ivan K. Aivazovsky Checkmark
Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder 2016-02-00 William Hope Hodgson Big Finish Productions 978-1-78575-369-5
£31.49?£: UK pound
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
coll Stuart Manning  
Chilling Horror 2016-11-12 ed. Laura Bulbeck Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-78664-509-8
£12.00?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
Gary Gianni's Monster Men and Other Scary Stories 2017-07-00 ed. Gary Gianni Dark Horse Books 978-1-5067-0480-7
$19.99?$: US dollar
164
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Gary Gianni  
The Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories of William Hope Hodgson 2017-08-15 William Hope Hodgson   978-1-974623-37-2
$17.00?$: US dollar
362
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder 2017-09-11 William Hope Hodgson Big Finish Productions 978-1-78575-369-5    
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
coll Stuart Manning Checkmark
Supernatural Sherlocks: Stories from the Golden Age of the Occult Detective 2017-10-26 ed. Nick Rennison No Exit Press 978-1-84344-975-1
£9.99?£: UK pound
287
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Checkmark
The Classic Horror Collection 2017-11-30 ed. uncredited Arcturus Publishing 978-1-78888-263-7
$6.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
The House on the Borderland and Other Mysterious Places 2018-01-09 William Hope Hodgson Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-921-4
$17.99?$: US dollar
496
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Jason Van Hollander  
The Classic Horror Collection 2018-03-15 ed. uncredited Arcturus Publishing 978-1-78828-401-1   928
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Classic Horror Collection 2018-05-01 ed. uncredited Sirius / Arcturus Publishing 978-1-78828-538-4
$19.99?$: US dollar
928
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Weird Tales of William Hope Hodgson 2019-04-04 William Hope Hodgson The British Library (British Library Tales of the Weird) 978-0-7123-5233-8
£8.99?£: UK pound
236
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Enrique Bernardou Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories date unknown ed. Richard Dalby Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0279-6
$10.95?$: US dollar
xiii+
573
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth The Senate  
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