American Fantastic Tales
Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps
By Peter Straub (Editor)
(Library of America, Hardcover, 9781598530476, 746pp.)
Publication Date: October 2009
Other Editions of This Title: Hardcover (October 2009)
Categories: Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology, Literary
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Description
Straub, a contemporary master of literary horror and fantasy, offers an authoritative and diverse gathering of stories calculated to unsettle and delight. Ghostly narratives of the Edwardian era, lurid classics from the pulp heyday, and modern-day masterpieces are included in these collections.
Saturday, Oct 31, 2009
Author Peter Straub knows a bit about terror. As the editor of the new two-volume set American Fantastic: Tales, Terror and the Uncanny, he spent two years researching the best — and scariest — American stories, dating from the age of Edgar Allan Poe to the present. More at NPR.org
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