An anthology finalist in the NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDS, The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849 delivers 12 of the greatest horror stories for the first half of the 19th century. Watch the creepy book trailer: http://andrewbarger.com/besthorrorshortstories1800.html Andrew Barger read over 300 horror short stories to compile the 12 best. At the back of the book he includes a list of all short stories he considered along with their dates of publication and author, when available. He includes background for each of the stories and author photos. A number of the stories were published in leading periodicals of the day such as Blackwood's and Atkinson's Casket. Read The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849 today! 1836 The Old Man's Tale About the Queer Client by Charles Dickens (1812 -1870) 1817 The Deserted House by E.T. A. Hoffmann (1776 - 1822) 1836 The Minister's Black Veil by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864) 1843 The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849) 1830 The Mysterious Mansion by Honore de Balzac (1799-1850) 1828 The Severed Hand by Wilhelm Hauff (1802 - 1827) 1826 The Lighthouse by George Soane (1789 - 1860) 1842 The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849) 1832 The Executioner by Honore de Balzac (1799-1850) 1832 The Thunder-Struck and the Boxer by Samuel Warren (1807 - 1877) 1845 The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849) 1839 The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849)

Publication Year: 2010