This autumn, Darkly Bright Press will publish a new critical edition of Arthur Machen’s war-time novel The Terror. Though often considered a minor work in the Machen canon, the new edition will highlight the mythopoeic and perichoretic vision as expressed by the “Apostle of Wonder” in his unique style.
The volume will present three versions of the theological thriller:
The 1917 First British Edition with Annotations
The 1916 Evening News Serialization (First time in book form)
The 1917 Century Abridgment including the original illustrations
Also, we are pleased to include five groundbreaking essays by contemporary writers:
Some Notes on the Bibliography and Setting by Douglas A. Anderson
All Creation Groans by Fr. John Bethancourt
The Letter of Wrath: Liturgy and Prophecy by David Llewellyn Dodds
A Sombre Grove of Enigmas by Thomas Kent Miller
Traditional Wisdom in The Terror by Dale Nelson
Shorter articles focus on the second British edition and later media adaptations of the story, including an unrealized screenplay.
This October, the edition will be released in a limited, numbered hardcover edition before receiving wide trade release in 2025. Stay tuned for more information and preordering schedule.
For now, we present a new article by one of the contributors:
Mythopoeic Fantasy and Rehabilitation by Dale Nelson
The Calvary at Azay: But when we came marching into the ruins of Azay I had no hope of seeing the Calvary in its old place. From the ruin and desolation on every side I was quite assured the cross must have been long broken into fragments by the fire of the two armies. I was astonished when we took up our position by the river to see it still standing there, high over the land of that most horrible desolation. It was as if one had gone down into the abyss of hell and seen that there was also God.
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