American Supernatural Tales (Penguin Horror) (Penguin Classic Horror)

by S. T. Joshi

S.T. Joshi (Editor)

As Stephen King will attest, the popularity of the occult in American literature has only grown since the days of Edgar Allan Poe. American Supernatural Tales 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, and—of course—Stephen King. By turns phantasmagoric, spectral, and demonic, this is a frighteningly good addition to Penguin Classics.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

• ISBN10: 0143105043
• ISBN13: 9780143105046
• Publish Date: 2 October 2007
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• Imprint: Penguin Classics
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 512
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780143105046

Reviews

This is an excellent collection of horror tales ranging from the days of Washington Irving to modern day writers. Joshi has selected the cream of the crop for this anthology, some of which can be hard to locate nowadays especially in ebook format. Some of the offerings within include classics like:

The Fall of the House of Usher by Poe
The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft
Night Surf by Stephen King
Long Distance Call by Richard Matheson
The Vanishing American by Charles Beaumont
The Yellow Sign by Robert Chambers
The Girl With the Hungry Eyes by Fritz Leiber

A must have for horror fans everywhere. My only regret is that there is none of Rod Serling's works included here, for he would fit right in with such a illustrious collection of Ametican masters.