Arthur Machen (1863-1947) was a Welsh author and mystic, best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. His first major success came in 1894, with the novella The Great God Pan. Machen's legacy remains formidable; his work has influenced countless other artists, and is seen as setting the stage for-amongst other things-the Cthulhu horrors of H. P. Lovecraft.
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"The Great God Pan" is a novella written by Arthur Machen. A Version of the story was published in the magazine Whirlwind in 1890, and Machen revised and extended it for its book publication (together with another story, "The Inmost Light") in 1894. On pu... SEE MORE