The Terror, Arthur Machen
The Terror, Arthur Machen
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The Terror

Author: Arthur Machen

Narrator: John Guccion

Unabridged: 4 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/03/2025


Synopsis

In the isolated villages of Meirion, Wales, people vanish without a trace, leaving a quiet countryside gripped by fear. A series of unexplainable deaths occur under horrifying and impossible circumstances—drowned in shallow marshes, shattered on jagged cliffs, slaughtered on empty roads. The press goes silent and fear spreads like wildfire. Is there a monstrous killer lurking in the shadows, or is something far more sinister at work?As a physician investigates the shocking truth about the mystifying deaths and tragedies, he uncovers a terror beyond human comprehension—a force that defies logic, nature, and even the limits of reality itself.A masterpiece of suspense and the supernatural, The Terror blends the supernatural, fantasy and horror fiction into a story that would influence future writing in the horror genre for decades.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill on August 27, 2019

This short novel may not be Machen's best work, but it is his only serious—albeit indirect—attempt to address the effects of the international trauma which I believe precipitated his literary decline: the cumulative horror of the trenches of World War I. “The Coming of the Terror,” a short story firs......more

Goodreads review by Matteo on June 06, 2022

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Goodreads review by Jim on January 30, 2022

3.5 stars. Most essential Machen work is from the 1890s, but The Terror is his most fully developed horror tale from his later career and of interest for those of us who prefer his darker fiction. This often waffling novella is meandering and less focused than his dark folk masterpieces The Hill of D......more

Goodreads review by Oscar on May 28, 2013

Esta es una de las historias menos conocidas de Arthur Machen; apenas se cita, y sin embargo es una joya imprescindible. Los hechos que se cuentan en ‘El terror’ transcurren en el año 1915, en plena Primera Guerra Mundial, cuando el mundo civilizado estaba amenazado por Alemania. Machen juega con los......more

Goodreads review by Temucano on August 10, 2025

Libro corto, de una prosa evocadora rebosante de atmósferas naturales, sombrías y misteriosas, aunque esta vez con un final más razonado, si se compara con otras cosas más etéreas del autor. Es un terror inmerso en lo más profundo de nosotros, atávico del origen de los tiempos. Quizás la idea daba p......more