When looking back at my first William Hope Hodgson-related post, I noticed that I hadn't put up links to the following stories. They're all in the public domain (Hodgson died in WWI, and anything published 1923 or before is public domain in the US, so any of his works published in his lifetime are PD) and available free online.
So:
The Boats of the Glen-Carrig (novel). One of Hodgson's sea-horror novels, not really the cosmic type like The Night Land and The House on the Borderland.
The Ghost Pirates (novel). Another sea-horror novel.
Carnacki the Ghost-Finder (collection of short stories). An interesting set of stories; while set in the modern day (well, Hodgson's modern day; the earliest 20th century) they use either the same 'cosmology' of supernatural effects and beings as The Night Land, or a very similar one. Carnacki is a sort of occult detective; think The Ghostbusters, except not comedy. Some of the 'hauntings' are real and some are frauds. (Also, on the same website, the Forgotten Futures free RPG: here is the Carnacki setting stuff. The entire Forgotten Futures site is well worth exploring if you have any interest in old SF.
Eloi Eloi Lama Sabachthani (original magazine title: "The Baumoff Explosive") (short story). A strange short piece about a scientist who tries to replicate the darkness at Jesus's Crucifixion. A bit odd, but quite short (a little over 6500 words), so try it.
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