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

by Andrew Barger (Editor)

Overview

An anthology finalist in the NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDS, "6a66le: The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849" delivers 12 of the greatest horror stories for the first half of the nineteenth century.

Andrew Barger, the editor of this horror anthology, 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 even 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 and Atkinson's Casket. Read The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849 today!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781933747224
Publisher:	Bottletree Books
Publication date:	08/02/2010
Pages:	250
Sales rank:	974,100
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.57(d)

About the Author

Andrew Barger is the award winning author of "Coffee with Poe: A Novel of Edgar Allan Poe's Life," and "Mailboxes - Mansions - Memphistopheles: A Collection of Dark Tales." I edited the anthologies: The Divine Dantes Trilogy, Best Ghost Short Stories 1850-1899: a Phantasmal Ghost Anthology, Best Horror Short Stories 1850-1899: A 6a66le Horror Anthology, Leo Tolstoy's 5 Greatest Novellas Annotated, Leo Tolstoy's 20 Greatest Short Stories Annotated, Mesaerion: The Best Science Fiction Stories 1800-1849, Middle Unearthed: The Best Fantasy Short Stories 1800-1849, BlooDeath: The Best Vampire Stories 1800-1849, Phantasmal: The Best Ghost Stories 1800-1849Shifters: The Best Werewolf Stories 1800-1849, and 6a66le: The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849. Most of the time, however, I am a shiny-happy guy. I would love to start a band if only I could settle on a name for it. I live (and frequently get lost) in the vast world of my active imagination. It is a happy place. Really, it is. Thanks for your interest! Visit me at www.AndrewBarger.com and at my blog: www.AndrewBarger.Blogspot.com

Editorial Reviews

'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.

GRADY HARP - 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

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