Tag Archives: Arthur Machen

Hammett: And Machen

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Don

Around Xmas, as I was in the midst of that big reread of H. P. Lovecraft I alluded to a couple of times, I got the urge to do yet another reread on the Dyson stories by Arthur Machen — for … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: The Shiel Biographies

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Don

By this time last year I had poked my way through the first two of three projected volumes covering the life of M. P. Shiel, and happened to bump into Vince Emery while I was reading along. “Give me one … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Redonda!

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Don

I’m confident it was my pal Steve Eng who brought M. P. Shiel fully to my attention some thirty years ago. Like anyone else interested in horror and fantastic literature, I’d have come across the name already, courtesy at least … Continue reading →