The Bowmen

I read an edition of this book available legally and for free from Archive.org. Machen's work is a fast read, with about half the volume as an introspective on the phenomena he touched off. He wrote a story about a British soldier in the trenches who called upon St. George, to be answered by an ether......more

The stories are, in author’s own words, an indifferent piece of work, but the life one of them took is fascinating!......more

[G. P. Putnam’s Sons] (1915). HB. 77 Pages. Purchased from ‘cryptocellus’. Somewhat entertaining but well shy of the author’s brilliant best. Machen’s Introduction oozes consternation. He long struggled with credulous fools who lightly seized upon a minor, frivolous, fictional work as an account of b......more

Interesting collection of WWI stories by Machen. Contains a fascinating introduction by Machen explaining how his simple story The Bowmen grew into a legend of the war.......more

Easily the best way to read Machens WW1 stories! If you have read stories such as 'The Bowman' and 'The Monstance' before, then this is still worth reading, purely for Machens preface giving his slightly amusing take on the 'Angels of Mons' controversy. There is even a short piece by someone called '......more