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Book: The Great God Pan and The Angels of Mons Author: Arthur Machen Pages: 101 Hard Core Scale: ¾ and 4/4 Normal Scale: 9/10 and 4/4 Publish Date:   2014 (1894 and 1915) About:   The volume collects two works of late 19 th century horror author Arthur Machen. “The Great God Pan” is about a series of grisly murders in London and other odd phenomenon after a night of a failed science experiment. The Angels of Mons is a collection of short stories through intense frame narrative depicting supernatural phenomenon during World War I. Review: It is rare I come across a classic author I have not read. Lovecraft wrote how much Machen was an inspiration to him and it can be clearly seen. A master of unreliable narrators, while skipping the gothic concept. There is great use of sense of history, weight and place.   Wonderful imagery, poetic word choice, and the handling of the unknown. The reason the “Great God Pan” gets a little bit of a ping is it felt like the horr...

  Comic: Sweet Tooth Author: Jeff Lemire Pages: 920 Hard Core Scale: 4/4 Normal Scale: 10/10 Publish Date: 2017 (2009) About: The boy Gus is told by his father to never leave the woods of his home. There are bad men, sinners, and plague out there. The boy too has unique features, deer antlers. However, one day he breaks this cardinal taboo and his world changes forever. Review: I had meant to read this a very long time ago, when it first came out. I got caught up reading Saga, and this got lost in the shuffle. I moved and it slipped away out of mind since I was away from a comic shop for some time. Then the show came out and was like OH CRAP everyone is going to talk about it! And took forever to find a copy and read it before it was all ruined. What a masterpiece. Lemire is a fantastic writer. I enjoyed his other stuff. Love their art style. He does reach a trippy point, but it is always respected, the edge of visionary and madness that always finds its way to loop back into...