Arthur Machen

The White People Illustrated Arthur Machen

"The White People" is aHorrorshort story by Welsh author Arthur Machen. Written in the late 1890s, it was first published in 1904 in Horlick's Magazine, edited by Machen's friend A. E. Waite, then reprinted in Machen's collection The House of Souls (1906). The story has since been described as an important example ofHorrorfiction, influencing generations of later writers.