"For a moment, my heart stood still, and I gasped for breath. Before me, in place of the familiar structures, there was disclosed a panorama of unearthly, of astounding beauty. In deep dells, bowered by overhanging trees, there bloomed flowers such...
Written during the First World War and first published in 1922, "Far Off Things" is the first volume of Arthur Machanâs autobiography. Arthur Machen (1863 - 1947) was a Welsh author and renowned mystic during the 1890s and early...
"The Secret Glory" is a 1922 novel by Welsh author Arthur Machan. Considered by some to be his final masterpiece, it follows the story of a public-school boy who becomes obsessed by incredible stories of the Holy Grail. To this end, he escapes...
Welsh author and renowned mystic Arthur Machen was a master of supernatural horror who believed the veil between the known world and an older, pagan reality was frighteningly thin. This essential collection gathers his most chilling and enduring works,...
First published in 1917, "The Terror" is a short novel by Welsh author Arthur Machan set in England during the First World War. After an inexplicable series of murders are committed with no clue as to the perpetrator, a mystery starts to unravel...
First published in 1926, "Dreads and Drolls" is a collection of essays compiled by Welsh author and mystic Arthur Machan, many of which were taken from the publication "The Graphic". The essays concern various historical and purportedly...
Long out of print and presented here for the first time in paperback, is Arthur Machens classic collection of prose poems. The ten exquisite piees included in this volume are: The Rose Garden, The Turanians,The Idealist, Witchcraft, The Ceremony, Psycholo...
Perhaps no figure better embodies the transition from the Gothic tradition to modern horror than Arthur Machen. In the final decade of the nineteenth century, the Welsh writer produced a seminal body of tales of occult horror, spiritual and physical corru...
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A Fragment of Life tells of a young couple, the Darnells, living in a London suburb. Machen gives an enormous amount of detail to illustrate the Darnells life only to convince the reader (and Mr. Darnell) that this is just a fragment of life or part of...
This is a collection of wonderful short stories by Welsh author Arthur Machen. The title, âThe Angels of Monsâ comes from a Great War legend that sprang from Machenâs tale âThe Bowmen...
Arthur Machenâs occult investigator, Dyson, features in three short stories and the longer narrative, The Three Impostors. Dyson is not a professional detective, but has a keen interest in mysterious events. He investigates strange death...
Giacomo Girolamo Casanova de Seingalt (1725-1798) was a Venetian adventurer and author famous as a womanizer. He associated with European royalty, popes and cardinals, Voltaire, Goethe and Mozart. This sixth volume of his memoirs is subtitled "Spanish...
This early work by Arthur Machen was originally published in 1895 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. âThe Novel of the Black Sealâ is...
This early work by Arthur Machen was originally published in 1895 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. âThe Shining Pyramidâ is a short...