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After two years we are turning once more to the morning's news with a sense of appetite and glad expectation. There were thrills at the beginning of the war: the thrill of horror and of a doom that seemed at once incredible and certain; this was when Namur fell and the German... Read Full Overview

In the region of Meirion, the fictional name given by the narrator, several inexplicable crimes, brutal and for no apparent reason, seem to be the product of a madman. At the same time some ammunition factories are also destroyed, and that is when you begin to think that it is... Read Full Overview

"Explosion at Munition Works in the Northern District: Many Fatalities." The working man told me about it, and added some dreadful details. Corpses so terribly maimed that coffins had been kept covered; faces mutilated as if by some gnawing animal. . . . I took a tram to the... Read Full Overview

It has been pointed out to me by friends who have been good enough to read this record, that certain phrases I have used may give the impression that I ascribe all the delays of the war on the Western front to the extraordinary circumstances which occasioned the issue of the... Read Full Overview

Most essential Machen work is from the 1890s, but The Terror is one of his most developed horror tales from his later career. This often waffling novella is meandering and less focused than his dark folk masterpieces The Hill of Dreams, The Great God Pan, Novel of the Black... Read Full Overview

The Terror is a horror novel written by Arthur Machen. The story takes place in the Welsh countryside and follows the protagonist, Lucian Taylor, as he becomes increasingly obsessed with the idea of a terrifying supernatural creature lurking in the woods. As he delves deeper... Read Full Overview

The Terror is a horror novel written by Arthur Machen. The story follows a young man named Edward Darnell who becomes embroiled in a terrifying mystery after he witnesses a strange and unsettling event in the woods. As he delves deeper into the mystery, he uncovers a dark and... Read Full Overview

"Explosion at Munition Works in the Northern District: Many Fatalities."

The working man told about it, and added some dreadful details. Corpses so terribly maimed that coffins had been kept covered; faces mutilated as if by some gnawing animal. . ... Read Full Overview

Step into the chilling world of The Terror by Arthur Machen. In this gripping work of supernatural horror, Machen weaves a haunting tale that explores the depths of human fear and the mysteries that lie beyond our understanding. Set in the eerie landscapes of Wales, the story... Read Full Overview

The Terror (1917) - Short novel. In wartime Britain, a series of unexplained murders occur with no sign of who or what is responsible.

From the beginning of his literary career, Machen espoused a mystical belief that the humdrum ordinary world hid a more mysterious and strange world beyond. His gothic and decadent works of the 1890s concluded that the lifting of this veil could lead to madness, sex, or death,... Read Full Overview

We are happy to announce this classic book. Many of the books in our collection have not been published for decades and are therefore not broadly available to the readers. Our goal is to access the very large literary repository of general public books. The main contents of our... Read Full Overview

Several collections have translated and reproduced Machen's stories. The early 1970s paperback reissue of The Three Impostors in the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series introduced him to a new generation. The tiny press recently published Machen's work. The famous Library of Wales... Read Full Overview

The Terror is a horror novel written by Arthur Machen, first published in 1917. The story follows a young man named Edward Darnell, who inherits an old mansion in Wales from his late uncle. As he begins to explore the house and its surrounding countryside, he discovers a series... Read Full Overview