American Fantastic Tales Series by Peter Straub, Edgar Allan Poe, Ellen Glasgow, Ambrose Bierce, Henry James, Edith Wharton, F. Scott Fitzgerald, H.P. Lovecraft, Robert Bloch, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Fitz-James O'Brien, Bret Harte, Washington Irving, Harriet Prescott Spofford, W.C. Morrow, Sarah Orne Jewett, Stephen Crane, John Kendrick Bangs, Ralph Adams Cram, Madeline Yale Wynne, Emma Frances Dawson, Charles Brockden Brown, Frank Norris, Edward Lucas White, Olivia Howard Dunbar, Willa Cather, Francis Stevens, Julian Hawthorne, Seabury Quinn, Stephen Vincent Benét, David H. Keller, Herman Melville, Conrad Aiken, Robert E. Howard, Henry S. Whitehead, August Derleth, Clark Ashton Smith, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Robert W. Chambers, Kate Chopin, Lafcadio Hearn, F. Marion Crawford, Gertrude Atherton, Alice Brown, John Collier, Paul Bowles, Jack Finney, Vladimir Nabokov, Ray Bradbury, Charles Beaumont, Jerome Bixby, Davis Grubb, Donald Wandrei, Harlan Ellison, Richard Matheson, Fritz Leiber, T.E.D. Klein, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Fred Chappell, John Crowley, Jonathan Carroll, Joyce Carol Oates, Thomas Ligotti, Jeff VanderMeer, Stephen King, George Saunders, Tennessee Williams, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Thomas Tessier, Michael Chabon, Joe Hill, Poppy Z. Brite, Steven Millhauser, M. Rickert, Brian Evenson, Kelly Link, Tim Powers, Jane Dixon Rice, Gene Wolfe, Benjamin Percy, Anthony Boucher, Truman Capote, Jack Snow, John Cheever, Shirley Jackson

Straub, a contemporary master of literary horror and fantasy, offers an authoritative and diverse gathering of stories calculated to unsettle and delight. Ghostly narratives of the Edwardian era, lurid classics from the pulp heyday, and modern-day masterpieces are included in these collections.

Like its companion volume, this Library of America hardcover contains 750 pages of classic tales of horror, hauntings, terrifying obsessions, and unearthly presences. The lineup of American Gothic masters includes Tennessee Williams, John Cheever, Jack Finney, Shirley Jackson, Paul Bowles, Ray Bradbury, Vladimir Nabokov, Harlan Ellison, Richard Matheson, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen King, Michael Chabon, Steven Millhauser, Brian Evenson, and Kelly Link.

The Library of America presents "American Fantastic Tales," an unrivaled two-volume boxed collection of the American Gothic tradition, from Edgar Allan Poe to today's masters of terror and the uncanny?-86 stories in all. I. Terror and the Uncanny From Poe to the Pulps 768 pp. II. Terror and the Uncanny From the 1940s to Now 744 pp. Featuring: Charles Brockden Brown, Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Robert W... moreThe Library of America presents "American Fantastic Tales," an unrivaled two-volume boxed collection of the American Gothic tradition, from Edgar Allan Poe to today's masters of terror and the uncanny?-86 stories in all. I. Terror and the Uncanny From Poe to the Pulps 768 pp. II. Terror and the Uncanny From the 1940s to Now 744 pp. Featuring: Charles Brockden Brown, Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Robert W. Chambers, Kate Chopin, Lafcadio Hearn, F. Marion Crawford, Ambrose Bierce, Henry James, Edith Wharton, Ellen Glasgow, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Robert E. Howard, H. P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert Bloch, John Collier, Tennessee Williams, John Cheever, Jack Finney, Shirley Jackson, Paul Bowles, Ray Bradbury, Charles Beaumont, Vladimir Nabokov, Harlan Ellison, Richard Matheson, Isaac Bashevis Singer, John Crowley, Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen King, Michael Chabon, Steven Millhauser, Brian Evenson, Kelly Link, and dozens more. "An encompassing and essential voyage to the dark side of the moon of American literature and a stupendous, spellbinding reading experience waiting to be had." - Jonathan Lethem less