Arthur Machen

Arthur Machen, ten horror stories

Arthur Machen (1863 - 1947) was a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. His novella "The Great God Pan" (1890; 1894) has garnered a reputation as a classic of horror (Stephen King has called it "Maybe the best [horror story] in the English language". He is also well known for his leading role in creating the legend of the Angels of Mons. Machen was born Arthur Llewelyn Jones in Caerleon, Monmouthshire. The beautiful landscape of Monmouthshire, with its associations of Celtic, Roman, and medieval history, made a powerful impression on him, and his love of it is at the heart of many of his works. In this book: The Secret Glory, 1922 The Terror, 1917 The Great Return, 1915 Three Impostors, 1895 Far Off Things, 1922 The House of Souls, 1906 The Angels of Mons, 1914 The Hill of Dreams, 1907 The Great God Pan, 1894 Hieroglyphics, 1902