Arthur Machen
Around 1890 Machen began to publish in literary magazines, writing stories influenced by the works of Robert Louis Stevenson, some of which used gothic or fantastic themes. This led to his first major success, "The Great God Pan". It was published in 1894 by John Lane in the noted Keynotes Series, which was part of the growing aesthetic movement of the time. Machen's story was widely denounced for its sexual and horrific content and consequently sold well, going into a second edition.
Malachy Coney
He self-published a number of small press comics during the early 1990s, including the religious satire "Catholic Lad", "The Good Father", a story of family and sexuality, and a gay-themed parody superhero comic, "Major Power and Spunky", drawn by Sean Doran, which also appeared in the anthologies "Gay Comics" and "Buddies", and in a one-shot published by Fantagraphics' Eros Comix imprint in 1994. Eros also published Coney and Holden's "The Dandy Lion" in 1997. A third gay superhero parody, "The Simply Incredible Hunk", was drawn and self-published by Holden. In 1997 He contributed to the Belfast anthology "DNA Swamp", writing the Irish mythological superhero series "Keltor", illustrated by Christian Kotey, and the one-off strip "Life Dreams of a Homo Pacedermus", drawn by Doran.