Carnacki: The Watcher at the Gate

Carnacki #2

by William Meikle, M. Wayne Miller (Illustrator)

CARNACKI operates in shadowy occult realms, on the fringes, in places out of sight and out of mind of normal ever yday people. But sometimes the darkness touches the lives of these ordinary folks, and they find they need help - the kind of help that only Carnacki can provide. In MR. CHURCHILL'S DILEMMA and THE WATCHER AT THE GATE : Carnacki is called on to help a young Winston Churchill in defeating a menace from the east that threatens hostilities in the years before WW1, and in overseeing an experiment that threatens to expose the whole of South East England to an entity from the Outer Darkness. In CAPTAIN GAULT'S NEMESIS, THE BLUE EGG and THE GRAY BOATS, Carnacki aids another Hodgson character, the aforesaid Captain, in ridding his vessel of an ancient cursed box, in the procurement of a great Arabian gem, and in the salvage of a nautical government experiment gone disastrously wrong.

Genres: Horror, Lovecraftian, Occult Detective, Weird Fiction

206 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 1, 2015

About the author

I'm a Scottish writer, now living in Canada, with more than thirty novels published in the genre press and over 300 short story credits in thirteen countries.

My work has appeared in a number of professional anthologies and I have recent short story sales to NATURE Futures and Galaxy's Edge. When I'm not writing I play guitar, drink beer and dream of fortune and glory.

For an intro to me, my writing and my accent see my Youtube channel

Reviews

[William · Rating 4 out of 5]

Entertaining horror listening 🎶🔰

Another twelve will written British 🏰 fantasy world 🌎 haunting horror ghost 👻 demon monster adventure thriller short stories by William Meikle. The character Camacki tells twelve of his adventures after dinner with friends. Each story is different with interesting well developed characters lots of action, misdirection, haunting horror ghost 👻 leading to the unexpected conclusions. I would recommend this novel and author to 👍 readers of paranormal fantasy horror novels 👍🔰. Enjoy the adventure of reading 👓 or listening 🎶 to Alexa read books 📚. 2023 😀😯😡😈

[Zain · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very Worthwhile.

Another Carnacki book by William Meikle. This one is The Watcher at the Gate. It is a very interesting and a very worthy book to read.

No betrayals of the feet. Just follow the steps of this guide to find the singing and dancing, and any thing else that is in the book. We are all going to learn from this book that you can do this with your own energy.

You may want to try to find the easy way out by reading the lyrics and singing the songs you have seen. But dancing the dance is not as difficult as you might’ve imagined. It will take just one minute to get yourself ready for the emotional event.

There are several books where the title has a color like The Gray Boat, The Black Swan, Bedlam in Yellow and The Blue Egg. These are written by Meikle as a worthy story. Just filled with enough spookiness to give you the creeps. I’m sure you’ll enjoy them as l have. Just take a look at them and you shall see.

Now I leave you with four stars in my journey.

Four stars. 💫💫💫💫

[Karl]

This is copy 52 of 100 signed numbered hardcover copies. Signed by William Meikle.

Contents:

01 - "The Banshee"
16 - "Treason and Plot"
32 - "Captain Gault’s Nemesis"
50 - "The China Dolls"
68 - "A Cold Christmas in Chelsea"
81 - "The Black Swan"
99 - "The Blue Egg"
116 - "Mr. Churchill’s Dilema"
138 - "Bedlam in Yellow"
153 - "The Watcher at the Gate"
176 - "The Gray Boats"
199 - "The Chislehurst Conundrum"
225 - About The Author
227 - About The Artist

[Thomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good stuff

Solid collection of Carnacki tales , Meikle really catches the flavor of Hodgson's intrepid ghost hunter. If you run RPGs you will find any great ideas to insert into a campaign or for a fun one shot. Check it out.

[Melanie Clemmer · Rating 4 out of 5]

These short stories are written in the spirit of the William Hope Hodgson collection; an author who has influenced H.P. Lovecraft as well as Terry Pratchett. Entertaining collection of horror mixed with science fiction--I think fans of Charles Stross would also enjoy these books. The China Doll story will have you creeped out by dolls if you are not already.

[Orrin Grey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Full review coming soon!

[Lizzy Walker · Rating 4 out of 5]

My review for Monster Librarian can be found at http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/TheCi....

[Stig · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the second or third book by William Meikle that I have read, and I'm becoming more and more impressed. I'm fond of occult detectives and stories set in the Victorian and Edwardian era, and this doesn't disappoint. It is good atmospheric stuff and wonderful entertainment. I hear that Meikle has also written more Carnacki adventures, as well as Holmes and Professor Challenger books. I'll get around to them.

[Roy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Meikle is perhaps the best a writing Carnacki stories in the style of William Hope Hodgson. He is an entertaining writer and most of these stories are quite good. He dwells less on the technology of the magic defenses and perhaps that is good as it might have bogged down the stories, although an occasional story with a little more detail might have been good.

[Christopher Henderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Seems to me that Meikle manages to capture all the atmosphere and flavour of Hodgson's original Carnacki stories while simultaneously making them that little bit pacier to suit the modern reader. Whatever he's done and however he's done it, it works for me!

[user]

I don't get why Meikle thinks involving Churchill and Nazis is that great, because those make for the most boring stories in this books

[Gerry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great Carnacki collection

This a great collection of diverse tales featuring Carnacki. From traditional spirits to entities from the Cthulhu Mythos, this has it all!