Haunted Tales

Classic Stories of Ghosts and the Supernatural

Haunted Tales
Lisa Morton, Leslie S Klinger
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Hardback
h229 x 152mm - 400pg
29 Sep 2022 US
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9781639361977
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Following their acclaimed Ghost Stories and Weird Women, award-winning anthologists Leslie S. Klinger and Lisa Morton present a new eclectic anthology of ghosty tales certain to haunt the reader long past the closing page. In Haunted Tales, the reader will enjoy discovering masterpieces like Algernon Blackwood' s terrifying "The Kit-Bag," Oscar Wilde' s delightful "The Canterville Ghost," and F. Marion Crawford' s horrific "The Screaming Skull," as well as lesser-known gems by some of literature' s greatest voices, including Virginia Woolf' s "A Haunted House," H. G. Wells' s "The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost," and Rudyard Kipling' s "They. " Haunted Tales also resurrects some wonders that have been woefully neglected, including Dinah Mulock' s "M. Anastasius" (which Charles Dickens called "the best ghost story ever written"); E. F. Benson' s "The Bus-Conductor" (the source of one of the most iconic lines in horror); and E. and H. Heron' s "The Story of the Spaniards, Hammersmith" (the debut adventure of Flaxman Lowe, fiction' s first psychic detective). Whether the stories are familiar or overlooked, all are sure to surprise and astonish the reader long past the closing of this book' s cover.
Praise for Weird Women (Vol 1 and Vol 2): "Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger offer another thought-provoking collection of 16 short horror and science fiction stories by both iconic and overlooked women writers. Weird Women: Volume 2 offers a tasting flight of sorts for English-language horror and science fiction enthusiasts. A testament to the value of those short pieces that don' t conform to the literary norm, Weird Women: Volume 2 is an eclectic collection of haunting stories. " * Shelf Awareness * "Morton and Klinger deliver another strong installment featuring ' classic supernatural fiction by groundbreaking female authors. The stories are as creepy as they are varied. Weird fiction fans won' t want to miss this excellent survey of the genre' s female pioneers. " * Publishers Weekly * "Horrors and mysteries abound here, with well-known writers like Charlotte Perkins Gilman. If the difficulties of enforced domestic life take their toll, it might be worth reading the supernatural dread and unexplained occurrences women imagined from an earlier time of homebound life. " * Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine * "It is an absolute must-own for those interested in the women who helped shape the horror genre. Weird Women ultimately works because of the stories and authors Klinger and Morton chose. The focusing is on tales that are not only well-written but are also genuinely creepy. " * iHorror. com * "Presents a brilliant and wide-ranging selection of stories. All of them challenge literary scholars and popular readers alike in new and exciting ways to see connections across the genre of the supernatural story. " * Supernatural Studies *
Lisa Morton is a screenwriter, anthologist, and the author of Calling the Spirits: A History of Seances and Ghosts: A Haunted History. She is a six-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award, a recipient of the Black Quill Award, and winner of the Grand Prize from the Halloween Book Festival. A lifelong Californian, she lives in North Hills, California, and can be found online at www. lisamorton. com. Leslie S. Klinger is the editor of the highly-acclaimed The New Annotated Dracula; The New Annotated Frankenstein; and the two-volume The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft, as well as the anthologies In the Shadow of Dracula and In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe. Together with Lisa Morton, he' s also edited the anthologies Ghost Stories and Weird Women, both with extensive selections of Victorian horror. He lives in Malibu.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781639361977
Published: 29 Sep 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Pegasus Books
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Format: Hardback
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine: 30mm
Weight: 467g
Pages: 400

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