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HAUNTED LIBRARY OF HORROR CLASSICS |
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The Horror Writers Association (HWA) and Poisoned Pen Press, an imprint of SourceBooks, present the Haunted Library of Horror Classics, a line of reissued classic horror literature books from over the past 250 years. These books are recognized as literary masterpieces of their era that are either remembered today only through distorted theatrical or movie versions, or have been relegated to academic study, or have otherwise been nearly forgotten entirely. Series editors Eric J. Guignard and Leslie S. Klinger now bring back these seminal titles of the genre, making them easily available to modern readers! The Haunted Library of Horror Classics editions are quality trade paperbacks (and ebooks), carefully curated to follow the definitive text of the original publications, while being presented at reasonable prices for a mass market. Each volume of this series also includes: • introduction by a renowned contemporary horror writer, editor, or scholar • annotations and/or endnotes to define or give context to obscure words and phrases • a teacher’s guide of discussion questions for classroom use • an author biography • a list of similar titles for suggested further reading • …and more! Enjoy each volume, and build your own collection of the Haunted Library of Horror Classics! ** Read the official SourceBooks press release HERE! ** Read an interview on Book Reporter with editors, Eric J. Guignard and
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COLLECT THEM ALL! The Phantom of the Opera The Beetle Vathek The House on the Borderland The Parasite and Other Tales of Terror The King in Yellow Of One Blood: or, The Hidden Self Ghost Stories of an Antiquary The Castle of Otranto The Mummy! Fantasmagoriana The Picture of Dorian Gray
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REVIEWS AND PRAISE |
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| “...favorite fiction to transport readers out of the terrors of the present and thrust back in time.” —NY Times | |||||||
| “Modern readers will find the texts greatly enhanced for their convenience by prefacing notes and a short essay on the books' importance. Helpful footnotes keep readers immersed in the narrative but do not overwhelm the text. A brief note about the author caps things off and leads into the back matter, where discussion questions and further suggested reading of the era are offered. Perfectly poised to be useful for group as well as individual reading, this series is a fun new way to encounter the spine-tinglers of yesteryear.” —Booklist | |||||||
| “Fans of literate horror… will be gratified.” —Publishers Weekly | |||||||
| “Like many Victorian-era gothic tales, these books will appeal to a wide range of readers… ensuring crowdpleasers from the past will continue to strike fear in the hearts and minds of 21st-century readers.” —Library Journal | |||||||
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The Phantom of the Opera | |
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| by Gaston LeRoux | |||||||
| with introduction to the book by Nancy Holder |  |
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| and additional material by series editors Eric J. Guignard and Leslie S. Klinger | |||||||
| Published January 7, 2020 | $14.99 trade paper | ||||||
| Paperback ISBN-13: 978-1492699682 | ebook ASIN: B07Y5PBM8X | ||||||
Every night at the Palais Garnier, hundreds of guests wait for opera star La Carlotta to take the stage. But when her voice fails her, La Carlotta is replaced with unknown understudy Christine Daaé, a young soprano whose vibrant singing fills the opera house and wins her numerous admirers, including an old childhood friend who soon professes his love. But unknown to Christine is another man, who lurks out of sight, who can move about the building undetected, who will do anything to make sure Christine will keep singing just for him… |
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The Beetle | |
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| by Richard Marsh | |||||||
| with introduction to the book by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro | |
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| and additional material by series editors Eric J. Guignard and Leslie S. Klinger | |||||||
| Published April 7, 2020 | $14.99 trade paper | ||||||
| Paperback ISBN-13: 978-1492699712 | ebook ASIN: B0821NFTYW | ||||||
Robert Holt is an out-of-work clerk seeking shelter in an abandoned house. He comes face-to-face with a fantastical creature with supernatural and hypnotic powers, a creature who can transform at will between its human and beetle forms and who wrecks havoc when he preys on young middle-class Britons. Discover the creature that is “Born of neither god nor man,” in this Gothic horror tale of revenge that takes the reader on a dark journey, one that explores the crisis of late imperial England through a fantastical and horrific lens. |
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Vathek | |
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| by William Beckford | |||||||
| with introduction to the book by Joe R. Lansdale | |
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| To be published July 7, 2020 | $14.99 trade paper | ||||||
| Paperback ISBN-13: 978-1492699743 | ebook ISBN-13: <...PENDING> | ||||||
Considered a masterpiece of bizarre invention and sustained fantasy, Vathek was written in French in 1782 and translated into English under the anonymous claim of having been translated from an Arabic original text. Vathek combines Gothic stylings with elemnts of Orientalism. The caliph Vathek is a blasphemous voluptuary who constructs a tower so tall that from it he can survey all the kingdoms of the world. Vathek impiously defies Muhammad in the seventh heaven, thus condemning himself to eternal damnation and expulsion to the netherworld. |
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The House on the Borderland | |
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| by William Hope Hodgson | |||||||
| with introduction to the book by Ramsey Campbell | |
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| To be published October 7, 2020 | $14.99 trade paper | ||||||
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On a fishing holiday to the remote Irish village of Kraighten, two friends stumble upon the ruins of a strangely shaped house on a large lake. They discover the moldering journal of the “Recluse,” an unidentified man who recorded his last days in the house before its destruction. So begins a hallucinatory account of a man’s experiences of supernatural creatures and otherworldly dimensions... |
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The Parasite and Other Tales of Terror | |
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| by Arthur Conan Doyle | |||||||
| with introduction to the book by Daniel Stashower | |
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The King in Yellow | |
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| by Robert W. Chambers | |||||||
| with introduction to the book by Nic Pizzolatto | |
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Of One Blood: or, The Hidden Self | |
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Ghost Stories of an Antiquary | |
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| by M.R. James | |||||||
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The Castle of Otranto | |
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| by Horace Walpole | |||||||
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The Mummy! | |
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| by Jane Webb | |||||||
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Fantasmagoriana | |
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The Picture of Dorian Gray | |
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| by Oscar Wilde | |||||||
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... and more forthcoming! |
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| Photo courtesy Christal "Superghoul" VanEtten, www.thesuperghoul.com | |||||||
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