Editing Arthur Machen (section)

===Literary societies===
[[File:Machen plauque.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Blue plaque]] installed on Machen's birthplace in [[Caerleon]] in November 1997,<ref>{{cite book |last=Wisker |first=Gina |title=Horror Fiction: An Introduction |year=2005 |publisher=Continuum |location=New York & London |isbn=0-8264-1561-X |page=74 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yNEfpTpoNukC&pg=PA74 |access-date=14 April 2012}}</ref> under the auspices of the UK Arthur Machen Society]]
An Arthur Machen Society was established in 1948 in the United States and survived until the 1960s. It was followed by the Arthur Machen Society based in the UK, in 1986, which in turn was replaced by the current literary society, The Friends of Arthur Machen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arthurmachen.org.uk/|title=Friends of Arthur Machen Website homepage: Horror Fantastic and Supernatural Fiction|publisher=arthurmachen.org.uk|access-date=27 September 2014}}</ref>

The Friends of Arthur Machen (FoAM) is a non-profit international [[literary society]] founded in 1998 dedicated to supporting interest in Arthur Machen and his work, and to aid research. It publishes two journals: ''Faunus'', which reprints rare Machen articles and criticism of his work, and ''Machenalia''. It fosters interest not only in Machen but in events in which he played a key part, such as the [[Angels of Mons]] affair, and organises [[psychogeography|psychogeographic]] excursions.

Prominent members include [[Alan Moore]], [[Stewart Lee]] and [[R. B. Russell]] of [[Tartarus Press]]. The society was nominated for a [[World Fantasy Special Award: Non-Professional]] in 2006.