Great God Pan by Arthur Machen Fiction Horror

<p><strong>In Supernatural Horror in Literature H. P. Lovecraft praised the story Great God Pan saying:</strong> No one could begin to describe the cumulative suspense and ultimate horror with which every paragraph abounds; he added that the sensitive reader reaches the end with an appreciative shudder. Arthur Machen had a substantial career as a novelist and storyteller but nothing he did in the course of a lifetime made the impact he made in 1890 with _The Great God Pan._ The tale literally caused a furor in London -- for it seemed to many readers to bring horror and prurient sexuality together in a way that echoed their moment foreshadowing the decadence of our own.</p>