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.
Paul L. Maier
He is the author of sixteen published books, both historical fiction and non-fiction. His historical fiction includes the #1 national best-seller in religious fiction "A Skeleton in God's Closet" (1993), as well as "Pontius Pilate" (1968), "The Flames of Rome" (1981), "More Than A Skeleton" (2003), and the children's book "The Very First Christmas" (1998). Maier's non-fiction work includes "Josephus: The Essential Works", a translation and abridgement of the writings of Josephus; and "The Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius of Caesarea", a translation of Eusebius' "Church History". Maier co-wrote "The Da Vinci Code: Fact or Fiction?" with Christian apologist Hank Hanegraaf. The book is a critical rebuttal of Dan Brown's 2003 topseller "The Da Vinci Code". In addition, he has published well over 200 articles and reviews in such journals as "Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte", "Church History", "Harvard Theological Review", "Hermes: Zeitschrift für Klassische Philologie", "Concordia Theological Quarterly", "Concordia Journal", "Mankind", "Christian Century", "Christianity Today", and "Christian Herald".