Vampires, Zombies, Werewolves and Ghosts: 25 Classic Stories of the Supernatural

by Barbara H. Solomon (Editor)

Other authorsEileen Panetta (Editor)
Paperback, 2011

Status

Available

Call number

823.087308

Collection

Publication

Signet Classics (2011), Edition: Original, Mass Market Paperback, 448 pages

Description

Classic Literature. Fiction. Horror. Short Stories. HTML:They are the fearful images that have stalked humanity’s nightmares for centuries, supernatural creatures that feast on flesh and haunt the soul, macabre and uncanny beings that frighten and fascinate the imagination.   Vampires, Zombies, Werewolves, and Ghosts collects classic stories from literary masters inspired by folklore and mythology who dared to explore the darker side of human nature and crafted tales that defied convention, stirred up controversy, and gave life to a storytelling genre that has endured for generations.   With stories by Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, Henry James, Anne Sexton, Oscar Wilde, Yvonne Navarro, Fritz Leiber, Ramsey Campbell, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Angela Carter, and others….… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member allyofthedawn
Some great classics with a fair mix of more contemporary works.

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

448 p.; 6.6 inches

ISBN

0451531949 / 9780451531940

Local notes

Woody Allen: Count Dracula. Benson: The Room in the Tower. Bradbury: The Man Upstairs. Campbell: The Brood. Carter: The Company of Wolves. Dickens: The Lawyer and the Ghost. Doyle: Lot No. 249. Glasgow: The Shadowy Third. Gunn: The Third Option. Joe Hill: 20th Century Ghost. Henry James: The Ghostly Rental. Stephen King: Home Delivery. Kipling: The Mark of the Beast. Leiber: The Girl with the Hungry Eyes. Lovecraft: Cool Air. Navarro: For the Good of All. Oates: Accursed Inhabitants of the House of Bly. Paffenroth: excerpt from Dying to Live. Anne Rice: The Master of the Rampling Gate. Sexton: The Ghost. Stoker: excerpt from Dracula. Strieber: excerpt from The Wolfen. Oscar Wilde: The Canterville Ghost. Yarbro: Disturb Not My Slumbering. Jane Yolen: Green Messiah
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