Episode 44: Midsummer by Arthur Machen

The Oddcast: Tales of the Occult, Weird, and Arcane by Jon Fredette

Apr 5, 202200:07:36Arts

Arthur Machen, the pen-name of Arthur Llewellyn Jones, was a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He has garnered a reputation as one most influential classic horror story authors to have ever wri...

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