Gothic Fantasy Arthur Machen Horror Stories

Arthur Machen's supernatural fiction stands alongside the work of M.R. James, H.P. Lovecraft, Algernon Blackwood and Bram Stoker, drawing its power from the long nights and dark lanes of the Welsh countryside where he grew up, amid the remains of Roman forts and Iron Age archaeology. His 1914 story 'The Bowmen' gave rise to the legend of the Angel of Mons, in which a supernatural bowman is said to have covered the retreat of soldiers in the First World War. This collection gathers his chilling, thought-provoking tales for readers drawn to the roots of gothic and supernatural fiction.