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American Gothic Short Stories (Gothic & Fantasy)

American Gothic Short Stories (Gothic & Fantasy)

American Gothic Short Stories
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With handsome young men who never grow old, and the strangest of relatives appearing from dark corridors and long shadows, the frenzied imagination of the American Gothic is a fertile theme for this next anthology in the Gothic & Fantasy short story series. As with other titles in the series, new short fiction complements the work of classic authors from the genre such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, and many more.Contents:• Foreword by Monika Elbert• Gertrude Atherton - The Bell in the Fog• Ambrose Bierce - An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge• Ambrose Bierce - A Vine on a House• Charles Brockden Brown - Somnambulism: A Fragment• Terri Bruce - Stone Baby• George Washington Cable - Jean-ah Poquelin• Ramsey Campbell - The Tomb-Herd• Charles W. Chesnutt - Po' Sandy• Kate Chopin - Désirée's Baby• E.E.W. Christman - The Dark Presser• Ralph Adams Cram - The Dead Valley• Stephen Crane - The Monster• Emma Dawson - Singed Moths• Maxx Fidalgo - Graveyards Full• Mary E. Wilkins Freeman - Luella Miller• Charlotte Perkins Gilman - The Yellow Wallpaper• Ellen Glasgow - The Past• Nathaniel Hawthorne - The Birthmark• Nathaniel Hawthorne - The Minister's Black Veil: A Parable• Joshua Hiles - Old Homeplace• Washington Irving - The Devil and Tom Walker• Shirley Jackson - My Uncle in the Garden• Russell James - In the Domain of Doctor Baldwin• Sarah Orne Jewett - The Landscape Chamber• Grace King - The Story of a Day• Clayton Kroh - Baby Girl• Sean Logan - Viola's Second Husband• H.P. Lovecraft - The Outsider• H.P. Lovecraft - The Tomb• Madison McSweeney - The Outsiders in the Hawthorne Tomb• Lynette Mejía - Big, Bad• Herman Melville - Bartleby, The Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street• W.C. Morrow - The Monster-Maker• Joe Nazare - Gothic American• Wendy Nikel - In the Bleak• Christi Nogle - In the Country• Flannery O'Connor - A Good Man Is Hard to Find• Edgar Allan Poe - Berenice• Edgar Allan Poe - The Tell-Tale Heart• Lina Rather - Baby Teeth• M. Regan - Bibliosmia• Rebecca Ring - Water Witch• Mike Robinson - Ring of Teeth• Annie Trumbull Slosson - Botany Bay• Clark Ashton Smith - The Devotee of Evil• Lucy A. Snyder - Approaching Lavender• Harriet Prescott Spofford - Circumstance• Harriet Beecher Stowe - The Ghost in the Cap'n Brown House• Edith Wharton - Kerfol• Edith Wharton - The Eyes• Valerie B. Williams - Amazing Patsy• Nemma Wollenfang - The Hollow Tree• Madeline Yale Wynne - The Little Room• Biographies & SourcesFlame Tree Gothic & Fantasy, as well as Classic Stories and Epic Tales collections, bring together the entire range of myth, folklore, epic literature and modern short fiction. Highlighting the roots of suspense, supernatural, science fiction and mystery stories, the books in Flame Tree Collections series are beautifully presented, perfect as a gift and offer a lifetime of reading pleasure.

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Format Digital E-Book (N/A pages)
Language Eng
Published May 15, 2019
Publisher Flame Tree Publishing
ISBN 42789348
Monika Elbert
About the Author
Monika Elbert

Monika Elbert writes contemporary fiction and has always been fascinated by character-driven stories. They hold a degree in English Literature and previously worked as an editor before transitioning to writing their own books. Monika Elbert lives with their spouse and a very vocal rescue cat.

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Dorothy N. Jun 24, 2025
Absolutely brilliant. The prose is exquisite. It’s accessible yet undeniably sophisticated. An absolute must-read for connoisseurs of the genre.
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Daniel C. Feb 05, 2025
Such a rich narrative. The prose is exquisite. It’s accessible yet undeniably sophisticated. A true literary gem.