American Supernatural Tales (Penguin Horror)

American Supernatural Tales (Penguin Horror)

Part of a new six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by Academy Award-winning director ofÂ The Shape of WaterÂ Guillermo del Toro

American Supernatural TalesÂ is the ultimate collection of weird and frightening American short fiction. As Stephen King will attest, the popularity of the occult in American literature has only grown since the days of Edgar Allan Poe. The book celebrates the richness of this tradition with chilling contributions from some of the nation's brightest literary lights, including Poe himself, H. P. Lovecraft, Shirley Jackson, Ray Bradbury, Nathaniel Hawthorne, andâ€”of courseâ€”Stephen King. This volumes also includes "The Yellow Sign," the most horrific story fromÂ The King in Yellow, the classic horror collection by Robert W. Chambers featured on HBO's hitÂ TV seriesÂ True Detective.Â By turns phantasmagoric, spectral, and demonic, this is a frighteningly good collection of stories.

Filmmaker and longtime horror literature fan Guillermo del Toro serves as the curator for the Penguin Horror series, a new collection of classic tales and poems by masters of the genre. Included here are some of del Toroâ€™s favorites, from Mary Shelleyâ€™sÂ FrankensteinÂ and Ray Russellâ€™s short story â€œSardonicus,â€ considered by Stephen King to be â€œperhaps the finest example of the modern Gothic ever written,â€ to Shirley Jacksonâ€™sÂ The Haunting of Hill HouseÂ and stories by Ray Bradbury, Joyce Carol Oates, Ted Klein, and Robert E. Howard. Featuring original cover art by Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, these stunningly creepy deluxe hardcovers will be perfect additions to the shelves of horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and paranormal aficionados everywhere.
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Classics
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780143122371
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2013-10-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780143122371

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin
Manufacturer	Penguin Classics
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780143122371
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2013-10-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780143122371

American Supernatural Tales (Penguin Horror)

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