{"product_id":"the-big-book-of-ghost-stories-paperback","title":"The Big Book of Ghost Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOtto Penzler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver a thousand pages of haunted--and haunting--ghost tales: t\u003c\/b\u003ehe most complete collection of uncanny, spooky, creepy tales ever published! Edited and with an introduction by Otto Penzler. Including stories by Joyce Carol Oates, Rudyanrd Kipling, Isaac Asimov, James MacCreigh, and many more! Featuring eerie vintage ghost illustrations. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ghost story is perhaps the oldest of all the supernatural literary genres and has captured the imagination of almost every writer to put pen to the page. Here, Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler has followed his keen sense of the supernatural to collect the most chilling and uncanny tales in the canon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese spectral stories span more than a hundred years, from modern-day horrors by Joyce Carol Oates, Chet Williamson and Andrew Klavan, to pulp yarns from August Derleth, Greye La Spina, and M. L. Humphreys, to the atmospheric Victorian tales of Rudyard Kipling, Edith Wharton, and H. P. Lovecraft, not to mention modern works by the likes of Donald E. Westlake and Isaac Asimov that are already classics. Some of these stories have haunted the canon for a century, while others are making their first ghoulish appearance in book form. Whether you prefer possessive poltergeists, awful apparitions, or friendly phantoms, these stories are guaranteed to thrill you, tingle the spine, or tickle the funny bone, and keep you turning the pages with fearful delight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncluding such classics as \"The Monkey's Paw\" and \"The Open Window\" and eerie vintage illustrations, and also featuring haunted mansions, midnight frights, lovers from beyond the grave, rapping, tapping, wailing shades, and ghosts, ghouls, and specters galore! AlsoFeaturing haunted mansions, midnight frights, lovers from beyond the grave, rapping, tapping, wailing shades, and ghosts, ghouls, and specters galore!\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOTTO PENZLER is the proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City. He was publisher of \u003ci\u003eThe Armchair Detective\u003c\/i\u003e, the founder of the Mysterious Press and the Armchair Detective Library, and created the publishing firm Otto Penzler Books. He has twice received the Edgar Award, for \u003ci\u003eThe Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as the Ellery Queen Award from the Mystery Writers of America for his many contributions to the field. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, and several more Vintage Crime\/Black Lizard anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eThe Big Book of Black Mask Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries, The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Big Book of Jack the Ripper. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is also the series editor of\u003ci\u003e The Best American Mystery Stories of the Year\u003c\/i\u003e. His other anthologies include \u003ci\u003eMurder for Love\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMurder for Revenge\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMurder and Obsession\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Mystery Stories of the Century.\u003c\/i\u003e He wrote \u003ci\u003e101 Greatest Movies of Mystery \u0026amp; Suspense\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 848\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.48 x 9.2 x 6.97 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 18, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754182312224,"sku":"9780307474490","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/74bd51ea8ff17b867de0ca7542037aee.webp?v=1780035211","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-big-book-of-ghost-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}