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.
Oisín McGann
In 2003, his first two books in the "Mad Grandad" series for younger readers were released by the O'Brien Press of Dublin, followed by his first young adult novel, "The Gods and their Machines" in 2004. More "Mad Grandad" titles soon followed as well as two more young adult novels, "The Harvest Tide Project" and "Under Fragile Stone" (collectively known as the "Archisan Tales"). "The Harvest Tide Project" was actually the first novel McGann had written, but it was contracted as part of a three-novel deal, and his publishers chose to release "The Gods and their Machines" first.