American Fantastic Tales

American Fantastic Tales is a set of two reprint horror anthologies, released as American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps and American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s to Now.[1] Both anthologies were edited by Peter Straub. They were published by Library of America in 2009. The anthologies contain horror stories by American authors from the 18th century to modern times, split at 1940. The anthology pair itself won the 2010 World Fantasy Award—Anthology.[2] The pair were also released as a boxed set in 2009.

Contents

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Poe to the Pulps

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American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps
 
Hardcover edition
Authoredited by Peter Straub
Cover artistAndy Kerry
LanguageEnglish
SeriesAmerican Fantastic Tales
GenreFantasy, Horror short stories
PublisherLibrary of America
Publication date
2009
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pagesxv, 746 pp
ISBN978-1-59853-047-6
OCLC311777136

1940s to Now

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American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s to Now
 
Hardcover edition
Authoredited by Peter Straub
Cover artistFredrik Broden
LanguageEnglish
SeriesAmerican Fantastic Tales
GenreFantasy, Horror short stories
PublisherLibrary of America
Publication date
2009
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pagesxv, 713 pp
ISBN978-1-59853-048-3
OCLC311777129

References

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  1. ^ Straub, Peter (2009). American Fantastic Tales. Library of America. ISBN 978-1598530599.
  2. ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2010 World Fantasy Awards". Locus. Archived from the original on 2013-12-04. Retrieved 2013-09-20.