{"product_id":"american-supernatural-tales-penguin-classic-horror-9780143122371","title":"American Supernatural Tales Penguin Classic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart of a new six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by Academy Award-winning director of \u003ci\u003eThe Shape of Water\u003c\/i\u003e Guillermo del Toro\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Supernatural Tales\u003c\/i\u003e is the ultimate collection of weird and frightening American short fiction. As Stephen King will attest, the popularity of the occult in American literature has only grown since the days of Edgar Allan Poe. The book celebrates the richness of this tradition with chilling contributions from some of the nation's brightest literary lights, including Poe himself, H. P. Lovecraft, Shirley Jackson, Ray Bradbury, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and—of course—Stephen King. This volumes also includes The Yellow Sign, the most horrific story from \u003ci\u003eThe King in Yellow\u003c\/i\u003e, the classic horror collection by Robert W. Chambers featured on HBO's hit TV series \u003ci\u003eTrue Detective\u003c\/i\u003e. By turns phantasmagoric, spectral, and demonic, this is a frighteningl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Penguin Horror Classics:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The new Penguin Horror editions, selected by Guillermo del Toro, feature some of the best art-direction (by Paul Buckley) I've seen in a cover in quite some time.” – Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Each cover does a pretty spectacular job of evoking the mood of the title in bold, screenprint-style iconography.\" – Dan Solomon, Fast Company","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732523725143,"sku":"9780143122371","price":24.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780143122371.jpg?v=1719997260","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/american-supernatural-tales-penguin-classic-horror-9780143122371","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}