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The Story and Its Writer -- Ninth Edition Ann Charters · 2015 · 1775p · ≈ 59h · Moderate Part One: Stories -- Chinua Achebe / Civil Peace -- Sherman Alexie / The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven -- Isabelle Allende / An Act of Vengeance -- Sherwood Anderson / Hands -- Margaret Atwood / Happy Endings -- Isaac Babel / My First Goose -- James Baldwin / Sonny's Blues --Toni Cade Bambara / The Lesson -- Russell Banks / Black Man and White Woman in Dark Green Rowboat… Shares Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Christian Fiction, Crime

The Story and Its Writer -- Compact Eighth Edition Ann Charters · 2010 · 1163p · ≈ 38h · Moderate Collection contains: Stories: Civil peace / Chinua Achebe -- Lone Ranger and Tonto fistfight in heaven / Sherman Alexie -- Act of vengeance / Isabel Allende -- Hands / Sherwood Anderson -- Happy endings / Margaret Atwood -- Sonny's blues / James Baldwin -- Lesson / Toni Cade Bambara -- Black man and white woman in dark green boat / Russell Banks -- Snow / Ann Beattie -- From Fun Home:… Shares Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Christian Fiction, Crime

Scarlet Letter with Connections Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1995 · 312p · ≈ 10h · Moderate The Scarlett Letter -- Connections: Who killed Arthur Dimmesdale? / by Perry Turner -- Lottery / by Shirley Jackson -- Puritan sonnet / by Elinor Wylie -- The woman caught in adultery -- Nor fitting for your sex / by Doreen Rappaport -- Declaration of rights and sentiment / by Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- A double standard / by Frances E.W. Harper -- Notes and an article / by Nathaniel… Shares First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

21 Great Stories Abraham Harold Lass · 1969 · ★ 4.0 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate War, by L. Pirandello -- Eve in darkness, by K. Hurlbut -- There will come soft rains, by R. Bradbury -- Tobermory, by Saki -- The two bottles of relish, by Lord Dunsany -- Footfalls, by W.D. Steele -- Hook, by W.V.T. Clark -- Wine on the desert, by M. Brand -- The lady or the tiger, by F. Stockton -- An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, by A. Bierce -- Cask of Amontillado, by E.A. Poe… Shares First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

My Favorite Horror Story Mike Baker · 2000 · ★ 4.0 · 374p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Collection contains: Robert Bloch - Sweets to the Sweet (selected by Stephen King) Philip K. Dick - The Father-Thing (selected by Ed Gorman) Richard Matheson - The Distributor (selected by F. Paul Wilson) M.R. James - A Warning to the Curious (selected by Ramsey Campbell) Arthur Machen - Opening the Door (selected by Peter Atkins) H. P. Lovecraft - The Colour Out of Space (selected by… Shares First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

In the Shadow of the Master Edgar Allan Poe · 2008 · ★ 4.0 · 389p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Few have crafted stories as haunting as those by Edgar Allan Poe. Collected here to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Poe's birth are sixteen of his best tales accompanied by twenty essays from beloved authors, including T. Jefferson Parker, Lawrence Block, Sara Paretsky, and Joseph Wambaugh, among others, on how Poe has changed their life and work.Michael Connelly recounts the inspiration he… Shares Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime, American literature

Tales of Mystery and Imagination [22 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1985 · 367p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime with this book. Shares First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe in Six Volumes - Vol. I - Tales of Imagination Edgar Allan Poe · 287p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime with this book. Shares First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

18 Best Stories Edgar Allan Poe · 1969 · 287p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime with this book. Shares First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

Great Ghost Stories Betty Ann Schwartz · 1985 · 177p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Tell-tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe A GHOST STORY by Mark Twain THE SECRET OF THE GROWING GOLD by Bram Stoker THE OPEN WINDOW by Saki CAPTAIN MURDERER AND THE DEVIL'S BARGAIN by Charles Dickens THE BOY WHO DREW CATS by Lafcadio Hearn THE RED ROOM by H. G. Wells YESTERDAY'S WITCH by Gahan Wilson THE ADVENTURE OF THE GERMAN STUDENT by Washington Irving THE HAUNTED TRAILER by Robert… Shares First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

Tales of Mystery and Imagination [29 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1902 · ★ 3.6 · 412p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Tales of Mystery and Imagination, London: George Harrap and New York: Brentanos, 1919. (This famous and frequently copied collection features elaborate illustrations by Harry Clarke. The original edition comprised 24 black and white illustrations, plus front cover and spine illustration and 10 decorative tailpieces. The book was so well received that it was reissued in 1923 with 8 additional… Shares First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

Selected Tales Edgar Allan Poe · 1967 · 378p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Berenice Black Cat Cask of Amontillado Colloquy of Monos and Una Conversation of Eiros and Charmion Descent into the Maelstrom Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar Fall of the House of Usher Gold-Bug Hop-Frog Imp of the Perverse Island of the Fay Ligeia Man of the Crowd Masque of the Red Death Morella MS. Found in a Bottle Murders in the Rue Morgue Oval Portrait Pit and the… Shares First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

Selected Tales Edgar Allan Poe · 1956 · ★ 5.0 · 405p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Shares First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime with this book. Shares First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe · 1944 · ★ 4.2 · 562p · ≈ 18h · Moderate Assignation Berenice Black Cat Cask of Amontillado Descent into the Maelstrom Devil in the Belfry Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar Fall of the House of Usher Gold-Bug Hop-Frog Imp of the Perverse Ligeia Man of the Crowd Masque of the Red Death Mellonta Tauta Ms. Found in a Bottle Murders in the Rue Morgue Mystery of Marie Roget Pit and the Pendulum Purloined… Shares First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

Tales of Suspense Edgar Allan Poe · 1986 · 271p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime with this book. Shares First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

Tales of Mystery and Imagination [25 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1985 · 325p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime with this book. Shares First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

The World of Mystery Fiction Elliot L. Gilbert · 1978 · 441p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Victims of my graft / Vidocq -- The prison mazas / William Russell -- Confession found in a prison / Charles Dickens -- Three detective anecdotes / Charles Dickens -- Murders in the rue morgue / Edgar Allan Poe -- Purloined Letter / Edgar Allan Poe / Tell-tale Heart / Edgar Allan Poe -- A scandal in Bohemia / Arthur Conan Doyle -- The red-headed league / Arthur Conan Doyle -- The… Shares First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

America's Literature James David Hart · 1955 · 958p · ≈ 31h · Challenging From The general history of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles / John Smith -- from The history of Plymouth Plantation / William Bradford -- from The bloody tenet yet more bloody ; A letter to the town of Providence / Roger Williams -- Puritan poetry -- Before the birth of cone of her children ; To my dear and loving husband ; The flesh and the spirit ; Verses upon the burning of our… Shares First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, American Horror tales, Crime

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