The Man Who Collected Machen and Other Stories
Cover art: Promethée by Jean Delville, 1912.
Mark Samuels is one of
the few modern masters of the weird tale. He has enjoyed effusive praise from the likes of Thomas Ligotti, Ramsey Campbell and T.E.D. Klein. In
his latest collection of tales he demonstrates the sense of mystical awe and horror coupled with an elegant prose style that has made his name a byword for fantastic fiction of the highest quality. Where nightmares
become reality, where shadows are bright, where the future is already
decayed and dying, here, within the pages of this volume, you will find a consummation devoutly to be wished.
Contents:
- Losenef Express
- Xapalpa
- Glickman the Bibliophile
- The Man Who Collected Machen
- A Slave of Melancholy
- Thyxxolqu
- A Question of Obeying Orders
- The Age of Decayed Futurity
- The Black Mould
- Nor Unto Death Utterly
- A Contaminated Text
- A Great Life Spoilt
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Mark Samuels
Mark Samuels is a London-based writer of horror and fantastic fiction in the tradition of Arthur Machen and H. P. Lovecraft. Born in 1967 in Clapham, South London, he was first published in 1988, and his short stories often focus on detailing a shadowy modern London in which the protagonists gradually discover a dark and terrifying reality behind the mundane urban world. His works have been praised by Thomas Ligotti and John Pelan amongst others. His debut collection was shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award and his work has appeared several times in the annual anthology The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror.
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