The White People
| "The White People" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Arthur Machen | |
| Text available at Wikisource | |
| Country | Wales |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Horror |
| Publication | |
| Publisher | J & W Horlick's (serial) Grant Richards (book publication) |
| Media type | Print (Serial, Hardcover) |
| Publication date | 1904 (serial) 1906 (book) |
"The White People" is a horror short 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 of horror fiction, and even as one of the greatest horror stories of all time, influencing generations of later writers.