The Three Impostors or The Transmutations

On the surface, everything appears normal and cheerful in this bustling suburb of neatly laid out homes and well-trimmed hedges. But nothing is really as it seems. For in this world of impostors, conspiracies combine with dark forces to veil a once-ordinary London neighborhood in a cloud of mystery and fear. A masterpiece of Gothic horror and suspense that inspired such writers as H. P. Lovecraft, The Three Impostors is Machen's famous collection of "weird tales" — a string of shocking short stories woven together with a fine narrative thread. Rich with terror, adventure, satire, deception, and dreamlike fantasy, it is a classic of occult literature written by a stylistic master. Some of the finest horror stories ever written. Arthur Machen had a profound impact upon H.P. Lovecraft and the group of stories that would later become known as the Cthulhu Mythos. This first volume of Chaosium's Arthur Machen collection begins with the chilling "The Three Impostors" in its [...]complete form, including the rarely seen sections "The Decorative Imagination" and "The Novel of the Iron Maid." CONTENTS PROLOGUE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLD TIBERIUS THE ENCOUNTER OF THE PAVEMENT NOVEL OF THE DARK VALLEY ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING BROTHER NOVEL OF THE BLACK SEAL INCIDENT OF THE PRIVATE BAR THE DECORATIVE IMAGINATION NOVEL OF THE IRON MAID THE RECLUSE OF BAYSWATER NOVEL OF THE WHITE POWDER STRANGE OCCURRENCE IN CLERKENWELL HISTORY OF THE YOUNG MAN WITH SPECTACLES ADVENTURE OF THE DESERTED RESIDENCE