Tales of Horror and the Supernatural

Machen, Arthur

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1872621252 ISBN 13: 9781872621258

Publisher: The Tartarus Press, 1997

Stories deal with elemental forces of evil, ancient rituals, journeys into the unknown, the Holy Grail, and mysterious ruins

Synopsis:

Arthur Machen is perhaps best known for his shorter supernatural and horror fiction. He first achieved notoriety in the Decadent 1890s with his story "The Great God Pan", and "The Bowmen" was the origin of the "Angels of Mons" myth during the First World War. "Tales of Horror and the Supernatural" collects together the best of Machen's shorter fiction and contains: "The Novel of the Black Seal", "The Novel of the White Powder", "The Great God Pan", "The White People", "The Inmost Light", "The Shining Pyramid", "The Bowmen", "The Great Return", "The Happy Children", "The Bright Boy", "Out of the Earth", N, "The Children of the Pool", and "The Terror".