He is also well known for his leading role in creating the legend of the Angels of Mons. 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 in the English language').

He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. Unabridged full version.Īrthur Machen (1863-1947) was a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. E-Book: ePUB, 10,100 words, average reading time 50 min. Arthur Machen was the pen-name of Arthur Llewellyn Jones, a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. For Machen the surreal is so powerful that it cannot be properly comprehended. Those who try to understand what they have seen, experience rapture, horror, or both, and they have trouble convincing others of their sanity. Arthur Machen might be little read today, but his ideas lie at the heart of modern horror writers Stephen King and Clive Barker. Better World Books is a for-profit, socially conscious business and a global online bookseller that collects and sells new and used books online, matching each. In ”N” Machen places a fragment of Paradise, created from a ruined part of primordial creation, into the London suburb of Stoke Newington. ”N” is an encounter in London of a hidden fairyland, a true psychedelic fable concerning the discovery of an alternative reality existing in the context of a humble, grey north London suburb.Īrthur Machen reflects on what would happen if the mystical were to intrude upon the everyday world we all take for granted. Waite, then reprinted in Machens collection The House of Souls (1906). The publication of this revised third edition of Ritual and Other Stories reflects the continued interest in Machen's work, and collects together his more. Written in the late 1890s, it was first published in 1904 in Horlicks Magazine, edited by Machens friend A. 'The Flower-Tunicked Priest of Nightmare', Arthur Machen (1863-1947) is best known for his horror and supernatural fiction and has been a cult writer since the 1890s. 'N' is a short horror story by Welsh author Arthur Machen. Arthur Machen is the pen name of Arthur Llewellyn Jones (18631947), who was a leading Welsh author of the 1890s. 'The White People' is a horror short story by Welsh author Arthur Machen.

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