The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Horror Anthology

By Edgar Alan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne

An anthology finalist in the NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDS, "The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849" delivers 12 of the greatest horror stories for the first half of the nineteenth century.

Attorney Andrew Barger, the editor of this horror anthology, read over 300 horror short stories to compile the dozen best. At the back of the book he includes a list of all short stories he considered along with their dates of publication and author, when available. He includes background introductions for each of the stories and author photos. A number of the stories were published in leading periodicals of the day such as Blackwood's and Atkinson's Casket.

Andrew's other horror anthologies include Crypt Classics: Best 19th Century Horror Stories and The Best Horror Short Stories 1850-1899.

A Poe scholar, Andrew uncovered the rumored affair of Edgar Allan Poe and Frances Osgood in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. He published his results in The Affair of Edgar Poe and Frances Osgood in The Scarlet Letter as well as The Scarlet Letter: Edgar Poe and Frances Osgood Edition and Study Guide for educators and students.

Please visit Andrew at www.AndrewBarger.com

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933747293
• ISBN13: 9781933747293
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Bottletree Books, LLC
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"