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The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849 A Classic Horror Anthology

An anthology finalist award winner in the NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDS, The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849 delivers 12 of the greatest horror stories for the first half of the nineteenth century. — Andrew Barger, author of the award winning Coffee with Poe: A Novel of Edgar Allan Poe's Life as well as Edgar Allan Poe Annotated and Illus... more »trated Entire Stories and Poems, read over 300 horror short stories to compile the 12 best. At the back of the book he includes a list of all short stories he considered along with their dates of publication and author, when available. He includes background for each of the stories and author photos. A number of the stories were published in leading periodicals of the day such as Blackwood's andAtkinson's Casket. Read The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849 today!1836 The Old Man's Tale About the Queer Client by Charles Dickens (1812 -1870)1817 The Deserted House by E.T. A. Hoffmann (1776 - 1822)1836 The Minister's Black Veil by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864)1843 The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849)1830 The Mysterious Mansion by Honore de Balzac (1799-1850)1828 The Severed Hand by Wilhelm Hauff (1802 - 1827)1826 The Lighthouse by George Soane (1789 - 1860)1842 The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849)1832 The Executioner by Honore de Balzac (1799-1850)1832 The Thunder-Struck and the Boxer by Samuel Warren (1807 - 1877)1845 The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849)1839 The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849) 'The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849' will likely become a best seller . . .What makes this collection (of truly terrifying tales!) so satisfying is the presence of a brief introduction before each story, sharing some comments about the writer and elements of the tale. Barger has once again whetted our appetites for fright, spent countless hours making these twelve stories accessible and available, and has provided in one book the best of the best of horror short stories. It is a winner.

AMAZON TOP TEN REVIEWER

Barger aims for readers both scholarly and casual, ensuring that the authors get their due while making the work accessible overall to the mainstream.

BOOKGASM

[a] top to bottom pick for anyone who appreciates where the best of horror came from.

MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW

ISBN-13: 9781933747224
ISBN-10: 1933747226
Publication Date: 8/2/2010
Pages: 250
Edition: annotated edition
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Publisher: Bottletree Classics
Book Type: Paperback
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