{"product_id":"haunted-tales-classic-stories-of-ghosts-and-the-supernatural-9781639361977","title":"Haunted Tales: Classic Stories of Ghosts and the Supernatural","description":"\u003cb\u003eFollowing their acclaimed \u003ci\u003eGhost Stories \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWeird Women\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning anthologists Leslie S. Klinger and Lisa Morton present a new eclectic anthology of ghosty tales certain to haunt the reader long past the closing page.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHaunted Tales, \u003c\/i\u003e the reader will enjoy discovering masterpieces like Algernon Blackwood's terrifying \"The Kit-Bag,\" Oscar Wilde's delightful \"The Canterville Ghost,\" and F. Marion Crawford's horrific \"The Screaming Skull,\" as well as lesser-known gems by some of literature's greatest voices, including Virginia Woolf's \"A Haunted House,\" H. G. Wells's \"The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost,\" and Rudyard Kipling's \"They.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHaunted Tales\u003c\/i\u003e also resurrects some wonders that have been woefully neglected, including Dinah Mulock's \"M. Anastasius\" (which Charles Dickens called \"the best ghost story ever written\"); E. F. Benson's \"The Bus-Conductor\" (the source of one of the most iconic lines in horror); and E. and H. Heron's \"The Story of the Spaniards, Hammersmith\" (the debut adventure of Flaxman Lowe, fiction's first psychic detective). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether the stories are familiar or overlooked, all are sure to surprise and astonish the reader long past the closing of this book's cover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Morton\u003c\/b\u003e is a screenwriter, anthologist, and the author of \u003ci\u003eCalling the Spirits: A History of Seances\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGhosts: A Haunted History\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a six-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award, a recipient of the Black Quill Award, and winner of the Grand Prize from the Halloween Book Festival. A lifelong Californian, she lives in North Hills, California, and can be found online at www.lisamorton.com. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeslie S. Klinger\u003c\/b\u003e is the editor of the highly-acclaimed\u003ci\u003e The New Annotated Dracula\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe New Annotated Frankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e; and the two-volume \u003ci\u003eThe New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the anthologies\u003ci\u003e In the Shadow of Dracula\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe\u003c\/i\u003e. Together with Lisa Morton, he's also edited the anthologies \u003ci\u003eGhost Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWeird Women\u003c\/i\u003e, both with extensive selections of Victorian horror. He lives in Malibu.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pegasus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50452558610706,"sku":"9781639361977","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d79f293f-83c7-4d38-83d3-f505a64d30a7.jpg?v=1729815300","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/haunted-tales-classic-stories-of-ghosts-and-the-supernatural-9781639361977","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}