story featuring the main characters from The Three Impostors. It focuses on a murder performed with an ancient stone axe. The Hill of Dreams (written 1895–1897; published 1907): novel delineating the dark, mystical spiraling madness, awe, sensuality, horror and ecstasy of an artist. Generally considered Machen's masterpiece. Ornaments in Jade (written 1897; published 1924): prose poems, some of which hint at dark pagan powers. "The White People" (written 1899; published 1904): short horror story. Presented as a young girl's diary, detailing her increasingly deep delvings into witchcraft. Often described as one of the greatest of all horror short stories. Hieroglyphics: A Note upon Ecstasy in Literature (written 1899; published 1902): literary tract detailing Machen's philosophy of literature and its capacity for "ecstasy". A Fragment of Life (written 1899–1904; published 1904): short novel. A young couple repudiate the banalities of material life in favour of the spiritual. The House of the Hidden Light (Written in 1904 with Arthur Edward Waite. Only three copies were published. Reprinted in an edition of 350 copies by Tartarus Press, 2003): book of coded and mystical correspondence. The Secret Glory (written 1899–1908; published 1922): novel. A public-school boy becomes fascinated by tales of the Holy Grail and escapes from his repressive school in search of a deeper meaning to life. "The Bowmen" (1914): in this story, written and published during World War I, the ghosts of archers from the battle of Agincourt, led by Saint George, come to the aid of British troops. This is cited as the origin of the Angels of Mons legend. "The Great Return" (1915): short story. The Holy Grail returns to a Welsh village. The Terror (1917): short horror novel. Rural supernatural horror set in wartime Britain, where a series of unexplained countryside murders occur with no sign of who or what is responsible. Far Off Things (1922): first volume of autobiography. Things Near and Far (1923): second volume of autobiography. "Out of the Earth" (1923): short horror story regarding the malefic brutality of the mythical "Little People", who are emulating World War I. The London Adventure (1924): third and final volume of autobiography. Dog and Duck (1924): essays. The Glorious Mystery (1924): essays and vignettes. The Canning Wonder (1925): non-fiction study of the eighteenth-century mystery of the disappearance of Elizabeth Canning. Machen concludes that Canning was lying about some or all of her exploits. Dreads and Drolls (1926): essays (expanded