The Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories [Hardcover]

Something pushed out from the body there on the floor, and stretched forth a slimy, wavering tentacle...

Perhaps no figure better embodies the transition from the Gothic tradition to modern horror than Arthur Machen. In the final decade of the nineteenth century, the Welsh writer produced a seminal body of tales of occult horror, spiritual and physical corruption, and malignant survivals from the primeval past which horrified and scandalized late-Victorian readers. Machen's weird fiction has influenced generations of storytellers, from H. P. Lovecraft to Guillermo Del Toro - and it remains no less unsettling today.

This new collection, which includes the complete novelThe Three Impostorsas well as such celebrated tales asThe Great God PanandThe White People, constitutes the most comprehensive critical edition of Machen yet to appear. In addition to the core late-Victorian horror classics, a selection of lesser-known prose poems and later tales helps to present a fuller picture of the development of Machen's weird vision. The edition's introduction and notes contextualize the life and work of this foundational figure in the history of horror.

Introduction
Note on the Text
Select Bibliography
A Chronology of Arthur Machen
The Lost Club
The Great God Pan
The Inmost Light
The Three Impostors
The Red Hand
The Shining Pyramid
The Turanians
The Idealist
Witchcraft
The Ceremony
Psychology
Midsummer
The White People
The Bowmen
The Monstrance
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The Tree of Life
Change
Ritual
Explanatory Notes

This is a must-have collection of landmark tales of horror. --Publishers Weekly

This collection, complete with an introduction on Machen's life and work, is highly recommended not only for fans but for any general reader interested in weird fiction or gothic horror in general. -- Alan KelÃ*