The Great God Pan
The Great God Pan is a horror and fantasy novella by Welsh writer Arthur Machen. Machen was inspired to write "The Great God Pan" by his experiences at the ruins of a pagan temple in Wales. What would become the first chapter of the novella was published in the magazine "The Whirlwind" in 1890. Machen later extended "The Great God Pan" and it was published as a book alongside another story, "The Inmost Light", in 1894. The novella begins with an experiment to allow a woman named Mary to see the supernatural world. This is followed by an account of a series of mysterious happenings and deaths over many years surrounding a woman named Helen Vaughan. At the end, the heroes confront Helen and force her to kill herself. She undergoes a series of supernatural transformations before dying and she is revealed to be the child of Mary and the god Pan.
Michiel van Kempen
Michiel van Kempen was or is editor of several magazines, including "Uit de Kunst", "Tegenspraak" and "Oso" (magazine for Surinamese studies). He made special issues for the literary magazines "Deus ex Machina" (1987), "Preludium" (1988), "De Gids" (1990) en "Armada" (1999). In 1986, he founded the weekly Literary Pages of "De Ware Tijd", the largest newspaper of Suriname. Articles by his hand appeared in many literary magazines. His newspaper reviews were collected in "De geest van Waraku" (1993; The spirit of Waraku). Van Kempen was co-editor of two collections of scientific essays: "Tussenfiguren" (1988, Writers in between) en "Wandelaar onder de palmen" (2004, Walker under the palm trees).