American fantastic tales : terror and the uncanny from the 1940s to now Cover Image

American fantastic tales : terror and the uncanny from the 1940s to now / Peter Straub, editor.

Straub, Peter, 1943-2022 (Added Author).

Summary:

Presents a diverse volume of short tales by leading genre authors from the latter half of the twentieth century that includes entries by such names as Shirley Jackson, Ray Bradbury, and Stephen King.

Record details

ISBN: 1598530488
ISBN: 9781598530483
Physical Description: xv, 713 pages ; 21 cm.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Library of America, [2009]
Copyright: ©2009

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Evening primrose / John Collier -- Smoke ghost / Fritz Leiber -- Mysteries of the Joy Rio / Tennessee Williams -- Refugee / Jane Rice -- Mr. Lupescu / Anthony Boucher -- Miriam / Truman Capote -- Midnight / Jack Snow -- Torch song / John Cheever -- Daemon lover / Shirley Jackson -- Circular valley / Paul Bowles -- I'm scared / Jack Finney -- Vane Sisters / Vladimir Nabokov -- April witch / Ray Bradbury -- Black country / Charles Beaumont -- Trace / Jerome Bixby -- Where the woodbine twineth / Davis Grubb -- Nightmare / Donald Wandrei -- I have no mouth, and I must scream / Harlan Ellison -- Prey / Richard Matheson -- Events at Poroth Farm / T.E.D. Klein -- Hanka / Isaac Bashevis Singer --Linnaeus forgets / Fred Chappell -- Novelty / John Crowley -- Mr. Fiddlehead / Jonathan Carroll -- Family / Joyce Carol Oates -- Last feast of harlequin / Thomas Ligotti -- A short guide to the city / Peter Straub -- General who is dead / Jeff VenderMeer -- That feeling, you can only say what it is in French / Stephen King -- Sea oak / George Saunders -- Long hall on the top floor / Caitlin Kiernan -- Nocturne / Thomas Tessier -- God of dark laughter / Michael Chabon -- Pop art / Joe Hill -- Pansu / Poppy Z. Brite -- Dangerous laughter / Steven Millhauser -- Chambered fruit / M. Rickert -- Wavering knife / Brian Evenson -- Stone animals / Kelly Link -- Pat Moore / Tim Powers -- Little stranger / Gene Wolfe -- Dial tone / Benjamin Percy.