The Great God Pan

About this book

A doctor performs an experiment upon a young woman, hoping to open a door into a hidden region of reality. Years later, the consequences begin appearing in London with dreadful regularity.

Arthur Machen never explains the central horror too neatly. His tale moves through recollections, investigations and disturbing reports, slowly assembling the terrible outlines of Helen Vaughan's history. Machen leaves his central horror partly unnamed, letting fears about scientific intrusion and forbidden experience gather around Helen Vaughan.