Author:Arthur Machen

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Arthur Machen (1863–1947)

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Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. 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. He is also well known for his leading role in creating the legend of the Angels of Mons. — Excerpted from Arthur Machen on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Arthur Machen

Works

Works are listed here with their publication dates; in some cases, the date of composition varies considerably.

• The Great God Pan (1894)
• The Inmost Light (1894)
• The Shining Pyramid (1895)
• The Three Impostors (1895) — A novel incorporating several short stories:
  • "The Novel of the Dark Valley"
  • "The Novel of the Black Seal"
  • "The Novel of the Iron Maid"
  • "The Novel of the White Powder"
  • "History of the Young Man with Spectacles"
• The Red Hand (1895)
• The White People (1904)
• A Fragment of Life (1904)
• The Hill of Dreams (1907) (frontispiece by Sidney Herbert Sime)
• The Great Return (1915)
• The Terror (1917)
• The Secret Glory (1922)
• Far Off Things (1922) — First volume of autobiography.
• Things Near and Far (1923) — Second volume of autobiography.
• The Shining Pyramid (collection) (1923), edited by Vincent Starett
• The London Adventure (1924) — Third and final volume of autobiography.
• Ornaments in Jade (1924)
• The Green Round (1933)
• The Children of the Pool (1936)

Individual short works

• "The Bowmen", 1914
• "The Coming of the Terror" (novellette), The Century, 1917

Works about Machen

• Arthur Machen: Weaver of Fantasy by William Francis Gekle (transcription project)