The House on the Borderland, by William Hope Hodgson (trade pb)

In 1877, two men visit the Irish village of Kraighten for a week of fishing. In the ruins of a very curious house, they discover the moldering diary of its previous owner. Its torn pages hint at an evil beyond anything that exists on this side of the curtain of possibility. This classic novel bridged the gap between the British fantasy and supernatural authors of the later 19th century and modern horror fiction. Classic American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft cites this and other works by Hodgson among his greatest influences.