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| "A Tropical Horror" | |
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| Short story by William Hope Hodgson | |
 Text available at Wikisource | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Genre | Short story |
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| Published in | The Grand Magazine |
| Publication date | June 1905 |
"A Tropical Horror" is a short story by the English author William Hope Hodgson, first published in June 1905. [1]
In this story, a ship at sea is attacked by a giant, eel-like sea monster. The story is told from the point of view of the sole survivor, a young apprentice. The creature is aboard the ship for several days and gradually kills and/or eats the remainder of the crew. A second apprentice eventually succeeds in killing the creature, but he is killed in the process.
The end of the story is presented using a literary device in the form of a report from another ship, which has rescued the sole survivor. They validate his story, finding the ship damaged and the crew missing or dead.
This story was adapted into a comic by Gary Gianni in The Dark Horse Book of Monsters by Dark Horse Comics.
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