| "The Voice in the Night" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by William Hope Hodgson | |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction, Horror |
| Publication | |
| Published in | Blue Book Magazine |
| Publication date | November 1907 |
"The Voice in the Night" is a short story by English writer William Hope Hodgson, first published in the November 1907 edition of Blue Book Magazine. The story has been adapted a number of times, most prominently in the 1963 Japanese film Matango.
Weird fungi in the shape of animals or humans are a recurring theme in Hodgson's stories and novels; for example, in the novel The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" the survivors of a shipwreck come across tree-like plants that mimic (or, perhaps, have absorbed) birds and people.