"The Terror: A Mystery" by Arthur Machen is an early 20th-century novel set during World War I, where a rural Welsh district faces a wave of inexplicable and terrifying events. The story explores themes of fear and emerging paranoia as the community grapples with a haunting series of disappearances and deaths, suggesting a sinister force at play. Machen crafts a narrative that connects the dread of the war to the local happenings in Meirion that involve the death of a child, creating a chilling atmosphere where everyday events turn deadly, hinting that the terror is connected to something darker lurking in the shadows of society.
The Terror: A Mystery
By Arthur Machen
In a war-stricken land, ordinary events turn into terrifying nightmares as a community confronts a mysterious force.
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About the AuthorArthur Machen was the pen-name of Arthur Llewellyn Jones, a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. His novella The Great God Pan has garnered a reputation as a classic of horror, with Stephen King describing it as "Maybe the best [horror story] in the English language." He is also well known for "The Bowmen", a short story that was widely read as fact, creating the legend of the Angels of Mons.
Arthur Machen was the pen-name of Arthur Llewellyn Jones, a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. His novella The Great God Pan has garnered a reputation as a classic of horror, with Stephen King describing it as "Maybe the best [horror story] in the English language." He is also well known for "The Bowmen", a short story that was widely read as fact, creating the legend of the Angels of Mons.
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