A young man’s quest for beauty through literature, love, drugs and dreams becomes a mystical, lyrical classic from the father of supernatural horror. Originally published in 1907, it is widely regarded as Machen’s finest lyrical work.

"A dream of a book."
Henry Miller

"To read Machen is to journey into the heart of ecstasy and terror."
Mark Samuels

"One of the best horror writers ever."
Mark E. Smith

"For ability to create an atmosphere of nameless terror I can think of no author living or dead who comes near to him."
Jerome K. Jerome

With a Foreword by Catherine Fisher.

Born Arthur Llewelyn Jones in 1863, Arthur Machen became one of the most influential writers of his generation. He interwove the dark landscapes of his Monmouthshire childhood, together with his adult life in bohemian fin-de-siécle London, to create magical and disturbing tales. His admirers include Stephen King, and H.P. Lovecraft, who described him as one of the four ‘modern masters of the horror story’.