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Arthur Machen (1863–1947)

Author of The Great God Pan

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Works by Arthur Machen

The Great God Pan (1894) 806 copies
The Three Impostors (1895) 384 copies
The Hill of Dreams (1907) 358 copies
The House of Souls (1922) 157 copies
The Terror and Other Stories (2005) 130 copies
The Terror (1917) 104 copies
The Secret Glory (1922) 82 copies
The Shining Pyramid (1923) — Author — 76 copies
The White People (1987) 64 copies
Ritual and Other Stories (1992) 57 copies
Hieroglyphics (1902) 56 copies
The Green Round (1933) 54 copies
Far Off Things (1922) 54 copies
Holy Terrors (1946) 44 copies
Ornaments in Jade (1997) 37 copies
Dreads and Drolls (1926) 36 copies
A Fragment of Life (1987) 36 copies
Things Near and Far (1923) 35 copies
The Great Return (1915) 30 copies
Die leuchtende Pyramide (1987) 29 copies
N (2010) 27 copies
The Novel of the Black Seal (2004) 22 copies
The Chronicle of Clemendy (1923) 22 copies
The Red Hand (1895) 21 copies
The Inmost Light (1894) 20 copies
The Cosy Room (1936) 18 copies
Selected Letters (1988) 18 copies
The Canning Wonder (1925) 17 copies
The Collected Arthur Machen (1988) 14 copies
The Glorious Mystery (1924) 14 copies
The anatomy of tobacco (1926) 13 copies
The Great God Pan and Other Weird Tales (1946) — Author — 12 copies
The Children of the Pool (1936) 12 copies
Cuentos (1987) 11 copies
Occult Territory: An Arthur Machen Gazetteer (2021) — Author — 11 copies
Furcht und Schrecken (1993) 9 copies
Eleusinia 9 copies
Der große Pan: Erzählungen (1994) — Author — 7 copies
Out Of The Earth (2009) 5 copies
The Bowmen (1915) 5 copies
Precious Balms (1924) 4 copies
Autobiographical Writings (2020) 4 copies
De grote god Pan : griezelverhalen (1970) — Author — 4 copies
Decadent and occult works (2018) 4 copies
Notes and Queries (1926) 4 copies
A Reader of Curious Books (2020) 3 copies
Tri varalice (2015) 2 copies
Levbavi Oculos (2019) 2 copies
Mystisiä kertomuksia (2021) 2 copies
Short Fiction 2 copies
A New Christmas Carol (2016) 2 copies
Change (2010) 2 copies
Hrůza 1 copy
Il terrore (2022) 1 copy
Rus in Urbe and Others (1992) 1 copy
Oltre la soglia (1993) 1 copy
Sad Avallona 1 copy

Associated Works

The Story of My Life (1789) — Translator, some editions — 1,024 copies
The Heptameron (1984) — Translator, some editions — 815 copies
Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy (2003) — Contributor — 597 copies
The Book of Fantasy (1940) — Contributor — 586 copies
H.P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror (1993) — Contributor — 304 copies
Weird Tales (1988) — Contributor — 267 copies
Extraordinary Tales (1955) — Contributor — 266 copies
Devils & Demons: A Treasury of Fiendish Tales Old & New (1991) — Contributor — 254 copies
Shudder Again: 22 Tales of Sex and Horror (1993) — Contributor — 228 copies
The Hastur Cycle (1993) — Author — 206 copies
The Omnibus of Crime (1929) — Contributor — 205 copies
The Mammoth Book of Arthurian Legends (1998) — Contributor — 189 copies
Late Victorian Gothic Tales (2005) — Contributor — 183 copies
The Big Book of Classic Fantasy (2019) — Contributor — 155 copies
The Phantom of the Opera and Other Gothic Tales (2018) — Contributor — 155 copies
My Favorite Horror Story (2007) — Contributor — 136 copies
The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories (2007) — Contributor — 130 copies
Shadows of Carcosa: Tales of Cosmic Horror (2014) — Contributor — 121 copies
The Dunwich Cycle (1995) — Contributor — 115 copies
The Penguin Book of First World War Stories (2007) — Contributor — 103 copies
Foundations of Fear (1992) — Contributor — 96 copies
More Stories to Remember, Volume II (1958) — Contributor — 94 copies
Casanova's Escape from the Leads (1988) — Translator, some editions — 89 copies
Famous Modern Ghost Stories (1921) — Contributor — 86 copies
Damnable Tales: A Folk Horror Anthology (2021) — Contributor — 85 copies
H.P. Lovecraft's Favorite Weird Tales (2005) — Contributor — 83 copies
Weird Woods: Tales from the Haunted Forests of Britain (2020) — Contributor — 80 copies
The 13 Best Horror Stories of All Time (2002) — Contributor — 76 copies
The Horror Hall of Fame (1991) — Contributor — 75 copies
The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1998) — Contributor — 73 copies
The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror (2021) — Contributor — 70 copies
Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1991) — Contributor — 64 copies
The World's Greatest Horror Stories (1994) — Contributor — 62 copies
Visitants (2010) — Contributor — 53 copies
The Century's Best Horror Fiction Volume 1 (2011) — Contributor — 51 copies
The Black Veil and Other Tales of Supernatural Sleuths (2007) — Contributor — 49 copies
Dancing With the Dark (1999) — Contributor — 49 copies
Fighters of Fear: Occult Detective Stories (2020) — Contributor — 46 copies
Into the London Fog: Eerie Tales from the Weird City (2020) — Contributor — 45 copies
The hundred tales (Les cent nouvelles nouvelles) (1924) — Introduction, some editions — 45 copies
The Deadly Dowager (1934) — Foreword, some editions — 45 copies
Shadows of Fear (Foundations of Fear, No 1) (1994) — Contributor — 43 copies
Horror Stories: Classic Tales from Hoffmann to Hodgson (2014) — Contributor — 43 copies
The nightmare reader, volume one (1973) — Contributor — 42 copies
The Moons at Your Door (2016) — Contributor — 41 copies
Great Tales of Terror (2002) — Contributor — 39 copies
Doorway to Dilemma: Bewildering Tales of Dark Fantasy (2019) — Contributor — 38 copies
Six Novels of the Supernatural (1944) — Contributor — 38 copies
The Screaming Skull and Other Classic Horror Stories (2010) — Contributor — 36 copies
The Garden of Hermetic Dreams (2004) — Contributor — 34 copies
The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1969) — Contributor — 34 copies
The Ghost Book: Sixteen Stories of the Uncanny (1926) — Contributor — 33 copies
The Best Crime Stories Ever Told (2012) — Contributor — 32 copies
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror (1928) — Contributor — 31 copies
Witches and Warlocks (1976) — Foreword, some editions — 29 copies
The Night Side: Masterpieces of the Strange and Terrible (1947) — Contributor — 27 copies
Strange Ecstasies (1973) — Contributor — 27 copies
The Best Ghost Stories (1990) — Contributor — 26 copies
Memoirs of Casanova, Volume 2 of 6 - To Paris and Prison (1920) — Translator, some editions; Translator; Translator, some editions — 25 copies
Welsh Tales of Terror (1766) — Contributor — 25 copies
Memoirs of Casanova, Volume 6 of 6 - Spanish Passions (1920) — Translator — 24 copies
The Horned God: Weird Tales of the Great God Pan (2022) — Composer — 23 copies
The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt (1920) — Translator, some editions — 23 copies
The Best Horror Stories (1977) — Contributor — 22 copies
Memoirs of Casanova, Volume 3 of 6 - The Eternal Quest (1920) — Translator, some editions; Translator, some editions; Translator, some editions — 21 copies
The Magicians: Occult Stories (1972) — Contributor — 18 copies
The Secret Ceremonies: Critical Essays on Arthur Machen (2019) — Contributor — 17 copies
Welsh Short Stories (1937) — Contributor — 17 copies
Tales of the Occult (1975) — Author, some editions — 16 copies
Paha vieras (1996) 15 copies
British Weird (2020) — Contributor — 14 copies
The Ghost's Companion (Puffin Books) (1975) — Contributor — 14 copies
Monster Festival: Classic Tales of the Macabre (1965) — Contributor — 14 copies
Lost Souls Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2018) — Contributor — 13 copies
Uncanny Tales 2 (1974) — Contributor — 11 copies
Lovecraftin lähteillä (1887) 10 copies
Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries (1935) — Contributor — 9 copies
The Zinzolin Book of Occult Fiction (2022) — Contributor — 9 copies
The Black Cap: New Stories of Murder and Mystery (1928) — Contributor — 9 copies
M Is for Monster: A Modern Bestiary of Classic Monsters (2011) — Contributor — 9 copies
More ghosts and marvels (1934) — Contributor — 7 copies
Shudders (1929) — Contributor — 7 copies
When Churchyards Yawn (1963) — Contributor — 6 copies
The Sleeping and the Dead (1963) — Contributor — 5 copies
Kings of Horror — Author — 5 copies
The great weird stories (1977) — Contributor — 4 copies
The Unquiet Grave (1964) — Contributor — 4 copies
The Heptameron or Tales and Novels: Volume Two (1900) — Translator — 2 copies
150 anni in Giallo (1989) — Contributor — 2 copies
Faunus, Number Forty-two (Autumn 2020) — Contributor — 2 copies
The nightmare reader (1973) — Contributor — 2 copies
Faunus: Issue 41 — Contributor — 2 copies
Missing From Their Homes — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name
Jones, Arthur Llewellyn
Other names
Jones-Machen, Arthur Llewellyn
Birthdate
1863-03-03
Date of death
1947-12-15
Burial location
Saint Mary Churchyard, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Gender
male
Nationality
UK
Country (for map)
Wales, UK
Birthplace
Caerleon, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
Place of death
Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Places of residence
Llandewi Fach, Monmouthshire, UK
London, England, UK
Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Education
Hereford Cathedral School
Occupations
novelist
essayist
short-story writer
clerk
teacher
actor (show all 8)
translator
journalist
Relationships
Warner, Sylvia Townsend (niece)
Greenwood, Edwin (friend)
מאכן, ארתור
Organizations
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
Short biography
Arthur Machen (3 March 1863 – 15 December 1947) was a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction.

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Reviews

A couple of times does that thing where it builds up and then when you think it's going to finally describe something, just cuts out. It's pretty pathetic, although I know a lot of people are cool with that sort of thing. To me it kind of blew the atmosphere. Which is a shame because it IS a very good atmosphere and it's pretty suspenseful. Even with that, though, it was enjoyable and I thought the ending was pretty alright considering it was of that style. Despite myself I was kept in suspense and if you don't mind anti-climaxes like that you'll enjoy this quite a bit I think. Good stuff slightly marred by a bit of poor writing.… (more)
 
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tombomp | 34 other reviews | Oct 31, 2023 |
Really good, thoroughly enjoyed the various unfoldings
 
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Blackzowen | 34 other reviews | Oct 2, 2023 |
A rather odd book. Lots of telling rather than showing, and lots of dialogue (especially expository dialogue), so that it feels like a drama half the time. I'd guess it was easily three-quarters dialogue.
This book felt as though Machen kept starting new stories and couldn't get anywhere so he pasted them together, or alternately it felt like the Chinese boxes mentioned in the story, like rooms within rooms.
On the whole interesting but a letdown of the first order. What exactly happened? We don't know because Machen left out all the good parts, so to speak.… (more)
 
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judeprufrock | 34 other reviews | Jul 4, 2023 |
The Great God Pan is an excellent story (4 stars, if I rated it individually)...the other stories in this collection are not so great.
 
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LynnMPK | Jun 29, 2023 |

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