Arthur Machen's long career was diverse in both interest and achievement. Beginning in the 1880s and 1890s as an aesthete, he later became a master of the horror tale, moved on to create almost single-handedly what might be called the tale of spiritual...

Not only is Arthur Machen remembered for his supernatural war story about Anglo-Saxon archers, "The Bowmen" (published in 1914 in The Evening News), and as an important influence on modern fantasy writers such as H.P. Lovecraft and Ray Bradbury, but...

Arthur Machen's works cannot be classified as novels in the usual sense. The greatest body of his canon consists of essays and supernatural tales. The common chord, however, that runs throughout is the spirit of romance. His position is made clear in...

An American editor and critic, Joshi is the leading figure in the field of H. P. Lovecraft scholarship and criticism. As an editor, his publications include several volumes of Lovecraft's previously uncollected or unpublished works, critical editions of Lovecraft's major fiction, a collection of essays surveying Lovecraft's critical reputation, the journal Lovecraft Studies, and the definitive bibliography of Lovecraft's life and work as well as a full-length biographical and cr...

In the essay below, Gekle examines the supernatural quality of Machen's fiction and places his work within a literary context.

Stern is an American editor, historian, and author. In the following essay, he provides an overview of Machen's fiction.