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"Of living creators of cosmic fear raised to its most artistic pitch, few if any can hope to equal the versatile Arthur Machen." -H.P. Lovecraft Actor, journalist , devotee of Celtic Christianity and the Holy Grail legend, Welshman Arthur Machen is considered one of the fathers of weird... read more

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One evening in autumn, when the deformities of London were veiled in faint blue mist, and its vistas and far-reaching streets seemed splendid, Mr. Charles Salisbury was slowly pacing down Rupert Street, drawing nearer to his favourite restaurant by slow degrees.

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Foreword
Introduction

The Inmost Light
Novel of the Black Seal
Novel of the White Powder
The Red Hand
The White People
A Fragment of Life
The Bowmen
The Soldiers' Rest
The Great Return
Out of the Earth
The Terror

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This book is in Penguin Classics. (edition-based publisher list)

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  1. Arthur Machen (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Guillermo del Toro (Foreword)
  2. S. T. Joshi (Introduction)

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