Three famous works by Arthur Machen-The Great God Pan, The Hill of Dreams, and the Angels of Mons-in one volume with an introduction by Catherine Mintz.

Included in this volume are these classic Machen tales: "A Fragment of Life," "The White People," "The Great God Pan," and "The Inmost Light.

About a mile from the rectory he had diverged from the main road by an opening that promised mystery and adventure. It was an old neglected lane, little more than a ditch, worn ten feet deep by its winter waters, and shadowed by great untrimmed hedges, densely woven together.

THE GREAT GOD PAN was written by Arthur Machen. The original story was published in 1890, and Machen revised and extended it in 1894. It has since garnered a reputation as a classic of horror. Machen's story was only one of many at the time to focus on Pan as a useful symbol for the power of nature and paganism.

Arthur Machen unfurls the tale of a young girl cursed and pursued by her supernatural parentage to become a creature of shape-shifting, polysexual, demi-god evil.

An unabridged edition of the two classics: The Great God Pan and The Hill of Dreams, with footnotes

Originally titled The House of Souls, this unabridged edition contains: The White People, A Fragment of Life, The Great God Pan, and The Inmost Light

Classic tales of the fantastic, creepy and weird, with a foreword from Guillermo Del Toro

Machen's weird tales of the creepy and fantastic finally come to Penguin Classics. With an introduction from S.T. Joshi, editor of American Supernatural Tales, The White People and Other Weird Stories is the perfect introduction to the father of weird fiction. The title story "The White People" is an exercise in the bizarre leaving the reader disoriented and on edge. From the first page, Machen turns even fundamental truths upside-down, as his character Ambrose...

A young man's quest for beauty through literature, love, drugs and dreams becomes a mystical, lyrical classic from the father of supernatural horror.

Arthur Machen is considered a master of Victorian supernatural horror, penning such classics as 'The Great God Pan' and 'The Hill of Dreams'. As a journalist he was also responsible, (albeit unknowingly), for creating the still-popular legend of The Angel of Mons. Machen was born at Caerleon in Wales, and in later life turned his attention to Celtic legend and its ability to transform and inspire our dull reality. 'The Secret Glory' is a semi-autobiographical tale of Ambrose Meyrick, whose mundane existence as a reluctant pupil in an English upper-class 'public school' is transfigured by his...