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My Favorite Horror StoryMy Favorite Horror Story

My Favorite Horror Story

Ambrose Bierce, Mike Baker, Mike Baker, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Bloch, Martin H. Greenberg

4.5(2)on Hardcover

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Collection contains: Robert Bloch - Sweets to the Sweet (selected by Stephen King) Philip K. Dick - The Father-Thing (selected by Ed Gorman) Richard Matheson - The Distributor (selected by F. Paul Wilson) M.R. James - A Warning to the Curious (selected by Ramsey Campbell) Arthur Machen - Opening the Door (selected by Peter Atkins) H. P. Lovecraft - The Colour Out of Space (selected by Richard Laymon) Robert Aickman - The Inner Room (selected by Peter Straub) Nathaniel Hawthorne - [Young Goodman Brown](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455569W) (selected by Rick Hautala) H. P. Lovecraft - The Rats in the Walls (selected by Michael Slade) Dennis Etchison - The Dog Park (selected by Richard Christian Matheson) Robert Bloch - The Animal Fair (selected by Joe R. Lansdale) Ramsey Campbell - The Pattern (selected by Poppy Z. Brite) Edgar Allan Poe - [Tell-tale Heart](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41059W) (selected by Joyce Carol Oates) Ambrose Bierce - [Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14863196W/An_Occurrence_at_Owl_Creek_Bridge) (selected by Dennis Etchison) Edogawa Rampo - The Human Chair (selected by Harlan Ellison) blurb: What do today's top horror writers read—and why? This was the question posed to some of the most influential authors in the field today. This book is their answer. Here are fifteen of the most memorable stories in the genre, each one personally selected by a well-known writer, and each prefaced by that writer's explanation of his or her choice. Here's your chance to enjoy familiar favorites, and perhaps to discover some wonderful treasures. In each case, you'll have the opportunity to see the story from the perspective of a master of the field.

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OL5837930W

Subjects

Horror talesShort storiesHorror fictionAmerican Horror talesAmerican literatureChildren's fictionClassic LiteratureCrimeCrime fictionDetective and mystery storiesFictionfirst-person narrativeGothic fictionHomicideHorrorHorror storiesHyperesthesiaJuvenile fiction

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