Bloomsbury's Horrormeister

Guided walk celebrating the work of Bloomsbury's urban-Gothic folk-horror writer Arthur Machen.

This guided walk celebrates the work of Arthur Machen, Bloomsbury's resident urban-Gothic folk-horror writer. The Welsh-born Machen (1863-1947) has been variously described as the 'High Priest of Nightmare', 'Godfather of Magic Realism' and 'Author of our Sacraments of Evil.' Stephen King went as far as to say that Machen was the writer of the "best horror novel in the English language." The walk takes us through the streets of Bloomsbury which were Machen's stomping grounds in the late 1800s, and looks at how these streets became so inspirational in his early life and works.