American Supernatural Tales

[PaulMc]

Wow.

I was searching for 'The Events at Poroth Farm' (thanks Nicholas) and stumbled on this neat anthology. Edited by Joshi, I am intrigued by the table of contents. All the big names are here, but the story selection seems geared toward lesser known tales by King, Wagner, Howard, Jackson, etc.

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This one's on my wishlist now!

-- Paul McNamee

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[Ropespor]

I came across that one too when I was searching for an anthology to use in my "Fear in Fiction" class. I ended up going with Library of America's Fantastic Tales: Supernatural and the Uncanny (ed. Peter Straub), I thinkbecause Joshi's is out of print,but there is a lot of overlap in the story selections. Joshi's collection looks great--I'll probably still order a usedcopy so I can read his intro and any commentary he has on the stories.


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[erazmus]

So what are the best Horror anthologies from a teaching perspective, Nicholas?
Its probably long out of print but I thought Hartwell's Foundations of Fear and Dark Descent both excellent from my own researchers POV. What makes a good book to teach from? Other than coming with a lesson plan in the back, of course.[img]/emoticons/wink.gif[/img]

Mike

Michael D. Turner
'Psyched Up' in _Turn the other Chick_-ed. E. Friesner-Baen books
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'Dutchman Rescue'in Continuum SF #6
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'An Incident at Black Tongue Tavern' in _Bash Down the Door and Slice Open the Badguy_ from Fantasist Enterprises:

www.fantasistent.com/books/anthologies/BASH.php
'Pink Plastic Flamingos''What Smitty Saw' 'Elvis's Space Alien Lovechild' 'Two Ravens''Rejection', 'Stains' (forthcoming) in Big Pulp
www.bigpulp.com/index.html
'Stains''Two ravens''Job Security' 'Yeti Yet' 'Characters in Flight'(forthcoming)in Tales of the Talisman 3-1 www.zianet.com/hadrosaur/index.html
'Morning Coffee''Happy Landings''Teller of Tales''Silver Shells''I'm tired of Bombs, and my dog is dead' 'One Dark Night'in Every Day Fiction
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'The Jewel Below' 'Mo the Mountain' in Flashing Swords
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Read 'Silver Shells' In The Best of Every Day Fiction
www.everydayfiction.com/features/the-best-of-every-day-fiction-2008/

[Ropespor]

A nice broad overview that includes touchstones of the genre as well as interesting, unusual pieces that may be otherwise overlooked.


Case in point: For my American Fantasy class this spring, the anthology I'm using is Tor's The American Fantasy Tradition. It covers everyone from Irving, Hawthorne and Poe to Lovecraft, Ursula Le Guin, Gene Wolfe, Ray Bradbury, David Drake,Orson Scott Card and Stephen King. Also includes selections from important American authors like Louisa May Alcott, Kate Chopinand Mark Twain who aren't traditionally thought of as fantasy writers. Two shocking exclusions though: not a single piece from either Robert E. Howard or Fritz Leiber. That I cannot begin to understand.


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