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. 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.Contents:The Adventure of the German Student • (1824) • Washington IrvingEdward Randolph's Portrait • (1838) • Nathaniel HawthorneThe Fall of the House of Usher • (1839) • Edgar Allan PoeWhat Was It? • (1859) • Fitz-James O'BrienThe Death of Halpin Frayser • (1891) • Ambrose BierceThe Yellow Sign • (1895) • Robert W. ChambersThe Real Right Thing • (1899) • Henry JamesThe Call of Cthulhu • (1928) • H. P. LovecraftThe Vaults of Yoh-Vombis • (1932) • Clark Ashton SmithOld Garfield's Heart • (1933) • Robert E. HowardBlack Bargain • (1942) • Robert BlochThe Lonesome Place • (1941) • August DerlethThe Girl with the Hungry Eyes • (1949) • Fritz LeiberThe Fog Horn • (1951) • Ray BradburyA Visit • (1952) • Shirley JacksonLong Distance Call • (1953) • Richard MathesonThe Vanishing American • (1955) • Charles BeaumontThe Events at Poroth Farm • (1972) • T.E.D. KleinNight Surf • (1974) • Stephen KingThe Late Shift • (1980) • Dennis EtchisonVastarien • (1987) • Thomas LigottiEndless Night • (1987) • Karl Edward WagnerThe Hollow Man • (1991) • Norman PartridgeLast Call for the Sons of Shock • (1991) • David J. SchowDemon • (1996) • Joyce Carol OatesIn the Water Works (Birmingham, Alabama 1888) • (2000) • Caitlín R. Kiernan