American Supernatural Tales

As Stephen King will attest the popularity of the occult in American literature has only grown since the days of Edgar Allan Poe. <i>American Supernatural Tales</i> 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. <p/>For more than seventy years Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1700 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.