{"id":25641,"date":"2025-12-23T23:37:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T03:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/?p=25641"},"modified":"2026-03-18T12:21:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T16:21:44","slug":"the-stories-of-arthur-machen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/authors\/the-stories-of-arthur-machen\/25641\/","title":{"rendered":"The Stories of Arthur Machen"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kt-tabs-id25641_7cb161-89 > .kt-tabs-content-wrap > .wp-block-kadence-tab{border-top:3px solid var(--accent);border-right:0px solid #bc7b77;border-bottom:0px solid #bc7b77;border-left:0px solid #bc7b77;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);}.wp-block-kadence-tabs 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height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Arthur-Machen-Los-ninos-felices-300x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Arthur Machen: The Happy Children\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Arthur-Machen-Los-ninos-felices-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Arthur-Machen-Los-ninos-felices-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Arthur-Machen-Los-ninos-felices-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Arthur-Machen-Los-ninos-felices.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/arthur-machen-the-happy-children\/16796\/\">Arthur Machen: The Happy Children<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">The Happy Children is a haunting story by Arthur Machen, published in 1920. After Christmas 1915, a journalist stops in Banwick, a town steeped in medieval atmosphere. Fascinated by the beauty of the place, he wanders through the narrow, winding streets, where he is surprised to find numerous children laughing, singing, and dancing merrily. His bewilderment increases as he finds that even as night falls and darkness envelops the village, children are still on the streets. While exploring this enigmatic setting, the journalist witnesses a strange procession heading to an ancient church on the hill. This experience will be far more disturbing than he ever imagined.<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/arthur-machen-the-happy-children\/16796\/\">Read the full story<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Arthur Machen: The Happy Children<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item post-25464 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-short-stories tag-arthur-machen-en tag-fantasy tag-horror-en tag-united-kingdom generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-33\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner-wrap kt-feat-image-align-left kt-feat-image-mobile-align-top\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-intrisic kt-image-ratio-133-33\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.33%;\"><div class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-intrisic\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/arthur-machen-the-shining-pyramid\/25464\/\" aria-label=\"Arthur Machen: The Shining Pyramid\" class=\"kadence-post-image-inner-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Arthur-Machen-La-piramide-brillante-300x300.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Arthur Machen: The Shining Pyramid\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Arthur-Machen-La-piramide-brillante-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Arthur-Machen-La-piramide-brillante-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Arthur-Machen-La-piramide-brillante-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/lecturia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Arthur-Machen-La-piramide-brillante.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner\"><header><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/arthur-machen-the-shining-pyramid\/25464\/\">Arthur Machen: The Shining Pyramid<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-top-meta\"><\/div><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\">\u201cThe Shining Pyramid\u201d is a short story by Arthur Machen, first published in May 1895 in The Unknown World. Mr. Vaughan visits his friend Dyson in London to ask for help with a disturbing mystery: near his country house, strange designs have appeared, made with prehistoric arrowheads that rearrange themselves each night to form enigmatic figures. Vaughan fears they may be signals left by thieves interested in his valuable collection of ancient silver. Intrigued by these inexplicable symbols, Dyson decides to accompany Vaughan to his remote property in the Welsh hills to investigate the phenomena and discover who\u2014or what\u2014is creating them.<div class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore-wrap\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/lecturia.org\/en\/short-stories\/arthur-machen-the-shining-pyramid\/25464\/\">Read the full story<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Arthur Machen: The Shining Pyramid<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-left\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-post-footer-right\"><\/div><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/div><\/div><!-- .wp-block-kadence-postgrid --><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-tab kt-tab-inner-content kt-inner-tab-2 kt-inner-tab25641_b4d765-4e\"><div class=\"kt-tab-inner-content-inner\"><style>.kt-post-loop25641_d48ce2-f0 .kadence-post-image{padding-top:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;}.kt-post-loop25641_d48ce2-f0 .kt-feat-image-align-left{grid-template-columns:20% auto;}.kt-post-loop25641_d48ce2-f0 .kt-post-grid-wrap{gap:20px 20px;}.kt-post-loop25641_d48ce2-f0 .kt-blocks-post-grid-item{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-top:0px solid var(--base);border-right:0px solid var(--base);border-bottom:1px solid #e2ded5;border-left:0px solid var(--base);overflow:hidden;}.kt-post-loop25641_d48ce2-f0 .kt-blocks-post-grid-item .kt-blocks-post-grid-item-inner{padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;}.kt-post-loop25641_d48ce2-f0 .kt-blocks-post-grid-item header{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;}.kt-post-loop25641_d48ce2-f0 .kt-blocks-post-grid-item .kt-blocks-above-categories{font-size:13px;line-height:20px;text-transform:uppercase;}.kt-post-loop25641_d48ce2-f0 .kt-blocks-post-grid-item .entry-title{padding-top:5px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-size:24px;line-height:30px;}.kt-post-loop25641_d48ce2-f0 .entry-content{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;}.kt-post-loop25641_d48ce2-f0 .kt-blocks-post-footer{border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:20px;text-transform:uppercase;}.kt-post-loop25641_d48ce2-f0 .entry-content:after{height:0px;}.kt-post-loop25641_d48ce2-f0 .entry-content .kt-blocks-post-readmore{background-color:#0c0c0c;border-color:#0c0c0c;color:#f0ede6;padding-top:4px;padding-right:8px;padding-bottom:4px;padding-left:8px;margin-top:10px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;}.kt-post-loop25641_d48ce2-f0 .entry-content .kt-blocks-post-readmore:hover{color:#ffffff;border-color:#555555;background-color:#555555;}.kt-post-loop25641_d48ce2-f0 .kb-filter-item{border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:2px;border-left-width:0px;padding-top:5px;padding-right:8px;padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:8px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-post-loop25641_d48ce2-f0 .kt-blocks-post-grid-item{border-top:0px solid var(--base);border-right:0px solid var(--base);border-bottom:1px solid #e2ded5;border-left:0px solid var(--base);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kt-post-loop25641_d48ce2-f0 .kt-blocks-post-grid-item{border-top:0px solid var(--base);border-right:0px solid var(--base);border-bottom:0px solid #e2ded5;border-left:0px solid var(--base);}}<\/style><div class=\"wp-block-kadence-postgrid kt-blocks-post-loop-block alignnone kt-post-loop25641_d48ce2-f0 kt-post-grid-layout-grid \"><div class=\"kt-post-grid-layout-grid-wrap kt-post-grid-wrap\" data-columns-xxl=\"1\" data-columns-xl=\"1\" data-columns-md=\"1\" data-columns-sm=\"1\" data-columns-xs=\"1\" data-columns-ss=\"1\"data-item-selector=\".kt-post-masonry-item\" aria-label=\"Post Carousel\"><p>No posts<\/p><\/div><\/div><!-- .wp-block-kadence-postgrid --><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best short stories by the British writer Arthur Machen. 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