[j. d. worthington]

I've not read a great deal of Doyle's weird fiction (save his detective tales and such); and even with what I have, it's been decades now. I do recall having a somewhat similar reaction -- the style being (at least at times) at odds with the tale told now and again; though "The Captain of the 'Pole Star'" and "Lot No. 249" certainly are memorable tales, as are a few others....

But, if you include the Professor Challenger stories in this category, several of those are quite marvelous, as are various Holmes tales. Even A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four have some powerful weird moments where Doyle manages to convey an atmosphere of the uncanny....

Oh, and "Pym" is Poe's Arthur Gordon Pym, unless I'm mistaken. And on that particular quote... I'm also reminded of Coleridge's Ancient Mariner....