Machen's dark imaginings of the reality behind ancient beliefs feature again in the acclaimed, mesmerising short story 'The White People' and the curious tale 'The Shining Pyramid', also in this volume. THE WEIRD TALES - Horror & Macabre Collection: Dark Fantasy Classics: The Red Hand, A Fragment of Life, The Three Impostors, The Terror, The Secret Glory, The White People, The Great God Pan, The Shining Pyramid, The Great Return. He immediately became one of the most talked-about writers of the last years of the nineteenth century, while the publication marked the start of his ongoing influence on modern fantasy and horror. He had translated Casanova's memoirs and was living on a small inheritance. Its author, Arthur Machen, was a struggling unknown writer living in London. The Great God Pan was a sensation when first published in 1894. Arthur Machen (real name Arthur Llewellyn Jones 3 March 1863 15 December 1947) was a Welsh author and actor best known for his fantasy and horror tales set in the decadent Edwardian era. Many men are infatuated with her beauty, but great beauty has a price, sometimes you have to pay with the only thing you have left. Twenty years later feted society hostess Helen Vaughan becomes the source of much fevered speculation. She has seen the great god Pan and will die giving birth to a daughter. An experiment into the sources of the human brain through the mind of a young woman has gone horribly wrong.
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