In the fall of 1918, Arthur Machen left his position as star reporter with the Evening News, his steady employer since April 1910, to join the staff another London paper, The Daily Express. His tenure at the latter proved brief as he contributed only 14 articles with the last dispatch being published on November 21, 1918. Early the following year, Machen returned to the Evening News where he remained until late 1921. Machen’s assignment at The Daily Express were quite short, running from only 250 to 650 words each; however every installment is a concentrated burst of Machenalian style and delight.

Little Sights of London  (9/24/1918) 

Clotted Nonsense (9/25/1918) 

A Real Roly-Poly Pudding (9/26/1918) 

Dishevelled Children (9/28/1918)

London’s Tree Tyrant (9/30/1918) 

Quicker Than Thought  (10/3/1918) 

The Domestic Hun  (10/4/1918)

Sacred Turnip  (10/7/1918) 

Anything Good Enough!  (10/10/1918) 

Little Men and Little Pleasures  (10/16/1918) 

Democracy of Poets  (10/30/1918)

Wasted Van Power (10/31/1918)

No Cattle Shows  (11/4/1918)

How We Lost Our Tails  (11/21/1918)