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        <dc:title>American Supernatural Tales</dc:title>
        <dc:creator opf:file-as="Joshi, S. T." opf:role="aut">S. T. Joshi</dc:creator>
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        <dc:date>1991-10-02T00:00:00+00:00</dc:date>
        <dc:description>&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;ix &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1093076" dir="ltr"&gt;Introduction (American Supernatural Tales)&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; (2007) &amp;#8226; essay by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?2218" dir="ltr"&gt;S. T. Joshi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;3 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?91871" dir="ltr"&gt;The Adventure of the German Student&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; [&lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?34654" dir="ltr"&gt;Strange Stories by a Nervous Gentleman&lt;/a&gt;] &amp;#8226; (1824) &amp;#8226; shortstory by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1971" dir="ltr"&gt;Washington Irving&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;11 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?992909" dir="ltr"&gt;Edward Randolph's Portrait&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; (1838) &amp;#8226; shortstory by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1959" dir="ltr"&gt;Nathaniel Hawthorne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;25 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?55035" dir="ltr"&gt;The Fall of the House of Usher&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; (1839) &amp;#8226; shortstory by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?622" dir="ltr"&gt;Edgar Allan Poe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;47 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?99465" dir="ltr"&gt;What Was It?&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; (1859) &amp;#8226; shortstory by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1480" dir="ltr"&gt;Fitz-James O'Brien&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;63 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?99330" dir="ltr"&gt;The Death of Halpin Frayser&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; (1891) &amp;#8226; shortstory by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1960" dir="ltr"&gt;Ambrose Bierce&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;81 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?63176" dir="ltr"&gt;The Yellow Sign&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; [&lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?38271" dir="ltr"&gt;The King In Yellow&lt;/a&gt;] &amp;#8226; (1895) &amp;#8226; novelette by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?385" dir="ltr"&gt;Robert W. Chambers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;103 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?948866" dir="ltr"&gt;The Real Right Thing&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; (1899) &amp;#8226; shortstory by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1692" dir="ltr"&gt;Henry James&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;119 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?41897" dir="ltr"&gt;The Call of Cthulhu&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; [&lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?9426" dir="ltr"&gt;Cthulhu Mythos&lt;/a&gt;] &amp;#8226; (1928) &amp;#8226; novelette by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?165" dir="ltr"&gt;H. P. Lovecraft&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;153 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?62559" dir="ltr"&gt;The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; [&lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?30787" dir="ltr"&gt;Mars (Clark Ashton Smith)&lt;/a&gt;] &amp;#8226; (1932) &amp;#8226; novelette by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?819" dir="ltr"&gt;Clark Ashton Smith&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;177 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?61896" dir="ltr"&gt;Old Garfield's Heart&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; (1933) &amp;#8226; shortstory by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?822" dir="ltr"&gt;Robert E. Howard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;191 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?65051" dir="ltr"&gt;Black Bargain&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; (1942) &amp;#8226; shortstory by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?152" dir="ltr"&gt;Robert Bloch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;211 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?91793" dir="ltr"&gt;The Lonesome Place&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; (1941) &amp;#8226; shortstory by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?825" dir="ltr"&gt;August Derleth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;223 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?64972" dir="ltr"&gt;The Girl with the Hungry Eyes&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; (1949) &amp;#8226; shortstory by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?38" dir="ltr"&gt;Fritz Leiber&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;241 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?64798" dir="ltr"&gt;The Fog Horn&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; (1951) &amp;#8226; shortstory by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?194" dir="ltr"&gt;Ray Bradbury&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;253 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1061908" dir="ltr"&gt;A Visit&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; (1952) &amp;#8226; shortstory by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?694" dir="ltr"&gt;Shirley Jackson&lt;/a&gt; (variant of &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?991415" dir="ltr"&gt;The Lovely House&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;li&gt;279 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?94009" dir="ltr"&gt;Long Distance Call&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; (1953) &amp;#8226; shortstory by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?531" dir="ltr"&gt;Richard Matheson&lt;/a&gt; (variant of &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?81589" dir="ltr"&gt;Sorry, Right Number&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;li&gt;295 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?40826" dir="ltr"&gt;The Vanishing American&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; (1955) &amp;#8226; shortstory by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1253" dir="ltr"&gt;Charles Beaumont&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;309 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?51208" dir="ltr"&gt;The Events at Poroth Farm&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; (1972) &amp;#8226; novella by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?2391" dir="ltr"&gt;T. E. D. Klein&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;361 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?40747" dir="ltr"&gt;Night Surf&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; (1974) &amp;#8226; shortstory by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?70" dir="ltr"&gt;Stephen King&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;373 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?43741" dir="ltr"&gt;The Late Shift&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; (1980) &amp;#8226; shortstory by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1419" dir="ltr"&gt;Dennis Etchison&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;393 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?266561" dir="ltr"&gt;Vastarien&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; (1987) &amp;#8226; shortstory by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?496" dir="ltr"&gt;Thomas Ligotti&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;411 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?62441" dir="ltr"&gt;Endless Night&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; (1987) &amp;#8226; shortstory by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?153" dir="ltr"&gt;Karl Edward Wagner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;423 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?830214" dir="ltr"&gt;The Hollow Man&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; (1991) &amp;#8226; shortstory by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1489" dir="ltr"&gt;Norman Partridge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;433 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?295701" dir="ltr"&gt;Last Call for the Sons of Shock&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; (1991) &amp;#8226; shortstory by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1425" dir="ltr"&gt;David J. Schow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;453 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?713593" dir="ltr"&gt;Demon&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; (1996) &amp;#8226; shortstory by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1389" dir="ltr"&gt;Joyce Carol Oates&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;459 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?89798" dir="ltr"&gt;In the Water Works (Birmingham, Alabama 1888)&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; [&lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?12238" dir="ltr"&gt;Dancy Flammarion&lt;/a&gt;] &amp;#8226; (2000) &amp;#8226; shortstory by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?383" dir="ltr"&gt;CaitlÃ­n R. Kiernan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</dc:description>
        <dc:publisher>Penguin Books (US)</dc:publisher>
        <dc:identifier opf:scheme="URL">http://isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?207065</dc:identifier>
        <dc:language>eng</dc:language>
        <dc:subject>Anthology</dc:subject>
        <dc:subject>Collection</dc:subject>
        <dc:subject>Penguin Classics</dc:subject>
        <dc:subject>Nomination of 2007 IHG Award for Best Anthology</dc:subject>
        <dc:subject>_isfdb</dc:subject>
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